Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workplace Injuries Lead to $1.4M in Fines for Ohio Chicken Processor
Oct 7 2015 // A supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations at Ohio facilities, including several that led a teenage worker to suffer the...
After 97 Fire Deaths this Year, Ohio Launches Safety Campaign
Oct 7 2015 // Ohio has launched a campaign to promote fire safety as cooler temperatures prompt more use of heat sources that can lead to blazes. The state says fires have killed 97 people in Ohio so far in 2015. That’s 12 more...
Ohio Insurance Institute: Deer-Vehicle Crashes Down, Costs Rising
Oct 6 2015 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) reports that deer-vehicle crashes in the state decreased in 2014 by 2.5 percent over 2013. Nationally, however, claim costs from such collisions are up by more than 6 percent this...
Ohio Insurance Agent Tax Liens Surpass $15M
Oct 5 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that as of September 2015 the insurance agent tax lien program has collected or set-up payment plans with agents for amounts totaling $15,149,631 in unpaid income tax, sales...
Ohio Lawmakers Consider Statewide Ridesharing Regulations
Sep 30 2015 // The Ohio Senate is considering a bill that would create one set of statewide regulations for ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft. The lawmakers’ work comes as Uber plans to expand its Ohio workforce by adding...
Griffith Insurance Education Award Goes to Ohio Mutual’s Kennedy
Sep 28 2015 // James Kennedy, CEO of the Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, was named the recipient of the 2015 Griffith Insurance Education Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for his career-long dedication to education and support of the...
Cardiologist in Ohio Convicted of Overbilling Insurers $7.2M
Sep 27 2015 // A federal court jury in Cleveland, Ohio, has convicted a cardiologist of ordering unnecessary medical tests, performing unnecessary procedures and submitting fraudulent bills totaling $7.2 million. Fifty-six-year-old...
Ohio Town Ordered to Put Anti-Fracking Issue Back on Ballot
Sep 25 2015 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an anti-fracking measure in Youngstown must be put back on fall ballots. In a unanimous decision, the high court said the Mahoning County Board of Elections lacked the authority not to...
Tax Liens Against Ohio Insurance Agents Surpass $15M
Sep 24 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that as of September 2015 the insurance agent tax lien program has collected or set-up payment plans totaling $15,149,631 in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers’...
More Crashes Causing Ohio Car Insurance Rates to Climb
Sep 21 2015 // An uptick in vehicle crashes in Ohio may be denting motorists’ wallets, along with their cars and trucks. The Columbus Dispatch reports several insurers have begun raising rates because of rising claims. Geico, the...
People – Midwest
Sep 21 2015 // Mark C. Russell has been tapped as the next president and chief executive officer of Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, succeeding the company’s current retiring leader Jim Kennedy. Russell comes to Ohio Mutual from...
Oil Company Fined $223K for Fracking Well Fire in Ohio
Sep 17 2015 // A fire at a natural gas fracking well that forced evacuations and killed thousands of fish in eastern Ohio last summer will result in fines of about $223,000 against an international oil and gas company. Environmental...
GEICO Introduces Ridesharing Policy in Ohio
Sep 17 2015 // GEICO is offering its ridesharing insurance product, which delivers end-to-end coverage for personal and ridesharing use, to drivers in Ohio. New and existing drivers that have been approved to drive for Uber (UberX and...
Ohio Leads the U.S. in Insurance Claims for Copper Theft
Sep 14 2015 // Ohio leads the country in the number of insurance claims for thefts of copper and other kinds of metals, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The report shows that Ohio reported...
More Crashes Cause Ohio Car Insurance Rates to Climb
Sep 10 2015 // An uptick in vehicle crashes in Ohio may be denting motorists’ wallets, along with their cars and trucks. The Columbus Dispatch reports several insurers have begun raising rates because of rising claims. Geico, the...
Members of Ohio Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Sentenced
Sep 9 2015 // Two additional members of a Cincinnati-area fraudulent auto insurance claim ring have been sentenced in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced. The three main participants in the...
Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA
Sep 8 2015 // The nation’s doctors say the proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies would violate federal antitrust guidelines and seriously erode health insurance competition. According...
Ohio Licenses First Captive Insurance Company
Sep 7 2015 // Imprise Financial PCC Inc. is now licensed as Ohio’s first “protected cell” captive insurance company, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance. Through its protected cells, Imprise Financial will...
Ohio Company to Pay $80K to Settle Harassment Suit
Aug 31 2015 // Mel-K Management Company will pay $80,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a federal harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...
Russell Named President, CEO of Ohio Mutual Insurance
Aug 28 2015 // Mark C. Russell has been tapped as the next president and chief executive officer of Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, succeeding the company’s current retiring leader Jim Kennedy. Russell comes to Ohio Mutual from...
