Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Numbers Show More Drowsy Driver Crashes
Apr 11 2012 // Reports show an increase in 2011 in the amount of drowsy Ohio drivers who were involved in crashes, but fewer fatalities. WBNS-TV in Columbus reported that highway patrol statistics show there were 3,403 crashes involving...
A.M. Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Ohio’s Club Insurance
Apr 6 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) of Club Insurance Co. (Club) in Worthington, Ohio. The outlook...
Ohio Court: Builders Must Construct Homes in ‘Workmanlike Manner’
Apr 2 2012 // Ohio’s high court has held that homebuilders have a duty imposed by law to construct a home “in a workmanlike manner using ordinary care,” despite the wording of any warranty document. The Supreme Court...
Ohio Companies Unprepared to Replace Retiring Workers
Mar 26 2012 // Demographic shifts have left Ohio with one of the oldest workforces in the country and too few younger workers to replace aging baby boomers as they retire. It’s a situation that has led many analysts to predict...
Ohio Tops Other States in Claims for Metal Theft
Mar 23 2012 // Ohio leads the nation in property insurance claims for the theft of copper and other metals, an industry-supported organization that fights insurance fraud says. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says Ohio property...
Organizational Changes for Ohio’s American Financial Group
Mar 22 2012 // American Financial Group, an insurance holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio announced the promotions of Vito C. Peraino and Michelle “Shelly” A. Gillis. The company also announced that James E....
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Mar 19 2012 // Pete G. McPartland has been named chief executive officer at Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company in Stevens Point, Wis. Dale R. Schuh, who previously held the title, will continue to serve as chairman of the board of...
Ohio Court: Builders Must Construct Homes in ‘Workmanlike Manner’
Mar 16 2012 // Ohio’s high court has held that home builders have a duty imposed by law to construct a home “in a workmanlike manner using ordinary care,” despite the wording of any warranty document. The Supreme Court...
Griffith Foundation Awards Nearly $32K in Scholarships
Mar 13 2012 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation, based in Columbus, Ohio, has awarded $31,700 in scholarships to 26 students at seven colleges and universities. The scholarships support students studying risk management,...
Woods Appointed Chief Medical Officer at Ohio Work Comp Bureau
Mar 5 2012 // Dr. Stephen T. Woods, M.D. has been named medical director at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Woods will be responsible for providing direction in the development of medical policy and oversight for...
Death Toll, Damage Mount from Tornadoes in Midwest, South
Mar 3 2012 // Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chainsawed through a region of...
Report: Complaints Against Ohio Nurses Are on Rise
Feb 27 2012 // Misconduct complaints against Ohio nurses have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a backlog of investigations for the state nursing board’s disciplinary system, a newspaper investigation has found. The Dayton...
U.S. Should Expect Another Above-Normal Tornado Season in 2012
Feb 21 2012 // The U.S. should expect an active severe weather season with above-normal tornadoes in 2012. That’s after a near-record number of tornadoes in 2011, according to forecasters at AccuWeather.com in State College,...
AIG $725 Million Settlement Approval Clears
Feb 20 2012 // Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts’ approval of a $725 million securities class action settlement against American International Group Inc (AIG) and certain individual...
Doctor in Ohio Pill Mill Case Sentenced to Life in Prison
Feb 15 2012 // A doctor convicted in the overdose deaths of four patients and implicated in eight more deaths faces has been sentenced to in federal court in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Feb. 14 to four life terms in prison, the U.S. Drug...
Ohio Petroleum Producers Push Back Against Proposed Regulations
Feb 14 2012 // Ohio petroleum producers are pushing back against a call by the state attorney general to increase environmental penalties and chemical reporting requirements on the drilling industry. Republican Attorney General Mike...
Ohio Lawmakers Hear Workforce Message in Governor’s Address
Feb 9 2012 // Republican legislative leaders say they took away from Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State speech a renewed focus on bolstering training programs for Ohio workers, answering the governor’s call to find ways...
Businesses Oppose Proposed Ohio Fraud Legislation
Feb 6 2012 // Some Ohio businesses are opposing a bill backed by the attorney general that would create tougher penalties on fraud and give whistle-blowers a slice of the damages or repayments. The proposed legislation, known as the...
Ohio Announces $11.6M in Insurance Savings, Recoveries in 2011
Feb 3 2012 // Insurance regulators saved or recovered $11.6 million for Ohioans in 2011, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced. The department said it received 5,336 consumer complaints, the majority of which dealt with the denial...
Top Ohio Insurance Fraud and Enforcement Cases for 2011
Jan 31 2012 // Ohio insurance regulators opened 233 insurance fraud cases last year, handled 1,678 agent misconduct cases, took administrative action against 240 individuals and entities and referred 72 individuals for prosecution, the...
