All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 13 2020 // The Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company, Nationwide, will invest $160 million in its workforce over the next five years, the company has reported.The money will go toward attracting, developing and retaining talent, and...
Jan 10 2020 // A federal judge declined for now to compel a Michigan-based health system to advance legal costs for a doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 Ohio hospital patients.U.S. District Judge George...
Jan 9 2020 // Doctors and other healthcare practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of...
Dec 31 2019 // Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market...
Dec 30 2019 // An Ohio doctor accused of ordering drug overdoses in the deaths of 25 hospital patients has sued his former employer for defamation, arguing that he did nothing wrong and did not deviate from hospital policy on end-of-life...
Dec 24 2019 // Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has presented Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Ron Berg with its Industry Citation Award.Berg has served as executive director of the Big “I”...
Dec 23 2019 // Distracted driving should be reason enough to pull someone over in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said as he promised a legislative proposal soon to upgrade the offense.DeWine also said it’s time for a cultural recognition...
Dec 18 2019 // A dog suspected of posing a danger to people does not have to carry an official “dangerous dog” label under state law for prosecutors to charge an owner for violating the law, the Ohio Supreme Court has...
Dec 10 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based national shoe retailer, DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc., will pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief throughout the stores in its Midwest Great Lakes Region (including Michigan and Ohio) to resolve a race...
Dec 6 2019 // Personal car insurance company, Noblr, is now offering coverage to Ohio drivers, the company announced.Noblr said it rewards customers’ good driving behaviors with real-time competitive rates. Noblr is built on a...
Dec 3 2019 // The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether educators were reckless in failing to prevent an injury to a student even though they had been notified she was being bullied by a fellow kindergartner.The...
Dec 2 2019 // Aon, CoverWalletGlobal insurance broker Aon has agreed to acquire CoverWallet, a digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses. No purchase price was disclosed.Founded in 2015 by technology entrepreneurs...
Nov 22 2019 // MRI Software (MRI), a global provider of real estate software, has acquired Ohio-based Multifamily Insurance Partners, which provides resident insurance programs for the US multifamily rental market.The launch of MRI...
Nov 20 2019 // AgencyZoom, a Columbus, Ohio-based sales analytics and automation platform for insurance agents, has hired Katherine Ternes as vice president of SalesTernes time as a legislative aide and her experience within insurtech...
Nov 14 2019 // Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a month.In addition to covering customers’ personal property and...
Nov 13 2019 // More than two dozen cities and counties across Kansas have sued the opioid industry, from a small town with a population of 150 near the Colorado border to the state’s most populous county at its opposite end.More...
Nov 13 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Zito Insurance Agency, a full service firm headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, northeast of Cleveland.Terms of the deal were...
Nov 12 2019 // Picturesque, and at times, worrisome.The Muskingum University dam in OHio holds back what locals call “College Lake” on the campus of the private liberal arts college. Perched directly over the inlet to the...
Nov 12 2019 // Norman-Spencer, a Dayton, Ohio-based property/casualty program administrator and wholesale brokerage, has appointed Dave Cox as managing director of the Transportation Division. Cox brings over 30 years of experience...
Nov 6 2019 // Hagerty, a membership, insurance and media organization for enthusiast vehicles and owners, continued its growth as an automotive lifestyle company today by announcing a new operations center in Dublin, Ohio.The new...