All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 22 2012 // More than 81,000 Ohio families will be getting health insurance rebates this summer that will total $11.3 million across the state, a newspaper reported.The average refund will be $139, but some of the 81,500 families will...
Jul 10 2012 // Ohio-based Norman-Spencer Agency Inc. has appointed Christopher Norman, an attorney with broad insurance industry experience, as general counsel. Most recently, Norman represented national and state carriers in matters of...
Jul 3 2012 // Small business owners, farmers and other Ohioans affected by severe weather this weekend might be eligible for interest rate reductions on loans to recover or rebuild from the storm damage. Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel said...
Jul 2 2012 // Severe storms struck Ohio over the weekend with powerful, damaging winds that one utility compared to the remnants of Hurricane Ike in 2008, prompting Gov. John Kasich to declare a state of emergency and call out the...
Jul 2 2012 // Federal officials who’ve been surveying land to find a place to divert water during flooding in this northwest Ohio city have run into a bit of a challenge.Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the...
Jul 2 2012 // It could be several more days before electricity is restored to areas hit by vicious storms that killed at least 13 people and left 3 million power customers to negotiate sweltering temperatures without air...
Jul 2 2012 // Gallagher, WhitehavenIllinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1994,...
Jun 28 2012 // Months after an Ohio State University student trashed the Orton Geological Museum, an artist, a curator and elementary schoolchildren are helping to piece history back together.About 175 second- and third-grade gifted...
Jun 27 2012 // A judge has sided with an Ohio dog owner who argued her small bichon frise shouldn’t be labeled as “dangerous” under a new state law, which opened the door for canines other than pit bulls to be deemed...
Jun 27 2012 // Ohio’s Kent State University announced it will offer a bachelor’s degree in insurance studies.The Ohio Board of Regents recently approved the new degree, which will initially be offered only at Kent State...
Jun 21 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has added Gregory M. Hubbell as senior vice president and Health and Benefits Practice leader of the Cleveland, Ohio, office.Hubbell will manage new...
Jun 18 2012 // strong>Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Grossman & AssociatesArthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Grossman & Associates Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980,...
Jun 12 2012 // Insurer CNA Financial Corp. has appointed Michael Strakhov as vice president of its Ohio branch, located in Columbus. Strakhov is responsible for synchronizing branch operations with CNA’s strategic goals for...
Jun 6 2012 // Brown-Campbell Co. has been cited for 19 alleged safety and health violations at its facility in Maple Heights, Ohio, federal regulators announced. Proposed fines total $64,400.The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Jun 5 2012 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) in late May announced an extension of the $65 million in rate cuts enacted last year for Ohio’s private sector employers to the 2013 policy year that begins July...
Jun 4 2012 // Ohio’s new “vicious dog” law became effective May 22. Under Ohio Sub. HB 14, pit bulls will no longer be considered vicious dogs solely on their breed and the law eliminates the mandatory liability...
Jun 4 2012 // John M. Anderson and Steven E. Herman have been named officers of the Utica Mutual Insurance Co., the principal member of Utica National Insurance Group.Anderson, who serves as director of Alternate Markets Development and...
Jun 4 2012 // SIAA, Thomas Insurance GroupThe Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance has signed its 4,000th member agency, the Thomas Insurance Group of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Recruited by master agency Valley Insurance Agency Alliance of...
May 25 2012 // Rules regulating oil and gas well construction, water handling, and the disclosure of chemicals used in drilling were ready to clear their final legislative hurdles on May 24 and head to Gov. John Kasich.The Ohio House was...
May 24 2012 // A southwest Ohio restaurant owner has been convicted of insurance fraud for two reported break-ins that authorities say were staged.Forty-four-year-old Eva Christian could face up to 17 years in prison when sentenced June...