Latest Indiana Headlines
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Highway Deaths Way Up Where Speed Limits Hiked, Indiana Paper Reports
Jul 18 2006 // Traffic fatalities on Indiana’s six main interstates have climbed 40 percent in the year since the General Assembly voted to increase the speed limit to 70 mph, according to a newspaper analysis. Despite the increase...
Indiana Insurer Offers Midwest Tornado Disaster Preparation Guide
Jul 13 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has released a six-page Disaster Planning Guide available to its 92,000 homeowner insurance customers throughout the Midwest. The Guide, which provides tips on...
Ind. County Employees Learn Records Stolen in Computer Theft
Jun 30 2006 // The names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of about 1,200 Allen County government employees were on a computer stolen from an insurance company office, officials said. Several Allen County employees received letters...
HCC Insurance Acquires Ind.-based Novia Underwriters
Jun 30 2006 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. recently announced that the company had reached an agreement to acquire Indiana-based Novia Underwriters, Inc. for an undisclosed consideration. The transaction is expected to...
Ind. Economic Development Corp. Rolls Out Funded Training Program
Jun 23 2006 // The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) today announced the roll-out of a new incentive aimed at encouraging growth in the insurance industry by establishing a $2 million fund to help companies defray the costs...
Ind. Agency Requires U.S. Citizenship Proof to Receive Medicaid Benefits
Jun 22 2006 // A state agency is ready to begin requiring proof of U.S. citizenship before residents can receive Medicaid services. The new step, which takes effect July 1, is mandated by the federal government under a budget-cutting...
Harleysville Insurance Names Midwest Regional Leadership Team
Jun 7 2006 // Harleysville Insurance has named the leadership team for its new Midwest operation headquartered in Itasca, Ill. The Midwest region, which includes existing offices in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and the new location in...
Ind. Democrats Vote to Nix Free Health Benefit for Retirees
Jun 2 2006 // Indiana Democrats returning to the state Senate next year have agreed not to accept state health care retirement benefits, their leaders said Wednesday. Senate Minority Leader Richard Young, D-Milltown, made the request in...
Modern Health Care Costs Challenge Ind. Amish’s Tradition of Self-reliance
May 31 2006 // Mounting health care costs are testing the Indiana-based Amish traditions of self-reliance and community support. Amish families generally don’t carry health insurance and pay their medical bills out of pocket and...
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN A DISASTER CONTINGENCY PLAN
May 22 2006 // While you may not be able to avoid Mother Nature, having a contingency plan can help a company to mitigate loss. A contingency plan should include steps before a loss occurs, emphasized Mel Bangs, director of risk...
NAMIC believes such fees are a form of double taxation applied only to those responsible drivers carrying auto insurance
May 22 2006 // Ominous Trend: Growth of municipal accident response fees Across the country and in most Midwestern states, insurance companies are facing the growing phenomenon of cash-strapped municipalities billing insurers for police...
Ind. Pastor Mom Charged with Stealing Soldier’s Life Insurance Money
Apr 21 2006 // A pastor whose soldier son died in Iraq was charged with spending $250,000 in insurance money meant for the soldier’s young daughter. Prosecutors said Janie Lee Espinoza spent all the cash on cars, jewelry, a Florida...
Ind. Family and Social Services Schedule Public Meetings on Uninsured
Apr 20 2006 // The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will begin a series of 13 public meetings over the next seven weeks to discuss the issue of uninsured Indiana residents. The meetings will begin the first week of May...
Erie Insurance Provides Emergency Claims Contact Info to Ind. Policyholders
Apr 19 2006 // Erie Insurance Group has announced that is is providing contact information to its policyholders who have suffered damages as a result of the recent hail storms in Indiana. In its writtend statement, Erie Insurance...
Indiana Grappling with Half Million Uninsured Workers
Apr 14 2006 // More than a half-million people in Indiana have jobs but no health insurance, and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is trying to determine what, if anything, should be done about it. Agency officials...
Ind. Supreme Court Addresses Attack on Compensation Rating Bureau
Apr 5 2006 // The Insurance Institute of Indiana and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies applauded the decision by the Indiana Supreme Court to deny transfer on a case filed against the Indiana Compensation Rating...
WHISTLEBLOWER HELPING IN HURRICANE KATRINA LAWSUIT
Apr 3 2006 // A high-profile litigator in Moss Point, Miss., said a whistleblower is helping him build a case against insurers that allegedly denied thousands of claims from policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
Ind. State Trade, Economic Development Organization Work to Enact Legislation
Mar 29 2006 // A joint effort between the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and the Insurance Institute of Indiana has resulted in regulatory relief for commercial insurers in Indiana. Insurance companies providing...
Indiana Supreme Court Declines Appeal by Conseco Inc. Founder
Mar 22 2006 // The Indiana Supreme Court refused to hear Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert’s appeal of a judge’s order that he repay the insurance company more than $80 million in stock loans. The refusal clears the way...
Ind. Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison on Fraud Charges
Mar 21 2006 // An insurance broker who took money from elderly investors to cover his gambling addiction was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, a federal prosecutor said. Majid Aziz, 41, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was...
