Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Prescription Formulary Saves over $20M
Jan 24 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that changes made to its pharmacy management program in recent years have resulted in a reduction in prescriptions of some of the most commonly overused drugs...
Wells Fargo Selling 42 Smaller Regional Insurance Offices to USI
Jan 24 2014 // Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, has agreed to sell more than 40 percent of its insurance brokerage locations to focus bricks-and-mortar operations on higher-growth regions and bigger clients. USI...
New Tax Deduction Available to Ohio Small Businesses
Jan 22 2014 // The state tax commissioner is reminding Ohio small-business owners that they may be eligible for a recently enacted tax deduction. In an alert issued on Jan. 21, Commissioner Joe Testa urged taxpayers to visit the Ohio...
Winter Storm Costs in Ohio Could Rival Hurricane Ike Totals
Jan 21 2014 // Experts say the early January’s extreme cold and wind are expected to be one of the costliest weather events in Ohio since the remnants of Hurricane Ike hit in 2008. No solid estimate is available yet, but the Dayton...
Ohio Treasurer Withdraws Insurance Claim, Sells Damaged Vehicle for $938
Jan 16 2014 // Records show Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel’s failed Senate campaign sold a vehicle totaled in a March wreck shortly after questions arose over the continued use of the vehicle, averting an insurance review that might...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Ohio’s Quintessential Advisors
Jan 14 2014 // Insurance broker, USI Insurance Services (USI), has acquired Quintessential Advisors Ltd. (Quintessential) headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Quintessential Advisors was founded in...
Expense Rising for Ohio Cities, Businesses from Winter Blast
Jan 13 2014 // The winter blast that brought snow and dangerous temperatures to much of Ohio will end up costing cities and businesses quite a bit of money. Toledo officials estimate that the storms that have dumped about 20 inches of...
Coverys Acquires OHA Holdings, Ohio Insurance Solutions
Jan 13 2014 // OHA Holdings Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS), located in Columbus, Ohio, have been acquired by medical professional liability insurance provider, Coverys. OHAIS was created by the Ohio...
Ohio’s Financial Responsibility Law in Effect; Will Higher Auto Insurance Rates Follow?
Jan 13 2014 // While Ohio has traditionally had some of the lowest auto insurance premium rates in the country, going forward some Ohioans may see their rates rising. That’s because an increase in the state’s minimum limit of...
AssuredPartners Acquires Leonard Insurance Services in Ohio
Jan 10 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its Dawson Companies platform, has acquired Leonard Insurance Services, an Ohio-based agency that specializes in commercial, personal, life and health insurance, employee benefits, financial...
Allstate Insurance to Expand in Midwest with New Agencies
Jan 9 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to appoint new agency owners in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio this year. The company plans to appoint 21 new insurance agency owners in Indiana. Additionally, Allstate’s new...
Ohio Roofer Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud, Federal Charges
Jan 9 2014 // The owner of a southwest Ohio roofing company has pleaded guilty to charges of employing immigrants who are in the country illegally, filing false tax documents and insurance fraud. Gregory Oldiges, 55, could be sentenced...
Ohio Reports Record Low Traffic Fatalities in 2013
Jan 7 2014 // Ohio had a record low number of traffic deaths in 2013, according to preliminary data released by the State Highway Patrol. At least 923 people died on Ohio roads during the past year, and additional deaths are under...
Ohio Targets Scrap Metal Thefts by Tracking Sales
Jan 5 2014 // Ohio has begun testing a scrap metal sales database in its effort to curb widespread metal thefts. The Dayton Daily News reports that the Ohio Department of Public Safety is working with selected dealers to input sales...
Ohio’s Financial Responsibility Law in Effect; Will Higher Auto Insurance Rates Follow?
Jan 3 2014 // While Ohio has traditionally had some of the lowest auto insurance premium rates in the country, going forward some Ohioans may see their rates rising. That’s because an increase in the state’s minimum limit of...
Ohio Business Owner Must Pay $55K in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Dec 31 2013 // A Cincinnati, Ohio, business owner has been sentenced to pay nearly $55,000 in unpaid premiums owed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Todd Bittner, owner of Bittner Construction, pleaded guilty in...
Ohio Flood Control Plan Worries Farmers
Dec 24 2013 // Farmers in northwest Ohio who are upset with a plan being worked out to control flooding along a river met with an Ohio congressman to voice their concerns. The Courier newspaper in Findlay reports that about 120 people...
Over $9.4M in Safety Rebates Awarded by Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Dec 19 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that thousands of Ohio employers are receiving more than $9.4 million in savings for their participation in one of 78 safety councils sponsored by BWC’s...
Worker’s Head Injury Leads to $90K Fine for Ohio Manufacturer
Dec 18 2013 // Ohio-based McNeil Group, doing business as Pinnacle Metal Products, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker suffered a serious head injury that...
Ohio Ex-Pharmacist Sentenced for $2.1M Insurance Fraud
Dec 9 2013 // Ohio officials say a former pharmacist convicted in a $2.1 million health care fraud scheme has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Barbara Elise Miller of Coshocton was sentenced in federal court in Akron. A...
