Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Smith Joins Ohio Agents Group as Company Partners Manager
Apr 3 2017 // The Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has added Megan Smith as company partners manager. With a passion for the independent agency system, Smith is excited to foster partnerships with OIA’s carrier partners to...
Froment Named Ohio Insurance Director as Taylor Steps Down
Apr 3 2017 // Ohio’s lieutenant governor stepped down on March 31 as the state’s insurance director. Republican Gov. John Kasich said in a statement that Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor was leaving her job as director of the Ohio...
People – Midwest
Apr 3 2017 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance promoted Marty Arnold to senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, and Garth Wicinsky to senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Arnold joined SECURA...
Ohio’s Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Nonprofit Division
Mar 24 2017 // Norman-Spencer Agency Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio, has launched a new Nonprofit Division. This division offers three unique insurance programs — food distribution and thrift stores, foundations and grant making, and...
J.M. Wilson Adds Mahaffey as Assistant Underwriter in Ohio
Mar 21 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has hired Seth Mahaffey as assistant transportation underwriter in Westerville, Ohio. Mahaffey responsible for quoting new and renewal transportation accounts,...
Convicted Ohio Burglar Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // A Cincinnati man serving time in an Indiana prison for burglary got a short break from prison March 9, but only to plead guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in an Ohio courtroom, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Proposes $1B Employer Rebate
Mar 16 2017 // Ohio’s fund for injured workers wants to return more than $1 billion of its investment earnings to the state’s 200,000 private and public employers. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation proposed the...
Toledo, Ohio, to Allow Golf Carts on Downtown Streets
Mar 14 2017 // An Ohio city is going to allow golf carts and other low-speed vehicles on downtown streets and two residential neighborhoods. Toledo’s city council approved the plan and, starting in April, drivers who are at least...
Ohio Reminds Farmers of March 15 Crop Insurance Deadline
Mar 14 2017 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor has issued a reminder to Ohio farmers that the deadline to purchase or modify certain insurance coverage for spring-planted crops is March 15. “Farmers should contact an agent if...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 27 2017 // A Marion, Ohio, man who was injured on the job as an emergency medical technician in 2010 recently pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after investigators discovered him working as a high school bowling...
USI Insurance Services Adds 3 in Independence, Ohio, Office
Feb 17 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has added Tammi Barker, Bridget Day and Dave Petno in the USI Independence, Ohio, office. Barker, who joins the firm as account manager, has more than 17 years of insurance experience,...
How Tattoo Artists Are Like Dentists
Feb 17 2017 // Getting a tattoo may hurt, but giving one is no picnic, either. That’s the finding of what its authors say is the first study ever to directly measure the physical stresses that lead to aches and pains in tattoo...
Traffic, Crashes Increase on Aging Ohio River Bridge
Feb 16 2017 // A bridge that carries highway traffic across the Ohio River near Cincinnati has been serving tens of thousands more vehicles a day than it was designed to handle. Time and traffic are wearing on the Brent Spence Bridge,...
Ohio Judge: Village Must Pay Back $3M in Traffic Camera Tickets
Feb 10 2017 // A judge in Ohio says a village must pay back all $3 million paid by drivers for speeding citations from automated traffic cameras. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports Butler County Judge Michael Oster issued his...
Cleveland, Ohio Settles Excessive Force Lawsuit for $2.25M
Feb 9 2017 // Attorneys for the family of a mentally ill woman who suffocated while handcuffed by Cleveland, Ohio, police say they’ve settled an excessive force lawsuit with the city for $2.25 million. Tanisha Anderson’s...
Ohio Benefits Firm Merges with USI Insurance Services
Feb 8 2017 // Accelerated Benefits in Ohio has joined forces with USI Insurance Services (USI), the companies announced. Founded in 1986 by Thomas P. Wagoner and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Accelerated Benefits and its employees will...
Study: 5 of Worst U.S. Truck-Congested Areas Are in Ohio
Feb 7 2017 // Five of the country’s 100 worst congested areas for trucks are in the state of Ohio, and three of those areas are in Cincinnati, according to a study. The American Transportation Research Institute has ranked...
Opioid Doses in Ohio Declined Again in 2016
Feb 6 2017 // The number of opioid doses dispensed to Ohio patients decreased again last year, making 2016 the fourth year in a row that the number has dropped. A recent report from the State Board of Pharmacy’s Ohio Automated Rx...
Ohio Pharmacy Board: Painkiller Prescriptions Down 20% Since 2012
Jan 27 2017 // The state says the number of painkiller prescriptions continues to fall as Ohio battles a deadly addictions epidemic. Data released by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy show 631 million painkiller pills were dispensed to patients...
Ohio-Based HORAN Promotes Bogdan-Powers, Adds Cheesman
Jan 25 2017 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based employee benefits and wealth management firm, HORAN, has promoted Valerie Bogdan-Powers to chief business development and client relations officer for HORAN’s Health Benefits Department, and...
