Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio County Spends $200K on Cyber Insurance
Jul 24 2017 // The Ohio county that includes the capital city of Columbus is spending $200,000 on an insurance policy to cover cyberattacks. The Columbus Dispatch reports Franklin County’s $10 million policy will provide protection...
Ohio Residents Forced to Evacuate from Sinking Homes
Jul 19 2017 // Some residents in a northern Ohio city are being forced to leave their homes after the structures began sinking into the ground. Wadsworth officials say four condominiums and a nearby house are unsafe and notices have been...
Ex-Ohio St. Player Files Suit Over Use of Image in Marketing Program
Jul 17 2017 // One of Ohio State’s most famous football starshas sued the university over a marketing program he says used athletes’ images without permission and robbed them of compensation. Linebacker Chris Spielman filed...
Judge: Insurer Off the Hook for Payment in Ohio Arson Case
Jul 17 2017 // A judge has ruled that an insurance company doesn’t have to pay an Ohio man accused of burning down his house. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports the ruling came on July 14 in southwest Ohio’s Butler...
Varanese Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Team in Ohio
Jul 14 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has added Jennifer Varanese as vice president within the company’s Employee Benefits Group in the Columbus, Ohio. Varanese joins Alliant with extensive...
Alleged Safety Violations Bring Proposed $610K in Fines for Ohio Company
Jun 30 2017 // A federal safety agency has proposed a $610,000 penalty against a central Ohio company for exposing workers to machine hazards and harmful levels of silica. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a...
Proposed Ohio Legislation Adds Opportunities for Self-Insurance
Jun 30 2017 // Ohio is one of the few states that does not allow private insurers to participate in the workers’ compensation system, although it permits larger employers to “self-insure” to administer and pay their own...
People
Jun 19 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has named Jessica E. Clark as the company’s new chief executive officer. Bringing nearly 20 years of leadership experience in property and casualty insurance, Clark...
Growing Number of Municipal Suits Over Opioids Face Uphill Battle
Jun 19 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 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...
