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   25 JULY 2008: Westfield Insurance not affiliated with Westfield Group of Australia | Recent news reports have suggested that an owner of "Westfield Shoppingtown malls" may be involved in a scheme to evade taxes by hiding assets in foreign banks.  More >

   24 JULY 2008: Westfield Insurance takes leadership to the community | Following a discussion around leadership development, Westfield employees will install three Born Learning Trails^SM, a tool used by United Way to enhance early childhood education. More >

   15 JULY 2008: Acura Sports Car Challenge/The Honda Indy 200 presented by Westfield Insurance combine to produce largest motorsports event in Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will be home for the second year in a row to the largest and most significant motorsports event in the state of Ohio. More >

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    21 JUNE 2008: Michael Shank Racing Westfield Insurance Riley Scores Sixth at Mid-Ohio |  The Westfield Insurance Ford-Riley of Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri improved the teams best-ever race result at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a run to sixth place in a dramatic round seven of Rolex Sports Car Series competition.  More >

    13 JUNE 2008: Westfield Insurance-expands operations into the Carolinas |  Westfield Insurance has expanded its commercial operations into North Carolina and South Carolina and opened a new service office in Charlotte, N.C. More >

   12 JUNE 2008: Westfield Insurance-sponsored Michael Shank Racing car and team to visit Westfield corporate campus |  The Westfield Insurance-sponsored No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley will be on display at the Westfield Insurance corporate headquarters.  The team owner and drivers will be onsite for autograph signings and photo opportunities. More >

   11 JUNE 2008: Westfield Insurance and Michael Shank Racing team up at Mid-Ohio |  Fans of the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley of Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri will notice a new look this weekend, as Ohio-based Westfield Insurance has re-joined the team as the primary sponsor for the EMCO Gears Classic presented by Key Bank event at Mid-Ohio during the June 20-21 race weekend.   More >

   5 JUNE 2008: Westfield receives Real Time awards from ACORD |  Westfield received two prestigious awards, the AUGIE Carrier Productive Agency Award and the Real Time Implementation and Active Agencies award.  More >

   19 MAY 2008: Westfield Insurance honored with best practices award |  Westfield Insurance was one of five carriers to receive the prestigious Best Practices Award of Excellence from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association (Big "I"?). More >

   29 APRIL 2008: Westfield Insurance announces appointment of executive |  Diane Weidrick has been appointed to executive, commercial lines services to manage the lifecycle of Westfield's commercial and specialty lines insurance policies. More >

   23 APRIL 2008: Westfield Insurance joins The Mid-Ohio School to launch teen driving safety initiative | In response to the national epidemic of driving accidents and fatalities impacting teenagers, The Mid-Ohio School has announced a multi-year partnership with Westfield Insurance to create a unique safety initiative for teenage drivers. More >

   4 APRIL 2008: Westfield Insurance creates online community with its agency partners | Westfield enlisted the help of Vision Critical, a world leader in interactive research, to create an online branded panel with its agency partners. Read More >

   25 MARCH 2008: Independent agency carriers see gains in Real Time transactions, industry campaign reports | Several leading national and regional carriers are reporting their real-time rating and policy inquiry transactions have doubled in 2007. Read More >

   19 APRIL 2008: Michael Shank Racing strong in Mexico City Race | Michael Shank Racing transporter drivers Ralph Lohr and Mark Legge logged some 2,304 miles from the team shop outside of Columbus, Ohio, to Mexico City to be ready for round three of the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season. Read More >

   16 APRIL 2008: Michael Shank Racing looking for return to podium in Mexico City | Michael Shank Racing will pack some podium momentum and a pair of fast Ford-Rileys as the team prepares to head south for round three of the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series Season this weekend in Mexico City, Mexico. Read More >

   30 MARCH 2008: Michael Shank Racing takes Homestead podium | Michael Shank Racing returned to the Homestead Miami Speedway podium on Saturday... Read More >

