All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 8 2009 // Relatives of workers who died of exposure to radiation or toxic materials at a Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio are fighting a ruling by state officials that keeps them from receiving workers’...
Jun 4 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 constitutes a violation of the Ohio Basic Building Code, the property owner...
Jun 2 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has approved rule changes associated with the safety standards in the Ohio Administrative Code for several industries.Ohio law allows BWC to adopt...
Jun 1 2009 // Undue Stress“The pending sale could create undue stress on our workers’ compensation system. We will fight every step of the way to ensure Ohio’s self-insured employers and their workforce are...
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May 19 2009 // The state of Ohio has joined Michigan in its objection to the pending sale of Chrysler LLC because of workers’ compensation issues.Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said his office filed a limited objection to...
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May 12 2009 // Vanessa Tipton has joined managing general agency J.M. Wilson as a property and casualty underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio, office.Tipton will quote and service P/C accounts. Prior to joining J.M. Wilson, she was an...
May 8 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says the City of Toledo, and other cities and municipalities considering an additional revenue stream by charging insurers for fire department service runs to local residences should be...
May 4 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors approved a comprehensive update to the State Insurance Fund’s investment policy statement (IPS). The new IPS will provide further...
Apr 24 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that Huey Granderson of Millersport, Ohio, has pled guilty on three counts stemming from his involvement in a Fairfield County insurance fraud ring.Granderson...
Apr 23 2009 // Ohio’s private employers have until May 31 to sign-up for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) new deductible program, that agency announced.The program is designed to give employers better...
Apr 21 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) has selected Douglas L. Jackson, of Hilliard, to serve as director of Education.Jackson, a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP), comes to PIA...
Apr 21 2009 // A Cleveland, Ohio, chiropractor who has been under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) special investigations department (SID) has been sentenced after pleading guilty to...