Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court: Indiana County Layoffs of Older Workers not Discriminatory
Aug 2 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled against 20 former Lake County employees who claimed their layoffs were driven by age discrimination. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that the plaintiffs, many of whom...
Indiana RV Manufacturer Fined $10K after Worker’s Forklift Death
Jul 31 2017 // State regulators have fined a northern Indiana recreational vehicle manufacturer $10,000 for safety violations discovered following a worker’s April death. Fifty-four-year-old Ricky Schlabach died of blunt force...
ONI Risk Partners Acquires Green Owens Insurance in Indiana
Jul 27 2017 // ONI Risk Partners (ONI), headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., is acquiring Franklin, Ind.-based Green Owens Insurance (Green Owens). In business since 1979, the Green Owens team joins ONI’s 300-plus insurance...
Houston Company to Pay $145K to Settle Indiana Disability Discrimination Case
Jul 26 2017 // Chemtrusion Inc., a Houston-based manufacturing services company, will pay $145,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Indiana Officials: Amusement Ride Inspections Done Annually
Jul 24 2017 // To ensure the safety of amusement rides in Indiana, state safety regulators conduct hundreds of inspections of amusement devices each year. The elevator and amusement ride division of the Indiana Department of Homeland...
Pennsylvania’s PLM Names Selfe Vice President of Information Technology
Jul 21 2017 // Pennsylvania and Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Companies (PLM), a property and casualty insurance carrier based in Philadelphia, Penn., has named Erin Selfe vice president of information technology. With more than 20...
Convicted of Arson, Former Indiana Volunteer Firefighter Gets 20-Year Sentence
Jul 17 2017 // A former volunteer firefighter in Indiana was sentenced to at least two decades in prison after he was convicted of arson. Adam Selbee, 20, was sentenced after pleading guilty in May to four counts of arson. The...
Midwest States Show Slightly Better Return-to-Work Results
Jul 10 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
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Jul 10 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...
Flood Insurance in the Standard Market Part 2
Jul 5 2017 // Last week, we started a conversation about flood coverage. If you missed last week’s blog, go back and read it now. We’ll wait for you. To sum up last week’s blog, I believe that the standard market could...
After Children Suffer Burns, Indiana Water Park Owners Apologize
Jun 28 2017 // A company that operates a northwestern Indiana water park authorities closed after 11 children suffered chemical burns says it’s “profoundly sorry” for the injuries. An advertisement Seven Peaks Resorts...
WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work
Jun 21 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
Ratings of Indiana’s American Agricultural Insurance Co. Upgraded
Jun 20 2017 // A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a-” of American Agricultural...
Bates Named Vice Chair of Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance
Jun 14 2017 // Mark Bates has been elected as vice chairman of the Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., board of directors. Bates will continue his role as chairman for the company’s governance committee. Bates, a 28-year...
No Damages Awarded to Indiana Worker Burned Inside Heated Tank
Jun 1 2017 // A lawsuit filed by an eastern Indiana man seriously burned inside a heated chemical tank has ended without any damages being awarded. Zachary M. Hale sued several entities, including trucking company Miller Transporters...
Indiana Couple Awarded $744K for Son’s Unnecessary Shoulder Surgery
May 23 2017 // A northern Indiana jury has awarded $744,000 to a couple who claimed a now-deceased doctor performed unnecessary surgery on their teenage son. Dean and Tracy Dixon’s medical malpractice suit alleged that Dr. Willard...
Indiana Injured Worker Benefits Rise, but Per Claim Cost Still Low
May 8 2017 // Income benefits paid to Indiana’s injured workers through workers’ compensation claims rose nearly 5 percent between 2014 and 2015, a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study found. “The...
Indiana High Court Says Wounded Officer Can’t Sue Gun Seller
Apr 26 2017 // The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a wounded police officer can’t sue a sporting goods store that sold a handgun that was later used to shoot him. The Indianapolis Star reported the court has dismissed Indianapolis...
Feds Grant Nearly $11M to Indiana to Fight Heroin, Opioid Abuse
Apr 26 2017 // A federal agency has awarded Indiana nearly $11 million to fight the state’s opioid abuse crisis. The state’s funding from the Health and Human Services is among $485 million the agency recently awarded to all...
Number of Indiana Deer-Vehicle Collisions Down in 2016
Apr 20 2017 // The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the number of deer struck by motor vehicles in the state fell last year. The number of deer harvested in 2016 fell as well. The agency says deer-vehicle collisions across...
