All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms in the nation, has promoted two insurance industry professionals in its Environmental Practice Group.Don Bryant, vice president, has...
Apr 25 2011 // Ohio insurance regulators will soon make a switch to an electronic system for agent licensing.Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Director of the Department of Insurance Mary Taylor said transition to the new system will begin at...
Apr 22 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread.The court upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by...
Apr 22 2011 // The National Weather Service says at least five tornadoes were part of the storms that battered Ohio early on April 20. Hours before, a tornado measured as an EF3 hit near Girard, Ill., about 20 miles south of Springfield...
Apr 21 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer has announced a grant program to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses in the wholesale/retail trade sector.As part of...
Apr 20 2011 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a trial court must reconsider arguments in a lawsuit over an exclusion in a homeowners’ insurance policy that bars coverage for claims “arising out of” premises...
Apr 19 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor named Joe Garber chief legal counsel at the Ohio Department of Insurance.Garber, who joined the agency on April 11, advises the department in legal...
Apr 15 2011 // Ohio’s chief workers’ compensation insurance regulator announced that 12 individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the...
Apr 13 2011 // Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers is deciding whether to appeal a ruling that would allow thousands of businesses to sue over a state rate-setting plan.At issue is an allegation by small business owners that...
Apr 7 2011 // A North Baltimore, Ohio, man has pleaded guilty to one count to workers’ compensation fraud. An investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Division (SID) found that...
Apr 4 2011 // Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich signed legislation continuing Ohio’s involvement in the surplus lines insurance market, the governor’s office announced. House Bill 122 permits the director of the Ohio Department of...
Apr 4 2011 // Ohio-based Westfield Insurance promoted Joseph C. Kohmann to group finance leader (CFO) and treasurer. He replaces Robert Krisowaty, who retires with more than 10 years of service.In July 2010 Kohmann assumed the position...
Mar 25 2011 // Six postal contractors in Ohio have been sanctioned for workers’ compensation fraud, state regulators say.The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) said a task force created by its Special Investigations...
Mar 25 2011 // Pitts Insurance Agency of Columbus, Ohio, has joined The Iroquois Group, a network of property and casualty insurance agencies with more than 1,800 members in 37 states. Pitts Insurance Agency joined Iroquois on March...
Mar 24 2011 // Ohio workers’ compensation system regulators have received nearly $2 million from an Akron area anesthesiologist who was convicted in 2006 on 56 criminal counts of health care and insurance fraud.Dr. Jorge Martinez...
Mar 23 2011 // Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has signed legislation continuing Ohio’s involvement in the surplus lines insurance market, the governor’s office announced.House Bill 122 permits the director of the Ohio Department of...
Mar 21 2011 // An Ohio man has been sentenced after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) determined he owned and operated a business, Classic Home Restoration,...
Mar 18 2011 // As part of an investigation into prescription drug abuse in the state, Ohio law enforcement officials and workers’ compensation bureau investigators have conducted a raid on the offices of a doctor in the...
Mar 18 2011 // A former Hicksville, Ohio, insurance agent has been sentenced to three years’ probation for his role in an auto insurance fraud scheme, state insurance regulators announced.Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of...
Mar 17 2011 // The Florida Senate has approved a bill that would change the apportionment of damages in product liability cases so that a judge or jury must consider the fault of all parties. The bill is designed to shield or limit the...