Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
J.M. Wilson Hires Fee as Branch Manager in Ohio
Nov 8 2013 // Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson, has added Gina Fee, as branch manager of its Westerville, Ohio, location. Fee will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Westerville office and staff, and foster growth and...
Ohio Stats Show more than 5K Worker Amputations
Nov 6 2013 // Data provided by the state shows that more than 5,000 workers in Ohio have suffered amputation injuries since 2005. The statistics from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation were analyzed by The Dayton Daily News....
People – Midwest
Nov 4 2013 // Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies President, Chairman and CEO Bob Restrepo has been elected chair of the board of governors of the 1,000-member Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Restrepo also...
Manufacturer Faces Nearly $148K in Fines for Amputation Hazards in Ohio
Nov 1 2013 // Napoleon Spring Works Inc., a manufacturer of garage door hardware, has been cited $147,600 in proposed penalties by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 16 safety...
Higher Speed Limit in Ohio Hasn’t Led to More Tickets
Oct 29 2013 // Troopers have written fewer tickets on some stretches of Ohio highways where the speed limit was bumped to 70 mph earlier this year, according to State Highway Patrol numbers reported by a newspaper. The patrol says it...
Coverys to Acquire Ohio Medical Professional Liability Insurance Firm
Oct 28 2013 // FinCor Holdings Inc., a member of Coverys which is based in Boston, has agreed to acquire OHA Holdings Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS), located in Columbus, Ohio. Coverys provides...
Ohio Public Employers to See Lower Workers’ Comp Rates
Oct 25 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors has approved an average rate reduction of 1.6 percent for public employer taxing districts. The BWC said the change will result in Ohio’s 3,900...
Ohio Insurance Director: Watch Out For Deer
Oct 21 2013 // Ohio’s insurance director says fall is the peak season for deer-related crashes in the state and is urging drivers be on the lookout. Insurance Director and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor says drivers should be extra careful...
People – Midwest
Oct 21 2013 // HNI Risk Services named Chad Tisonik as its Wisconsin location president. Tisonik’s appointment marks the first time HNI Wisconsin will be managed by a non-family member of the founder since the company’s...
Ohio DUI Video Confessor Seeks Reduced Sentence
Oct 18 2013 // An Ohio man who confessed in an online video to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after a night of drinking should receive a sentence well below the maximum of eight years to send a message about the value of taking...
Ohio Doc Faces More Charges in Unneeded Surgeries
Oct 18 2013 // More charges have been filed against a Cincinnati, Ohio, spine doctor accused of performing unnecessary surgeries in Ohio and Kentucky and billing health care programs millions of dollars, according to court...
Ohio’s Norman-Spencer Agency Raises Over $55K for March of Dimes
Oct 9 2013 // The Norman-Spencer Agency Inc., a national property/casualty insurance provider, announced it raised over $55,000 through a 5K run, golf outing, and silent auction dinner held on Sept. 16, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio, for the...
People – Midwest
Oct 7 2013 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies named John Bykowski, president and CEO of SECURA Insurance in Appleton, Wis., as the recipient of the 2013 Chairman’s Award during its 118th Annual Convention in...
Ohio Insurance Marketing Firm Fined, Told to Stop Operating in Kansas
Oct 7 2013 // Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger announced fines totaling $9,000 and a cease and desist order against an Ohio-licensed insurance marketing firm for illegal activities in Kansas. The company, now known...
Former Ohio Resident Owes $40K to Work Comp Bureau
Oct 4 2013 // An Ohio man owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $40,000 after he was discovered working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. Dominic Musarra, who was working as a satellite cable...
Ohio BWC Distributing Final $81.7 Million in ‘Billion Back’ Rebates
Oct 3 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that $81.7 million is headed to more than 2,000 Ohio employers, completing the distribution of $1 billion BWC began delivering to employers over the summer as...
OSHA: Bedbug Whistleblower in Ohio to Get Back Pay
Oct 2 2013 // A federal court has ordered S.E.M. Villa II Inc., a nonprofit corporation that operates S.E.M. Terrace, a retirement facility in Milford, Ohio, to pay a former resident manager $20,000 in back wages in a whistleblower...
Marsh Taps Wallace to Head its Office in Columbus, Ohio
Oct 1 2013 // Insurance broker Marsh has appointed Scott Wallace to lead its Columbus, Ohio, office. Wallace brings nearly 15 years of insurance-related experience to his new role, most recently serving as Marsh’s southeast...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Awards More Than $258K to Support Workplace Safety
Sep 30 2013 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has awarded more than $258,000 in safety intervention grants, split among nine employers. “We have more money available for safety-minded businesses this year, thanks...
Higher Speed Limits Take Effect on Some Ohio Roads
Sep 29 2013 // The speed limit has increased on some parts of U.S. and state routes throughout Ohio. The changes took effect Sept. 29 on more than 600 miles of road in the state’s second round of speed-limit increases this year....
