Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Hospital Reports 48 Nurses, Pharmacists Over Dosages, Deaths
Mar 15 2019 // The Ohio hospital system where an intensive-care doctor is accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of patients has put more employees on leave and changed key leaders at the hospital where nearly all those...
Workers Sue UPS, Alleging Racism, Discrimination at Ohio Hub
Mar 15 2019 // UPS workers at a distribution hub in Ohio have sued the company, alleging discriminatory hiring decisions and a series of racist acts, including a noose and Confederate flags in the workplace. White employees in 2016...
Plane Crashes into Ohio Home, Killing Pilot, Fire Chief Says
Mar 14 2019 // A small plane crashed into a suburban Cincinnati house Tuesday afternoon, killing the pilot and sending dark smoke billowing from the backyard. Emergency responders said no one was in the home at the time of the crash, and...
Report: Ohio Sees Drop in Opioid Prescribing
Mar 13 2019 // The state’s prescription reporting system shows the number of prescription opioids dispensed to Ohioans declined for the sixth consecutive year in 2018. A recently released annual report from the State of Ohio Board...
Luketic Named Director of Government Relations at Root Insurance
Mar 13 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based automobile insurance provider, Root Insurance, has named Dave Luketic director of Government Affairs for the company. Luketic will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of the...
Mississippi, Ohio River Communities, Businesses Brace for Spring Floods
Mar 12 2019 // High water on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers is snarling barges loaded with grain, chemicals and fuel, and forecasters are worried things will get worse once the snow starts to melt. The looming U.S. spring could bring a...
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,...
