Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio’s Motorists Insurance Launches Commercial Insurance Company
May 2 2017 // Motorists Insurance Group, based in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new commercial lines company – Motorists Insurance – in Michigan and Tennessee. The company features state-of-the-art technology to make the process...
Ohio Prosecutor: Building Owner Set Fire That Killed 2 Firefighters
May 2 2017 // Prosecutors say a building owner on trial in the deaths of two Ohio firefighters set the deadly fire to collect insurance money. They say 64-year-old Ray Abou-Arab had filed for bankruptcy two years before the 2014 fire in...
Ohio Jury Says American Family Agents Are Employees; Insurer Disagrees
Apr 28 2017 // A federal jury in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 18 determined that thousands of agents with Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Mutual Insurance (AmFam) are employees, not independent contractors. According to a news...
10-Year Old Boy Set Fire at Ohio Store with People Inside, Police Say
Apr 25 2017 // Police say a 10-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with aggravated arson after a fire at an Ohio discount store caused damage estimated at more than $200,000. Middletown police Lt. Jim Cunningham says about 10...
Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual Finalize Joint Venture
Apr 24 2017 // Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals to affiliate...
Critics: DuPont Spent More on Legal Fees than Chemical Tests in Teflon Case
Apr 19 2017 // Critics say DuPont has spent too little on testing Ohio and West Virginia residents for contamination from a chemical used to make Teflon, while paying millions to a lawyer overseeing the testing program. The Columbus...
Haughawout Named Deputy Commissioner at Ohio Department of Insurance
Apr 19 2017 // Carrie Haughawout, who joined the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) in 2011, has been appointed deputy director of the department, ODI Director Jillian Froment announced. Froment, who had held the deputy director position...
People – Midwest
Apr 17 2017 // Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich named Jillian E. Froment to serve as the director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Froment succeeds Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor who has stepped down as insurance director but will continue to serve as...
Ohio Physician Pleads Guilty to Role in Pill Mill
Apr 11 2017 // Margaret Temponeras, 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, which she did through a pain clinic and dispensary, according to the U.S....
Ohio Coal Miner Creates Fake Employment Records in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 10 2017 // A former coal miner from northeast Ohio owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $40,000 after BWC investigators found him creating phony employment records to secure BWC cash benefits, the...
Ohio’s TDC Risk Management Partners with Highline Insurance
Apr 6 2017 // TDC Risk Management, a Maumee, Ohio-based independent property and casualty insurance agency and risk management firm announced a partnership with California’s Highline Insurance. Highline Insurance is an independent...
Smith Joins Ohio Agents Group as Company Partners Manager
Apr 3 2017 // The Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has added Megan Smith as company partners manager. With a passion for the independent agency system, Smith is excited to foster partnerships with OIA’s carrier partners to...
Froment Named Ohio Insurance Director as Taylor Steps Down
Apr 3 2017 // Ohio’s lieutenant governor stepped down on March 31 as the state’s insurance director. Republican Gov. John Kasich said in a statement that Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor was leaving her job as director of the Ohio...
People – Midwest
Apr 3 2017 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance promoted Marty Arnold to senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, and Garth Wicinsky to senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Arnold joined SECURA...
Ohio’s Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Nonprofit Division
Mar 24 2017 // Norman-Spencer Agency Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio, has launched a new Nonprofit Division. This division offers three unique insurance programs — food distribution and thrift stores, foundations and grant making, and...
J.M. Wilson Adds Mahaffey as Assistant Underwriter in Ohio
Mar 21 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has hired Seth Mahaffey as assistant transportation underwriter in Westerville, Ohio. Mahaffey responsible for quoting new and renewal transportation accounts,...
Convicted Ohio Burglar Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // A Cincinnati man serving time in an Indiana prison for burglary got a short break from prison March 9, but only to plead guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in an Ohio courtroom, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Proposes $1B Employer Rebate
Mar 16 2017 // Ohio’s fund for injured workers wants to return more than $1 billion of its investment earnings to the state’s 200,000 private and public employers. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation proposed the...
Toledo, Ohio, to Allow Golf Carts on Downtown Streets
Mar 14 2017 // An Ohio city is going to allow golf carts and other low-speed vehicles on downtown streets and two residential neighborhoods. Toledo’s city council approved the plan and, starting in April, drivers who are at least...
Ohio Reminds Farmers of March 15 Crop Insurance Deadline
Mar 14 2017 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor has issued a reminder to Ohio farmers that the deadline to purchase or modify certain insurance coverage for spring-planted crops is March 15. “Farmers should contact an agent if...
