Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Village: No Space Left for Medical Marijuana Growers
Jun 9 2017 // A central Ohio village that embraced potential medical marijuana business while some other communities rejected it saw such interest from prospective growers that it has run out of space for that sector. The Columbus...
Ohio Man Must Repay $35K in Ohio Workers’ Comp Benefits
Jun 8 2017 // A Columbus man on disability benefits for a workplace injury must reimburse the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $35,000 after investigators found him collecting and selling 46 tons of scrap metal during a...
People – Midwest
Jun 5 2017 // Privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has promoted Jeff Lumpp to president of its Grand Rapids, Mich., office. Lumpp will be responsible for building greater brand awareness, growing the Hylant business in West...
Patrol: 14 Traffic Deaths in Ohio over Memorial Day Weekend
Jun 2 2017 // The State Highway Patrol says 14 people were killed on Ohio roads over the Memorial Day weekend. A patrol statement says the deaths reported over the four-day period from May 26 through May 29 included one motorcyclist,...
Ohio Company Enters No Contest Plea in Employee’s Death
Jun 2 2017 // An Ohio company has pleaded no contest to a negligent homicide charge in the death of an employee killed while treating hazardous waste. WCPO-TV in Cincinnati reports Environmental Enterprises entered the plea on May 31 to...
Stengle Named Sr. VP, Employee Benefits, at Ohio Brokerage, Hylant
Jun 2 2017 // Toledo, Ohio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant, has named Jim Stengle as senior vice president, employee benefits business development manager. It is a newly created role within the agency’s Employee Benefits...
Growing Number of Municipal Suits Over Opioids Face Uphill Battle
Jun 2 2017 // A growing number of U.S. states, counties and cities are filing lawsuits accusing drug companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers to downplay their addictiveness, but some lawyers say the industry’s highly...
Ohio AG DeWine Sues 5 Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis
May 31 2017 // The state of Ohio on May 30 sued five major drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers that have fueled a sky-rocketing drug addiction epidemic. The suit, filed by...
For 10th Year, Ohio’s Central Insurance Receives IIABA’s Best Practices Award
May 31 2017 // The Central Insurance Companies was recently honored with the Best Practices Award of Excellence from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”). This is the tenth...
Storms Bring Tornadoes, Flash Floods, Evacuations in Midwest
May 26 2017 // Heavy rainfall that sparked flash flooding in Fort Wayne, Ind., forced motorists to flee submerged cars and prompted the evacuation of about 20 homes in the northeastern Indiana city. And in Ohio, authorities say tornadoes...
Vanessa Kinney, Hylant VP in Columbus, Ohio, Among ’40 Under 40′
May 23 2017 // Insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, announced that Vanessa Kinney, vice president, employee benefits team leader, is a Columbus Business First “40 Under 40” recipient. Now in its 25th year, the 40 Under 40 award...
Ohio Bill Would Limit Access to Workers’ Comp for Workers Here Illegally
May 22 2017 // The Ohio House has approved a workers’ compensation budget that blocks workers living in the country illegally who get hurt on the job from accessing compensation benefits. The Columbus Dispatch reports the bill was...
Ohio Steel Plant Faces $280K Fine for Safety Violations
May 22 2017 // A federal safety group says it has proposed a $280,000 fine against an Ohio steel plant for violations over lead exposure and hazards caused by unsafe machinery. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced...
Political Commentators File Suit over Ohio’s Online Harassment Ban
May 18 2017 // A group of liberal and conservative online political commentators in Ohio has filed a constitutional challenge to the state’s recently enacted law against internet harassment. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S....
Republican Governors Have Own Ideas for Healthcare Reforms
May 18 2017 // A group of about a dozen Republican governors is pushing for its own set of national healthcare reforms, flexing its considerable muscle in the national debate over the future of Obamacare as the U.S. Senate begins writing...
Business Moves
May 15 2017 // Validus, Crop Insurance Agency Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Crop Risk Services business (CRS), a primary crop insurance managing general agent, from Archer Daniels Midland Co. In the deal that was...
Ohio Governor: Too Many Die in Manufactured Homes, Regulation Needed
May 11 2017 // Ohio Gov. John Kasich believes too many people are dying in manufactured homes, and he wants oversight of those homes transferred from an industry-controlled board to the state. Statistics compiled by the State Fire...
Ohio Fines Pipeline Builder $430K for Water, Air Violations
May 10 2017 // Ohio environmental regulators have issued a $430,000 fine against a company building a natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Michigan. Energy Transfer is the company building the $4.2 billion Rover pipeline. It will...
Ohio Plant Fined $570K after Worker Loses Hand, Part of Arm
May 8 2017 // An auto parts maker in Ohio is being fined nearly $600,000 after a worker in Oregon, Ohio, lost his right hand and part of his arm in an industrial accident. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the...
Continental Heritage Insurance Launches Ohio Medical Marijuana Bond Program
May 3 2017 // Ohio’s Continental Heritage Insurance Co. has rolled out a program to provide surety bonds to applicants for Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Program. Edward Feighan, an owner and director of Continental Heritage, is...
