Latest Ohio Headlines
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$1.8M Settlement Proposed for Teen Hurt on Broken Ohio Fair Ride
Mar 21 2018 // A young woman critically injured in a deadly ride accident at the Ohio State Fair would get nearly $1.8 million in a proposed settlement of her claims against the ride operator and companies that had inspected it. A...
Bussard Promoted to Underwriter at Arlington/Roe in Ohio
Mar 19 2018 // Jennifer Bussard has been promoted to commercial lines underwriter at the Ohio office of managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker Arlington/Roe. Bussard is a graduate of Franklin University and holds the...
Snow Causes 81-Vehicle Highway Pileup in Ohio
Mar 15 2018 // Authorities say a blinding, late-afternoon snow squall caused an 81-vehicle pileup on a major highway in central Ohio, but no one was seriously hurt. The crashes left vehicles crunched, tipped over and scattered at odd...
Couple Files Suit After Ohio Hospital Loses Embryos
Mar 13 2018 // An Ohio hospital where as many as 2,000 frozen eggs and embryos were damaged by a storage tank malfunction is being sued by a couple who lost two embryos. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Amber and Elliott Ash. Lawyers...
Shepherd Joins Ohio’s Great American Insurance as Sr. VP, Cyber Liability
Mar 9 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has hired Betty Shepherd as divisional senior vice president of Cyber Liability. She will oversee the company’s cyber initiatives and existing cyber underwriting...
Natural Gas Well That Exploded in Ohio now Capped
Mar 9 2018 // A spokeswoman for a company whose natural gas well exploded and caught fire in Ohio last month says the well that had continued leaking methane has been capped. XTO Energy’s Karen Matusic says the well in Belmont...
Mapfre’s Wilcox Joins Ohio’s Motorists Insurance as EVP, Personal Lines
Mar 7 2018 // Matthew C. Wilcox has been hired as executive vice president of personal lines at Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Insurance Group. Wilcox has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience. He most recently served as a...
CEO of Ohio’s Loan Protector Insurance Services Buys Back Firm
Mar 6 2018 // The CEO and managing partner of Solon, Ohio-based Loan Protector Insurance Services has purchased the company from insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson. The buyout by Dennis Swit was financed by InsurBanc. The...
Property Owners Win $1M Jury Award in Ohio Turnpike Lawsuit
Mar 5 2018 // The owners of a parcel of less than a half-acre taken by Ohio’s turnpike commission for a construction project has won a $1 million judgment from a northeast Ohio jury for land the commission tried to acquire for...
Flooding Along Ohio River Expected to Continue
Feb 27 2018 // Forecasters expect flooding to persist through the week in the Cincinnati region, and authorities said Monday that will hinder efforts to assess damage. The National Weather Service said the Ohio River crested Sunday at...
Businesses Closed After Historic Ohio Building Collapses
Feb 21 2018 // A historic building has collapsed in Ohio, leading officials to close nearby businesses until it is stabilized or torn down. Medina Fire Chief Bob Painter says the back canopy of the three-story Medina building collapsed...
Judge Says Administrators Not Liable for Ohio School Shooting
Feb 20 2018 // Five former administrators at a northeastern Ohio school district where three high school students were fatally shot and a fourth permanently disabled are not liable for the shootings six years ago, a judge presiding over...
Flood Warnings in Effect Along Ohio River in West Virginia
Feb 20 2018 // Flood warnings continue along the Ohio River in West Virginia following recent heavy rains. The National Weather Service says the Ohio River was nearly seven feet above flood stage Sunday at Point Pleasant. It was expected...
Ohio, Missouri Insurance Departments Return Tens of Millions in Claims Payouts to Consumers
Feb 19 2018 // The Ohio Department of Insurance helped recover $30.4 million for insureds in 2017 and the Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers receive an extra $16.8 million in claims payments last year, insurance regulators...
Ohio Collects more than $20M in Past Due Taxes from Insurance Agents
Feb 19 2018 // A state of Ohio program established to collect past due taxes from insurance agents has surpassed the $20 million threshold, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced. The vast majority of the nearly...
Hammond Named Director of Insurance Operations at Ohio’s Wichert Insurance
Feb 12 2018 // Wichert Insurance in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has appointed Robin Hammond as director of Insurance Operations. In this role, Hammond will assume responsibility for the day to day account manager and service personnel using...
Ohio’s Wichert Insurance Appoints Thomas as President
Feb 9 2018 // Wichert Insurance, a Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based independent insurance agency and wholesaler, has appointed Al Thomas to the position of president. Thomas has worked in the capacity of principal of Confluence Insurance...
Ohio Sues Dupont, Chemours over Cancer-Linked Teflon Toxin
Feb 9 2018 // DuPont Co. and its spinoff Chemours Co. have been sued by Ohio for dumping a chemical used in Teflon, an action the state said went on for 60 years even though the company knew it was toxic to humans. Ohio’s Attorney...
Ohio Collects more than $20M in Past Due Taxes from Insurance Agents
Feb 9 2018 // A state of Ohio program established to collect past due taxes from insurance agents has surpassed the $20 million threshold, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced. The vast majority of the nearly...
Ohio Insurance Regulators Help Secure an Extra $30.4M for Consumers
Feb 6 2018 // The Ohio Department of Insurance helped more than 436,000 Ohio insurance consumers save or recover $30.4 million in 2017 through its toll-free hotlines, community outreach and counseling, according to Director Jillian...
