All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2020 // A dump truck struck the base of a sign on a Cleveland, Ohio, highway during the morning commute on Sept. 24, causing the sign to fall on a passing pickup truck and kill one person in the pickup, authorities said,The Ohio...
Sep 21 2020 // Smithfield Foods Inc. thought it was doing great. In the first quarter of this year, the pork giant’s earnings were up 190% over the same period in 2019. Then the pandemic hit, and the close quarters of meatpacking...
Sep 11 2020 // Doctors recommend cardiac screening tests for competitive athletes who have recovered from Covid-19 after a small study found heart damage in 1 in 7 college sports competitors, including in those whose coronavirus...
Sep 11 2020 // A financially strapped West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve claims that it improperly issued payments and kickbacks to physicians under the direction of management, the...
Sep 10 2020 // Federal officials have sued Ohio State University (OSU) for alleged age discrimination after the university fired a human resources generalist in the College of Education and Human Ecology (CEHE) because of his age.In its...
Sep 10 2020 // A federal appeals court reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against two police officers in Ohio’s capital city over the 2016 shooting of a Black man by undercover officers.In a ruling issued Sept. 8, a three-judge...
Sep 7 2020 // Aon, Wills Towers WatsonShareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon intends to...
Sep 2 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance, has added Julie Mix McPeak, who formerly served as insurance commissioner in both Kentucky and Tennesse, as its senior deputy general counsel, effective...
Sep 1 2020 // American Financial Group Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Brian S. Hertzman to senior vice president and chief financial officer.Hertzman joined AFG in 1991 and has held positions of increasing...
Aug 27 2020 // Private company workers who provide drug test urine samples under direct observation can’t sue over invasion of privacy, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 26.The court’s 4-3 decision overturned a...
Aug 27 2020 // Daytona Beach, Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. has terminated its previously announced agreement to purchase the assets of HAUSER, an insurance and investment firm headquartered in Cincinnati,...
Aug 26 2020 // Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Boardman, Ohio-based, McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. McCamon Hunt adds to Risk...
Aug 25 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-headquartered personal lines insurance startup Branch has launched the Branch Insurance Exchange that it says will reduce the cost for its members.Branch formerly operated as a managing general agency,...
Aug 20 2020 // Lori Barron has joined the Ohio Department of Insurance as a senior policy advisor.Barron has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry, having served in business and product...
Aug 18 2020 // Westfield Center, Ohio-based property/casualty insurance company, Westfield, has added Jennifer Palmieri as chief people officer.With more than 20 years of extensive human resources leadership experience, Palmieri is...
Aug 10 2020 // Brown & Brown Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of HAUSER in Ohio. The deal is expected to close in September, subject to certain closing conditions. Terms were not disclosed. HAUSER focuses on...
Aug 3 2020 // On average, home and auto insurance premiums in Ohio remain among the lowest in the country, the insurance department says. The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that a recent analysis shows the average homeowners...
Jul 29 2020 // A former Ohio insurance agent has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from clients, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance.The ODI said Gregory Oliver, of Milford, Ohio, was...
Jul 29 2020 // The company that owned a Cleveland, Ohio, bowling alley has settled part of a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who was fatally shot there by an off-duty police officer in 2018.Court documents show the company that...
Jul 24 2020 // American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Diane P. Weidner to vice president.Weidner joined AFG in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility across the company over her 33-year...