All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 23 2014 // An Ohio woman was ordered to repay more than $32,000 in connection with working while collecting workplace injury benefits.Laura Brown pleaded guilty April 9 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to workers’...
Apr 23 2014 // Ohio private employers and local governments will soon receive a credit on their workers’ compensation bills totaling $1.2 billion, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced.The credit approved...
Apr 17 2014 // Ohio is warning drivers considering work with a ridesharing service such as Uber or Lyft to understand the insurance implications. Rideshare companies operating in Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland use smartphone apps to...
Apr 17 2014 // A U.S. Coast Guard station that watches over western Lake Erie led the nation in drunken boating arrests last year.The Coast Guard says officers with Marblehead, Ohio, station charged 67 people with boating under the...
Apr 15 2014 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor ordered an unlicensed insurance entity, My Community Care LLC, and its owner Tannile Ortiz to stop selling what the insurance department says is an...
Apr 11 2014 // A couple who sued to try to stop shale gas drilling around a state-owned lake in eastern Ohio won an early victory this week as a judge ruled their lawsuit can proceed.The Franklin County judge ruled that the Guernsey...
Apr 9 2014 // An Ohio jury has awarded $39 million to the family of a construction inspector killed during a highway repaving project.An attorney for the family of victim Randy Roginski described the working conditions in the...
Apr 8 2014 // Riding a bicycle on Ohio roads seems to be getting safer, according to state statistics.The Ohio Department of Public Safety statistics show that fewer bicyclists were injured or killed while riding in the state last year...
Apr 7 2014 // Van Wert, Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies announced several promotions in March.Todd Simpson was promoted to assistant vice president of claims. A graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, Simpson has been...
Apr 7 2014 // An insurance industry trade association says homeowner and auto insurance costs for most Ohioans remain below the U.S. average. The Ohio Insurance Institute released a report saying Ohio has the sixth lowest average...
Mar 31 2014 // Several U.S. states are banding together to combat the mounting risks of earthquakes tied to the disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.Regulators from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Ohio met for the...
Mar 27 2014 // Russ Durst has joined SIA of Northern Ohio (SIANO) as regional vice president. Durst’s primary duty in this role will be to identify and appoint growing independent agencies in the northern Ohio area. SIANO is a...
Mar 26 2014 // Van Wert, Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies announced several promotions effective March 10, 2014.Todd Simpson was promoted to assistant vice president of claims. A graduate of the Indiana University School of Law,...
Mar 25 2014 // A national transportation safety report shows pedestrian traffic fatalities are down nationally, including in Ohio.The recent report from the Governors Highway Safety Association found that Ohio was one of 25 states where...
Mar 19 2014 // The U.S. Department of Labor says Ohio had the second-biggest job gains of any state in January, adding 16,700 positions.The January state employment report says 23 states reported more hiring for that month, while 27 said...
Mar 17 2014 // An Ohio insurance industry trade association says homeowner and auto insurance costs for most Ohioans remain below the U.S. average. The Ohio Insurance Institute released a report saying Ohio has the sixth lowest average...
Mar 14 2014 // Jamie Bisker has joined the Aite Group as a senior analyst in the company’s property/casualty insurance team. He is based in Columbus, Ohio.Bisker has more than 28 years of experience across insurance lines of...
Mar 14 2014 // Ohio State University has announced a 10-year, $17.1 million sponsorship agreement with Nationwide Insurance.The university says the expanded partnership will provide discounts for faculty, staff, students and alumni....
Mar 10 2014 // Landlords are on notice after a ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court. The high court ruled that landlords owe the same duty of safety to guests as they do for tenants.In Mann v. Northgate Apartments, a 16 year old was injured...
Mar 6 2014 // A federal appeals court has upheld Ohio’s restrictions on exotic animals, rejecting a challenge by owners who had claimed the law was too stringent and forced them to join organizations they disagree with. Among...