Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio and Indiana Joint Venture to Fly Drones to Aid Farmers
Dec 2 2014 // A joint venture between Ohio and Indiana is teaming up with an Ohio college to fly drone missions aimed at helping farmers boost crop yields. The Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center in Springfield, Ohio, and Ohio...
Snow Named Chief of New Office of Captive Insurance at Ohio Department
Dec 2 2014 // Following the signing of legislation allowing Ohio businesses to form captive insurance companies, the Ohio Department of Insurance tapped Tracy Snow as chief of its newly established Office of Captive Insurance. Snow has...
Pothole Claims Up in Ohio This Year
Nov 24 2014 // More Ohio motorists are looking for repayment from the state for pothole damage to their cars, nearly tripling the number of claims filed in 2013. The Dayton Daily News reports nearly 300 pothole damage claims have been...
5 Ohio Universities Get Bomb Dogs
Nov 18 2014 // Five more universities around Ohio are receiving bomb-sniffing dogs as officials expand a state program that makes more of those canines available for safety needs on and off campuses. The University of Toledo, Kent State...
Millions Unclaimed in Ohio Workers’ Comp Case
Nov 17 2014 // The law firm handling a $420 million state settlement over Ohio employers being overcharged for workers’ compensation premiums says millions of dollars weren’t claimed by the deadline. The Bricker & Eckler...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for Stealing Client Premiums
Nov 13 2014 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced that former Warren insurance agent Timothy J. Mulvey has been sentenced on charges of stealing clients’ premium payments. The Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas sentenced...
Ohio Home Healthcare Firm Owner Failed to Report Employees; Owes $124K
Nov 12 2014 // An Ohio woman was sentenced Oct. 16 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $124,573.07 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) after operating a home...
Vote Bans Traffic Cameras in Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 12 2014 // Cleveland, Ohio, has stopped employing traffic cameras to enforce speed and red light violations after voters overwhelmingly approved a measure that effectively banned their use. More than 77 percent of voters on Nov. 4...
Home Depot Breach Costs Ohio Credit Unions $1.3M
Nov 4 2014 // The Credit Union National Association says the breach of customer data at Home Depot earlier this year cost Ohio credit unions more than a million dollars. The Columbus Dispatch reports Ohio credit unions spent $1.3...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Fraud Investigator Goals Are Not Quotas
Nov 3 2014 // Ohio’s injured worker insurance fund sets goals for the number of fraud cases its investigators should refer for prosecution annually — an arrangement some former employees say encourages the pursuit of innocent...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Rates for Local Governments Falling
Nov 3 2014 // Ohio public employers can look forward an average 9.1 percent reduction in workers’ compensation rates for local governments, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced. The new rates cover 3,800...
Millions Unclaimed in Ohio Workers’ Comp Overcharge Case
Oct 31 2014 // The law firm handling a $420 million state settlement over Ohio employers being overcharged for workers’ compensation premiums says millions of dollars weren’t claimed by the deadline. The Bricker & Eckler...
First Trial Over ‘Moldy’ Washers Ends with Win for Whirlpool
Oct 31 2014 // Michigan-based Whirlpool Corp has been found not liable by a U.S. jury in the first lawsuit to go to trial accusing the company of selling front-loading washing machines containing a design flaw that made them prone to...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Rates for Local Governments Falling
Oct 24 2014 // Ohio public employers applauded an average 9.1 percent reduction in workers’ compensation rates for local governments that was approved by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors. The...
Number of Young Ohioans Getting Driver’s License Drops
Oct 22 2014 // Fewer young people in Ohio are getting their driver’s license, according to state data and new research. The number of licensed drivers in Ohio ages 16 to 20 is 8.5 percent lower than 10 years ago, The Columbus...
Health Official: 7 Quarantined in Ohio for Ebola
Oct 17 2014 // A health official says at least seven people in northeast Ohio are quarantined and being monitored because they had contact with a Texas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola after visiting the area. The Summit County Public...
Study Links Fracking to Hundreds of Ohio Quakes
Oct 16 2014 // A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated oil-and-gas extraction...
J.M. Wilson Names Gautz Ohio Branch Manager
Oct 16 2014 // Portage, Mich.-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Kurtis Gautz to branch manager of its Westerville, Ohio, office. Kurtis Gautz Gautz will plan the day-to-day operations of...
Deer-Related Car Crashes Declined in Ohio in 2013
Oct 7 2014 // Ohio officials say the number of reported deer-related car crashes in the state decreased in 2013. The Ohio Department of Public Safety says about 20,200 deer-vehicle crashes were reported last year. That’s nearly...
People – Midwest
Oct 6 2014 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) appointed NAIC President and North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm to serve a two-year term as the state insurance commissioner representative on the...
