Latest Ohio Headlines
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Family Sues Bowling Green in Ohio in Hazing Death
Jun 29 2022 // The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity sued Bowling Green State University, alleging the Ohio school knew about but didn’t stop hazing in Greek life there and should be...
Acrisure Acquires Ohio’s QuickInsured Agency
Jun 24 2022 // Acrisure, a fintech company that runs a global insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based QuickInsured, a tech-centered insurance agency. Acrisure will now have use of QuickInsured’s...
Ohio School Reaches Settlement in Principal’s Discrimination Case
Jun 22 2022 // A Black assistant principal who lost his job after complaining that his Ohio school’s dress code enforcement discriminated against African-American students would get $200,000 in back pay and damages under a proposed...
Acrisure Acquires Ohio’s QuickInsured
Jun 17 2022 // Acrisure acquired Columbus, Ohio-based QuickInsured (QI), a best-in-class tech-enabled insurance agency. Through this acquisition, Acrisure will gain usage of QuickInsured’s proprietary digital sales funnel. This...
Lemonade Expands Auto Insurance to Ohio
Jun 15 2022 // Lemonade announced the launch of car insurance in Ohio, making the Buckeye State the third state to feature availability of Lemonade‘s newest environment-friendly product. The New York-based insurtech pledges to...
Columbus, Ohio Limits How Police Use Force on Protesters
Jun 13 2022 // Police in Ohio’s capital will be limited in how they can use force against protesters and will have to display officers’ names on their riot gear under changes being made to city law. Columbus City Council...
Ohio Distribution Center Heavily Damaged by Storm
Jun 10 2022 // A Meijer distribution center in western Ohio was heavily damaged Wednesday evening as employees inside heeded tornado warnings and sought shelter, authorities said. Joel Smith, director of the Miami County Emergency...
Ex-Ohio Insurance Agent Arrested for Defrauding Customers
Jun 3 2022 // A former Ohio insurance agent was arrested June 2 on federal charges alleging he defrauded dozens of victims in the Cincinnati and Dayton area and fraudulently obtained two COVID Paycheck Protections Program loans. Seneca...
Latitude Subrogation Acquires Ohio’s Inspection Connection
Jun 2 2022 // Latitude Subrogation Services, LLC (LSS), a subrogation services and solutions provider for insurers, self-insured entities, third-party administrators (TPAs), and specialty risk companies, recently acquired acquired...
Ohio Supreme Court: Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
May 27 2022 // Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be classified as independent contractors by a company that contracted with Time Warner Cable to install...
Liberty Partners With Ohio’s Roger Smith
May 17 2022 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a recent partnership with Roger Smith Insurance Agency of Tiffin, Ohio. Founded in 1987 by Roger Smith and currently led by his son, Kyle Smith, the firm offers personal,...
Agreement Reached for Ohio Marijuana Legalization Vote in 2023
May 16 2022 // A group backing the legalization of marijuana for adult use in Ohio and Republican legislative leaders have reached a settlement calling for a possible statewide legalization vote next year. Coalition to Regulate Marijuana...
Ohio Judge to Determine How Much Pharmacies Owe Over Opioid Crisis
May 11 2022 // How much money should CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies pay two Ohio counties in damages to help abate the effects of the opioid crisis? That’s the question in front of a federal judge in Cleveland, who began...
Ohio State Settles More Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Team Doctor
May 2 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
Oswald Cos. Acquires Ohio’s Gulick Roberts
Apr 27 2022 // Oswald Companies acquired Madeira, Ohio-based Gulick Roberts Group, LLC. Financial terms of this acquisition were not disclosed. Gulick Roberts Group, was founded by insurance executive Jim Gulick in 2017, and has a staff...
Ohio’s FirstEnergy Settles Ratepayer Lawsuits for $37M
Apr 26 2022 // FirstEnergy Corp. has settled four ratepayer lawsuits filed after the utility giant became ensnared in a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants operated by a company...
Ohio State Settles More Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Team Doctor
Apr 18 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
Ohio Court Weighs Caps on Damages in Child Rape Case
Apr 18 2022 // An Ohio woman repeatedly raped as a child suffered injuries so severe that she’s owed millions in compensation despite a state cap on pain-and-suffering awards, an attorney told the state Supreme Court. At issue...
Appeals Court Upholds $25M Judgment Against College in Ohio
Apr 18 2022 // An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident that roiled the historic liberal arts school and...
Appeals Court Upholds $25M Judgment Against College in Ohio
Apr 5 2022 // An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident that roiled the historic liberal arts school and...
