All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 27 2012 // A southeastern Ohio health system is hoping a fingerprint collection program will help it cut down on prescription painkiller abuse.Brent Saunders, board chairman at Holzer Health Systems in Gallipolis says painkiller...
Jul 27 2012 // People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers.Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks...
Jul 24 2012 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurer, SafeAuto, announced that Ron Davies, former senior vice president with Allstate Insurance Co., will take over as chief executive officer of the company on Aug. 13.This is the first time...
Jul 24 2012 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a corporation can’t avoid paying the legal defense expenses of a corporate director who is sued in his or her capacity as a director by claiming that the director’s...
Jul 23 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 23 2012 // Pro Insurance Group, Falvay-Counihan InsurancePro Insurance Group, a Troy, Mich.-based independent insurance agency, announced the acquisition of Falvay-Counihan Insurance Inc., of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. InPro gains...
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...