Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Caught in Pensions’ Currency Dispute
Jun 16 2011 // Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has asked for a state investigation into whether banks may have manipulated foreign exchange rates charged to Ohio pension funds and the state’s injured worker insurance, potentially...
Ohio Insurance Agent’s License Revoked
Jun 10 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor revoked the resident insurance agent license of Jeffrey Hum, of Toledo, Ohio, for violations of Ohio insurance law. A department review revealed...
Low Yields Best Insurance as U.S. Farmers Plant Corn
Jun 10 2011 // Ohio farmer Jeff Hoak was excited and anxious at the same time. His wedding was coming up, and many of his corn fields had yet to be planted. The grain gods smiled on him. The weather broke and he finished planting his...
Ohio Revokes License of Non-Resident Insurance Agent
Jun 9 2011 // Ohio insurance regulators have revoked the non-resident insurance agent license of Karen Sloan, who resides in Green Pond, N.J., for violations of Ohio insurance law. The Ohio Department of Insurance said it has discovered...
Ohio: More than 2,000 Agents, Agencies Face $21.7 Million in Tax Liens
Jun 8 2011 // The Ohio Department of Insurance Fraud, Enforcement and License Division, with help from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office, has identified nearly 2,230 agents and agencies that owe the state of Ohio $21.7...
April Storm Damage in Ohio Estimated at $123M
May 26 2011 // The Ohio Insurance Institute estimates that mid-April storms caused more than $123 million in damage across the state. The industry group for property and casualty insurers said that wind, tornadoes and hail on April 19...
Weather Pattern Behind Current Mississippi River Flood Similar to 1993
May 16 2011 // The flooding that has inundated low-lying communities and farmland for miles along the Upper and Lower Mississippi River is due to a large, slow-moving storm system that was spawned nearly a month ago. “The flooding...
‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Convicted in Ohio of Causing 4 Deaths
May 12 2011 // A Chicago doctor accused of running a pill mill in an Appalachian county where painkillers are a public-health scourge has been convicted in Ohio of causing the death of four patients who overdosed. Dr. Paul Volkman, 64,...
Man Arrested for Setting 14 Fires in Pennsylvania
May 11 2011 // A man wanted for setting more than a dozen fires in central Pennsylvania has been arrested in Ohio. Lancaster police say 31-year-old Anthony Harnisch was arrested last week in Painesville, Ohio on a warrant issued by...
Ohio Governor Wants Lower Workers’ Comp Rates
May 2 2011 // Ohio’s governor wants the state to lower the premiums employers pay for workers’ compensation by 4 percent for a total cut of about $65 million a year. Gov. John Kasich’s office says the goal is to reduce...
Mayor Orders Flood-Threatened Illinois City Evacuated
May 2 2011 // Authorities in a southern Illinois city menaced by two dangerously swollen rivers said on May 1 that most of the city’s remaining residents have heeded a mandatory evacuation order, prompted by river water seeping up...
Ohio Supreme Court OKs Emotional Distress Claim in Malpractice Suit to Proceed
May 2 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread. The Court upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by...
My New Markets
May 2 2011 // Recreational Market Detail: Shoemaker & Besser Associates Inc. offers coverage for motorcycles, snowmobiles, RVs, mobile homes, dwelling fire DP1 & DP3, vacant, HO10 homeowners, watercrafts, and collector...
Ohio Program Finds Lost Life Insurance for Hundreds
Apr 29 2011 // An Ohio program begun a little over a year and a-half ago has tracked down nearly 450 lost life insurance policies, typically for families of Ohioans who have died. The successes were out of more than 680 valid requests...
SIA of Northern Ohio Adds 40th Insurance Agency
Apr 28 2011 // SIA of Northern Ohio (SIANO) has appointed Myers-Ziemke Insurance Agency in Monroeville as its 40th member, the agency network announced. Founded by Ewers in 2001, SIANO is a master agency with The Strategic Insurance...
Hylant Group Promotes Kranz, Bryant in Environmental Practice Group
Apr 27 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms in the nation, has promoted two insurance industry professionals in its Environmental Practice Group. Don Bryant, vice president, has...
Ohio Plans May 5 Switch to Electronic Licensing System
Apr 25 2011 // Ohio insurance regulators will soon make a switch to an electronic system for agent licensing. Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Director of the Department of Insurance Mary Taylor said transition to the new system will begin...
Ohio Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress Claim in Malpractice Lawsuit
Apr 22 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread. The court upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by...
Midwest Tornadoes, High Winds Damage Homes, Businesses
Apr 22 2011 // The National Weather Service says at least five tornadoes were part of the storms that battered Ohio early on April 20. Hours before, a tornado measured as an EF3 hit near Girard, Ill., about 20 miles south of Springfield...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Offering Safety Grants to Wholesale, Retail Employers
Apr 21 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer has announced a grant program to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses in the wholesale/retail trade sector. As part of...
