Latest Ohio Headlines

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Ohio Nursing Facilities Cited for Inadequate Respiratory Protection

Jul 24 2020 // An Ohio healthcare company has been cited by federal officials for violating respiratory protection standards.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited OHNH EMP LLC...

Ohio’s Golden Eagle Insurance, Florida’s Innovative Risk Solutions Merging

Jul 23 2020 // Ohio-based Golden Eagle Insurance and Innovative Risk Solutions are merging to form a new company, Unitas Financial Services. The merger is expected to be completed by Jan. 1, 2021.Innovative Risk Solutions is...

Pfeifer Promoted to Senior VP, Underwriting at Ohio’s Central Insurance

Jul 22 2020 // The Central Insurance Companies, based in Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jocelyn Pfeifer to senior vice president of Underwriting.Pfeifer will lead the entirety of the company’s underwriting organization including...

Ohio’s Wallace & Turner: Turning 150 During a Pandemic

Jul 22 2020 // What’s the secret of longevity for an insurance agency, or really any business, that has been in operation for 150 years and shows no sign of slowing down?“At the end of the day you take care of your clientele,...

Ohio Roofing Contractor Faces $148K in Fines for Alleged Safety Violations

Jul 14 2020 // Federal officials say a Dublin, Ohio-based roofing contractor is facing penalties of more than $148,000 after being cited for workplace safety violations.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...

Abusive Ohio State Doc Placed Above Accountability, Lawsuit Says

Jun 26 2020 // A former Ohio State University student health director acknowledged he knew of a doctor’s practice of conducting a genital exam on every patient he saw, according to an updated lawsuit against the university over the...

Millions of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Pose Environmental, Health Risks

Jun 23 2020 // In May 2012, Hanson and Michael Rowe noticed an overpowering smell, like rotten eggs, seeping from an abandoned gas well on their land in Kentucky. The fumes made the retired couple feel nauseous, dizzy, and short of...

Colleges Asking Returning Athletes to Sign COVID-19 Risk Forms

Jun 22 2020 // Ohio State calls it the Buckeye Acknowledgment and Pledge, a two-page document the school asked its athletes to sign before they could begin using team facilities during the pandemic.The document SMU is requiring its...

Ohio May Force GM to Repay $60M in Incentives after Plant Shut Down

Jun 19 2020 // Ohio officials are considering forcing General Motors to repay $60 million in public incentives because of its decision to close a massive assembly plant near Youngstown.At issue is an economic development deal from more...

Bold Penguin Partners with Ohio’s State Auto on Commercial Insurance

Jun 19 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance technology provider, has added Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. (State Auto) to its platform, expanding its commercial auto insurance offering launched in...

Branch Launches Personal Lines Insurance Discount Program in Missouri

Jun 18 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based technology-based personal lines insurance provider, Branch, has launched its My Community Discount program in Missouri. Through the program, clients can “save on their insurance premiums by...

Ohio’s Root Insurance Now Offering Homeowners Coverage

Jun 3 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Root Insurance, has launched Root Home, a homeowners insurance program that is available in 13 states.Root Insurance customers who bundle with new or existing auto policies will save 10% on...

Judge: Ohio Hospital, Insurer Need Not Fund Doc’s Murder Case Defense

May 22 2020 // A Michigan-based health system and its insurer don’t have to cover the costs of an Ohio doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 hospital patients, a federal judge ruled.William Husel is...

Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash

May 21 2020 // A lax safety culture at an air ambulance company led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather in Ohio that killed three people, federal investigators said Tuesday.Survival Flight’s...

States Sharing of COVID-19 Patients’ Data With First Responders Sparks Privacy Concern

May 21 2020 // More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed.Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of...

Ohio’s Encova Insurance Begins Virtual Internship Program

May 11 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Encova Insurance is moving forward with its summer internship program in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, West Virginia, with virtual training and onboarding of 22 interns.Currently, about 90% of...

Ohio Worker Dies After Becoming Trapped in Gravel Hopper

May 4 2020 // A worker at an industrial site in Ohio died after becoming trapped in a gravel hopper, authorities said.The man, who was in his 60s, was working at Enon Sand and Gravel in Bethel Township, Clark County, the Springfield...

Insurtech Branch Now Offering Auto, Homeowners Insurance in Texas

May 1 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Branch, has opened operations in Texas, the company’s fifth statewide expansion since launching in Ohio in August 2019.Branch says it is shaking up the insurance industry providing a...

Caffeine Bought Online Killed Ohio Teen. Is Amazon at Fault?

Apr 29 2020 // Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, in May 2014.Stiner, 18, died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from...

Berkley Program Specialists Partners with Ohio’s IEPM

Apr 28 2020 // Berkley Program Specialists, a Berkley Company dedicated exclusively to program business, has entered into a partnership with Beachwood, Ohio-based International Excess Program Managers (IEPM), a division of One80...