   29 MARCH 2008: Patterson and Pew post strong qualifying efforts for Michael Shank Racing at Homestead | Michael Shank Racing driver Mark Patterson will start the GAINSCO Grand Prix from ninth on the grid, with teammate John Pew lined up directly behind him... Read More >

   21 MARCH 2008: ONN captures four Telly Awards | Two of ONN?s original programs, ?Discover Ohio? and the ?Westfield Isurance Brain Game,? won a combined four Telly Awards. Read More >

   7 MARCH 2008: (Celent News Release) Celent Model Carrier 2008: Case Studies of Effective Technology Usage in Insurance |  Westfield is included in this second annual report from the research and advisory firm. Read More >

   3 MARCH 2008:  Westfield Insurance re-elects two members and appoints new member to Board of Directors |  At its 160th Annual Meeting held February 13, 2008, Ohio Farmers Insurance Company re-elected Susan Insley and Roger McManus and appointed David Hollander to its Board of Directors.  Read More >

   27 FEBRUARY 2008:  Ford Fund challenges Nashville teens to create safety campaigns | 
Nashville high schools compete to develop most creative driving safety personal service announcements (PSA) to combat the leading cause of youth deaths, motor vehicle crashes.  Read More >

   21 DECEMBER 2007: Westfield Insurance announces appointment of senior executive | 
Jay DePasquale has been appointed senior executive-small business, at Westfield Insurance. His leadership responsibilities will include business strategy development and execution.  Read More >

   21 DECEMBER 2007: Westfield Insurance announces appointment of three executives |  Robert Sprague, Kirk Barry and Christopher Paterakis have been recently appointed to new positions at Westfield Insurance.   Read More >

   7 DECEMBER 2007: Westfield Insurance launches customer council |  Westfield Insurance recently invited 17 customers representing Westfield?s various divisions, including personal lines, small business accounts, AgriBusiness and commercial lines mid-market accounts to join their customer council.  Read More >

   3 DECEMBER 2007: Westfield Insurance announces executive appointments |  Westfield Insurance has promoted Martha Oakes to senior executive of commercial lines and Dave Peterson to senior executive of personal lines/small business accounts.  Read More >

   29 NOVEMBER 2007: Westfield Insurance announces executive officers |  Roger McManus has advanced to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer for Westfield Group and Jim Clay has been named to replace him as President. Read More >

   27 NOVEMBER 2007: Diverse schedule on-tap for Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2008 |  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will boast seven major events in 2008, featuring the finest in open-wheel, sports car, motorcycle, historic and grassroots racing at the Lexington, Ohio road course. Read More >

   13 NOVEMBER 2007: Westfield reduces home and auto rates third consecutive year | Westfield Insurance has reduced home and auto rates in West Virginia for the third consecutive year. The reductions, in combination with coverage enhancements, illustrate Westfield's commitment to creating affordability and access to dependable insurance protection for insurance consumers in West Virginia.  Read More >

   28 SEPTEMBER 2007: Westfield Group named one of North America's Top Small to Mid-Size Companies for Leaders | Westfield Group has been named one of North America's Top Small to Mid-size Companies for Leaders by Hewitt Associates. Read More >

   13 SEPTEMBER 2007: ONN and Westfield Insurance to present weekly academic quiz show | Beginning October 11, Ohioans will get a chance to test their knowledge against the state?s top high school students. ONN, in collaboration with Westfield Insurance, will debut a new quiz bowl-style show entitled, ?Westfield Insurance Brain Game.? Read More >

   25 JULY 2007:  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Inaugural IndyCar Series Event Sets Broadcast Record | ESPN and ABC?s flag-to-flag coverage of The Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by Westfield Insurance on July 22 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course earned exceptionally high ratings, according to initial reports from Nielsen Media Research.   Read More >

   19 JULY 2007:  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course season opener to feature separate Grand-Am Rolex Series races | In a unique twist on years past, the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank, June 22-24, will kick off the 2007 racing season at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course featuring separate races for Grand-Am Rolex Series Daytona Prototype and Grand Touring (GT) classes.   Read More >

