All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2009 // In a decision announced Aug. 4, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that when a liability insurance policy defines a covered “occurrence” as an “accident,” a negligent act committed by an insured...
Aug 6 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has revoked the insurance education provider contract and license of an agent the department found to be falsifying continuing education credit hours for hundreds of insurance agents.George...
Aug 5 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recently reported that premiums for homeowners and auto insurance in that state remain lower than the U.S. average. On its Web site, www.ohioinsurance.org, the OII released the following...
Aug 4 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced the addition of Melissa Kuhn Wheeler to the agency’s policy department. Wheeler has five years of experience working with the Ohio General Assembly. Most...
Aug 3 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has voted to further strengthen the requirements for group sponsors, those associations that provide services to employers who qualify for group...
Aug 3 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has a new Web site address: http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, www.ohioinsurance.gov, will remain active for a several months but will eventually be shut down in place of the...
Aug 3 2009 // Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists.They got their producer licenses in states that did...
Jul 31 2009 // Michigan-based American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of group and individual health insurance, has introduced its own proprietary medical provider network in Ohio. The company said the American Community...
Jul 28 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued cease and desist orders to two companies that were found to have been selling insurance in the state without licenses to do so. Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo...
Jul 28 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 private passenger auto insurers increased 0.8 percent in 2008. The average rates for the state’s top...
Jul 23 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that the Department Web site address will now be http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, (www.ohioinsurance.gov) will remain active for a several...
Jul 17 2009 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has introduced Onboard Advisor, a fleet management system that helps companies increase commercial fleet safety and productivity, save...
Jul 6 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company has named new managers in various divisions.Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claims manager for State...
Jul 1 2009 // Buffalo, N.Y.-based Merchants Insurance Group launched its newest insurance product in Ohio, Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, effective July 1, 2009, for new business and Sept. 1 renewals, the company announced.Merchants...
Jun 25 2009 // Theodore R. (Ted) Magley, a nearly 45-year employee of Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies and former chairman of the board, died at home on June 22, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 81.In 1949, shortly after...
Jun 23 2009 // New Jersey-based MSO Inc. (The Mutual Service Office Inc.) is now offering its personal lines programs in Ohio. Personal lines programs include homeowners, mobile homeowners, combination dwelling, inland marine and...
Jun 17 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a double dismissal of a workers’ compensation appeal does not entitle an employer to a refund of compensation benefits from the state.Specifically, according to the Ohio high...
Jun 15 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that when a plaintiff’s injuries arise from a hazardous condition on a defendant’s property that is in violation of the Ohio Basic Building Code, the property owner may...
Jun 11 2009 // David M. Breitmayer, of Dublin, Ohio, has been hired by the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) as the group’s vice president of Member Services.Prior to coming to PIA, Breitmayer served as...
Jun 11 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company have announced new managers in various divisions.Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claim manager for State...