Latest Ohio Headlines
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My New Markets
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Insured Losses Mount in Ohio from April Storms
May 23 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute reports that preliminary estimates of an April storm outbreak caused insured property losses of up to $57.8 million in Ohio alone. Several other states, including Illinois and Indiana, were...
Morrison Tapped to Head Ohio’s Workers’ Comp Fund
May 19 2016 // Gov. John Kasich has appointed the chief legal officer to Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers as the agency’s new leader. Sarah Morrison takes over as administrator and CEO of the Ohio Bureau of...
Federal Funding for Ohio Flood Control Plan in Jeopardy
May 19 2016 // Officials in northwest Ohio may be forced to abandon a flood control project or pay for it with local money as federal funding for the plan is in jeopardy. A review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in recent months...
Judge Orders Imprisoned Ohio Cardiologist to Pay Victims $5.5M
May 16 2016 // An imprisoned Ohio cardiologist has been ordered to repay $5.5 million to people on whom he performed unnecessary heart procedures as part of a medical overbilling scheme. Cleveland.com reports that a federal judge ordered...
Ohio Court: Insurer not Liable for $1M in Megachurch Abuse Lawsuit
May 13 2016 // The Ohio Supreme Court says an insurer isn’t liable for part of a central Ohio megachurch’s $3.1 million settlement over the alleged beating of a 2-year-old boy at the church’s daycare. The justices...
2 Dead, at Least 10 Hurt as Storms Move into Ohio River Valley
May 12 2016 // Bad weather moved into the Ohio River Valley on May 10 after a series of powerful storms hit the Plains, including tornadoes that destroyed homes and left two people dead in Oklahoma. National Weather Service meteorologist...
Ohio Insurer Group: April Storm Losses Estimated at $52.6-57.8M
May 12 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute reports that an early April storm that caused significant property losses in Ohio and several other states, caused as much as $57.8 million in insured losses in Ohio alone. According to the OII...
Workers at Ohio Auto Glass Plant Warn of Unsafe Conditions
May 11 2016 // Workers alleging unsafe working conditions at an automotive glass manufacturing plant in southwestern Ohio have filed a complaint with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The complaint filed this...
Man Can Seek Damages from Cleveland Indians, Ohio High Court Rules
May 6 2016 // Ohio’s high court says a New York man who was hit by a foul ball at a baseball game and blinded in one eye can seek damages from the Cleveland Indians. Lawyers for Keith Rawlins of Rochester, New York say the team is...
Ohio Sees Rise in Crashes Where Traffic Cameras Were Turned Off
May 2 2016 // A newspaper reports that early indications are that crashes have risen since Columbus, Ohio, turned off its traffic cameras amid continuing legal and legislative battles over their use. The Columbus Dispatch reports crash...
Ohio Court Seeks Heirs in $2M Asbestos Claim Payout
Apr 27 2016 // A northeast Ohio court is trying to track down for heirs to hundreds of rubber workers who died or became very ill because of exposure to asbestos as it looks to pay out about $2 million in legal claims. Heirs have been...
Pilots in Fatal 2015 Ohio Crash Were Fired from Previous Jobs: NTSB
Apr 27 2016 // Both pilots in a chartered-jet crash last year in Akron, Ohio, that killed seven employees of a Florida real estate company had been fired from previous jobs for performance issues, investigators said. All nine people...
2 Ohio Property/Casualty Insurers Approved to Operate in Arkansas
Apr 27 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved Ohio-based All America Insurance Co. (AAIC) and Central Mutual Insurance Co. (CMIC) to do business in the state. The companies now have the authority to offer...
USI Acquires Brooks Insurance in Ohio
Apr 20 2016 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Toledo, Ohio-based Brooks Insurance. Brooks employees will remain at their Toledo and Bowling Green locations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brooks provides property/casualty,...
More Crashes, Fewer Tickets in Ohio as Speed Limits Rise
Apr 19 2016 // A newspaper analysis has found that an increase in the speed limit along stretches of rural Ohio interstates has resulted in more accidents and fewer tickets. The Columbus Dispatch reports that state troopers wrote 55,000...
Buehrer Resigns from Ohio BWC
Apr 18 2016 // The head of the Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers has stepped down from his job. Steve Buehrer resigned as administrator and CEO of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. He has led the agency for...
Injured Ohio Workers Receiving Fewer Opioid Prescriptions
Apr 18 2016 // The amount of opioids prescribed to injured Ohio workers has fallen significantly since the state’s insurance fund for injured workers created a pharmacy management program amid concerns about painkiller usage. Fewer...
Ohio Lawmakers Want Medical Marijuana Legal by Summer
Apr 15 2016 // Medical marijuana will be legalized in Ohio by summer, state representatives pledged, calling their legislative effort more responsible and comprehensive than any ballot proposal. The Ohio legislation comes as the national...
Ohio Sees Increase in Fatal Wrong-Way Highway Crashes
Apr 12 2016 // State transportation records show an increase in wrong-way highway crashes in Ohio, with more deaths so far in 2016 than in all of 2014. The Dayton Daily News reports Ohio Department of Transportation records show 47...
