Powerful Wind Storms Sweep Through Northwest Ohio
Severe storms and at least one possible tornado swept across Northwest Ohio Sunday damaging homes, buildings and injuring a child.
November 6, 2017
Property
Ohio
Listeria Risk Prompts Meijer To Recall Produce In Six U.S. States
Retailer Meijer Inc said it was recalling packaged vegetables in six U.S. states because of possible contamination from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can cause fatal food poisoning in young children, pregnant women and elderly or frail people.
October 23, 2017
Subrogation
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Law Designed To Reduce Comp Appeal Delays Constitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a law meant to reduce delays of appeals in workers compensation cases is constitutional.
October 4, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
Ohio
Family of Fraudsters Netted $2.9 In Life Insurance Scam
A Mason family has been charged in a $2.9 million life insurance scheme in which prosecutors say they bought policies for a relative who had severe medical conditions but hid those conditions from the insurer.
August 11, 2017
Fraud
Life & Health
Ohio
One Dead, Seven Injured After Ohio State Fair Ride Malfunctions
The Columbus Division of Fire says one person is dead and five critically injured after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair. The deceased is an 18-year-old man. None of the victims have been identified.
July 27, 2017
Liability
Ohio
Judge Allows Pacemaker Data In Arson, Fraud Trial
In what is believed to be the first case of its kind to use data from a beating heart as evidence, a Butler County judge ruled Tuesday that evidence from a pacemaker used to get a Middletown man indicted for arson can be presented at trial.
July 12, 2017
Fraud
Property
Technology
Ohio
Ohio House Advances Bill To Withhold Injury Compensation From Undocumented Workers
The Senate is now considering a proposal that would ban undocumented workers from receiving workers compensation if theyre injured on the job. The measure passed the House, but not without a heated debate between two fiery lawmakers.
May 23, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
Ohio
Social Networking Site Reveals Workers Compensation Fraud
Most professionals use LinkedIn to showcase their experience, stay connected in the business community and perhaps land that dream job one day. For Kandice M. Klink Jones of Columbus, it didnt work out so well.
May 9, 2017
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
Ohio
Wrong-Way Crash Sparks Tanker Explosion On Ohio Interstate
Dramatic video shows the moment a wrong-way driver sparked a fiery tanker truck explosion on Interstate 75 in Ohio. Traffic cameras caught the moment the truck went up in flames in Dayton on Sunday afternoon.
May 1, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Ohio
American Family Insurance Faces $1B In Legal Liability
American Family Insurance could have to pay legal liability as high as $1 billion depending on a federal judges decision. Last week, a jury decided that thousands of the insurers independent agents are entitled to full employee retirement package benefits.
April 26, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
Ohio
10-Year-Old Sets Fire Inside Store, Causes $200K Worth Of Damage
A 10-year-old boy is facing charges after Middletown police said he intentionally set fire inside a business that caused $200,000 worth of damage. police said.
April 25, 2017
Property
Ohio
More Travelers Purchasing Insurance Against Terrorism Losses
Leading travel insurance trends arent just focused on hurricanes and illness anymore. A considerable number of traveler inquiries are now seeking to make certain that they are protected against losses from terrorism, too.
April 19, 2017
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Workers Comp Programs Fight Addiction Among Injured Workers
Meet a victim of the nations opioid addiction scourge: the American worker. A number of U.S. states are taking steps through their workers compensation systems to stem the overprescribing of the powerful painkillers to workers injured on the job, while helping those who became hooked to avoid potentially deadly consequences.
April 11, 2017
Workers' Compensation
Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
17.5 Tons Of Frozen Taquitos Recalled
When mass-producing packaged foods, one of the goals is to prevent pieces of the processing equipment out of the food. A plant that makes José Olé products came up short of that aspiration, resulting in a recall of 17.5 tons of taquitos that could contain pieces of plastic and rubber.
March 28, 2017
Subrogation
California
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Fierce Winds Pummel The Upper Midwest, Northeast
Powerful and potentially dangerous winds blew across the Great Lakes region and the northeast United States Wednesday, derailing a train, blowing over tractor trailers and pushing a plane off a runway.
March 9, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Michigan
New York
Ohio



