Chicago, Illinois — ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company announced that Ohio insurance regulators have granted the company admitted status, another important step in the leading medical professional liability carrier’s national expansion. With this recent development, ISMIE is able to offer Ohio physicians, health professionals and medical entities of all types wide-ranging medical liability coverage and access to its top-tier risk management products, cyber liability protection, and highly regarded claims services. “The Midwest is our home territory, and achieving admitted status in Ohio is a milestone for ISMIE,” said ISMIE Chairman Paul H. DeHaan, MD. “Some of the world’s leading medical professionals practice medicine in Ohio. ISMIE supports innovators across the country with the best medical liability protection and risk management products available, and ISMIE is well known to Ohio distribution partners. We expect to grow many long-term partnerships in this market in the years to come.” ISMIE is a premier provider of medical professional liability insurance, offering products that maximize protection and minimize worry. Founded by physicians in 1976 in one of the nation’s most challenging medical liability environments, ISMIE remains physician-led with a unique understanding of evolving patient care needs in ever-expanding health care environments. With the addition of Ohio, ISMIE Mutual is an admitted carrier in 11 states and the District of Columbia, and through its ISMIE Indemnity subsidiary protects professionals in all 50 states.