All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 28 2015 // Mark C. Russell has been tapped as the next president and chief executive officer of Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, succeeding the company’s current retiring leader Jim Kennedy.Russell comes to Ohio Mutual from...
Aug 26 2015 // Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that Imprise Financial PCC Inc. is now licensed as Ohio’s first ‘protected cell’ captive insurance company.Through its protected cells, Imprise Financial will...
Aug 24 2015 // A suburban Columbus, Ohio, chiropractor has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to defrauding health insurance companies for nearly $700,000.The Columbus Dispatch reports 44-year-old Jeffrey Shope is charged with...
Aug 21 2015 // Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor has named Andy Hardy as the assistant director of legislative affairs and communications for the Ohio Department of Insurance. Prior to joining the Ohio Department of Insurance, Hardy was...
Aug 17 2015 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the owners of a northeast Ohio chicken processing plant $861,000 for what the agency says are safety violations that expose workers to the risk of amputation,...
Aug 13 2015 // A North Lima, Ohio-based ambulance company faces penalties totaling $235,800 for 14 alleged workplace health and safety violations, according to federal safety officials.The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and...
Aug 10 2015 // Federal safety officials have proposed penalties totaling $162,400 against an Ohio-based steel manufacturer for exposing workers to workplace hazards.While Republic Steel has made a significant investment in personnel,...
Aug 10 2015 // A lawsuit against Whirlpool Corp. has been settled over contaminated land in northern Ohio near where dozens of children were sickened with cancer.The land owners settled their suit earlier this summer — months after the...
Aug 5 2015 // A jury has awarded than $1.3 million in damages to a couple whose southern Ohio farmhouse was made inhabitable when a fuel deliverer mistakenly pumped 600 gallons of diesel into their basement. The Ross County jury awarded...
Aug 5 2015 // Investigators say lightning has sparked a fuel tank explosion that left a crater 40 feet wide at an Ohio gas station.The blast and fire in the evening on Aug. 3 prompted a temporary evacuation near the Gas Depot in...
Aug 4 2015 // Hundreds of local governments and other public entities are seeking a share of Ohio’s $11.5 million settlement with two rock salt producers that were accused of conspiring to drive up prices. The state alleged that...
Aug 3 2015 // The average rates for the top 10 private passenger auto and homeowner’s insurance groups in Ohio increased 2.6 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively, in 2014. The average rate change for auto insurance is similar...
Jul 29 2015 // More than a dozen businesses near central Ohio’s Buckeye Lake say they’ve lost significant revenue with the water kept low as plans are made to replace a deteriorated dam.The businesses detailed their losses on...
Jul 23 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that average rates for the top 10 private passenger auto and homeowner’s insurance groups in Ohio increased 2.6 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively, in 2014. The...
Jul 22 2015 // The state fire marshal says an apparent product malfunction led to a fireworks mishap that injured nine people in northeast Ohio. The fire marshal determined that American Fireworks did not break any laws or violate any...
Jul 20 2015 // Church Mutual Insurance Co., based in Merrill, Wis., added Laura J. Hughes as chief marketing officer.She has more than 20 years of experience and an emphasis on the financial services industry. Prior to joining Church...
Jul 10 2015 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has paid hundreds of millions to state employers overcharged for insurance premiums and has dropped its appeal of a decision that led to the payments. The Ohio Supreme Court...
Jul 7 2015 // Ohio’s teen drivers under the age of 18 will face tighter restrictions went into effect on July 1, an Ohio insurance trade group reported.According to the Ohio Insurance Institute, the new restrictions focus on...
Jul 6 2015 // An Ohio court says the parents of a firefighter killed seven years ago can sue the maker of an emergency radio and the homeowners growing marijuana in the basement where a fire started.Colerain Township Fire Department...
Jul 6 2015 // On a twisty, snow-lined hill that the locals call “Devil’s Backbone,” a 12-ton semi-trailer came loose from its tractor and plowed into an oncoming line of pre-dawn commuters.At 40 miles per hour, the...