Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Deck Collapse at Ohio Home During Party Leaves 4 Hospitalized
May 23 2021 // The collapse of the deck of an Ohio home during a party with more than two dozen people present sent at least four people to the hospital and injured several others, authorities said. The Madison Township fire department...
Dozens More Sue Ohio State over Doc’s Alleged Sex Abuse, Misconduct
May 19 2021 // Dozens more men are suing Ohio State over the university’s failure to stop sexual abuse and misconduct decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss. They echo claims filed previously by over 400 men, many of whom...
G2 Insurance Services Acquires Assets of Ohio’s Schroeder Group
May 18 2021 // San Francisco-based insurance brokerage firm G2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired the assets of Schroeder Group Inc., an independent insurance brokerage firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more than 30 years, Schroeder...
Emerson Reid Acquires Ohio’s May Insurance Services
May 17 2021 // Emerson Reid LLC, an employee benefits wholesale general agent, has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based employee benefits services firm, May Insurance Services Inc., led by John May. Established in 1990, May Insurance Services...
Outlooks to Revised to Positive for Ohio’s Grange Insurance, Subsidiaries
May 7 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a+” of Columbus, Ohio-based...
Right-Wing Institute Ordered to Pay $2.4M to Ohio Man Hurt at Rally
May 7 2021 // A federal judge in Ohio has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally two years ago in...
Ohio State Plans Process to Settle with More Strauss Sex Abuse Victims
May 5 2021 // Ohio State University said on May 3 it is planning an individual settlement program that could help resolve more of the remaining claims over alleged sexual misconduct by Richard Strauss, the team doctor accused of abusing...
Ohio Bill Would Ban Drivers from Holding Phones, Devices
May 4 2021 // Holding a cell phone or other electronic device while driving in Ohio would be illegal under legislation introduced May 3 that takes aim at distracted driving by targeting not just texting but scrolling through social...
People Moves: Riddle Joining Ohio Mutual; Schauer Group Adds Guyer; Burnett Joins AF Group
Apr 15 2021 // Ohio Mutual Mendi Riddle will be joining Bucyrus, Ohio-based insurer, Ohio Mutual, as vice president of Sales effective May 10, succeeding Howie Barber who is retiring in July. Riddle has served in a number of senior sales...
FRISS Acquires Ohio Commercial Insurance Data Manager, Terrene Labs
Apr 14 2021 // FRISS, a Netherlands-based provider of fraud, risk and compliance products and services for property/casualty insurance carriers, has acquired Terrene Labs, headquartered in Mason, Ohio. Terrene helps commercial...
Indiana Farmers Insurance Will Enter Ohio in 2021
Apr 9 2021 // Indiana Farmers Insurance plans to enter the Ohio property/casualty insurance market this year. The Carmel, Indiana-based company, which distributes its products through independent insurance agents, will write commercial...
Authorities: Explosion at Ohio Plant Leaves 8 Hurt, 1 Missing
Apr 9 2021 // One person was killed and eight others were injured in an explosion and fire on April 8 at a paint manufacturer’s plant in Ohio’s capital city, firefighters said. Authorities in Columbus were investigating what...
Towerstone Acquires Ohio Wholesale Insurance Broker Jacobs & Associates
Apr 8 2021 // Towerstone, a Dallas-based wholesale insurance division of IMA Financial Group, has acquired Jacobs & Associates, a general agent and excess and surplus lines broker based in Strongsville, Ohio. The transaction was...
Ohio Manufacturing Facility Cited for Unsafe Conditions; Fined $119K
Apr 1 2021 // A Ohio manufacturer of power distribution products has been cited for 11 serious workplace safety violations and faces $119,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials said. In response to a January 2021...
Midwest People Moves: The Horton Group; Ohio Mutual; MJ Insurance; Lockton
Apr 1 2021 // The Horton Group The Horton Group in Chicago has hired Casey Warnecke as chief growth officer. Warnecke will be responsible for maximizing efforts around new business growth and the retention of existing clients,...
Ohio Entertainment Firm to Pay $40K in Discrimination/Retaliation Case
Mar 25 2021 // An entertainment and dining establishment in Avon, Ohio, will pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination and retaliation charge. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Canada’s Constellation Insurance to Acquire Ohio National for $1 Billion
Mar 24 2021 // Canada’s Constellation Insurance Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire Cincinnati-based life and disability insurer Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ohio National Financial Services,...
Ohio to Farmers: March 15 Is Insurance Deadline for Spring Crops
Mar 10 2021 // In a media release, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Judith L. French has reminded Ohio farmers that March 15 is the final date to purchase or modify federal crop insurance coverage on 2021 spring-planted...
Los Promoted to Executive VP at Ohio’s National Interstate Insurance
Mar 10 2021 // National Interstate Insurance Co. (National Interstate), based in Richfield, Ohio, has promoted Shawn Los to executive vice president. Los will assume responsibility for National Interstate’s Truck, Passenger...
Ohio Food Production Plant Faces $136.5K in Penalties for Safety Violations
Mar 5 2021 // A Lima, Ohio-based food production facility has been hit with citations and $136,532 in proposed penalties after worker suffers partial arm amputation. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
