Latest Ohio Headlines
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Landslides in Cincinnati Area Likely to Become More Common
Mar 11 2019 // When Tom Gerrein left for Mass on Easter Sunday in 2010, he had a flat backyard. When he returned home, he did not. Tom and his wife, Kathy, walked behind their house in Bellevue, Kentucky, and there it was. A landslide...
Ohio Insurance Commissioner: Crop Insurance Deadline Is March 15
Mar 6 2019 // Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) Director Jillian Froment is reminding farmers that the final date to purchase or modify federal crop insurance coverage on 2019 spring-planted crops is March 15. Crop insurance is sold...
Ohio Gas Company Fined $400K for Gas Line Rupture That Caused Home Fire
Mar 5 2019 // An Ohio gas company has been fined $400,000 by the state’s public utility commission after a contractor struck one of the company’s gas pipeline, an action that led to a fire that destroyed a home in Avon,...
Ohio Insurance Department Recovered $42M for Consumers in 2018
Mar 4 2019 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment said the department helped insurance consumers in the state save or recover nearly $42 million in 2018. Froment’s announcement came in advance of National...
Ohio DOT Seeks OK for Conditions-Based Variable Speed Limits
Feb 26 2019 // Ohio’s Department of Transportation is seeking permission to apply changes in speed limits anytime statewide. The department currently is allowed to impose variable speed limits based on road conditions on only a few...
State Farm’s Ohio Auto Insurance Customers to See Rate Cuts
Feb 19 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. announced it is cutting its rates in Ohio for the second year in a row. The overall personal auto rate in the state is dropping by 3.7 percent, effective Feb. 18. The total...
NTSB: Ohio Medical Helicopter Made ‘Sharp Left Turn’ Before Fatal Crash
Feb 14 2019 // An Ohio medical helicopter on its way to pick up a hospital patient made “a sharp left turn” before a crash that killed three people including the pilot last month, according to a preliminary federal...
Ohio Hospital Facing Excessive Dosage Lawsuits Tightens Drug Access, Rules
Feb 14 2019 // The Ohio hospital system that found a doctor ordered possibly fatal doses of powerful painkillers for dozens of patients has tightened policies and drug access to address problems in pharmaceutical services that...
Ohio’s Andres O’Neil & Lowe Insurance Joins United Benefit Advisors
Feb 12 2019 // Chicago-based employee benefits advisory group, United Benefit Advisors (UBA), has added Andres O’Neil & Lowe Insurance Agency, headquartered in Bryan, Ohio, as an agency partner. Founded in 1923, Andres...
Swanson Joins United Group Alliance as Regional VP for Ohio
Feb 7 2019 // United Group Alliance (UGA), an alliance of independent insurance agencies, has hired Dianne Swanson as regional vice president for Ohio. Swanson will be responsible for membership service and business development for all...
New Markets
Feb 4 2019 // Private Primary Commercial Flood Market Detail: Insurmark, a division of Financial & Professional Risk Solutions, Inc., (www.insurmark.com) offers private flood insurance for commercial properties. Coverage is lender...
Great American in Ohio Names Ringenwald Divisional Vice President
Jan 31 2019 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has named Rick Ringenwald divisional vice president of its environmental division. Ringenwald will serve as a member of the executive underwriting team where he will...
Ohio Insurtech Root Plans to Expand Further, Grow Workforce
Jan 25 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Insurance, says it plans to expand into additional states in 2019 and increase its workforce by 150 percent. The insurtech in 2018 added 12 states — Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Arkansas,...
Cannasure Hires Dharia as Client Service Director in Ohio
Jan 23 2019 // Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure), an insurance managing general agent (MGA) and wholesale broker for the cannabis and hemp industries, has hired Jay Dharia as client service director in the group’s Cleveland,...
Ohio’s David Sichko Agency Joins Smith & Leavitt Insurance Services
Jan 22 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based David Sichko Agency has affiliated with Smith & Leavitt Insurance Services and will now do business as Leavitt Group Midwest-Smith, Molino & Sichko, the companies said. The agency will continue...
New Suits Filed Over Pain Meds Given to Near-Death Patients in Ohio
Jan 18 2019 // An Ohio man said on Jan. 16 he was stunned to learn of allegations that his wife’s hospital death last year was caused by a doctor’s order for a fatal dose of pain medication. David Austin said he called an...
Ohio Hospital: Doc Gave Excessive Pain Meds to Near-Death Patients, Suit Filed
Jan 18 2019 // An intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked that lifesaving measures be...
Berkley One Expands into Florida, Ohio; Adds Flood Insurance in Select States
Jan 15 2019 // Berkley One, a startup insurance provider targeting the high net worth personal lines market, has expanded into Florida and Ohio. Working with select independent agents, Berkley One offers home, automobile, fine art and...
Winter Storms Cause Lower Mississippi River Flooding
Jan 10 2019 // For the second time in three years, the lower Mississippi River is flooding in January. High water is moving downriver from the junction with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio crested over the weekend. The...
Updated Columbus, Ohio, Housing Law Gives more Protections to Renters
Jan 7 2019 // Officials in Columbus, Ohio, strengthened a city law protecting tenants to prevent landlords from evicting renters for complaining about housing issues. The updated law, which was approved earlier this month, takes effect...
