Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana’s Protective Insurance Names Barnett as CFO, Omidfar as CIO
Sep 17 2019 // Carmel, Indiana-based Protective Insurance Corp., a specialty property/casualty holding company in the transportation and workers’ compensation insurance industries, has appointed John Barnett as its new chief...
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Indiana’s Rock Ridge Insurance
Sep 6 2019 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Rock Ridge Insurance Co. (Rock Ridge) in North Danville, Indiana. The outlook assigned to the...
In Suit, Indiana Family Says Juul E-Cigarettes Are Deliberately Highly Addictive
Sep 3 2019 // An Indiana family is suing Juul Labs Inc., accusing it of making electronic cigarettes that contain excessively high levels of nicotine without warning that they’re addictive. The McCullough family of Carmel filed...
Probe Finds Indiana Company Partly Responsible for Employee’s Death
Aug 26 2019 // A state agency says a northern Indiana company was partly responsible for the death of a 43-year-old employee who was killed when welding equipment fell from a forklift. The Elkhart Truth reports that the investigation by...
Explosion at NW Indiana Business Injures 3 Workers
Aug 15 2019 // An official says an explosion at a chemical tank cleaning business in northwestern Indiana injured three workers. The blast happened about 7:20 a.m. Wednesday at T.A.C. East Inc. in an industrial area of East Chicago. City...
Indiana Fines ArcelorMittal $14K After Worker Dies in Train Accident
Jul 25 2019 // ArcelorMittal has been fined $14,000 after a steelworker died in an April train accident at the company’s Indiana Harbor steel mill in northwestern Indiana. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the Indiana...
J.M. Wilson Promotes Tucker-Lorenz to Surety Underwriter in Indiana
Jul 24 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Shelly Tucker-Lorenz to surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. With this new role, she is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and contract bonds, corresponding with...
J.M. Wilson Adds Lewton, Arens in Indiana
Jul 16 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Matt Lewton as transportation underwriter and Tyler Arens as assistant transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. Lewton is...
Indiana Court: IBM Owes State More Than $70M in Automation Dispute
Jun 27 2019 // Indiana’s Supreme Court has decided IBM Corp. must pay the state more than $70 million over the company’s failed effort to automate much of the state’s welfare services. The court ruling upholds lower...
Weather Service Ups Weekend Tornado Count in Indiana to 10
Jun 20 2019 // Officials have confirmed that a 10th tornado struck Indiana as part of a weekend outbreak that damaged a school, a shopping mall and other buildings. The National Weather Service issued the update Tuesday, saying the...
Weather Service: 9 Confirmed Tornadoes Hit Central Indiana over Weekend
Jun 18 2019 // The National Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes struck Indiana, damaging a school and other buildings and downing trees. It says three EF2 tornadoes with winds up to 130 mph (210 kph) struck Greene, Monroe and...
Indiana Man Must Pay $427K to Victims in 2017 Carriage Crash
Jun 13 2019 // A northeastern Indiana man who pleaded guilty in a drunken-driving crash involving a horse-drawn carriage has been ordered to pay $427,000 in restitution to the crash victims. A Steuben County judge also sentenced...
Indiana Agencies McGowan Insurance and Jackson-McCormick Insurance Merge
Jun 7 2019 // Indiana-based independent insurance agencies McGowan Insurance Group and Jackson-McCormick Insurance have merged into one organization. McGowan is headquartered in Indianapolis and Jackson-McCormick has offices in Lebanon...
1 Dead After Tornadoes Leave Trail of Destruction Across Indiana, Ohio
May 29 2019 // A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured. The...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Indiana’s Cairnstone Financial
May 28 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Zionsville, Indiana-based Cairnstone Financial LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2010, Cairnstone Financial is a benefits consultant offering group...
Suits Filed Against Indiana Auto Dealerships Over Car-Buying Fees
May 3 2019 // Dozens of Indiana auto dealerships face lawsuits that accuse them of charging excessive fees to prepare sales-related documents. At least seven lawsuits, all pursuing class-action status, were filed in April, the...
New Suit Filed in Indiana Against USA Gymnastics Seeks Help for Abused Athletes
May 2 2019 // A new lawsuit filed in Indiana seeks to protect potentially thousands of abused gymnasts who might not have known about a deadline for filing claims against USA Gymnastics in the embattled group’s ongoing...
Indiana’s Walmart Stores East to Pay $10K to Resolve Charge of Discrimination
May 2 2019 // Walmart Stores East LP in Indianapolis, Indiana, will pay $10,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability charge filed by the Indianapolis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
As an Unelected Legal Organization Attempts to Rewrite Insurance Law, Indiana Legislators are Pushing Back
Apr 22 2019 // State legislatures, including Indiana’s General Assembly, are moving to protect themselves from an emerging version of legal “alternative facts” as yet another venerable American institution erodes its...
Indiana Bill Would Allow Money for School Alert Systems Statewide
Apr 15 2019 // Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is expected to sign a bill that would allow Indiana school districts to seek state money for alert systems to warn students and staff about emergencies. The bill would permit all 92 counties to...