   12 JULY 2007:  American Le Mans Series, Indycar Series to take on Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in a Dual-Headline Event Weekend | In what is poised to be the largest motorsports event in the state of Ohio, the American Le Mans and IndyCar Series are set to invade the rolling hills of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for a dual-headline event weekend, July 20-22.   Read More >

   20 JUNE 2007:  2007 Westfield Insurance Cup field announced| Third-annual men's and women's soccer tournament to be held Aug. 31 and Sept. 2 at UA   Read More >

   7 JUNE 2007:  Westfield senior executive elected to chair of surety association| The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA) elected Rick Kinnaird, senior executive of surety at Westfield Insurance, as the Chair of the Board for 2007-2008.   Read More >

   24 MAY 2007:  Westfield receives two awards at ACORD national conference| ACORD recently presented Westfield Insurance with two awards recognizing the company?s remote automated personal lines book transfer process on May, 20, 2007 at the ACORD LOMA national conference.  Read More >

   19 APRIL 2007:  Westfield Insurance announces appointment of senior executive| Jim Chapman has been named senior executive of Westfield Insurance's commercial lines Central division. He is responsible for the profit and growth of commercial lines traditional and mid-market business in Ohio and Kentucky.  Read More >

   16 APRIL 2007:  Westfield Insurance recognized for political involvement| Westfield Insurance and its employees have been recognized for their political and community involvement by the commonwealth of Kentucky and by the Showalter Group, winning an award for innovative grassroots efforts.  Read More >

   5 APRIL 2007:  Westfield Insurance announces new senior executive role | Michael Prandi has been named senior executive of claims operations at Westfield Insurance.  He is responsible for more than 600 employees in 42 service office locations managing more than 152,000 claims a year.  Read More >

   7 FEBRUARY 2007:  Ford Motor Company Fund, KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, Westfield Insurance launch program to help teens learn safe driving skills | Seeing it as their opportunity to stake a bigger claim in Northeast Ohio's mortgage lending market, some companies have begun hiring lenders as bigger players have pulled back. Among them is Westfield Mortgage, a unit of the Westfield Group financial services company in Westfield Center. Read More >

 

   16 OCTOBER 2006:  Despite cool market, hiring hot at some mortgage lenders: Westfield Mortgage adding loan officers, may open second Cuyahoga County office  | Seeing it as their opportunity to stake a bigger claim in Northeast Ohio's mortgage lending market, some companies have begun hiring lenders as bigger players have pulled back. Among them is Westfield Mortgage, a unit of the Westfield Group financial services company in Westfield Center. Read More >

   16 OCTOBER 2006:  Despite cool market, hiring hot at some mortgage lenders: Westfield Mortgage adding loan officers, may open second Cuyahoga County office  | Seeing it as their opportunity to stake a bigger claim in Northeast Ohio's mortgage lending market, some companies have begun hiring lenders as bigger players have pulled back. Among them is Westfield Mortgage, a unit of the Westfield Group financial services company in Westfield Center. Read More >

   28 JULY 2006:  Westfield Insurance pledges $3 million to campaign for Idea Center  |  Cleveland, OH - Westfield Insurance has made a commitment of $3 million to the Campaign for the Idea Center at Playhouse Square. This is the largest single commitment to the campaign to date. In recognition of this gift, WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and Playhouse Square Foundation will name the Idea Center?s 300-seat performance and production studio "Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre." Read More >

   25 MAY 2006:  ACORD recognizes Westfield's leadership in commercial download  |  Westfield Insurance has been awarded the Industry Leadership for Improved Commercial Lines Download award from ACORD. This award recognizes insurance companies who offer extensive commercial download based on current ACORD standards. Read More >

   9 MAY 2006:  Wadsworth High School partners with Westfield Insurance to teach students insurance basics  |  Representatives from Westfield Insurance partnered with Wadsworth High School Business Management teacher Beth Lance to help teach her students about insurance, developing the next generation of knowledgeable insurance consumers and sharing insurance career possibilities. Read More >

