All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated Ohio’s population at 11.4 million. About 83 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 21 percent had earned a bachelor’s degree...
Jan 26 2004 // Fitch Ratings has assigned an insurer financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ to Ohio Casualty Group’s intercompany pool members.In addition, Fitch has affirmed the ‘BBB-‘ senior debt rating and...
Jan 19 2004 // Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced that Brenda Dawn Johnson, 48, of Stoutsville, Ohio, reached a plea agreement yesterday in the Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas in a $400,000...
Jan 12 2004 // The workers’ compensation segment in Midwestern states is not immune to the broad trends in the line nationally — including poor combined ratios, escalating medical costs and severe underreserving — but no...
Jan 7 2004 // Bowling Green, Ohio-based banking and insurance firm Sky Financial Group Inc. has acquired Spencer-Patterson Agency, Inc. of Findlay, Ohio. Spencer-Patterson is a full-service agency that sells professional liability,...
Dec 23 2003 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced that OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS) Inc. has been licensed to begin selling medical liability coverage statewide to a limited number of physicians...
Dec 22 2003 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that Myra C. Selby, 48, of Indianapolis, Ind., has resigned from its Board of Directors, effective Friday, Dec. 19. The bulletin explained that, “Ms. Selby, who was named a...
Dec 12 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers is encouraging Ohio lawmakers to seize the momentum and act quickly on legislation dealing with tort reform and asbestos litigation reform. The Ohio House on Thursday approved HB 292,...
Dec 12 2003 // Cincinnati Financial Corporation announced that the Ohio Supreme Court’s recent reversal of its Scott-Pontzer decision could result in the release of approximately $75 million in uninsured motorist/underinsured...
Dec 9 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed Cincinnati-based Ohio Casualty Group’s financial strength rating of “A-” (excellent).Best also affirmed the debt rating of “bbb-” of Ohio Casualty Corp.’s...
Dec 3 2003 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin testified today before the state’s House Insurance Committee to advocate for changes that would protect $12 million for medical malpractice initiatives and provide the...
Nov 20 2003 // Ohio-based ProCentury Corporation, the parent company of Century Insurance Group, announced that Edward Feighan has been named the company’s chairman and CEO.Feighan is an investor, entrepreneur and former Cuyahoga...
Nov 20 2003 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty Group (OCG) has announced that real-time billing and claim inquiries are now available to its independent agencies through TransactNOW from AMS Services Inc. TransactNOW was introduced...
Nov 7 2003 // Fairfield-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp posted a third-quarter profit of $17.2 million, or 28 cents per diluted share, compared with a year-ago net loss of $69.9 million, or $1.15 per diluted share. Across all lines,...
Nov 6 2003 // A decision by the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn its own previous ruling on commercial auto insurance coverage has finally corrected an injustice in the legal system, according to the Alliance of American Insurers.The...
Oct 20 2003 // The notice condition in general liability policies requires that the insured provide the insurer with timely notice of any potential occurrence and the receipt of suit papers. Failure to give proper notice of either of...
Oct 2 2003 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced that two Department initiatives designed to protect residents from fraudulent health insurance policies and to simplify liquidation proceedings involving...
Sep 26 2003 // Insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that third quarter earnings will be impacted by net catastrophe losses estimated at $16 million before tax which were incurred during the period July 1 through Sept. 24. About $9...
Sep 17 2003 // Ohio Casualty Group (OCG), based in Fairfield, received the 2003 Interface Best Practices Award from Applied Systems Inc. OCG was among 15 insurance carriers to be formally recognized at the September Applied Systems...
Aug 26 2003 // Ohio Sen. George Voinovich will not return the $85,000 now-bankrupt PIE Mutual Insurance co-founder and convicted fraudster Larry Rogers donated to his campaign, according to the Associated Press. PIE, once a leading...