Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Enforcement Lax on Indiana Teen Driver Cell Phone Ban
Aug 3 2010 // Indiana police agencies have issued almost no tickets to drivers younger than 18 for using cell phones since a ban on them using mobile devices while behind the wheel took effect a year ago. Indiana State Police report...
Indiana Police Pose as Crooked Car Dealers to Nab Thieves
Jul 23 2010 // Northwest Indiana authorities say a nine-month sting targeting car thieves attracted 20 men and women who sold undercover police 70 vehicles valued at more than $510,000. Lake County Sheriff Roy Dominguez said that...
Business Moves
Jul 19 2010 // First Mercury, Valiant First Mercury Financial Corp., based in Southfield, Mich., reported that its principal insurance subsidiary, First Mercury Insurance Co., is acquiring Valiant Insurance Group Inc., a subsidiary of...
Indiana Man Seeks Tougher Rules for Mo-Ped Drivers
Jul 7 2010 // An Indiana man whose son was seriously hurt in a mo-ped accident is urging state lawmakers to crack down on use of the vehicles. Arthur Jewell said his son had lost his driver’s license for driving while intoxicated...
Indiana Asks Recent Storm Victims to Report Damage
Jun 29 2010 // The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is asking state residents who sustained damage from recent storms and flooding to report it online. The agency wants everyone with damage since June 13 to report it at its Web...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds 3 More Indiana Agencies
Jun 29 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added three Indiana franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Hummel Insurance Group, Associated Agencies and Rosemeyer Agency bring the...
Lack of Demand for Innovation Helps Insurers Avoid Systemic Risk: Report
May 21 2010 // The 2008 financial failure and system breakdown of American International Group Financial Products did not contribute to broader systemic effects within the insurance industry, according to a new financial services think...
Ratings: Partners Mutual, Farmers (NJ), Premier Group, United Farm Indiana, Real State, Kansas Med Mutual
May 13 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Wisconsin-based Partners Mutual...
Francis L. Dean & Associates Opens Indiana Office
May 12 2010 // Sports, leisure and entertainment risks insurance provider Francis L. Dean & Associates Inc. has opened a new location in Fort Wayne, Ind. Francis L. Dean & Associates of Indiana LLC is the company’s sixth...
Indiana’s MJ Insurance Named a 2010 ‘Top Workplace’
May 12 2010 // MJ Insurance, a privately-held insurance agency based in Indianapolis, Ind., has been named one of Indiana’s Top Workplaces 2010 by The Indianapolis Star. The Top Workplaces program recognizes the leading workplaces...
United Farm Bureau of Indiana Ratings Affirmed; Countryway Downgraded
May 12 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of the United Farm Bureau of Indiana Group (the Group) and two members, United Farm...
Indiana Supreme Court Sides With Insureds in Farm Liability Dispute
May 4 2010 // The Indiana Supreme Court has found that an insurance company was wrong in denying coverage for injuries to an employee of an independent contractor under a farm personal liability policy. Indiana farmers Rick and Katrina...
Lawmakers Hold Off on Higher Business Tax in Indiana
Mar 15 2010 // Democrats and Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly closed some partisan divides on some major issues, including a proposed increased tax on businesses, early on March 13 and adjourned the 2010 legislative session...
Impasse over Unemployment Tax on Businesses Continues in Indiana
Mar 12 2010 // The full Indiana House returned to the Statehouse on March 10 after a five-day break, but partisan differences remained over an unemployment insurance tax bill as a March 14 deadline for adjournment loomed. Democratic...
7 Indiana Firms Honored for Workplace Safety
Mar 5 2010 // Companies in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and three other Indiana cities have been honored for their efforts to eliminate job-related accidents and illnesses. Indiana Commissioner of Labor Lori Torres presented...
Indiana House Votes to Repeal Tax Hike on Employers
Feb 25 2010 // The Indiana House has passed legislation that would repeal an increase on taxes that employers pay into the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which is deeply in debt to the federal government. The...
California’s Anthem Blue Cross Charged with 700 State Violations
Feb 23 2010 // A review of 3,000 consumer complaints against Anthem Blue Cross, California’s largest for-profit health insurer, has found over 700 violations of state law during the past four years, state regulators said on...
Indiana Records $20M in Insurance Recoveries for 2009; N.D. Nearly $7.6M
Feb 10 2010 // The Indiana Department of Insurance says it recovered more than $20 million for insurance consumers in 2009, a record for the state. In North Dakota, the insurance department reported $7,578,230.11 was recovered or saved...
Insurance Agency Owner Honored by Indiana State University
Feb 9 2010 // Daniel Pigg, co-owner of the Howard Clare Insurance Agency in Terre Haute, Ind., has been honored with a Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award from Indiana State University. The ISU GOLD Awards recognize graduates who...
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Jan 24 2010 // Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past two years, Crawford has served as the company’s chief operating...
