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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Insurance companies looking at adding Ohioan customers while cutting Gulf Coast residents. |
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By Karen Kasler - June 9, 2006 |
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Ohioans already have some of the lowest home insurance rates in the US. And now, insurers say they're going to target customers in the midwest to counter their rising risks in hurricane-prone states. Ann Womer-Benjamin is the director of the state department of insurance, and says Ohioans already enjoy good insurance rates in part because of Ohio's weather, which can be unpredictable but is never as severe as the storms in the Gulf region. Some insurers have pulled out of Eastern and Gulf Coast states. Last year the industry paid out almost $58 billion in claims, and that doesn't count claims from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. |
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Ann Womer-Benjamin (:16) 
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Ann Womer-Benjamin (:18)
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