All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2017 // Cellcontrol and Ohio Mutual Insurance, based in Bucyrus, Ohio, are partnering on a program to reduce distracted driving by offering a 10 percent discount on auto policy premiums when insureds use Cellcontrol’s...
Aug 7 2017 // Five health insurance companies in Ohio, including Molina Healthcare Inc., have stepped up to sell health plans in 19 counties that would have been without Obamacare individual coverage in 2018, the state’s insurance...
Aug 7 2017 // Ron Lockton, who has served as vice chairman of global insurance broker Lockton Inc. for the past two years as part of the succession plan, is expanding his role to become president and chief executive officer of the...
Aug 7 2017 // A judge has ruled that an insurance company doesn’t have to pay an Ohio man accused of burning down his house.The ruling came on July 14 in southwest Ohio’s Butler County in a civil lawsuit filed by the...
Aug 3 2017 // The family of a drunken man dropped off at a Taco Bell by Ohio sheriff’s deputies and later fatally struck by a vehicle settled a lawsuit alleging authorities endangered him while joking about his Mexican...
Jul 31 2017 // Five health insurance companies in Ohio, including Molina Healthcare Inc., have stepped up to sell health plans in 19 counties that would have been without Obamacare individual coverage in 2018, the state’s insurance...
Jul 28 2017 // The Ohio State Fair opened on July 27 but its amusement rides remained closed one day after a man was killed and seven other people were injured when a thrill ride broke apart and flung people into the air.Video captured...
Jul 27 2017 // A swinging and spinning amusement park ride called the Fire Ball broke apart on the opening day of the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday, hurtling people through the air, killing at least one and injuring seven others.Three of...
Jul 27 2017 // The Ohio Supreme Court on July 26 upheld cities’ use of traffic camera enforcement for a third time, striking down as unconstitutional legislative restrictions that included requiring a police officer to be...
Jul 24 2017 // The Ohio county that includes the capital city of Columbus is spending $200,000 on an insurance policy to cover cyberattacks.The Columbus Dispatch reports Franklin County’s $10 million policy will provide protection...
Jul 19 2017 // Some residents in a northern Ohio city are being forced to leave their homes after the structures began sinking into the ground.Wadsworth officials say four condominiums and a nearby house are unsafe and notices have been...
Jul 17 2017 // One of Ohio State’s most famous football starshas sued the university over a marketing program he says used athletes’ images without permission and robbed them of compensation.Linebacker Chris Spielman filed...
Jul 17 2017 // A judge has ruled that an insurance company doesn’t have to pay an Ohio man accused of burning down his house.The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports the ruling came on July 14 in southwest Ohio’s Butler...
Jul 14 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has added Jennifer Varanese as vice president within the company’s Employee Benefits Group in the Columbus, Ohio. Varanese joins Alliant with extensive...
Jun 30 2017 // A federal safety agency has proposed a $610,000 penalty against a central Ohio company for exposing workers to machine hazards and harmful levels of silica.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a...
Jun 30 2017 // Ohio is one of the few states that does not allow private insurers to participate in the workers’ compensation system, although it permits larger employers to “self-insure” to administer and pay their own...
Jun 19 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has named Jessica E. Clark as the company’s new chief executive officer.Bringing nearly 20 years of leadership experience in property and casualty insurance, Clark...
Jun 19 2017 // A growing number of U.S. states, counties and cities are filing lawsuits accusing drug companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers to downplay their addictiveness. But some lawyers say the industry’s highly...
Jun 9 2017 // A central Ohio village that embraced potential medical marijuana business while some other communities rejected it saw such interest from prospective growers that it has run out of space for that sector. The Columbus...
Jun 8 2017 // A Columbus man on disability benefits for a workplace injury must reimburse the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $35,000 after investigators found him collecting and selling 46 tons of scrap metal during a...