Latest Ohio Headlines
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Former Ohio Insurance Agent Gets 9 Years in Prison for $1.1M Theft from Clients
Jul 29 2020 // A former Ohio insurance agent has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from clients, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance. The ODI said Gregory Oliver, of Milford, Ohio, was...
Ohio Bowling Alley Where Off-Duty Officer Killed Man Settles Suit for $1.2M
Jul 29 2020 // The company that owned a Cleveland, Ohio, bowling alley has settled part of a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who was fatally shot there by an off-duty police officer in 2018. Court documents show the company that...
American Financial Group Promotes Weidner to VP
Jul 24 2020 // American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Diane P. Weidner to vice president. Weidner joined AFG in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility across the company over her 33-year...
Ohio Nursing Facilities Cited for Inadequate Respiratory Protection
Jul 24 2020 // An Ohio healthcare company has been cited by federal officials for violating respiratory protection standards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited OHNH EMP...
Ohio’s Golden Eagle Insurance, Florida’s Innovative Risk Solutions Merging
Jul 23 2020 // Ohio-based Golden Eagle Insurance and Innovative Risk Solutions are merging to form a new company, Unitas Financial Services. The merger is expected to be completed by Jan. 1, 2021. Innovative Risk Solutions is...
Pfeifer Promoted to Senior VP, Underwriting at Ohio’s Central Insurance
Jul 22 2020 // The Central Insurance Companies, based in Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jocelyn Pfeifer to senior vice president of Underwriting. Pfeifer will lead the entirety of the company’s underwriting organization including...
Ohio’s Wallace & Turner: Turning 150 During a Pandemic
Jul 22 2020 // What’s the secret of longevity for an insurance agency, or really any business, that has been in operation for 150 years and shows no sign of slowing down? “At the end of the day you take care of your...
Ohio Roofing Contractor Faces $148K in Fines for Alleged Safety Violations
Jul 14 2020 // Federal officials say a Dublin, Ohio-based roofing contractor is facing penalties of more than $148,000 after being cited for workplace safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Abusive Ohio State Doc Placed Above Accountability, Lawsuit Says
Jun 26 2020 // A former Ohio State University student health director acknowledged he knew of a doctor’s practice of conducting a genital exam on every patient he saw, according to an updated lawsuit against the university over the...
Millions of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Pose Environmental, Health Risks
Jun 23 2020 // In May 2012, Hanson and Michael Rowe noticed an overpowering smell, like rotten eggs, seeping from an abandoned gas well on their land in Kentucky. The fumes made the retired couple feel nauseous, dizzy, and short of...
Colleges Asking Returning Athletes to Sign COVID-19 Risk Forms
Jun 22 2020 // Ohio State calls it the Buckeye Acknowledgment and Pledge, a two-page document the school asked its athletes to sign before they could begin using team facilities during the pandemic. The document SMU is requiring its...
Ohio May Force GM to Repay $60M in Incentives after Plant Shut Down
Jun 19 2020 // Ohio officials are considering forcing General Motors to repay $60 million in public incentives because of its decision to close a massive assembly plant near Youngstown. At issue is an economic development deal from more...
Bold Penguin Partners with Ohio’s State Auto on Commercial Insurance
Jun 19 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance technology provider, has added Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. (State Auto) to its platform, expanding its commercial auto insurance offering launched in...
Branch Launches Personal Lines Insurance Discount Program in Missouri
Jun 18 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based technology-based personal lines insurance provider, Branch, has launched its My Community Discount program in Missouri. Through the program, clients can “save on their insurance premiums by...
Ohio’s Root Insurance Now Offering Homeowners Coverage
Jun 3 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Root Insurance, has launched Root Home, a homeowners insurance program that is available in 13 states. Root Insurance customers who bundle with new or existing auto policies will save 10% on...
Judge: Ohio Hospital, Insurer Need Not Fund Doc’s Murder Case Defense
May 22 2020 // A Michigan-based health system and its insurer don’t have to cover the costs of an Ohio doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 hospital patients, a federal judge ruled. William Husel is...
Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash
May 21 2020 // A lax safety culture at an air ambulance company led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather in Ohio that killed three people, federal investigators said Tuesday. Survival Flight’s...
States Sharing of COVID-19 Patients’ Data With First Responders Sparks Privacy Concern
May 21 2020 // More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed. Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of...
Ohio’s Encova Insurance Begins Virtual Internship Program
May 11 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Encova Insurance is moving forward with its summer internship program in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, West Virginia, with virtual training and onboarding of 22 interns. Currently, about 90% of...
Ohio Worker Dies After Becoming Trapped in Gravel Hopper
May 4 2020 // A worker at an industrial site in Ohio died after becoming trapped in a gravel hopper, authorities said. The man, who was in his 60s, was working at Enon Sand and Gravel in Bethel Township, Clark County, the Springfield...
