All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 21 2013 // International Excess Program Managers, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has added George C. Schmid to its executive team. Schmid, an insurance industry veteran, will be taking on the role of vice president of program...
Aug 16 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Patricia Young, of Piqua, was sentenced to three years of community control and 17 months incarceration (suspended) in Miami County...
Aug 14 2013 // An Ohio legislative panel has cleared new state rules for professionals guiding people through the insurance marketplaces created by the federal health care law, despite concerns from some consumer groups that the...
Aug 14 2013 // Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio.What happened next is a frightening case study of how vulnerable modern...
Aug 12 2013 // Authorities say recently released statistics show boat thefts in Ohio continued to decline last year. Data compiled by the nonprofit National Insurance Crime Bureau shows that about 95 boats and other watercraft were...
Jul 30 2013 // Rick Gregory has been selected as director of the Special Investigations Department (SID) at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Gregory will oversee 123 employees who work to deter, detect, investigate...
Jul 25 2013 // A lawsuit alleging that traffic cameras used to trap speeders are unconstitutional has been filed against a southwest Ohio village just months after a judge ordered similar cameras removed in another village in the...
Jul 22 2013 // A tornado packing 110 mph winds hit Ursuline College in northeast Ohio early on July 20, collapsing a wall of the school’s athletic center and damaging other buildings but causing no injuries, officials said.The EF1...
Jul 18 2013 // A central Ohio township is going to pay nearly $900,000 to a former firefighter to resolve a sexual-harassment lawsuit.The Columbus Dispatch reports that the settlement between Orange Township and Raechel Peters also calls...
Jul 8 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that a department insurance fraud investigation involving a $2,400 claim has led to the sentencing of husband and wife, Tony and Patricia...
Jul 2 2013 // A western Ohio insurance company’s expansion should mean about 200 jobs for Dayton. Springfield-based Assurant Special Property plans to open a satellite office in northeast Dayton. The Dayton Daily News reports that...
Jun 28 2013 // Toledo is using an unexpectedly big rebate from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to increase the size of its fire department.Ohio businesses and public employers have started getting one-time rebate checks...
Jun 28 2013 // The Ohio Department of Transportation is investigating how three signs posted above a Cleveland-area highway smashed into traffic during stormy weather, damaging three vehicles and leaving a man in critical condition.The...
Jun 27 2013 // Risking death every time they go to work, wing walkers need courage, poise, a healthy craving for adrenaline and, most importantly, they need to be meticulously exacting with every step they take on the small planes that...
Jun 26 2013 // Kentucky has its bourbon distilleries, St. Louis its Budweiser factory, Napa and Sonoma their wineries, and cities from San Diego to Philadelphia have turned into meccas for beer lovers looking for local craft brews.Now...
Jun 26 2013 // An Ohio man was sentenced for working while receiving disability payments from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for a prior workplace injury. Joshua Schlosser was ordered to repay nearly $29,000 he...
Jun 18 2013 // Anita Glasmeier has been appointed vice president of Distribution of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Mid-Atlantic Business Insurance operation. She is based in Fairfield, Ohio. Glasmeier will be responsible for agency...
Jun 17 2013 // The directors of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers unanimously approved Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to send rebate checks ranging from $5 to more than $3 million to businesses, local governments and...
Jun 14 2013 // Ohio drivers could provide required proof of insurance using smartphones rather than the typical printed card under a proposed change in state law.The bill would allow drivers to prove they are insured through information...
Jun 13 2013 // Gov. John Kasich says members of the state’s congressional delegation haven’t pushed hard enough for federal money to help with flood control along the Blanchard River in northwest Ohio. The Courier in Findlay...