Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Agency Exec Named Chairman of Associated Risk Managers International
May 3 2016 // Independent insurance agency network, Associated Risk Managers International Inc. (ARMI), have elected Greg Easley to serve as chairman of the ARMI board of directors. Easley currently serves as vice president and...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Forrest Sherer Insurance in Indiana
Apr 5 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Forest Sherer Insurance Inc. (Forrest Sherer) from First Financial Corp. Headquartered in Terre Haute, Ind., Forrest Sherer has been providing property-casualty, employee benefits...
Indiana Mans Gets 2 Life Sentences in Deadly House Blast
Mar 21 2016 // A judge sentenced an Indianapolis man to more than two life sentences in prison for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two people and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes in a scheme to collect insurance...
Measure Increasing Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Cap Moves Forward
Mar 2 2016 // Medical malpractice victims would be able to receive more compensation under a measure an Indiana House committee approved on Feb. 29 that would update the payment cap for the first time in nearly 18 years. The bill, which...
2nd Indiana Man Convicted of Murder, Insurance Fraud in Home Explosion
Feb 26 2016 // An Indianapolis man was convicted of murder, arson and insurance fraud on Feb. 24 for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two neighbors and devastated a subdivision in the southern part of the city. A northern...
Study: Terre Haute Has Fewer Driving Deaths
Feb 22 2016 // A consumer advocacy organization says Terre Haute is the Indiana city with the fewest distracted and drunken driving fatalities. ConsumerAffairs conducted a nationwide study using the latest available data from 2014...
Midwest Group Challenges Peabody Energy’s Plan to Self-Bond Mines
Feb 16 2016 // A Midwestern environmental group has followed through on its promise to formally challenge Peabody Energy’s ability to guarantee it has enough money for future cleanup of its Illinois and Indiana coal mines. The...
Study: Among Indiana Cities Terre Haute Has Fewer Driving Deaths
Feb 9 2016 // A consumer advocacy organization says Terre Haute is the Indiana city with the fewest distracted and drunken driving fatalities. The Tribune-Star reports that ConsumerAffairs conducted a nationwide study using the latest...
Officials, Poultry Producers Hope Nationwide Testing Contains Indiana Bird Flu
Jan 29 2016 // In the two weeks since bird flu reappeared in Indiana, U.S. veterinarians have swabbed the mouths of chickens and turkeys across the country, racing to uncover any more infections and contain the virus before it causes...
Carpenter Named VP at Hylant Select – Indiana
Jan 29 2016 // Insurance broker Hylant has appointed Kim Carpenter vice president of Hylant Select – Indiana. In her new role, she will manage and lead Hylant’s Select business within Indiana and she will be responsible for...
Indiana Company to Pay $100K to Resolve Age Discrimination Suit
Jan 25 2016 // Seymour Midwest, a Warsaw, Ind., hand tool manufacturing company, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
156K Indiana Chickens Being Euthanized in Latest Bird Flu Probe
Jan 20 2016 // Animal health officials investigating a bird flu strain that affected 10 turkey farms in southwestern Indiana have added 156,000 chickens to the list of thousands of birds being euthanized. The Indiana State Board of...
Bird Flu Found in Indiana Turkey Flock
Jan 19 2016 // The U.S. government confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana, the country’s first case since the end of last year’s outbreak that led to the...
Officials Hope Latest Midwest Bird Flu Contained by Rapid Response
Jan 18 2016 // A move to quickly quarantine and destroy Indiana turkey flocks infected with avian influenza may help prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreak that cost the industry $3.3 billion, according to...
Number of Fire Deaths Fell in Indiana Last Year
Jan 11 2016 // The number of deaths caused by fire in Indiana declined by more than 10 percent last year, state officials said. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security recorded 73 fire deaths around the state during 2015, down from...
Indiana Company to Pay $100K to Resolve Age Discrimination Suit
Jan 11 2016 // Seymour Midwest, a Warsaw, Ind., hand tool manufacturing company, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
People – West
Jan 11 2016 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Mich., named Wayne Bates president of Atain Insurance Cos. and corporate senior vice president of Kaufman Financial Group. Bates joins Atain...
Indiana Bill Would Increase Malpractice Payments Cap
Jan 8 2016 // Indiana’s cap on medical malpractice payments would be increased for the first time in decades under a proposal in the state Legislature. A bill endorsed by Republicans who control the Indiana Senate would boost the...
Indiana Project to Track License Plates of Overweight Trucks
Jan 5 2016 // Indiana highway officials are launching a pilot project to track unpermitted overweight vehicles that can damage highways and bridges. The Indiana Department of Transportation will install license plate-tracking technology...
Family Continues Fight Against Indiana Malpractice Cap
Jan 5 2016 // An Evansville, Ind., couple is keeping up a decadelong legal fight over their claims of medical malpractice in their daughter’s birth that left her a quadriplegic and unable to speak. A Vanderburgh County jury in...
