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Apr 16 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group added Betty Shepherd as divisional senior vice president of Cyber Liability. She will oversee the company’s cyber initiatives and existing cyber underwriting...
Over 7 Tons of BBQ Beef Recalled by Ohio Company
Apr 10 2018 // Federal authorities say an Ohio-based food company is recalling more than 14,000 pounds of pulled barbeque beef products that could be contaminated with rubber. The U.S. agriculture department’s Food Safety and...
Ohio’s Central Insurance Promotes Korte to VP, Information Technology
Apr 10 2018 // The Central Insurance Companies, headquartered in Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Matt Korte to vice president of Information Technology for both Central Mutual Insurance Co. and All America Insurance Co. Korte succeeds John...
Thatcher Joins Ohio Workers’ Comp Insurer as Inclusion & Diversity Director
Apr 9 2018 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has hired its first director of Inclusion & Diversity. Carolina Thatcher assumes the role following a similar stint with the Ohio Department of Job and Family...
Weather Service Confirms Tornadoes Slammed Illinois, Ohio
Apr 6 2018 // National Weather Service survey teams have confirmed at least four tornadoes slammed through parts of Ohio. The NWS also confirmed that four tornadoes touched down in southern Illinois after a round a storms Tuesday. In...
Ohio Now Requiring Transparency on Prescription Drug Pricing
Apr 6 2018 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment has issued a bulletin requiring heightened protections for Ohio consumers related to prescription drug prices. The bulletin requires insurers and pharmacy benefit...
Ohio Manufacturer Settles Health, Safety Violations Case for $1M
Apr 2 2018 // An Ohio auto parts manufacturer has agreed to a settlement that includes a $1 million penalty resulting from workplace health and safety violations, federal safety officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
States Experiment with How to Address Towing and Storing Abuses
Mar 31 2018 // As stories about nonconsensual or “predatory” practices proliferate, a number of states have begun to consider legislation to mitigate some of the abuses of the towing and vehicle-storage industry. However, we...
$1.27M Settlement Proposed in Ohio State Fair Death
Mar 29 2018 // A proposed $1.27 million settlement has been announced with the family of an 18-year-old killed in an accident last year at the Ohio State Fair. Court documents show the parents of Tyler Jarrell would receive $870,000, and...
Ohio Manufacturer Agrees to $1M Penalty for Health, Safety Violations
Mar 23 2018 // An Ohio auto parts manufacturer has agreed to a settlement that includes a $1 million penalty resulting from workplace health and safety violations, federal safety officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Forklift Operator Dies at Ohio Plant; Federal Safety Agency Investigating
Mar 22 2018 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a forklift operator crushed between the machine and a 1-ton pallet of glass at an Ohio plant previously cited for safety violations. The...
$1.8M Settlement Proposed for Teen Hurt on Broken Ohio Fair Ride
Mar 21 2018 // A young woman critically injured in a deadly ride accident at the Ohio State Fair would get nearly $1.8 million in a proposed settlement of her claims against the ride operator and companies that had inspected it. A...
Bussard Promoted to Underwriter at Arlington/Roe in Ohio
Mar 19 2018 // Jennifer Bussard has been promoted to commercial lines underwriter at the Ohio office of managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker Arlington/Roe. Bussard is a graduate of Franklin University and holds the...
Snow Causes 81-Vehicle Highway Pileup in Ohio
Mar 15 2018 // Authorities say a blinding, late-afternoon snow squall caused an 81-vehicle pileup on a major highway in central Ohio, but no one was seriously hurt. The crashes left vehicles crunched, tipped over and scattered at odd...
Couple Files Suit After Ohio Hospital Loses Embryos
Mar 13 2018 // An Ohio hospital where as many as 2,000 frozen eggs and embryos were damaged by a storage tank malfunction is being sued by a couple who lost two embryos. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Amber and Elliott Ash. Lawyers...
Shepherd Joins Ohio’s Great American Insurance as Sr. VP, Cyber Liability
Mar 9 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has hired Betty Shepherd as divisional senior vice president of Cyber Liability. She will oversee the company’s cyber initiatives and existing cyber underwriting...
Natural Gas Well That Exploded in Ohio now Capped
Mar 9 2018 // A spokeswoman for a company whose natural gas well exploded and caught fire in Ohio last month says the well that had continued leaking methane has been capped. XTO Energy’s Karen Matusic says the well in Belmont...
Mapfre’s Wilcox Joins Ohio’s Motorists Insurance as EVP, Personal Lines
Mar 7 2018 // Matthew C. Wilcox has been hired as executive vice president of personal lines at Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Insurance Group. Wilcox has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience. He most recently served as a...
CEO of Ohio’s Loan Protector Insurance Services Buys Back Firm
Mar 6 2018 // The CEO and managing partner of Solon, Ohio-based Loan Protector Insurance Services has purchased the company from insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson. The buyout by Dennis Swit was financed by InsurBanc. The...
Property Owners Win $1M Jury Award in Ohio Turnpike Lawsuit
Mar 5 2018 // The owners of a parcel of less than a half-acre taken by Ohio’s turnpike commission for a construction project has won a $1 million judgment from a northeast Ohio jury for land the commission tried to acquire for...
