Cleveland, Ohio-based agency, The Evarts Tremaine Flicker Co., has joined Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group. The agency is the 29th partner in Ohio. The announcement was made jointly t by Evarts Tremaine Flicker Principal John Hannon and Keystone Ohio State Vice …
Federal safety regulators say Ohio had one of the biggest increases in crash deaths last year and was one of 16 states that saw more fatalities related to drunk driving. A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
A former student at a central Indiana high school has agreed to a $150,000 settlement of her lawsuit claiming school officials failed to stop bullying by a male classmate. Neither the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. nor the male student admit …
A newspaper’s analysis shows the most common complaints received by the Ohio Department of Insurance come from people who had health claims denied. The Columbus Dispatch reports the department got more than 3,100 complaints last year and in the first …
Ohio Lt. Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the successful completion of The Physicians’ Assurance Corp. (TPAC) liquidation proceeding. TPAC was ordered into liquidation on Aug. 18, 2009. The Ohio Department of Insurance worked with Ohio health …
A Sharonville, Ohio, man has been sentenced in court for working as a cable installer while receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Gary Metz must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $7,165 by Dec. 30 or risk jail time. BWC’s …
A Toledo, Ohio, man who treated injured workers without a medical license must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $100,000 as a result of his sentencing for workers’ compensation fraud, the BWC reported. James E. Mann …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) awarded 13 businesses safety intervention grants totaling more than $273,000 during October to make Ohio workplaces safer, the agency announced. BWC designed the Safety Intervention Grant Program to assist Ohio employers in reducing …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has introduced a new rating plan that encourages employers to maintain safe workplaces and to work with injured workers to speed their return to work. The new rating plan, “Destination: Excellence,” aims to …
A group of Ohio-based private business jet operators is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $643 million, saying the government wrongly applied a ticket tax meant for commercial passengers only. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Columbus by four …
