All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 25 2003 // Fairfield, Ohio-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. has appointed Myra C. Selby a member of its board of directors. Selby, 48, is a partner in the business section of IceMiller, Legal and Business Advisors in Indianapolis,...
Aug 13 2003 // Columbus, Ohio-based brokerage and risk-management firm Assurex Global announced the appointment of central Ohio’s James R. Hackbarth as CEO. Hackbarth takes the helm immediately. Hackbarth brings to Assurex Global...
Aug 8 2003 // Fairfield, Ohio-based carrier Ohio Casualty Corp. announced second-quarter net income of $11 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, down from a year ago’s $13.1 million, or 21 cents per diluted share. The company...
Aug 4 2003 // The Ohio Department of Insurance will conduct a review of Ohio insurance companies to inquire about the industry’s current use of credit scoring and how companies are moving toward complying with a new regulation...
Jul 9 2003 // Bowling Green, Ohio-based Sky Financial Group Inc. has acquired Insurance Buyers’ Service Agency Inc. (IBS) of Boardman, Ohio. IBS is an agency that sells professional liability, personal and commercial insurance....
Jun 27 2003 // An investigation initiated by the Ohio Department of Insurance led to a 16-count federal indictment yesterday of Robert J. Lucia, former CEO of Beachwood, Ohio-based Credit General Insurance Co., for alleged bank fraud,...
Jun 18 2003 // Ohio Indemnity Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bancinsurance Corp. announced the promotion of Daniel J. Stephan to senior vice president of marketing and Thomas F. Ryan to assistant vice president of claims. Stephan has...
Jun 13 2003 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced the promotion of Chief of Staff William J. Tsibulsky to Deputy Director in a move consolidating the chief of staff and deputy director...
Jun 13 2003 // The Ohio Senate passed a litigation reform measure that will reportedly stem the tide of economic damage caused by out-of-control jury verdicts and other abuses of the tort system, according to a statement released by the...
Jun 5 2003 // To further strengthen its corporate governance structure, the Nationwide Financial Services Inc. board of directors today announced that it has separated the roles of chairman and chief executive officer. As a result,...
Jun 3 2003 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced that Michael Fulwider will join her senior staff as communications director. Fulwider is currently the director of Communications and Media Relations for Columbus Public...
May 30 2003 // The Ohio General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review accepted an administrative rule sought by the Ohio Department of Insurance regarding an insurance company’s use of a consumer’s credit...
May 23 2003 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin ordered International Water Marine Safety Foundation and North American Marine General Insurance Co. to stop writing insurance policies in Ohio. The property and casualty insurers...
May 15 2003 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that second quarter earnings will be impacted by net catastrophe losses estimated at $12 million before tax which were incurred during the period April 1 though May 11,...
May 14 2003 // Recent investigations conducted by the Ohio insurance department’s fraud unit have led to three indictments of Ohioans attempting to defraud insurance companies, according to a statement released by insurance...
May 12 2003 // Ohio Casualty Corp. filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $500 million of securities, including stock or debt, for general purposes. The Fairfield, Ohio-based...
May 9 2003 // Ohio Casualty Corp. announced first-quarter net income of $19.9 million, or 33 cents per share, down 26 percent from $26.9 million, or 44 cents per share a year ago.CEO Dan Carmichael blamed the results on catastrophe...
May 2 2003 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has delivered the final report addressing the feasibility of a patient compensation fund to Gov. Bob Taft, the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and the committee chairs...
May 1 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it affirmed its “BBB” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American Fire & Casualty Co., Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., Ohio...
Apr 28 2003 // Ohio Casualty Corp., the holding company for Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., expects to report net income per share of 31 to 35 cents for the first quarter 2003. This net income per share estimate includes about 21 cents per...