All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2014 // Ohio public employers applauded an average 9.1 percent reduction in workers’ compensation rates for local governments that was approved by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors.The...
Oct 22 2014 // Fewer young people in Ohio are getting their driver’s license, according to state data and new research.The number of licensed drivers in Ohio ages 16 to 20 is 8.5 percent lower than 10 years ago, The Columbus...
Oct 17 2014 // A health official says at least seven people in northeast Ohio are quarantined and being monitored because they had contact with a Texas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola after visiting the area.The Summit County Public...
Oct 16 2014 // A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated oil-and-gas extraction...
Oct 16 2014 // Portage, Mich.-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Kurtis Gautz to branch manager of its Westerville, Ohio, office. Kurtis Gautz Gautz will plan the day-to-day operations of...
Oct 7 2014 // Ohio officials say the number of reported deer-related car crashes in the state decreased in 2013. The Ohio Department of Public Safety says about 20,200 deer-vehicle crashes were reported last year. That’s nearly...
Oct 6 2014 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) appointed NAIC President and North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm to serve a two-year term as the state insurance commissioner representative on the...
Oct 6 2014 // Ohio employers will receive another $1 billion rebate and workers will benefit from a major new investment in worker safety research and training, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC).The...
Oct 2 2014 // The general rule holds that when a policy provision is susceptible to more than one interpretation courts should construe the ambiguity against the insurer and liberally in favor of the insured. This principle is often...
Sep 26 2014 // Ohio employers will receive another $1 billion rebate and workers will benefit from a major new investment in worker safety research and training, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC).The...
Sep 25 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) proposed to its board of directors an average rate reduction of 9.1 percent for Ohio’s 3,800 cities, counties, townships, villages, schools and special districts...
Sep 23 2014 // A major electricity provider in northeast Ohio is installing special security fencing and thermal-imaging cameras at some substations to keep out would-be metal thieves.Akron-based FirstEnergy is spending $15 million this...
Sep 19 2014 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has named Allison Conklin as the Department’s legislative liaison. Conklin will work in the Executive Office’s Legislative Affairs...
Sep 19 2014 // A man whose car was damaged by concrete falling from a bridge just blocks away from where Cincinnati Bengals fans were tailgating will have to sue to get any money out of the state of Ohio. No one was injured, but the car...
Sep 16 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire and Marine Underwriters hired Chris Beckman as operations and risk management director. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beckman will be responsible for underwriter support in systems, risk...
Sep 8 2014 // Columbia, Mo.-based Cornerstone Management Partners Inc. named William J. Wheeler as the firm’s new chief executive officer. He succeeds Cornerstone founder, President and CEO James C. French.French will remain with...
Sep 5 2014 // Ohio workers are more productive and better educated these days, yet they aren’t necessarily making more money as a result, according to a new report.Ohio productivity grew by nearly 67 percent between 1979 and 2013,...
Aug 27 2014 // State transportation officials believe a section of a main highway in southeast Ohio is sagging because of abandoned coal mine space beneath the road, and they are trying to pinpoint the problem areas that might need to be...
Aug 26 2014 // Risk International, based in Fairlawn, Ohio, announced that Mark Freiman has joined the outsourced risk management provider as a senior consultant. He will contribute his nearly 20 years of group benefits consulting...
Aug 25 2014 // An appeals court says a northeastern Ohio county could be liable in the death of a 17-year-old girl who apparently lost control while driving on a road under repair.At issue is the absence of white lines on the rural road...