Latest Ohio Headlines

All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Ohio Women’s Home Fighting Insurance Company to Stay Put

May 10 2013 // Supporters of a nonprofit home for struggling women on May 8 protested the continued efforts of a major insurance company to force them to move out of their beautiful downtown neighborhood as a pivotal court hearing on the...

Ohio Justices: Doctor’s Apology not Evidence of Malpractice

May 6 2013 // Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect...

Ohio Workers’ Comp Fund Plans to Return $1 Billion to Employers

May 2 2013 // Ohio’s governor and the state workers’ compensation fund want to return $1 billion in dividends to Ohio businesses, bolster workplace safety initiatives, and modernize the way employers pay into the fund. A...

Rules for Health ‘Navigators’ Head to Ohio Governor

Apr 29 2013 // A bill to require training and certification for a new group of professionals who will be available to guide consumers through the new health insurance market is on its way to Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The House agreed 87-7...

Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Proposes Cut in Private Sector Rates

Apr 26 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has proposed a 2.1 percent base-rate reduction for private employers. The recommendation to its board of directors would reduce employer premiums by $29 million for the...

Ohio Justices: Doctor’s Apology not Evidence of Malpractice

Apr 25 2013 // Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect...

McGowan Acquires Ohio’s Governmental Underwriters of America

Apr 24 2013 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), based in Fairview Park, Ohio, has purchased the assets of Governmental Underwriters of America Inc. (GUA). Effective immediately, GUA will begin operating under the newly formed McGowan...

Ohio-based Zito Insurance Agency Partners with Keystone Insurers Group

Apr 22 2013 // Zito Insurance Agency, based in Mentor, Ohio, is partnering with insurance broker Keystone Insurers Group. Zito Insurance Agency wasfounded in 1963 by Eugene Zito and is an independent insurance agency offering an array of...

State Appeals $860M Award to Ohio Employers

Apr 17 2013 // The state has appealed a judge’s order granting $860 million in repayments from Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers to employers the judge says were charged excessive premiums for nearly a decade. An Ohio...

Losses from Ohio Summer Storms Higher than Initial Estimate

Apr 15 2013 // Updated data indicates insured losses from storms that socked Ohio in late June and early July totaled $845 million in the state, or nearly double the initial estimate released by an insurance industry trade group. The...

Newspaper Analysis: Ohio Per Capita Income on Rise

Apr 4 2013 // Ohio’s per capita income rose at one of the fastest rates in the nation last year, another sign that the Rust Belt state’s economy is bouncing back after the recession. The measure that includes all earnings...

Ohio Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Owes $88K

Mar 28 2013 // An Ohio woman was sentenced on multiple counts after agents with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video of her running her own clothing store while receiving workers’ comp benefits for a...

Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for $33K Attempted Insurance Fraud

Mar 26 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Boardman, Ohio, chiropractor David Esarco has been sentenced for attempted insurance fraud and attempted theft. Esarco was sentenced in the...

Ohio Marks 1913 Flood Centennial, Warns of Dangers

Mar 25 2013 // State officials are using the 100th anniversary of a devastating and deadly flood to encourage Ohioans to prepare for potential high water emergencies by reviewing their response plans and insurance coverage. On the heels...

People – West

Mar 25 2013 // Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. named Kimberly O. Smith as CEO-elect. Smith will assume the role of president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2014, upon the retirement of current president and CEO, Daniel E. Stone. Smith, a...

Judge Awards Ohio Employers $860M for Workers’ Comp Overcharges

Mar 22 2013 // Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge has ruled. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard...

Kentucky Supreme Court Disbars ‘Godfather’ of Class Actions

Mar 22 2013 // An Ohio attorney known as the godfather of the modern class-action lawsuit was disbarred Thursday by the Kentucky Supreme Court, which cited Stanley Chesley’s actions in a $200 million settlement involving the makers...

Mixed Bag of Drought, Flooding and Warm Weather Predicted for Spring

Mar 21 2013 // In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas...

Ohio Investigations Result in 9 Work Comp Fraud Convictions in February

Mar 18 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced nine individuals were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system in February. The court...

Ohio Metal Stamping Plant Hit with 21 OSHA Citations

Mar 15 2013 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has issued 21 health and safety citations against a northern Ohio metal stamping company that produces automotive parts after a complaint that a...