   14 DECEMBER 2005:  Westfield Group announces appointment of executive  |  Mark Whitmore has been named executive, human resources operations, at Westfield Group. In this capacity, he is responsible for the coordination of Westfield?s development and administration of human resources services and programs. Read More >

   25 OCTOBER 2005:  Westfield receives Applied's ease of doing business award  |  Applied Systems, Inc. presented Westfield Insurance with a 2005 Ease of Doing Business Award in both commercial and personal lines, recognizing insurance companies that make it easy for agents to conduct business through agency-company interface. Westfield was one of only sixteen companies judged best at providing standardized workflows for managing sales and service directly from their Applied management systems. Read More >

   26 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Insurance announces appointment of senior executive  |  Scott Jurek has been named senior executive, claims field operations, Western division. In this capacity, he helps set and execute the claims strategy for Westfield Insurance while working collaboratively with business partners in commercial lines, personal lines and agribusiness to bring value to customers in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Arizona and New Mexico. Read More >

   26 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Insurance announces appointment of senior executive  |  Michael Prandi has been named senior executive, complex claims and litigation, at Westfield Insurance. He is responsible for the litigation management of all claims as well as all subrogation recoveries. Read More >

   26 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Insurance announces appointment of executive  |  Terry McClaskey has been named executive, personal lines underwriting practices, at Westfield Insurance. In this capacity, he primarily oversees business planning, education and compliance in the personal lines department. Read More >

   20 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Insurance announces appointment of executive  |  Mary Christian has been named executive, claims staff operations, at Westfield Insurance. In this capacity, she provides strategic direction and leadership for claims activities including, but not limited to, enterprise-wide projects focused on achieving corporate goals and key business objectives that drive positive financial results. Read More >

   19 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Insurance announces appointment of executive  |  Robert Testa has been named executive, personal lines sales, at Westfield Insurance. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Read More >

   9 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Group donates to hurricane relief effort  |  Westfield Group, on behalf of Westfield Insurance, Westfield Bank and its employees, recently made a corporate contribution of $250,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Read More >

   2 SEPTEMBER 2005:  Westfield Group announces new chief technology officer  |  Westfield Group recently named Edward Largent as chief technology officer. In this capacity, he leads Westfield's information technology team. Read More >

   7 JULY 2005:  Sponsors help make junior championship leading event in golf  |  More than 40 sponsors help make the Westfield Junior PGA Championship the premier event in junior golf. In just five years, many local and national companies have aligned their businesses with Westfield Group Foundation, which partners with Westfield Insurance and The PGA of America to conduct the Westfield Junior PGA Championship. Read More >

   30 JUNE 2005:  Westfield Insurance donation aids American Red Cross of Medina County  |  Westfield Insurance recently donated $5,000 to the American Red Cross of Medina County in support of the organization's year-long goal to purchase a new disaster response vehicle, a key component to the chapter's readiness. Read More >

   15 JUNE 2005:  New golf show adds excitement to 2005 Junior PGA Championship   |  Smucker's Family Golf Fest, a two-day family friendly golf show, brings new excitement to the 2005 Westfield Junior PGA Championship on Friday and Saturday, July 15-16. Read More >

   18 FEBRUARY 2005:  Westfield Insurance appoints McManus to board of directors  |  Roger McManus was recently elected to the board of directors of Westfield Insurance. Read More >

   19 NOVEMBER 2004:  Westfield Group appoints director of internal audit  |  Shibu Joykutty has been named director of internal audit at Westfield Group, assuming responsibility for the short- and long-range development, planning and implementation of a comprehensive, independent, internal audit function, helping Westfield achieve its objectives. Read More >

   03 NOVEMBER 2004:  Westfield Insurance customers can now renew auto license plates online  |  While many motorists make their yearly trip to a Secretary of State branch office to get license plates renewed, Westfield Insurance policyholders can now "skip the trip" by renewing online. Read More >