Latest Ohio Headlines

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People

Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors.Cohen will...

My New Markets

Oct 2 2017 // Market Detail: Integrated Underwriters (www.integrateduw.com) offers multiple A rated integrated workers`compensation programs leveraging an online platform. Each program delivers workers’ compensation insurance,...

NFL Football-Maker Wilson Fined $65K for Safety Violations at Ohio Factory

Sep 25 2017 // An Ohio factory that makes footballs for the National Football League has been fined by federal regulators over workplace safety violations.Wilson Sporting Goods is facing more than $65,000 in fines after two inspections...

Chubb, Homeowners Settle High-Dollar Suit over Ohio Mansion Fire

Sep 24 2017 // A dispute over a multi-million-dollar insurance claim for a suburban Cincinnati mansion that burned down in 2014 has been settled weeks before a scheduled trial.A federal court filing says attorneys for Jeffrey and Maria...

Ohio Increases Fines Against Pipeline Developer to $2.3M

Sep 22 2017 // Ohio’s environmental regulators have more than doubled the proposed fines against a company building a natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Michigan, saying the two sides are at an impasse.The fines now stand...

Landlord Settles Lawsuit Over Deadly Ohio House Fire for $360K

Sep 20 2017 // The owner of an Ohio home where a fire killed two adults and two girls is settling a lawsuit claiming she’s liable because the rental property lacked smoke detectors.Cleveland.com reports owner Joni Laidig and her...

Ohio Insuretech, Bold Penguin, Appoints Metcalf as Chief Financial Officer

Sep 19 2017 // Bold Penguin, a Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech providing an online marketplace for commercial lines property and casualty (P/C) agents, has hired former Ohio Deputy Treasurer Seth Metcalf as the company’s chief...

People

Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...

Business Moves

Sep 18 2017 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) of Concord, N.H., has announced that G&A Insurance of Dover, N.H., has joined the NUAA as a participating member, and The Richards Group of Brattleboro, Vermont, has joined as...

Drugmakers Ask for Dismissal of Ohio AG’s Opiate Lawsuit

Sep 13 2017 // Five drugmakers are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Ohio attorney general that alleges they helped perpetrate the state’s addictions epidemic.Attorney General Mike DeWine accuses the companies of...

Gibbons Joins J.M. Wilson as Assistant Transportation Underwriter in Ohio

Sep 13 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Ryan Gibbons as assistant transportation underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio office. Gibbons is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide...

Ohio Supreme Court: Apology Expressing Fault Can’t Be Used in Lawsuits

Sep 13 2017 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an apology by a medical provider that includes an admission of liability can’t be used in a later lawsuit against the provider.At issue in the court’s Tuesday decision was...

No Duty to Defend in Ohio Molestation Claim Unless ‘Scope of the Allegations’ Test Met

Sep 6 2017 // Jodee Edwards had a home and auto insurance policy issued by insurer Encompass that excluded coverage for loss “arising out of sexual molestation, corporal punishment, or physical or mental abuse.” Edwards was...

Hylant Partners with Ohio and Michigan-Based Insurance Agencies

Sep 5 2017 // Hylant, based in Toledo, Ohio, has entered into a strategic partnership with Pinkney-Perry Insurance Agency Inc., one of the oldest and largest minority-owned insurance agencies in Ohio, and Camryn Insurance Service LLC, a...

Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community

Sep 4 2017 // The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly those who are doing business in California.According to a report from American Express and Dun...

Ohio Insurance Department: All Counties to Have Access to Health Coverage

Aug 24 2017 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced that all counties will now have access to health insurance have on the federal exchange in 2018.Froment said health insurance from CareSource will be...

Ohio’s Grange Insurance Launches 36-Month Policy Option for Businesses

Aug 22 2017 // Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance has introduced a new 36-month commercial insurance package policy, aimed at helping select businesses spend less time renewing their insurance each year and more time on what matters...

Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community

Aug 17 2017 // The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly those who are doing business in California.According to a report released this week from American...

J.M. Wilson Promotes Hamilton to Branch Manager in Ohio

Aug 16 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Andrew Hamilton to branch manager in its Westerville, Ohio, office.Hamilton will plan the operations of the office, coordinate the staff, and work...

Ohio Parents Test School Liability in Bullying, Child Suicide Case

Aug 14 2017 // The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie want school officials held responsible, testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying.The wrongful death...