Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Bill Targets Abusive Practices of Tow Truck Operators
Jun 24 2016 // An Ohio insurer trade groups says a bill introduced into the General Assembly would help rein in the predatory practices of some towing business operators in the state. The primary focus of House Bill 341, introduced by...
Ohio Insurance Agent’s License Revoked after $800K in Client Losses
Jun 22 2016 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor has revoked the license of insurance agent Brian Willms, of Dublin, for misrepresenting life insurance policies as an investment. The misrepresentations contributed to two clients...
Ohio Bookstore Loses $1M in Inventory in Fire; 3 Injured
Jun 22 2016 // Authorities say an estimated $1 million in inventory was lost in a bookstore fire that broke out twice within a few hours and injured three people in southwestern Ohio. Firefighters say a firefighter and two people inside...
Concerns Raised about Coverage with Ohio Insurer’s Demise
Jun 20 2016 // Health care advocates and a U.S. senator are raising concerns that nearly 22,000 Ohioans could end up paying much more for health care as their struggling insurer winds down its operations. Republican Sen. Rob Portman has...
Conklin, Baird Appointed to Lead Ohio Department of Insurance Units
Jun 13 2016 // Lt. Governor Mary Taylor has named two to key posts at the Ohio Department of Insurance. Allison Conklin will serve as assistant director of Legislative Affairs and Amanda Baird is the new general counsel. Baird supervises...
Ohio-Based The Hoffman Group Acquired by Oswald Companies
Jun 13 2016 // Oswald Companies, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired The Hoffman Group, an Ohio insurance firm founded in 1919. Hoffman’s employees are now employee-owners of Oswald and will operate out of offices in...
How Zoo Emergency Response Teams Handle Dangerous Animals
Jun 10 2016 // When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn’t from the police. Instead, the shooter was a specially trained zoo staffer on one of the many...
Ohio Insurers Group: 11 Metro Areas in State See Decline in Auto Thefts
Jun 7 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) reported that 11 of the 15 Ohio metro areas (MSAs) in the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) Hot Spots report show a decline in auto thefts between 2014 and 2015, based on...
Ohio’s Farmers National Bank Acquires Bowers Insurance
Jun 6 2016 // The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (Farmers), based in Canfield, Ohio, has acquired the Bowers Insurance Agency Inc. (Bowers Group). The transaction closed on June 1, 2016 and is expected to be accretive to earnings...
Lawsuit Blames Death on Salad, Listeria Outbreak at Ohio Dole Plant
Jun 3 2016 // A new wrongful death lawsuit alleges an Ohio woman died because she ate salad processed at a Dole plant linked to a listeria outbreak. The Springfield News-Sun reports the lawsuit says a 79-year-old Franklin County woman...
4th Suit Linking Illnesses to DuPont C8 Dumping Goes to Trial in Ohio
Jun 1 2016 // One of more than 3,500 lawsuits alleging links between people’s illnesses and DuPont discharging C8 into drinking water and the Ohio River is headed to trial in federal court. The lawsuits are part of a multidistrict...
Ohio Gun Shop Faces $194K in Fines for Workplace Hazards
May 31 2016 // Federal safety and health investigators say employees of an Ohio gun shop may face life-long health damage because their employer continues to expose them to lead hazards and has failed to establish a respiratory...
Ohio Court: Insurance Department May Take Over Health Insurer
May 30 2016 // The state’s insurance department is taking over a company that provides health insurance to nearly 22,000 residents, mainly in central Ohio. The move affects those holding InHealth Mutual policies from Coordinated...
Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Closer to Passage in Ohio
May 26 2016 // A proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has squeaked through a critical Senate panel over opposition of some Republicans and Democrats. The Senate Government Oversight & Reform Committee’s 7-to-5 vote...
Ohio not Tracking Insurance Death Benefits, Report Says
May 25 2016 // The state hasn’t tracked insurance companies’ payments of death benefits to Ohio residents to see if they are getting what they are owed since a national probe revealed large insurers were holding onto billions...
Ohio AG Suing Roofer for Taking Insurance Checks, not Finishing Work
May 24 2016 // The state attorney general is suing a Cincinnati roofing company over more than a dozen complaints that the company took insurance checks but the work was either never finished or was done improperly. Attorney General Mike...
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Insured Losses Mount in Ohio from April Storms
May 23 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute reports that preliminary estimates of an April storm outbreak caused insured property losses of up to $57.8 million in Ohio alone. Several other states, including Illinois and Indiana, were...
Morrison Tapped to Head Ohio’s Workers’ Comp Fund
May 19 2016 // Gov. John Kasich has appointed the chief legal officer to Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers as the agency’s new leader. Sarah Morrison takes over as administrator and CEO of the Ohio Bureau of...
Federal Funding for Ohio Flood Control Plan in Jeopardy
May 19 2016 // Officials in northwest Ohio may be forced to abandon a flood control project or pay for it with local money as federal funding for the plan is in jeopardy. A review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in recent months...
