Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Requires Seismic Monitors in New Drilling Operations
Jun 16 2014 // The New Policy May Be Good for Drillers and Insurers, Alike Ohio in mid-April 2014 enacted stricter regulations for oil and gas drilling near faults or areas of past seismic activity, a move that some, including insurers,...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Opening New North Canton Location
Jun 11 2014 // The Hoover District site will soon become the new location for the area’s Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Service Office. The office, located at 339 E. Maple Street in North Canton, will house...
Willis Appoints Gunn Managing Partner in Cleveland, Ohio
Jun 5 2014 // Insurance broker Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, appointed Andrew Gunnas managing partner of Willis’ Cleveland, Ohio, operations. Willis of Ohio Inc. serves over 3,000 national and local...
Court Rules Against Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency in Overcharge Case
Jun 2 2014 // The director of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers said he’s disappointed with an unusually pointed appeals court decision that says the fund overcharged employers by hundreds of millions of...
Ohio Insurance Director: New Insurance Reforms Benefit Consumers
May 30 2014 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor says the passage of reforms to Ohio’s insurance law will help maintain the strength and competitiveness of Ohio’s insurance marketplace while...
Private Employer Workers’ Comp Rates to Fall Again in Ohio
May 22 2014 // Ohio private employers will again benefit from lower overall workers’ compensation base-rates with a 6.3 percent reduction that will take effect July 1, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)...
Court: Ohio Overcharged Employers Workers’ Comp For Years
May 19 2014 // The director of the state insurance fund for injured workers said Friday that he’s disappointed with an unusually pointed appeals court decision that says the fund overcharged employers by hundreds of millions of...
Medical Malpractice Claims Hit New Low in Ohio
May 19 2014 // Medical malpractice claims in Ohio hit a new low in 2012, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance’s Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report. There were 2,733 claims in 2012, the last year for...
Ohio Faces Flash Flood Threat Following Rains
May 16 2014 // Flood watches were in effect across much of eastern and northern Ohio as communities recovered from several days of heavy rain and storms. The National Weather Service predicted an end to the precipitation and some falling...
Tornado Confirmed in Ohio, Storm Damage Cleanup Begins
May 15 2014 // Crews at Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) Valley National Park in northeastern Ohio are cleaning up from a storm that washed out trails and damaged the tracks that carry the park’s scenic railroad. Storms on Monday...
Motorists Mutual to Acquire Tennessee Company, Consumers Insurance USA
May 12 2014 // Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy the stock of Consumers Insurance USA based in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Consumers Insurance will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorists Mutual under the...
Report: Ohio Has Most Metal Thefts in U.S.
May 9 2014 // Ohio continues to lead the nation in metal thefts, with 1,446 insurance claims made last year, according to a new report. A National Insurance Crime Bureau report said the state reported more than 4,000 claims from 2011...
Ohio’s Kinker-Eveleigh Insurance Acquired by Marsh & Mclennan Agency
May 9 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh LLC, has acquired Kinker-Eveleigh Insurance Agency, a $3.5 million revenue agency located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not...
Ohio Medical Malpractice Claims Decline Again in 2012
May 5 2014 // Medical malpractice claims in Ohio hit a new low in 2012, according to a new report. The annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report from the Ohio Department of Insurance showed 2,733 claims in 2012, the...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Proposes 6.3% Rate Cut
May 5 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) staff has proposed a 6.3 percent reduction to base rates for private employers beginning July 1. If approved by the BWC board, it would mark the eighth consecutive year...
Ohio Woman Must Repay $32K in Workers’ Comp Benefits
May 5 2014 // An Ohio woman was ordered to repay more than $32,000 in connection with working while collecting workplace injury benefits. Laura Brown pleaded guilty April 9 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to workers’...
Coal Companies Challenge Black Lung Mining Regulation
May 4 2014 // More than a dozen coal companies, including a unit of Patriot Coal Corp., challenged a new federal mine-safety regulation aimed at reducing black lung disease, with some arguing the objectives are unattainable. The...
Ohio Steel Company to Pay $2.4M for Safety Violations
Apr 30 2014 // The federal government says Republic Steel has agreed to pay $2.4 million in a settlement and address alleged health and safety violations at three Ohio facilities and one in Blasdell, N.Y. A statement from the...
Ohio Watchdog Report Shows Vast Improvements at Workers’ Comp Bureau
Apr 28 2014 // Ohio’s watchdog released his much-anticipated investigative report on the investment scandal that engulfed the state in 2005, concluding the worker’s compensation insurance organization where it started has...
Managed Care Open Enrollment for Ohio Employers to Begin
Apr 25 2014 // Ohio employers will have an opportunity to select a new managed care organization (MCO) to manage health-care services for workers injured on the job beginning April 28. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)...
