Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Insurance Institute: Early January Storm Could Be One of State’s Costliest
Mar 2 2014 // Ohio insurance officials say the early January deep freeze, accompanied by heavy snow and ice, will end up being one of the costliest winter storms in the state in recent decades. Preliminary figures released by the Ohio...
Ohio Bottler Fined Nearly $87K for Repeat Safety Violations
Feb 25 2014 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc. for seven workplace health and safety violations at its plant in Franklin Furnace, Ohio. The...
Ohio Man Ordered to Repay $60K in Workers’ Comp Death Benefits
Feb 25 2014 // An Ohio man has been ordered to repay nearly $60,000 in workers’ compensation death benefits, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation reported. Adam Osterman pleaded guilty Feb. 13 in the Franklin County Court...
Toledo Has Most Arson Fires in Ohio; Few Perpetrators Caught
Feb 25 2014 // The state’s fourth-largest city, where two firefighters died in what investigators say was a blaze set by an apartment building owner, has reported more arsons than anywhere else in Ohio over the past few...
Non-Fatal Workplace Injuries in Ohio Below National Average
Feb 24 2014 // Ohio’s rate of non-fatal workplace injuries is below the national average, according to the head of the state’s primary workers’ compensation insurance provider. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation...
Business Moves
Feb 24 2014 // Kemper Corp. Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The new Kemper...
Ohio Supreme Court: Landlords Liable for Safety of Tenants’ Guests
Feb 13 2014 // The Ohio Supreme Court has found that landlords must provide a safe environment to guests of their tenants. The unanimous decision resolves a conflict in two lower appeals courts that reached different conclusions in...
Ohio Regulators Save or Recover $23.5M for Insurance Consumers in 2013
Feb 10 2014 // The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that it helped save or recover $23.5 million for Ohio consumers in 2013 while assisting nearly 200,000 Ohioans mainly through its toll-free hotlines, community outreach efforts and...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Cracks Down on Pain Pills
Feb 10 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said it has stepped up monitoring of the millions of doses of pain pills prescribed to injured workers every year as the agency tries to control costs and fight rampant...
Ohio Chiropractor Must Pay Nearly $70K for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 10 2014 // A Fairfield (Butler County) chiropractor was sentenced to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution and investigation costs to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Tariq Arif pleaded guilty Jan. 13 in the Franklin...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Cracks Down on Pain Pills
Feb 2 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said it has stepped up monitoring of the millions of doses of pain pills prescribed to injured workers every year as the agency tries to control costs and fight rampant...
Akron, Ohio Police: Security Alarm Verification Required for Response
Feb 2 2014 // Akron, Ohio, where 98 percent of security alarms turn out to be false, is beginning a new policy requiring confirmation of a possible crime. The Akron police department’s new policy will require prior verification of...
Ohio Hospital Settles with Michigan Cancer Patient for $200K
Jan 29 2014 // The University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio has agreed to pay $200,000 to a southeastern Michigan woman who says radiotherapy was applied to the wrong sites to treat her cervical and endometrial cancer. The Court of...
Ohio Chiropractor Owes nearly $70K for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 28 2014 // An Ohio chiropractor was sentenced to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution and investigation costs to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Tariq Arif pleaded guilty Jan. 13 in the Franklin County Court of...
Case Before Ohio Court May Impact Future Coverage for Fracking Liability
Jan 27 2014 // The oil drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been blamed – rightly or wrongly – for various hazards ranging from earthquakes to water pollution. While the technique has generated a lot of...
Case Before Ohio Court May Impact Future Coverage for Fracking Liability
Jan 27 2014 // The oil drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been blamed – rightly or wrongly – for various hazards ranging from earthquakes to water pollution. While the technique has generated a lot of...
Business Moves
Jan 27 2014 // Brown & Brown, The Wright Group Daytona Beach, Fla.-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. is acquiring for $602.5 million The Wright Insurance Group LLC from Aquiline Capital Partners, Wright’s...
Jury Awards Ohio Man with Asbestos-Related Cancer $27M
Jan 24 2014 // A jury in Ohio has awarded a Cleveland-area man suffering from asbestos-related cancer a $27.5 million verdict. The man’s attorney tells The Plain Dealer that it’s the largest award of its kind in Ohio. John...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Prescription Formulary Saves over $20M
Jan 24 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that changes made to its pharmacy management program in recent years have resulted in a reduction in prescriptions of some of the most commonly overused drugs...
Wells Fargo Selling 42 Smaller Regional Insurance Offices to USI
Jan 24 2014 // Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, has agreed to sell more than 40 percent of its insurance brokerage locations to focus bricks-and-mortar operations on higher-growth regions and bigger clients. USI...
