All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2018 // Employees who can distance themselves from decisions may be more inclined to make choices that produce the most benefit for themselves and others, suggests new research.Sometimes this may result in what others may think is...
Jul 9 2018 // On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher.Some former athletes recall him differently: Locker-room...
Jun 26 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited JK Excavating & Utilities Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse in Ohio. OSHA has proposed...
Jun 14 2018 // Thorn Valley Safety, a Dayton, Ohio-based specialist in commercial auto risk control and claims advocacy, has appointed Mark Aussicker as president.Aussicker’s focus will be to challenge status quo thinking, develop...
Jun 4 2018 // A central Ohio school district has agreed to pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle lawsuits filed by families of students who were sexually abused by a teacher. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Olentangy Local...
Jun 4 2018 // Casey W. Connor has been named president of Dempsey & Siders Insurance Agency in Madeira, Ohio. Dempsey & Siders is a member of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group.Connor succeeds Randy Denker,...
May 25 2018 // Authorities say an Ohio homeowner trying to kill troublesome weeds with a torch has burned down his garage.The Springfield News-Sun reported Springfield Township firefighters in central Ohio were called to a home around 4...
May 21 2018 // Kansas City-based independent insurance broker, Lockton, named Said Taiym executive vice president and chief digital officer.Taiym will focus on digital innovation and new technologies to help Lockton. He most recently was...
May 21 2018 // Gov. John R. Kasich on May 9 signed an executive order to authorize autonomous vehicle testing in Ohio and to lay out a roadmap for how the automotive industry can test their technologies in the state.The executive order...
May 15 2018 // Malley’s Chocolates is warning 3,400 online customers that their credit or debit card information might have been compromised by a computer hacker in March, during the Ohio candy company’s busy weeks before...
May 10 2018 // Republican Gov. John Kasich is opening all of Ohio’s public roads to smart vehicle testing. Kasich signed an executive order authorizing autonomous vehicle research to take place across the state. The order also lays...
May 9 2018 // State lawmakers will consider whether to increase oversight of carnival rides, including hiring more inspectors, following a deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair that flung riders onto the midway.The proposed changes...
May 7 2018 // Associated Agencies Inc. in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has hired Talicia Bashford as chief operating officer, a newly created position.Bashford will focus on overall operations and several areas of opportunity, including...
May 7 2018 // The Ohio Supreme Court has held two insurers jointly and severally liable to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for past, present and estimated future payments the BWC made under a workers’...
Apr 27 2018 // Casey W. Connor has been named president of Dempsey & Siders Insurance Agency in Madeira, Ohio. Dempsey & Siders is a member of the Great American Insurance Group.Connor succeeds Randy Denker, who retires in April...
Apr 26 2018 // Damon Porter has been appointed vice president, chief human resources officer at Grange Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.Porter was previously vice president, talent management and human resources business...
Apr 24 2018 // Federal safety regulators have cited a Bellevue, Ohio-based plastics company for multiple safety violations after an inspection found employees exposed to fall, machine, and electrical hazards.The U.S. Department of...
Apr 20 2018 // A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a thrill ride accident at last year’s Ohio State Fair will receive $1.8 million.A judge this week approved the settlement that calls for the ride’s owner,...
Apr 18 2018 // Three people in Ohio have been charged with insurance fraud totaling more than $330,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of OhioKifiyun Daniels of Akron, and Jessie Banks of...
Apr 16 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group added Betty Shepherd as divisional senior vice president of Cyber Liability.She will oversee the company’s cyber initiatives and existing cyber underwriting...