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Ohio Restaurant, Management Firm to Pay $1.4M to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Sep 22 2016 // The owner/operator and management company for a Columbus Texas Roadhouse restaurant will pay $1.4 million and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a class sexual harassment suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Ohio Etching Plant Fined $256K for Workplace Safety Violations
Sep 19 2016 // Federal safety inspectors are recommending that a Cleveland, Ohio, etching company face $256,000 in penalties for safety and health violations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration posted an imminent danger...
Pain Care Lobby Gave $3.5M in Ohio Political Donations as Opioid Deaths Climbed
Sep 19 2016 // As Ohio’s overdose epidemic has climbed toward a record high, an army of lobbyists representing makers of prescription painkillers and their allies poured more than $3.5 million into Ohio political...
Ohio Ex-Inmate Wins $3M after State Failed to File Answer to Lawsuit
Sep 19 2016 // A former inmate has won $3 million in a lawsuit against an Ohio prison after the state failed to file an answer for several years. John Henricks, 59, of Fulton County, had sued now-retired Dr. Ida Gonzalez and the Pickaway...
Drivers Most Ticketed in Ohio Are 21-Year-Olds: Analysis
Sep 19 2016 // A newspaper investigation has found that 21-year-olds received the most traffic citations out of any age group in Ohio, despite not being the most licensed drivers. The analysis by The Plain Dealer of more than 612,000...
Ohio Insurance Industry Adding Jobs, More Expected, Trade Group Says
Sep 19 2016 // In terms of employment opportunities, the insurance industry in Ohio is growing at a robust pace, a state insurance industry trade group says. In the 2016 edition of its “Insurance in Ohio” report, the Ohio...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for $58K Grand Theft
Sep 13 2016 // A former Ohio insurance agent and agency owner has been sentenced for grand theft after pleading guilty to misappropriating more than $58,000 from two clients, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced. Charles Gabel, of...
Work Comp Bureau Funding Workplace Safety Research at Ohio Universities
Sep 12 2016 // The state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has awarded two Ohio universities with money to research occupational health and safety. The grants support research in how injuries can prevented in the workplace and ways...
Trade Group: Insurance Industry Adding Jobs in Ohio at a Rapid Pace
Sep 7 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv In terms of employment opportunities, the insurance industry in Ohio is growing at a robust pace, a state insurance industry trade group says. In the 2016 edition of its “Insurance in...
Analysis: 21-Year-Old Drivers Most Ticketed in Ohio
Sep 7 2016 // A newspaper investigation has found that 21-year-olds received the most traffic citations out of any age group in Ohio, despite not being the most licensed drivers. The analysis by The Plain Dealer of more than 612,000...
Ohio Mutual Offering Distracted Driving Prevention Device to Policyholders
Sep 2 2016 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group plans to offer its policyholders distracted driving technology from Cellcontrol to help reduce distracted driving claims. Cellcontrol is a combination hardware device and software. A toll booth...
At Least 12 Tornadoes in Indiana, Ohio Damage Homes, Businesses
Aug 26 2016 // A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio earlier this week, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said as crews worked to restore power and remove...
Ohio-Based Hylant Names Miller Executive Risk Practice Leader
Aug 22 2016 // Insurance brokerage Hylant, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, has promoted Doug Miller to vice president, Executive Risk Practice leader. He assumes the Executive Risk Practice group leadership from Jim Lash, who was recently...
New Death Prompts ARC Airbag Probe in US, Canada
Aug 8 2016 // Auto safety regulators in two countries are investigating another deadly airbag problem that could affect up to 8 million vehicles. Investigators in the U.S. and Canada are looking into a crash in the Canadian province of...
People – Midwest
Aug 8 2016 // Insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services (USI) appointed David A. Nurre president, employee benefits for the Cincinnati, Ohio, office. Nurre has more than 17 years of industry experience and has been with USI Insurance...
4 Months of Hand-Held Speed Cameras Generate $630K for Ohio City
Jul 26 2016 // Toledo, Ohio, collected almost $630,000 during its first four months of using hand-held cameras to catch speeding drivers, providing a financial boost to a city facing budget troubles. The program was expected to generate...
Farley Joins Ohio Insurance Institute as VP Legal, Government Affairs
Jul 26 2016 // Michael D. Farley has joined the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) as vice president of legal and government affairs. Farley will assume leadership of the association’s legislative and regulatory affairs initiatives, a...
People – Midwest
Jul 25 2016 // Ohio Insurance Institute President Dan Kelso is retiring and senior staffer Dean Fadel has been named the OII’s new president. Formerly vice president of Government Relations, Fadel joined OII in 1988. He previously...
Groups Press Dow-DuPont to Reveal Teflon Liabilities Before Merger Vote
Jul 19 2016 // DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical Co. must tell shareholders before next week’s merger vote that they may face exposure to costly potential damages from claims that a chemical used to make Teflon caused cancer and other...
People – Midwest
Jul 11 2016 // Wholesale insurance broker Burns & Wilcox added Mary Mullen as personal insurance manager in its Chicago office. Mullen, who most recently served as vice president, regional operations officer at Willis Towers Watson,...
