Ohio

Insurance

In 2001, there were 7.0 million ordinary life insurance policies in force, with a total value of $417.3 billion; total value for all categories of life insurance (ordinary, group, industrial, and credit) was $702.2 billion. Death benefits paid that year totaled $2.1 billion. In 2000, 46 life and health insurance companies had headquarters in Ohio.

At the end of 2000, 131 property and casualty insurance companies were domiciled in Ohio. In 2001, property and casualty insurers wrote over $13.6 billion in premiums. That year, there were 33,830 flood insurance policies in force in the state, with a total value of $3.1 million.