Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Finds Rating Agencies Not Liable on Toxic Mortgages
Dec 4 2012 // Major credit rating agencies won a fresh legal victory on Monday when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit by Ohio pension funds that sought to recoup millions of dollars of losses on risky mortgage debt they said...
NW Ohio Officials Lobby for Flood Control Study
Dec 3 2012 // Five years after a major flood swamped northwest Ohio, officials again are pushing for the completion of a flood control study of the Blanchard River area. A six-member regional delegation including the mayors of Findlay...
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create Arson Registry
Dec 3 2012 // Convicted arsonists in Ohio would be required to register with local sheriffs under a bill headed to the governor’s desk. The Ohio House voted 89-2 on Nov. 28 to send the measure to Gov. John Kasich. The legislation...
People – South Central
Dec 3 2012 // Dr. Therese M. Vaughan has stepped down earlier than previously announced from her post as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). In August, she announced plans for...
Texting Driver Gets Prison in Ohio Fatal Crash
Nov 30 2012 // An Ohio driver distracted by a text message when he caused a fatal crash has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison. A judge in southern Ohio’s Jackson County sentenced 31-year-old Christopher Haines on Nov....
Ohio Insurance Institute Launches Insurance Careers Website
Nov 28 2012 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) announced it has launched www.InsuranceCareers.org, a new website dedicated to providing information on the variety of career opportunities within the insurance industry. The OII, a...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Launches Online Tool to Assist Employers
Nov 27 2012 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a new online tool that makes it easier for employers to navigate and manage the details of their workers’ compensation insurance policy. My Policy Page...
Ohio Officials Working to Get Exotic Pets Registered
Nov 26 2012 // State officials continue to work with owners of exotic animals to help them fully register their creatures with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, even though the state deadline for them to submit information was several...
Ohio High Court Says Skiers Assume Ordinary Risks
Nov 26 2012 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that skiers assume the sport’s ordinary risks and can only recover damages for collision injuries by proving the other skier was acting recklessly or intentionally. The court’s...
Ohio Justices Order Six-Month Suspension for Ex-AG
Nov 21 2012 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Marc Dann, who resigned as the state’s attorney general in 2008 amid a sexual harassment scandal, to give up his law license for six months. The court’s decision was a blow to...
Holiday Red-Ribbon Campaign Promotes Ohio Road Safety
Nov 20 2012 // Law enforcers around Ohio plan more than 9,700 hours of enforcement during the holidays, including 23 sobriety checkpoints statewide. State crash statistics show 410 people were killed in 379 alcohol-related crashes last...
Some Midwest Incumbent State Court Justices Win, Others Lose
Nov 19 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices. In the Midwest, incumbents in Iowa and Michigan will return for another term; two incumbents on Ohio’s high court will...
Ohio Sidewalk Driver Does ‘Idiot’ Sign Time
Nov 16 2012 // An Ohio woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children stood in the cold recently at an intersection holding a sign warning people about idiots. A Cleveland...
South Carolina Man Sentenced in Ohio for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 14 2012 // A South Carolina man has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $140,000 for holding several jobs and concealing earnings while receiving permanent disability benefits, BWC...
How Voters Voted on State Court Justices
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
Wells Fargo Insurance Announces New Regional Leadership in Midwest
Nov 7 2012 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., has named new regional leaders in the Midwest. Led by regional managing director John Meder, the team serves the Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,...
Morrison Appointed Chief Legal Officer at Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Nov 6 2012 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer has appointed Sarah Morrison as chief legal counsel. Morrison will be a member of BWC’s executive staff responsible for coordinating...
Ohio Agent Tax Lien Program Nets $5.3 Million Since 2011
Nov 2 2012 // Ohio Lt. Governor and Dept. of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that an agent tax lien program that has collected more than $5.3 million in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers compensation premium payments....
Ohio Farming’s New Cash Crop: Agritourism
Oct 29 2012 // If you’ve ever picked your own apples or bumped along on a hayride, you’ve taken part in agritourism. But the concept has grown up as more people want to learn about their food. That’s led to local-food...
Ohio Reduces Workers’ Comp Rate for Local Governments by 5%
Oct 26 2012 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Board of Directors has approved a proposed reduction in average rates for public employer taxing districts by 5 percent. This marks the fourth consecutive year in which public...
