July 22, 2012
More than 81,000 Ohio families will be getting health insurance rebates this summer that will total $11.3 million across the state, a newspaper reported. The average refund will be $139, but some of the 81,500 families will receive hundreds of …
July 3, 2012
Ohio-based professional business services firm, CBIZ Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of insurance firm Stoltz and Co. LTD., L.L.P., of Midland, Texas, effective July 1, 2012. With operations in Midland, San Antonio and Amarillo, Texas, Stoltz and Co. …
July 3, 2012
Small business owners, farmers and other Ohioans affected by severe weather this weekend might be eligible for interest rate reductions on loans to recover or rebuild from the storm damage. Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel said he’s made $25 million available …
July 2, 2012
Severe storms struck Ohio over the weekend with powerful, damaging winds that one utility compared to the remnants of Hurricane Ike in 2008, prompting Gov. John Kasich to declare a state of emergency and call out the National Guard. Kasich …
July 2, 2012
Federal officials who’ve been surveying land to find a place to divert water during flooding in this northwest Ohio city have run into a bit of a challenge. Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the land along …
June 28, 2012
Months after an Ohio State University student trashed the Orton Geological Museum, an artist, a curator and elementary schoolchildren are helping to piece history back together. About 175 second- and third-grade gifted students from Hilliard elementary schools did chores, held …
June 27, 2012
A judge has sided with an Ohio dog owner who argued her small bichon frise shouldn’t be labeled as “dangerous” under a new state law, which opened the door for canines other than pit bulls to be deemed dangerous for …
June 27, 2012
Ohio’s Kent State University announced it will offer a bachelor’s degree in insurance studies. The Ohio Board of Regents recently approved the new degree, which will initially be offered only at Kent State University at Salem. Interested students may begin …
June 26, 2012
Richfield, Ohio-based National Interstate Insurance Co. announced it is expanding its trucking insurance program by targeting heavy haul, crane and rigging operations. The program offers coverage for auto liability, physical damage, workers’ compensation and general liability, and is available in …
June 25, 2012
Britton Gallagher, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired Beckman Insurance Agency of Wisconsin. The acquisition is part of the firm’s strategic growth plan in the amusement industry, the company said. Mike Beckman said he will continue working with the Beckman …