The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved the creation of Grow Ohio, a program targeted toward job creation by lowering workers’ comp costs for employers new to Ohio, agency announced. The program could reduce premiums …
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer has proposed an overall five percent decrease in rates for public employer taxing districts (PEC). The reduction would be effective Jan. 1, 2012. If approved by the board of directors, the …
New York-based USI Insurance Services has acquired substantially all of the assets of First Place Insurance Agency Ltd. (First Place Insurance) of Youngstown, Ohio, from First Place Financial Corp. USI has also entered into a marketing agreement with First Place …
The Central Insurance Companies, headquartered in Van Wert, Ohio, was recently awarded the 2010 Best Practices Award of Excellence from the National Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big ‘I’). This is the fifth consecutive year the company has …
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a political subdivision is immune from liability if one of its police officers is involved in a traffic accident when responding to an emergency even if it is located out the officer’s …
Dennis A. Vanek has been appointed as chief of the internal audit division at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Vanek most recently served as director of global audit services for Expedia, Inc. in Bellevue, Wash., where he was …
A Fairfield, Ohio, chiropractor who pled guilty in July to felony workers’ compensation fraud has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $200,000. Bruce E. Holaday, owner of the Back and Spine Center, was …
As the peculiar yellow vehicle moved into the Short North neighborhood north of downtown Columbus, Ohio, bewildered pedestrians stopped in their tracks, fumbling for their cellphone cameras. Drivers honked car horns and gave thumbs-up signs out the windows. A dog …
Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has revoked the resident insurance agent license of Sheri Lyn Sharp, of Burlington, Ky., for violations of Ohio insurance law. Sharp wrote approximately 52 insurance policies from February through July …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has proposed an economic development initiative with the goal of creating jobs in that state. Under the proposal, BWC could offer new employers in Ohio a 50 percent or higher discount on their workers’ …
