Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Grain Handling Company Fined $292K After Employee Deaths
Jan 21 2020 // A federal agency fined an Ohio-based grain handling company over alleged safety violations that led to the deaths of two employees last year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined The Andersons Inc....
Reuters Report: How Secrecy in Courts Stymies Safety Regulators
Jan 17 2020 // LEBANON, Ohio — Something wasn’t right with the Rhino. Reports started trickling in to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2005 of people being killed or injured in the Yamaha Motor Co. off-road...
Test for Self-Driving Shuttles to Run in Columbus, Ohio, Neighborhood
Jan 14 2020 // Self-driving shuttles will do a circuit through a residential neighborhood in Ohio’s capital city as part of a year-long pilot program starting in late January. Three, 12-passenger, disabled-accessible electric...
Ohio’s Nationwide Investing $160M in Workforce Development, Retention
Jan 13 2020 // The Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company, Nationwide, will invest $160 million in its workforce over the next five years, the company has reported. The money will go toward attracting, developing and retaining talent,...
Judge Won’t Make Health System Fund Defense of Accused Ohio Doctor
Jan 10 2020 // A federal judge declined for now to compel a Michigan-based health system to advance legal costs for a doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 Ohio hospital patients. U.S. District Judge George...
In Ohio Suit, Pharmacies Say Prescribers Bear Responsibility for Opioid Crisis
Jan 9 2020 // Doctors and other healthcare practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of...
In Midwest, Legal Marijuana Sales May Spark Interstate Tension
Dec 31 2019 // Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market...
Ohio Doctor Charged in 25 Patient Deaths Sues Hospital for Defamation
Dec 30 2019 // An Ohio doctor accused of ordering drug overdoses in the deaths of 25 hospital patients has sued his former employer for defamation, arguing that he did nothing wrong and did not deviate from hospital policy on end-of-life...
Ohio Agents Honor Berg of Big ‘I’ with Industry Citation Award
Dec 24 2019 // Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has presented Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Ron Berg with its Industry Citation Award. Berg has served as executive director of the Big...
Ohio Governor Says Distracted Driving Should Be Primary Offense
Dec 23 2019 // Distracted driving should be reason enough to pull someone over in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said as he promised a legislative proposal soon to upgrade the offense. DeWine also said it’s time for a cultural recognition...
Ohio Supreme Court: ‘Dangerous Dog’ Label Not Needed for Prosecution
Dec 18 2019 // A dog suspected of posing a danger to people does not have to carry an official “dangerous dog” label under state law for prosecutors to charge an owner for violating the law, the Ohio Supreme Court has...
Ohio’s DSW Shoe Warehouse to Pay $40K to Settle Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 10 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based national shoe retailer, DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc., will pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief throughout the stores in its Midwest Great Lakes Region (including Michigan and Ohio) to resolve a race...
Auto Insurer, Noblr, Now Offering Policies in Ohio
Dec 6 2019 // Personal car insurance company, Noblr, is now offering coverage to Ohio drivers, the company announced. Noblr said it rewards customers’ good driving behaviors with real-time competitive rates. Noblr is built on a...
Ohio Court to Consider Teacher Liability in Bullying Case
Dec 3 2019 // The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether educators were reckless in failing to prevent an injury to a student even though they had been notified she was being bullied by a fellow kindergartner. The...
Business Moves
Dec 2 2019 // National Aon, CoverWallet Global insurance broker Aon has agreed to acquire CoverWallet, a digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses. No purchase price was disclosed. Founded in 2015 by technology...
MRI Software Acquires Ohio’s Multifamily Insurance Partners
Nov 22 2019 // MRI Software (MRI), a global provider of real estate software, has acquired Ohio-based Multifamily Insurance Partners, which provides resident insurance programs for the US multifamily rental market. The launch of MRI...
Ohio’s AgencyZoom Hires Ternes as VP, Sales
Nov 20 2019 // AgencyZoom, a Columbus, Ohio-based sales analytics and automation platform for insurance agents, has hired Katherine Ternes as vice president of Sales Ternes time as a legislative aide and her experience within insurtech...
Insurtech Root Expands Into Renters Market; Product Launched in 3 States
Nov 14 2019 // Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a month. In addition to covering customers’ personal property and...
Nearly 30 Kansas Counties, Cities Suing the Opioid Industry
Nov 13 2019 // More than two dozen cities and counties across Kansas have sued the opioid industry, from a small town with a population of 150 near the Colorado border to the state’s most populous county at its opposite end. More...
Ohio’s Zito Insurance Agency Acquired by Risk Strategies
Nov 13 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Zito Insurance Agency, a full service firm headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, northeast of Cleveland. Terms of the deal...
