All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest.James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Mar 5 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
Mar 4 2025 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors announced a 6% rate cut for private employees effective July 1, 2025. The reduction follows a 7% rate cut for private employers last year.Ohio’s...
Feb 27 2025 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern NSC.N of causing hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for bondholders by concealing safety risks prior to the February 2023 derailment in East...
Feb 21 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest.James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Feb 19 2025 // A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced this month to five years of probation for thefts exceeding $1.4 million.Rhonda Chandler, of the Columbus area, stole and misappropriated funds, including premiums for pre-need...
Feb 5 2025 // A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment was announced on Monday’s second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border...
Feb 4 2025 // King Risk Partners announced the acquisition of Barker, Beck, Collins & Kronauge Agency (BBC&K), an independent insurance firm in Dayton, Ohio. BBC&K was founded in founded in 1923. Over the decades, the agency...
Jan 31 2025 // Norfolk Southern’s solid fourth quarter — combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they’re getting from Washington D.C. — has the CEO feeling optimistic about...
Jan 27 2025 // Residents challenging Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestinetrain crash have asked a court to reject a judge’s order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue...
Jan 23 2025 // A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city fire code after he opened his church to let homeless people and others stay inside overnight to escape the...
Dec 13 2024 // A bill making its way through the Ohio General Assembly would prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance.Senate Bill 58 passed the House by a 61-27 vote and now heads to the Ohio Senate, where legislators in the...
Dec 13 2024 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state’s product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as...
Dec 9 2024 // U.S. Department of Labor inspectors found a Cleveland, Ohio bakeware manufacturer failed to prevent two workers from suffering injuries that resulted in amputations, incidents that could have been avoided with proper...
Dec 3 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Portsmouth, Ohio hardwood floor manufacturer with a long history of federal safety violations after the company reported a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation while...
Nov 26 2024 // An Ohio man was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for filing 24 fraudulent claims with multiple insurance companies, totaling more than $229,000, the Ohio Department of Insurance...
Nov 25 2024 // An Ohio outpatient mental health treatment facility has agreed to pay a $16,000 settlement and take numerous steps to improve workplace safety after a patient attacked a nurse practitioner violently in April...
Nov 21 2024 // Risk Strategies announced it has acquired the assets of Ohio-based employee benefits specialty organization Cornerstone Broker Insurance Services Agency, Inc., an Ohio-based national provider of employee benefits...
Nov 4 2024 // CINCINNATI (AP) — A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky on Friday and damaged part of the steel structure. No injuries were...
Nov 1 2024 // Big data centers in Ohio will have to pay a minimum of 85% of the energy they need to cover the costs of grid improvements under a settlement submitted Wednesday by one of the state’s largest utilities.The pact was...