All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2013 // Ohio’s governor and the state workers’ compensation fund want to return $1 billion in dividends to Ohio businesses, bolster workplace safety initiatives, and modernize the way employers pay into the fund.A...
Apr 29 2013 // A bill to require training and certification for a new group of professionals who will be available to guide consumers through the new health insurance market is on its way to Ohio Gov. John Kasich.The House agreed 87-7 to...
Apr 26 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has proposed a 2.1 percent base-rate reduction for private employers.The recommendation to its board of directors would reduce employer premiums by $29 million for the...
Apr 25 2013 // Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect...
Apr 24 2013 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), based in Fairview Park, Ohio, has purchased the assets of Governmental Underwriters of America Inc. (GUA). Effective immediately, GUA will begin operating under the newly formed McGowan...
Apr 22 2013 // Zito Insurance Agency, based in Mentor, Ohio, is partnering with insurance broker Keystone Insurers Group. Zito Insurance Agency wasfounded in 1963 by Eugene Zito and is an independent insurance agency offering an array of...
Apr 17 2013 // The state has appealed a judge’s order granting $860 million in repayments from Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers to employers the judge says were charged excessive premiums for nearly a decade.An Ohio...
Apr 15 2013 // Updated data indicates insured losses from storms that socked Ohio in late June and early July totaled $845 million in the state, or nearly double the initial estimate released by an insurance industry trade group.The...
Apr 4 2013 // Ohio’s per capita income rose at one of the fastest rates in the nation last year, another sign that the Rust Belt state’s economy is bouncing back after the recession.The measure that includes all earnings...
Mar 28 2013 // An Ohio woman was sentenced on multiple counts after agents with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video of her running her own clothing store while receiving workers’ comp benefits for a...
Mar 26 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Boardman, Ohio, chiropractor David Esarco has been sentenced for attempted insurance fraud and attempted theft.Esarco was sentenced in the Mahoning...
Mar 25 2013 // State officials are using the 100th anniversary of a devastating and deadly flood to encourage Ohioans to prepare for potential high water emergencies by reviewing their response plans and insurance coverage.On the heels...
Mar 25 2013 // Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. named Kimberly O. Smith as CEO-elect. Smith will assume the role of president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2014, upon the retirement of current president and CEO, Daniel E. Stone.Smith, a 32-year...
Mar 22 2013 // Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge has ruled.Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard...
Mar 22 2013 // An Ohio attorney known as the godfather of the modern class-action lawsuit was disbarred Thursday by the Kentucky Supreme Court, which cited Stanley Chesley’s actions in a $200 million settlement involving the makers...
Mar 21 2013 // In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas...
Mar 18 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced nine individuals were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system in February.The court...
Mar 15 2013 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has issued 21 health and safety citations against a northern Ohio metal stamping company that produces automotive parts after a complaint that a...
Mar 12 2013 // A Dayton, Ohio, physician who was banned from treating injured workers in 2009 pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after he was caught using the information of another physician in order to receive...
Mar 11 2013 // A total of 3,094 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2011 in Ohio, according to data collected by the Ohio Department of Insurance from entities providing medical professional liability coverage to Ohio...