Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
J.M. Wilson Hires Mauk as Transportation Underwriter in Indiana
Aug 20 2014 // J.M. Wilson has added Josh Mauk as a transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Ind., office. Mauk is responsible for quoting new and renewal trucking, non-trucking, business auto and public auto risks for Indiana...
Indiana-Based Insurer WellPoint to Change Name to Anthem
Aug 14 2014 // WellPoint, one of the biggest players on the health care overhaul’s new insurance exchanges, wants to switch its corporate name back to the Anthem brand its customers know by the end of this year. The nation’s...
Trucking Company Seeks Limit on Suits over Indiana Highway Repair Costs
Jul 23 2014 // A trucking company wants the state appeals court to limit the Indiana Department of Transportation’s authority to sue over damage done to state highways. The challenge is in court as the highway agency is trying to...
Cost to Indiana City for Wabash River Levee Repairs Estimated at $2M
Jul 17 2014 // A southwestern Indiana city will need to spend more than $2 million to repair its Wabash River flood levees, although that is much less than officials previously projected. Vincennes officials say the repairs are needed...
Iroquois Group Adds Source Insurance in Indiana
Jul 16 2014 // The Source Insurance Group & Financial Services LLC of Fishers, Ind., joined agency network The Iroquois Group on June 18. Iroquois, a network of property and casualty insurance agencies, now lists more than 2,000...
GM Indiana Plant Explosion Kills 1 Worker, Injures 8
Jul 2 2014 // General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, said one person died and eight people were taken to the hospital after a “small” chemical explosion at a factory near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Emergency officials...
Indiana Issues Few Tickets in 1st 3 Years of Texting Law
Jun 30 2014 // A three-year-old law barring Indiana drivers from texting while driving has generated more frustration than tickets from police officers, who say the law makes it hard to prove a driver is in violation. The 2011 law was a...
ICW Group Offering Workers’ Comp Insurance in Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey
Jun 26 2014 // ICW Group Insurance Cos., a multiline property/casualty insurer based in San Diego, Calif., announced it has begun writing workers’ compensation insurance in Georgia, Indiana and New Jersey. ICW Group said its...
EF-1 Tornado Touches Down Near Indianapolis
Jun 26 2014 // A tornado-producing storm that hit central Indiana on June 24 damaged several homes in Indianapolis and its outskirts, downed power lines and uprooted trees, authorities said. It was one of several thunderstorms that...
Indiana Police Using Water-Based Chemical to Fight Theft
Jun 13 2014 // A northwestern Indiana police department is one of the first law enforcement agencies in the country to distribute a theft-deterring chemical that leaves DNA-like “signatures” on property and those who attempt...
Changes in Indiana Workers’ Comp Aimed at Slowing Rise in Medical Costs
May 13 2014 // As in other states with no restrictions on pricing in the workers’ compensation system, medical costs per claim are high and are rising in Indiana, according to a recent study by the Workers’ Compensation...
MERS Virus Suspected in Illnesses of 2 Florida Hospital Workers
May 13 2014 // Two workers at the Florida hospital where federal officials reported a case of a potentially lethal Arabian virus have fallen ill after coming into contact with the patient. One of the workers has been hospitalized and...
Terre Haute, Indiana Sees Rise in Mo-Ped Thefts
May 6 2014 // With gas prices close to $4 per gallon, Terre Haute resident Russell Moffatt had been happy to park his gas-guzzling pickup truck in favor of a fuel efficient mo-ped that he could ride to work. That is, until someone stole...
Changes in Indiana Workers’ Comp System Aimed at Slowing Rise in Medical Costs per Claim
May 5 2014 // New Fee Schedule for Hospitals Goes Into Effect July 1 Like other states with no restrictions on pricing in the workers’ compensation system, medical costs per claim are high and are rising in Indiana, according to a...
Indiana Body Shops Sue Insurers over Compensation for Vehicle Repairs
Apr 22 2014 // Indiana body shops and auto insurers are on a collision course over repair compensation practices, a dispute that could cost millions of dollars to patch up. In a federal lawsuit, 14 Indiana shops accuse State Farm...
Officials: Squirrel Causes $300K in Damage to Indiana Community Center
Apr 14 2014 // Officials say a wayward squirrel caused about $300,000 in damage to a Fort Wayne, Ind., community center set to open in June. Parks Department officials say the squirrel got into the electrical equipment of the building in...
Teen Driver Accidents Drop 20% in Indiana
Apr 7 2014 // Indiana has seen a 20 percent drop in the number of young drivers involved in accidents in the four years since it began requiring teens to wait longer to get their driver’s licenses. The Graduated Driver Licensing...
Company that Owned Stage Fined $50K for Indiana State Fair Collapse
Apr 2 2014 // The company that owned the stage involved in the deadly 2011 Indiana State Fair rigging collapse has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine for safety violations. The Indiana Department of Labor says Mid-America Sound Corp. of...
Scooter Law Stronger in Indiana but Still No Insurance Requirement
Mar 31 2014 // Drivers of motorized scooters in Indiana will face tighter regulations under a measure signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence, although an insurance requirement is not among them. The new law will require scooter operators to...
144-Year-Old Indiana Insurance Firm Rebrands as INGUARD
Mar 27 2014 // Beauchamp McSpadden | Morrison Galliher, an independent insurance firm headquartered in Wabash, Ind., is rebranding of the company under the name, INGUARD. All relationships will consolidate under the new name, logo and...
