AssuredPartners Inc., through its Dawson Companies platform, has acquired Leonard Insurance Services, an Ohio-based agency that specializes in commercial, personal, life and health insurance, employee benefits, financial planning and surety programs for contractors. Since its founding in 1904, Leonard Insurance …
Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to appoint new agency owners in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio this year. The company plans to appoint 21 new insurance agency owners in Indiana. Additionally, Allstate’s new and existing Indiana insurance agencies plan to …
The owner of a southwest Ohio roofing company has pleaded guilty to charges of employing immigrants who are in the country illegally, filing false tax documents and insurance fraud. Gregory Oldiges, 55, could be sentenced from two years to nearly …
Ohio had a record low number of traffic deaths in 2013, according to preliminary data released by the State Highway Patrol. At least 923 people died on Ohio roads during the past year, and additional deaths are under review but …
Ohio has begun testing a scrap metal sales database in its effort to curb widespread metal thefts. The Dayton Daily News reports that the Ohio Department of Public Safety is working with selected dealers to input sales information that could …
A Cincinnati, Ohio, business owner has been sentenced to pay nearly $55,000 in unpaid premiums owed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Todd Bittner, owner of Bittner Construction, pleaded guilty in October to two counts of workers’ compensation …
Farmers in northwest Ohio who are upset with a plan being worked out to control flooding along a river met with an Ohio congressman to voice their concerns. The Courier newspaper in Findlay reports that about 120 people met with …
Ohio-based McNeil Group, doing business as Pinnacle Metal Products, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker suffered a serious head injury that resulted in blindness in one eye and the …
Ohio officials say a former pharmacist convicted in a $2.1 million health care fraud scheme has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Barbara Elise Miller of Coshocton was sentenced in federal court in Akron. A statement from Lt. …
A closely watched lawsuit in Ohio is asking a question that’s burning in cities and towns throughout shale country: Can regulations in states eager for the jobs and tax revenues that come with gas and oil drilling trump local restrictions …
