All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 6 2005 // You’ve probably heard by now about what happened in Ohio. The administrator of the state’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Robert Conrad, has resigned amid a scandal over hundreds of missing coins. But...
Jun 6 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...
May 31 2005 // Dennis Silvia, most recently of CNA Insurance Co.’s group captive practice, leads the operations at newly founded Cedar Consulting. The Chagrin Falls, Ohio-based firm will offer captive consulting and feasibility...
May 31 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...
May 27 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has filed suit against former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg and his wife, Corinne P. Greenberg, in order to put a hold on the transfer of more...
May 25 2005 // The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company reported the resignation of President of Insurance Operations Elizabeth (Beth) Riczko, 38, effective June 3, 2005. Riczko is leaving to pursue other interests. Ohio Casualty Corporation...
May 24 2005 // Jennifer Fahrenkrug has been promoted to territory manager at Sheboygan, Wis.-based regional property/casualty insurer ACUITY and will handle the company’s Michigan and Northern Ohio territories. Fahrenkrug began her...
May 23 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Clark County woman has been sentenced for a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Roxanne Anania was sentenced to five years probation, $2,447.36 in...
May 10 2005 // As of April 6, 2005, injured employees will find it harder to have “their day in court.” Through the recent passage of Ohio House Bill 498, changes will occur to the current state of employee liabilities in the...
May 9 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is expanding the scope of the securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending against American International Group and others by filing an amended complaint in federal court in New...
May 9 2005 // A pilot malpractice docket for medical liability suits and a “patient safety center” to help prevent medical errors are among the final recommendations offered by a commission chaired by Ohio Insurance Director...
May 9 2005 // When I stepped from the hot sunshine and left the traffic speeding along Sarasota, Fla.’s busy Bee Ridge Road into Al Purmort Insurance Agency Inc.’s cool air-conditioned lobby, it was like taking a step back...
May 2 2005 // Property/casualty insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. reported first-quarter net income of $37.7 million, or 55 cents per diluted share, versus $19.2 million, or 31 cents per diluted share in the first quarter of 2004. The...
Apr 21 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is expanding the scope of the securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending against American International Group (“AIG”) and others by filing an amended complaint in...
Apr 18 2005 // Chicago-based brokerage giant Aon Corp. elected Gregory Case its new president and CEO and has added him to its board of directors. Case succeeds Patrick Ryan, who has served as Aon’s CEO since the company’s...
Mar 28 2005 // The Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. announced that Paul Gerard has been named senior vice president of investments, effective March 21. Gerard, 45, comes to Ohio Casualty from GE Asset Management and Genworth Financial, where...
Mar 7 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro announced last month that three of Ohio’s public retirement systems have been appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit against American International Group Inc....
Mar 1 2005 // Toledo, Ohio-based Hylant Group has expanded its operations in Ohio with key personnel of the Harcum-Schuett Agency of Columbus joining Hylant Group. Dave Harcum will serve as a consultant to the Ohio School Plan, which is...
Feb 28 2005 // Despite a hurricane-ravaged third quarter, property/casualty insurers reported profits of $28.1 billion in the first nine months of 2004, representing a 22.4 percent increase over the $22.9 billion earned during the same...
Feb 25 2005 // Fairfield, Ohio-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced fourth-quarter net income of $56.9 million, or 82 cents per diluted share, versus $27.7 million, or 42 cents per diluted share. The company reported statutory...