All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2011 // Keystone Insurers Group, a franchisor of insurance agencies headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added a new franchise partner in Ohio.Keystone said it has established a partnership with Mount Vernon, Ohio-based...
Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
Nov 7 2011 // Staged automobile accidents in Canada’s most populated province of Ontario pose a unique problem for American auto insurers that must deal with Ontario’s stringent no-fault benefits.Some U.S.-based adjusters...
Nov 1 2011 // A tax lien program that has collected more than $2 million in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers’ compensation premium payments, Ohio Lt. Governor and Dept. of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced. The...
Oct 28 2011 // Ohio’s 3,900 public employer taxing districts will pay an estimated $22 million less for workers’ compensation coverage next year following tadecision by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)...
Oct 27 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported that 10 Ohio businesses received more than $217,000 in safety intervention grants in September to improve workplace safety.The Safety Intervention Grant program...
Oct 26 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. has named John Meder regional managing director for its Midwest region, which includes Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri. Meder will be based in Cleveland, Ohio, and report to...
Oct 25 2011 // The American Academy of Actuaries has presented the 2011 Robert J. Myers Award for Public Service to Mary Downey Miller, assistant director of the product regulation and actuarial services division at the Ohio Department...
Oct 18 2011 // The state and local communities would gain about 1,000 jobs and millions in tax dollars with reconstruction of a major highway interchange in central Ohio, according to a report released as officials formally kicked off...
Oct 17 2011 // Lockton Benefit Group, a unit of Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton Companies, has expanded its team with the addition of Orlando M. Neal as director of Pharmacy Analytics. Neal’s primary role is to provide national...
Oct 17 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved the creation of Grow Ohio, a program targeted toward job creation by lowering workers’ comp costs for employers new to Ohio, agency...
Oct 14 2011 // Ohio is seeing fewer deaths from motorcycle crashes, even as more Ohioans are becoming eligible to drive choppers. State Department of Public Safety numbers show 120 people have died in motorcycle accidents since the...
Oct 13 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has appointed Chris Brock the department’s director of communications. In his new role, Brock oversees communication strategy and planning...
Oct 6 2011 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it has added 11 new member agencies from the Midwest. The new Midwest agency members include: Insurance Agency of Michigan of Waterford, Mich.; Independent Insurance...
Oct 4 2011 // Pat McKay recently joined Akron, Ohio-based Amer Insurance Agency as vice president.McKay previously was president of McKay Insurance Agency, which she founded in 1993. As vice president at Amer Insurance, McKay will...
Oct 3 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved the creation of Grow Ohio, a program targeted toward job creation by lowering workers’ comp costs for employers new to Ohio, agency...
Oct 3 2011 // USI, First Place InsuranceNew York-based USI Insurance Services has acquired substantially all of the assets of First Place Insurance Agency Ltd. (First Place Insurance) of Youngstown, Ohio, from First Place Financial...
Oct 3 2011 // Staged automobile accidents in Canada’s most populated province of Ontario pose a unique problem for American auto insurers that must deal with Ontario’s stringent no-fault benefits.Some U.S.-based adjusters...
Oct 3 2011 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented the Federal Legislator of the Year Award to U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., at its annual convention in Indianapolis.Biggert currently serves as...
Sep 30 2011 // Home Value Insurance Co. has re-entered the insurance market with a product that promises to protect homeowners from falling home values.Home Value Insurance initially launched the product in 2009. The company has retooled...