Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp Refund Plan Would Return $113M to Ohio Schools, Cities
May 15 2013 // Local governments and schools in Ohio could see almost $113 million in rebates from the state insurance fund for injured workers under a proposal from the governor. Gov. John Kasich’s office released a breakdown of...
Midwest AGs Go After Storm-Chasing Roofing Companies
May 15 2013 // The attorneys general of Illinois, Kansas and Ohio are targeting storm-chasing roofing companies in their states with legal actions. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against a Chicago-area home repair...
Ohio Insurance Director Warns of Healthcare-Related ID Scam
May 10 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor issued an alert after reports surfaced that telephone con artists are attempting to steal Ohioans’ personal information using the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Ohio Women’s Home Fighting Insurance Company to Stay Put
May 10 2013 // Supporters of a nonprofit home for struggling women on May 8 protested the continued efforts of a major insurance company to force them to move out of their beautiful downtown neighborhood as a pivotal court hearing on the...
Ohio Justices: Doctor’s Apology not Evidence of Malpractice
May 6 2013 // Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Fund Plans to Return $1 Billion to Employers
May 2 2013 // Ohio’s governor and the state workers’ compensation fund want to return $1 billion in dividends to Ohio businesses, bolster workplace safety initiatives, and modernize the way employers pay into the fund. A...
Rules for Health ‘Navigators’ Head to Ohio Governor
Apr 29 2013 // A bill to require training and certification for a new group of professionals who will be available to guide consumers through the new health insurance market is on its way to Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The House agreed 87-7...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Proposes Cut in Private Sector Rates
Apr 26 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has proposed a 2.1 percent base-rate reduction for private employers. The recommendation to its board of directors would reduce employer premiums by $29 million for the...
Ohio Justices: Doctor’s Apology not Evidence of Malpractice
Apr 25 2013 // Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect...
McGowan Acquires Ohio’s Governmental Underwriters of America
Apr 24 2013 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), based in Fairview Park, Ohio, has purchased the assets of Governmental Underwriters of America Inc. (GUA). Effective immediately, GUA will begin operating under the newly formed McGowan...
Ohio-based Zito Insurance Agency Partners with Keystone Insurers Group
Apr 22 2013 // Zito Insurance Agency, based in Mentor, Ohio, is partnering with insurance broker Keystone Insurers Group. Zito Insurance Agency wasfounded in 1963 by Eugene Zito and is an independent insurance agency offering an array of...
State Appeals $860M Award to Ohio Employers
Apr 17 2013 // The state has appealed a judge’s order granting $860 million in repayments from Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers to employers the judge says were charged excessive premiums for nearly a decade. An Ohio...
Losses from Ohio Summer Storms Higher than Initial Estimate
Apr 15 2013 // Updated data indicates insured losses from storms that socked Ohio in late June and early July totaled $845 million in the state, or nearly double the initial estimate released by an insurance industry trade group. The...
Newspaper Analysis: Ohio Per Capita Income on Rise
Apr 4 2013 // Ohio’s per capita income rose at one of the fastest rates in the nation last year, another sign that the Rust Belt state’s economy is bouncing back after the recession. The measure that includes all earnings...
Ohio Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Owes $88K
Mar 28 2013 // An Ohio woman was sentenced on multiple counts after agents with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video of her running her own clothing store while receiving workers’ comp benefits for a...
Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for $33K Attempted Insurance Fraud
Mar 26 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Boardman, Ohio, chiropractor David Esarco has been sentenced for attempted insurance fraud and attempted theft. Esarco was sentenced in the...
Ohio Marks 1913 Flood Centennial, Warns of Dangers
Mar 25 2013 // State officials are using the 100th anniversary of a devastating and deadly flood to encourage Ohioans to prepare for potential high water emergencies by reviewing their response plans and insurance coverage. On the heels...
People – West
Mar 25 2013 // Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. named Kimberly O. Smith as CEO-elect. Smith will assume the role of president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2014, upon the retirement of current president and CEO, Daniel E. Stone. Smith, a...
Judge Awards Ohio Employers $860M for Workers’ Comp Overcharges
Mar 22 2013 // Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge has ruled. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard...
Kentucky Supreme Court Disbars ‘Godfather’ of Class Actions
Mar 22 2013 // An Ohio attorney known as the godfather of the modern class-action lawsuit was disbarred Thursday by the Kentucky Supreme Court, which cited Stanley Chesley’s actions in a $200 million settlement involving the makers...
