Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Rejects Plea in Indiana Doctor’s Malpractice Case
Apr 29 2011 // An American former surgeon who was captured on a mountain in Italy after more than five years on the run has withdrawn his guilty plea on federal health care fraud charges after a judge told him he was rejecting a plea...
Midwest Tornadoes, High Winds Damage Homes, Businesses
Apr 22 2011 // The National Weather Service says at least five tornadoes were part of the storms that battered Ohio early on April 20. Hours before, a tornado measured as an EF3 hit near Girard, Ill., about 20 miles south of Springfield...
Ohio Non-Insured Property Exclusion Case Sent Back to Lower Court
Apr 20 2011 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a trial court must reconsider arguments in a lawsuit over an exclusion in a homeowners’ insurance policy that bars coverage for claims “arising out of” premises...
Indiana Tornado Siren Spooks Horses, Spurs Lawsuit
Apr 18 2011 // A tornado siren placed near an Indiana horse farm has prompted a lawsuit by the owners, who say the device spooks their animals every time it sounds and that local officials have refused to relocate it as promised. Jody...
Reducing Car Crashes One Reason to Thin Deer Herd in Indiana
Mar 8 2011 // One in 140 drivers in Indiana is likely to a hit a deer this year. That’s the statistic the State Farm insurance agency formulated last year when it studied the number of deer-vehicle collisions across the...
Insurer Rejects Fan’s $50,000 Hockey Shot Pay-Out
Mar 7 2011 // An Indiana Ice fan who shot a hockey puck the full 175-foot length of the hockey rink into a target with the chance to win $50,000 in a minor league hockey game promotion won’t be able to give the money to charity....
Insurer Rejects Fan’s $50,000 Hockey Shot Pay-Out
Feb 18 2011 // An Indiana Ice fan who shot a hockey puck the full 175-foot length of the hockey rink into a target with the chance to win $50,000 in a minor league hockey game promotion won’t be able to give the money to charity....
Mood on Main Street: Agents on Hardest Hit Small Businesses
Feb 17 2011 // Agents across the country — except in Texas and neighboring states — agree that construction and related trades have been hardest hit by the recession. Restaurants appear to be the second hardest hit. In terms of lines...
People
Feb 10 2011 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace Thomas and Cecil Wilson. Thomas was promoted to divisional senior vice...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2011 // Hylant Group, Swartzel Affiliated Ohio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, and property/casualty insurance services provider Swartzel Affiliated Insurance Agency have merged. The companies’ announcement said the...
Main Street’s Hardest Hit Businesses
Feb 7 2011 // Agents across the country — except in Texas and neighboring states — agree that construction and related trades have been hardest hit by the recession. Restaurants appear to be the second hardest hit. In terms of lines...
Main Street America Introduces Personal Auto, Property Product to Grain Dealers Agents in Indiana
Jan 20 2011 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its Personal Auto MVP property and liability product via its network of nearly 100 Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company independent insurance agents throughout Indiana. Super...
Indiana Gov., Lawmakers Eyeing Bank Insurance Fund as Revenue Source
Dec 31 2010 // Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indiana lawmakers preparing to craft the state’s next two-year budget are eyeing an obscure bank insurance fund as a possible revenue source to close anticipated budget gaps. The Indianapolis...
Guggenheim to Reinsure Standard Life of Indiana in Reorganization
Dec 31 2010 // Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson announced that Guggenheim Life and Annuity Co. will reinsure policies originally issued by Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana, which has been in rehabilitation...
Insurer Covering Baby’s Surgery After Indiana Medicaid Denial
Dec 13 2010 // An Indiana infant born with a rare condition that likely would kill him by age 2 will receive a shot at a normal life after an insurance company said it will pay for an experimental procedure that the state’s...
Judge Orders $15M to Indiana Crash Victim’s Family
Dec 10 2010 // A federal judge has awarded $15 million to the family of one of four people killed in a 2005 crash on the Indiana Toll Road caused by a truck driver. District Judge Theresa Springmann found Net Trucking of Burbank, Ill.,...
Motorists Insurance Named Company of the Year by Indiana Agents Group
Dec 3 2010 // Motorists Insurance Co. was among those individuals and groups recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana at the agent group’s recent annual convention. The IIAI honored Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists...
Kauffman Installed as President of Indiana Agents Group
Dec 2 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana has installed Byron C. Kauffman as president of the organization for 2011. Kauffman is with Wetzel Insurance Agency Inc., North Manchester, Ind. Other officers installed for 2011...
Brown & Brown Acquires Indiana’s Mavum Consulting
Nov 24 2010 // National insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of Mavum Consulting, LLC and Mavum Risk Management, LLC of Indianapolis. With annualized revenues of approximately $1.3 million, Mavum Consulting and...
CIS Group Acquires Indiana’s Cornerstone Appraisal
Nov 22 2010 // CIS Group LLC, a subsidiary of CIS Holdings LLC and an affiliate of CEP, has completed its acquisition of Cornerstone Appraisal Services of Valparaiso, Indiana. This acquisition marks the third property inspection services...
