All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2021 // Dozens more men are suing Ohio State over the university’s failure to stop sexual abuse and misconduct decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss.They echo claims filed previously by over 400 men, many of whom allege...
May 18 2021 // San Francisco-based insurance brokerage firm G2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired the assets of Schroeder Group Inc., an independent insurance brokerage firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more than 30 years, Schroeder...
May 17 2021 // Emerson Reid LLC, an employee benefits wholesale general agent, has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based employee benefits services firm, May Insurance Services Inc., led by John May.Established in 1990, May Insurance Services...
May 7 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a+” of Columbus, Ohio-based...
May 7 2021 // A federal judge in Ohio has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally two years ago in...
May 5 2021 // Ohio State University said on May 3 it is planning an individual settlement program that could help resolve more of the remaining claims over alleged sexual misconduct by Richard Strauss, the team doctor accused of abusing...
May 4 2021 // Holding a cell phone or other electronic device while driving in Ohio would be illegal under legislation introduced May 3 that takes aim at distracted driving by targeting not just texting but scrolling through social...
Apr 15 2021 // Mendi Riddle will be joining Bucyrus, Ohio-based insurer, Ohio Mutual, as vice president of Sales effective May 10, succeeding Howie Barber who is retiring in July.Riddle has served in a number of senior sales and product...
Apr 14 2021 // FRISS, a Netherlands-based provider of fraud, risk and compliance products and services for property/casualty insurance carriers, has acquired Terrene Labs, headquartered in Mason, Ohio. Terrene helps commercial...
Apr 9 2021 // Indiana Farmers Insurance plans to enter the Ohio property/casualty insurance market this year. The Carmel, Indiana-based company, which distributes its products through independent insurance agents, will write commercial...
Apr 9 2021 // One person was killed and eight others were injured in an explosion and fire on April 8 at a paint manufacturer’s plant in Ohio’s capital city, firefighters said.Authorities in Columbus were investigating what...
Apr 8 2021 // Towerstone, a Dallas-based wholesale insurance division of IMA Financial Group, has acquired Jacobs & Associates, a general agent and excess and surplus lines broker based in Strongsville, Ohio.The transaction was...
Apr 1 2021 // A Ohio manufacturer of power distribution products has been cited for 11 serious workplace safety violations and faces $119,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials said.In response to a January 2021 complaint,...
Apr 1 2021 // The Horton Group in Chicago has hired Casey Warnecke as chief growth officer. Warnecke will be responsible for maximizing efforts around new business growth and the retention of existing clients, recruiting top talent, and...
Mar 25 2021 // An entertainment and dining establishment in Avon, Ohio, will pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination and retaliation charge.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Mar 24 2021 // Canada’s Constellation Insurance Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire Cincinnati-based life and disability insurer Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ohio National Financial Services,...
Mar 10 2021 // In a media release, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Judith L. French has reminded Ohio farmers that March 15 is the final date to purchase or modify federal crop insurance coverage on 2021 spring-planted...
Mar 10 2021 // National Interstate Insurance Co. (National Interstate), based in Richfield, Ohio, has promoted Shawn Los to executive vice president.Los will assume responsibility for National Interstate’s Truck, Passenger...
Mar 5 2021 // A Lima, Ohio-based food production facility has been hit with citations and $136,532 in proposed penalties after worker suffers partial arm amputation.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Mar 5 2021 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services LLC (Patriot) has added Strategic Benefits of Cincinnati (SBC) to the Patriot platform.SBC is a full-service employee benefits insurance agency based in Loveland, Ohio. Led by Partners...