All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2014 // Akron, Ohio, where 98 percent of security alarms turn out to be false, is beginning a new policy requiring confirmation of a possible crime.The Akron police department’s new policy will require prior verification of...
Jan 29 2014 // The University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio has agreed to pay $200,000 to a southeastern Michigan woman who says radiotherapy was applied to the wrong sites to treat her cervical and endometrial cancer.The Court of...
Jan 28 2014 // An Ohio chiropractor was sentenced to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution and investigation costs to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Tariq Arif pleaded guilty Jan. 13 in the Franklin County Court of...
Jan 27 2014 // The oil drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been blamed – rightly or wrongly – for various hazards ranging from earthquakes to water pollution.While the technique has generated a lot of...
Jan 27 2014 // The oil drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been blamed – rightly or wrongly – for various hazards ranging from earthquakes to water pollution.While the technique has generated a lot of...
Jan 27 2014 // Brown & Brown, The Wright GroupDaytona Beach, Fla.-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. is acquiring for $602.5 million The Wright Insurance Group LLC from Aquiline Capital Partners, Wright’s...
Jan 24 2014 // A jury in Ohio has awarded a Cleveland-area man suffering from asbestos-related cancer a $27.5 million verdict.The man’s attorney tells The Plain Dealer that it’s the largest award of its kind in Ohio. John...
Jan 24 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that changes made to its pharmacy management program in recent years have resulted in a reduction in prescriptions of some of the most commonly overused drugs...
Jan 24 2014 // Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, has agreed to sell more than 40 percent of its insurance brokerage locations to focus bricks-and-mortar operations on higher-growth regions and bigger clients.USI...
Jan 22 2014 // The state tax commissioner is reminding Ohio small-business owners that they may be eligible for a recently enacted tax deduction. In an alert issued on Jan. 21, Commissioner Joe Testa urged taxpayers to visit the Ohio...
Jan 21 2014 // Experts say the early January’s extreme cold and wind are expected to be one of the costliest weather events in Ohio since the remnants of Hurricane Ike hit in 2008.No solid estimate is available yet, but the Dayton...
Jan 16 2014 // Records show Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel’s failed Senate campaign sold a vehicle totaled in a March wreck shortly after questions arose over the continued use of the vehicle, averting an insurance review that might...
Jan 14 2014 // Insurance broker, USI Insurance Services (USI), has acquired Quintessential Advisors Ltd. (Quintessential) headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Quintessential Advisors was founded in...
Jan 13 2014 // The winter blast that brought snow and dangerous temperatures to much of Ohio will end up costing cities and businesses quite a bit of money.Toledo officials estimate that the storms that have dumped about 20 inches of...
Jan 13 2014 // OHA Holdings Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS), located in Columbus, Ohio, have been acquired by medical professional liability insurance provider, Coverys.OHAIS was created by the Ohio...
Jan 13 2014 // While Ohio has traditionally had some of the lowest auto insurance premium rates in the country, going forward some Ohioans may see their rates rising. That’s because an increase in the state’s minimum limit of...
Jan 10 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its Dawson Companies platform, has acquired Leonard Insurance Services, an Ohio-based agency that specializes in commercial, personal, life and health insurance, employee benefits, financial...
Jan 9 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to appoint new agency owners in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio this year.The company plans to appoint 21 new insurance agency owners in Indiana. Additionally, Allstate’s new and...
Jan 9 2014 // The owner of a southwest Ohio roofing company has pleaded guilty to charges of employing immigrants who are in the country illegally, filing false tax documents and insurance fraud.Gregory Oldiges, 55, could be sentenced...
Jan 7 2014 // Ohio had a record low number of traffic deaths in 2013, according to preliminary data released by the State Highway Patrol.At least 923 people died on Ohio roads during the past year, and additional deaths are under review...