Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Win Antitrust ‘Steering’ Lawsuits Filed by Body Shops
Mar 16 2020 // A federal appellate court threw out most of the claims by automotive body shops in Indiana, Utah and Mississippi that alleged that major insurers violated antitrust laws and engaged in anticompetitive practices by steering...
Indiana State University Wins First Place in Selective Insurance Collegiate Competition
Mar 13 2020 // Indiana State University has won first place in Selective Insurance’s Collegiate Competition. Second place was claimed by Middle Tennessee University, while Appalachian State University placed third. The month-long,...
West Virginia Lawmaker Loses Suit Blaming Indiana Bar for Blindness
Mar 12 2020 // The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled against a lawsuit filed by a West Virginia delegate over a 2006 parking lot brawl that left him blinded years before he was elected to office. The lawsuit said Cavanaugh’s Sports...
Smith to Retire from Indiana Farmers Insurance; Search on for New CEO
Mar 9 2020 // Kimberly O. Smith, J.D, president and CEO of Carmel, Indiana-based Indiana Farmers Insurance, has announced she will retire effective January 2022. The board of directors has engaged the Carlisle Group, an executive search...
First Acceptance, IBI Offer Specialty Auto Program to Indiana Agents
Jan 28 2020 // First Acceptance Corp., a specialty auto insurance carrier with retail locations in 15 states, and Greenwood, Indiana-based Insurance Brokers Inc. (IBI) have made Acceptance auto insurance available to Indiana independent...
People & Places
Jan 13 2020 // National Sheri Wilbanks AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business manager. Wilbanks will be responsible for building a global casualty and...
U.S. Safety Agency Opens Probe into Deadly Tesla Crash in Indiana
Jan 9 2020 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is launching an investigation into the Dec. 29 crash of a Tesla Model 3 that left a passenger dead after the vehicle collided with a parked fire truck...
Vetter Named VP, Branch Manager for Erie Insurance in Indiana
Dec 27 2019 // Bob Vetter has been appointed vice president and branch manager in the Indiana branch of property/casualty insurer Erie Insurance. Vetter joined ERIE as a commercial underwriter in 1993, later becoming district sales...
Steel Mill Sued over Chemical Spill in Indiana Lake
Dec 17 2019 // Two environmental groups are suing a steelmaker for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act at its northwestern Indiana facility more than 100 times in the past five years, including an August spill that killed more than...
Indiana Hospital Reports Failure to Disinfect Surgical Tools
Nov 22 2019 // Nearly 1,200 surgical patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV and other infectious diseases due to a sterilization failure, a northern Indiana hospital says. A Goshen Hospital sterilization technician failed to...
How to Bring in Young People to Insurance
Nov 18 2019 // The workforce is faced with a generation gap. Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. Generation X and millennials each have a smaller pool of people than baby boomers. Generation Z is now the largest...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Nov 4 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
Indiana Environmental Regulators: Steelmaker Too Slow to Act on Chemical Spill
Oct 31 2019 // The state environmental agency said a northwestern Indiana steel mill knew it was leaking dangerous chemicals into Lake Michigan but failed to report the spill or act quickly to mitigate the risks. The cyanide and ammonia...
Schweisthal Named Asst. Surety Underwriter at J.M. Wilson in Indiana
Oct 25 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Grant Schweisthal as an assistant surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. He is responsible for assisting surety underwriters on a wide...
Sheriff Says Midwest Crop Thefts Are a ‘Major League Operation’
Oct 24 2019 // A “well-organized machine” of thieves appears to be behind the theft of tons of apples and pumpkins from orchards and farms in Michigan and Indiana, according to authorities. An estimated 7,000 pounds (3,175...
Indiana’s Methodist Hospital System Warning Patients About Data Breach
Oct 22 2019 // A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a data breach. Methodist...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Oct 21 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
Nearly 2,000 Competitive Racing Pigeons Killed in Indiana Fire
Oct 16 2019 // A fire at a northern Indiana facility has killed nearly 2,000 racing pigeons from around the world that were housed there for a race. Hoosier Loft owners Jim and Kelly Ward say the fire swept through the loft late Saturday...
Indiana Staffing Firm to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Case for $25K
Oct 15 2019 // An Indiana staffing firm has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a disability discrimination charge brought by federal authorities. Reliable Staffing, an Indianapolis staffing firm, will also furnish other relief to conciliate...
Worker Dies from Injuries at BP’s Refinery in Whiting, Indiana,
Oct 2 2019 // A contract worker died from injuries received while working at BP Plc’s 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery on Wednesday, a company spokesman said. “BP confirms that a contract worker was...
