Latest Indiana Headlines
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Indiana Insurance Offers School Violent Event Response Coverage
May 1 2007 // Indiana Insurance today announced that it will offer Violent Event Response Coverage beginning in July, 2007 to its public and private school policyholders throughout the Midwest and Midsouth. Recognizing that most general...
Indiana Insurance Hosts 13th Annual School Bus Safety Rodeo
Apr 27 2007 // School bus drivers from across Indiana will compete Saturday, April 28th for top safety honors in the 2007 Indiana School Bus Safety Rodeo. The Rodeo is sponsored for the 13th year by Indiana Insurance, a property/casualty...
Ind. Governor Signs Legislator Pay, Health Insurance Bills
Apr 26 2007 // Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed two bills into law this week _ one that would raise the base pay of legislators and another that would create new health care retirement benefits for some state employees and elected...
Houston General Offers Personal Lines Insurance in Ind.
Apr 25 2007 // Indiana consumers have new options for insuring their homes, cars and other valuable assets. Mass.-based Houston General Insurance Exchange recently announced that it is now offering homeowners and auto insurance in...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // 95% of claims from 2006 Ind. hail storm closed, industry group says Industry trade group the Insurance Institute of Indiana reported that more than 95 percent of claims from the April 14, 2006, hail storm have been...
95% of Claims from 2006 Ind. Hail Storm Closed, Industry Group Says
Apr 13 2007 // Industry trade group the Insurance Institute of Indiana reported that more than 95 percent of claims from the April 14, 2006, hail storm have been resolved, and complaints have been filed in less than one out of every 200...
People
Apr 9 2007 // Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district office....
Ind. Gibson Group Named Agency of the Year by Accident Fund
Apr 2 2007 // Ind.-based Gibson Insurance Group has been named “Agency of the Year” for 2006 by Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America. Gibson representatives received the award in front of 650 Accident Fund employees during...
Indiana Insurance Brings Safer School Seminar to Indianapolis
Apr 2 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, recently announced that it will host its free, day-long Safer Schools Seminar on April 16th at Indiana University-Purdue University (UIPU) in Indianapolis, University...
Ind. Leisure/Sports Partners with RLI’s Target Market Specialists
Mar 30 2007 // Ind.-based Leisure/Sports Specialists, LLC (LSS), a privately held underwriting organization that distributes specialty sports and leisure insurance products through retail brokers, recently announced that it has...
Insurance Marketing Group Opens New Regional Office in Ind.
Mar 27 2007 // BHC Marketing, an independent national insurance marketing organization, has announced that it will establish a new Midwest regional office in Carmel, Ind. The office will create 20 jobs in Central Indiana. BHC Marketing,...
INSURER NOT LIABLE IN CONN.’S AVAN MOUNTAIN CRASH
Mar 26 2007 // A federal judge has ruled that the insurance company for a Bloomfield trucking company involved in a fiery fatal crash on Avon mountain does not have to pay victims and families of those killed. The ruling involves...
Ind. National Group Executives Shave Heads for Cancer Cure
Mar 22 2007 // How much would you donate to see me shave my head bald to find cures for childhood cancer?” That question is the essence of St. Baldrick — and the commitment of the Indianapolis-based National Association of Mutual...
Ill. State University Hosts Indiana Insurance’s School Safety Seminar
Mar 20 2007 // More than 100 Illinois education officials attended a free seminar at Illinois State University to learn about best practice school safety planning and sexual abuse prevention from members of Indiana Insurance’s...
Ind. Missing Computer Disc with Personal Insurance Info Found
Mar 16 2007 // A missing compact disc containing unprotected personal data for 75,000 Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield members was recovered four days after the insurer began warning customers about potential privacy violations. The disc,...
Former Ind. Secretary of State Elected to State Automobile Mutual Board
Mar 9 2007 // Kenan L. Schultheis and Edwin J. Simcox have been elected to the board of directors of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. Schultheis is agent/principal of Schultheis Insurance Agency Inc., an independent insurance...
Indiana Insurance to Hold Safer School Seminar at Illinois State University
Mar 5 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has announced that it will host its third of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on Mar. 20, 2007 at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill. Michael Dorn, an...
Ind. Baker & Daniels Add Former Insurance Department Chief Counsel
Mar 5 2007 // Amy E. Strati has joined Baker & Daniels LLP as counsel, practicing with the firm’s insurance and financial services group. She will concentrate on the area of insurance regulatory law. Strati joins Baker &...
Safer Schools Seminar Coming to Tenn. on March 7
Feb 28 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will host its second of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on March 7 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. School violence and sexual...
Chubb Pays to Settle Ind. Lawsuit Against Charitable Foundation Board
Feb 23 2007 // The state has agreed to accept $175,000 from an insurance company to settle a lawsuit against a charitable organization accused of misspending money. Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter announced this week that the state...
