Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Launches Online Registry to Cut Scrap Metal Thefts
Dec 10 2012 // Ohio has created an online registry to try to cut down on scrap metal thefts. The online registry of scrap metal and bulk merchandise dealers is part of Ohio’s Homeland Security Website. It’s designed to crack...
Ohio Auto Salvage Bill Pits Industry Against Insurers
Dec 10 2012 // Ohio’s salvage industry says proposed state legislation that would open the auto salvage auction market to unlicensed buyers could cost up to 2,500 salvage jobs and eliminate consumer protection. Opponents of Senate...
Ohio Senate Panel Advances Asbestos Lawsuit Bill
Dec 6 2012 // An Ohio Senate committee advanced a bill on Dec. 4 aimed at curbing duplicate lawsuits over on-the-job asbestos exposure in a state with one of the largest backlogs of such cases in the nation. The bill cleared the...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Ohio’s Brower Insurance Agency
Dec 5 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Ohio-based Brower Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Dayton,...
Court Finds Rating Agencies Not Liable on Toxic Mortgages
Dec 4 2012 // Major credit rating agencies won a fresh legal victory on Monday when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit by Ohio pension funds that sought to recoup millions of dollars of losses on risky mortgage debt they said...
NW Ohio Officials Lobby for Flood Control Study
Dec 3 2012 // Five years after a major flood swamped northwest Ohio, officials again are pushing for the completion of a flood control study of the Blanchard River area. A six-member regional delegation including the mayors of Findlay...
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create Arson Registry
Dec 3 2012 // Convicted arsonists in Ohio would be required to register with local sheriffs under a bill headed to the governor’s desk. The Ohio House voted 89-2 on Nov. 28 to send the measure to Gov. John Kasich. The legislation...
People – South Central
Dec 3 2012 // Dr. Therese M. Vaughan has stepped down earlier than previously announced from her post as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). In August, she announced plans for...
Texting Driver Gets Prison in Ohio Fatal Crash
Nov 30 2012 // An Ohio driver distracted by a text message when he caused a fatal crash has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison. A judge in southern Ohio’s Jackson County sentenced 31-year-old Christopher Haines on Nov....
Ohio Insurance Institute Launches Insurance Careers Website
Nov 28 2012 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) announced it has launched www.InsuranceCareers.org, a new website dedicated to providing information on the variety of career opportunities within the insurance industry. The OII, a...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Launches Online Tool to Assist Employers
Nov 27 2012 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a new online tool that makes it easier for employers to navigate and manage the details of their workers’ compensation insurance policy. My Policy Page...
Ohio Officials Working to Get Exotic Pets Registered
Nov 26 2012 // State officials continue to work with owners of exotic animals to help them fully register their creatures with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, even though the state deadline for them to submit information was several...
Ohio High Court Says Skiers Assume Ordinary Risks
Nov 26 2012 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that skiers assume the sport’s ordinary risks and can only recover damages for collision injuries by proving the other skier was acting recklessly or intentionally. The court’s...
Ohio Justices Order Six-Month Suspension for Ex-AG
Nov 21 2012 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Marc Dann, who resigned as the state’s attorney general in 2008 amid a sexual harassment scandal, to give up his law license for six months. The court’s decision was a blow to...
Holiday Red-Ribbon Campaign Promotes Ohio Road Safety
Nov 20 2012 // Law enforcers around Ohio plan more than 9,700 hours of enforcement during the holidays, including 23 sobriety checkpoints statewide. State crash statistics show 410 people were killed in 379 alcohol-related crashes last...
Some Midwest Incumbent State Court Justices Win, Others Lose
Nov 19 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices. In the Midwest, incumbents in Iowa and Michigan will return for another term; two incumbents on Ohio’s high court will...
Ohio Sidewalk Driver Does ‘Idiot’ Sign Time
Nov 16 2012 // An Ohio woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children stood in the cold recently at an intersection holding a sign warning people about idiots. A Cleveland...
South Carolina Man Sentenced in Ohio for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 14 2012 // A South Carolina man has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $140,000 for holding several jobs and concealing earnings while receiving permanent disability benefits, BWC...
How Voters Voted on State Court Justices
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
Wells Fargo Insurance Announces New Regional Leadership in Midwest
Nov 7 2012 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., has named new regional leaders in the Midwest. Led by regional managing director John Meder, the team serves the Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,...
