Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Ohio Physician Ordered to Repay $16K-Plus for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 12 2013 // A Dayton, Ohio, physician who was banned from treating injured workers in 2009 pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after he was caught using the information of another physician in order to receive...
Ohio: 3K Medical Professional Liability Claims Closed in 2011
Mar 11 2013 // A total of 3,094 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2011 in Ohio, according to data collected by the Ohio Department of Insurance from entities providing medical professional liability coverage to Ohio...
Ohio: 3K Medical Professional Liability Claims Closed in 2011
Mar 4 2013 // A total of 3,094 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2011 in Ohio, according to data collected by the Ohio Department of Insurance from entities providing medical professional liability coverage to Ohio...
Ohio Driver’s Licenses Blocked for Some Immigrants
Feb 26 2013 // Driver’s licenses for some young immigrants who came to the United States illegally are being blocked by Ohio Department of Public Safety officials’ questioning whether a new federal program gives those...
Ohio Attorney Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 25 2013 // An Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) investigation found a Medina attorney conspired to commit fraud by employing an injured worker she was representing in a workers’ compensation case. Natalie Grubb...
Ohio Personal Lines Premiums Among the Lowest in U.S.
Feb 25 2013 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are again among the lowest in the nation. According to 2010 data, the most...
Ohio Took Enforcement Actions Against 167 Agents in 2012
Feb 22 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the department’s top fraud and enforcement cases for 2012. During the calendar year, the department processed 7,274 allegations of...
Ohio Panel Examines Rules for Health ‘Navigators’
Feb 15 2013 // Ohio lawmakers are again weighing regulations for a new group of professionals who will help guide consumers through the new health insurance exchanges. So-called “navigators” are expected to help educate...
Director: Ohio Auto, Homeowners Insurance Premiums Among Lowest in Nation
Feb 7 2013 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are again among the lowest in the nation. According to 2010 data, the most recent...
Ohio Employers Want $860M from Work Comp Bureau After Ruling
Feb 4 2013 // Attorneys for employers who won a ruling against the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation are asking the state to pay $860 million. The lawyers say there are 270,000 Ohio employers who are due restitution after a...
Study: Manufacturing Driving Growth in Ohio
Feb 4 2013 // Manufacturing is again driving Ohio’s economic expansion, with more than half of the state’s counties dependent on the sector, according to a newspaper analysis. The Dayton Daily News reports that more than...
Home Value Insurance Co. Dissolved
Jan 28 2013 // The rehabilitation of Calif.-based Home Value Insurance Co. (HVIC) has ended and the corporation has been dissolved by order of the Franklin County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, where the company was domiciled. According to...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jan 28 2013 // Willis North America Willis North America, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has relocated its Cleveland, Ohio office to 1001 Lakeside Ave., Suite 1600. Willis established a presence in Ohio more...
Ohio Woman Sentenced to Prison for Insurance Fraud
Jan 24 2013 // Kelli Reyes, of Wauseon, Ohio, has been sentenced by the Fulton County Common Pleas Court to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud, Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director...
