Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Motorists Insurance Group Affiliate Rebranded as Motorists Commercial Mutual
Jun 30 2011 // American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. has been renamed Motorists Commercial Mutual Insurance Co. after receiving approval from policyholders, the Ohio secretary of state and the Ohio Department of Insurance. Changing the...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for $12,000 Theft
Jun 28 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that former insurance agent Alexis Prokup, of Perrysburg, Ohio, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to theft. Department of Insurance...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio
Jun 24 2011 // A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation showed they were conducting inadequate examinations of injured...
3 Ohio Cities Among Those with High Car Theft Rates
Jun 22 2011 // Three places in Ohio are among the 100 U.S. cities with the worst car theft problems. A report released Tuesday by the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows Cleveland ranks 82nd, with just over 271 vehicles stolen in 2010...
May Storms Cause Estimated $322M in Damage in Ohio
Jun 22 2011 // The Ohio Insurance Institute says storms in late May caused damage estimated at $322 million or more around the state. The industry group for property and casualty insurers estimates 68,000 or more insurance claims have...
Ohio Man Guilty of Fraud, Illegally Collected $30,000 in Workers’ Comp
Jun 20 2011 // Frank Fogle, a Barnesville, Ohio, (Belmont County) truck driver, has been sentenced for fraud after he concealed his employment in order to continue receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Fogle was found guilty in...
Ohio BWC: 7 Workers’ Compensation Fraud Convictions in May
Jun 16 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer announced that seven individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation...
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...
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