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Indiana Legislature’s Short Session Addresses Pro-Business Issues

Mar 21 2006 // Despite a short, 60-day session and the House having a tight 51-49 split, the recently completed session of the Indiana General Assembly ended on a high note for insurers, according to the American Insurance...

PENN. HALTS ROLE IN AGENTS’ FINGERPRINT AGENCY

Mar 20 2006 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced she will stop sending insurance agents’ fingerprints to a national repository, just days after a bill backed by the state’s independent agents that...

People and Places

Mar 20 2006 // Charles F. Taylor, CPCU, ARe, has joined ISU International as regional sales manager in ISU’s Indianapolis office, announced T.J. Ryan, III, president. The ISU Group is a national network comprised of 90 select...

FARMERS SAYS NORTHERN CALIF. AUTO GLASS BUSINESS INVOLVED IN SCAM

Mar 20 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, Los Angeles, has begun serving civil summons and complaints on Redding, Calif.-based auto glass company Onsight Auto Glass and its owner. Farmers is accusing the company of taking part in a...

Insurer Groups Say Key Victories Marked Ind. Legislative Session

Mar 16 2006 // The session wasn’t easy or pretty for insurers, but the 2006 Indiana General Assembly concluded at midnight Tuesday with significant insurance-related successes, according to the National Association of Mutual...

NAMIC, Indiana Trade Praise Passage of Farm Mutual Tax Reform Bill

Mar 6 2006 // A farm mutual tax bill introduced by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana recently passed the Indiana General Assembly. According to a written...

Financial Summit to Discuss Federal Insurance Charter Options

Feb 22 2006 // Nationally-recognized expert on insurance markets and regulation, Scott Harrington, Ph.D., and Alan B. Miller, professor of the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, will discuss “Federal Charters for...

Insurers Deny Payments to Indiana Man Charged with Hot Tub Murder

Feb 15 2006 // Michael B. Smith, 61, of Trafalgar, Indiana appeared in court this week to be formally charged with strangling his wife, Linda, in their hot tub in November 2003. Investigators said that Smith was facing financial troubles...

Insurance Company PR Director to Challenge Indiana House Speaker

Feb 13 2006 // Susan Fuldauer, a public relations director for Indiana-based American Income Life, has thrown her hat into the ring in a challenge for the seat of Republican Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma. The Marion County Democratic...

Indiana General Assembly Considers Key Insurance Proposals

Feb 9 2006 // The Indiana General Assembly begins the second half of its 2006 session considering important insurance bills, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. “Key bills correcting an error in...

Former Conseco Chief’s Residence Selected for Indiana Decorator’s Show

Feb 7 2006 // Former Conseco Inc. Chief Executive Stephen Hilbert’s home was selected as the Decorators’ Show House after a dispute over decor arose in the governor’s residence, the first choice. St. Margaret’s...

LA DOCTOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN ALLEGED HEALTH CARE SCAM

Feb 6 2006 // A doctor has pleaded not guilty to charges of bilking insurance companies by arranging unneeded surgeries with the cooperation of patients. Dr. Mamdouh Bahna, 58, who entered his plea in federal court, was taken into...

NAMIC Works with Indiana Farm Mutuals to Correct Tax Code Mistake

Jan 27 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana are working together to address a mistake in Indiana’s 2002 tax code revision which erroneously raised...

Insurer, Agent Groups Push for Regulatory Oversight for Ind. Insurance Pooling Bills

Jan 24 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Insurance Institute of Indiana and the Independent Agents of Indiana are calling on the governor and legislators to include regulatory oversight in proposals to...

I.I.I.: CLAIMS IN LA. EQUAL TO 25 YEARS OF PREMIUMS

Jan 23 2006 // The record total of homeowners insurance claims payments resulting from the 2005 hurricanes in Louisiana is enough to wipe out all homeowners premiums paid in the state during the past 25 years, as well as every dollar of...

ARIZ. SENATOR WANTS TO DENY FUNDS TO DRIVERS WHO LEAVE KEYS IN CAR

Jan 23 2006 // Glendale, Ariz., Republican Sen. Linda Gray is pushing legislation that would allow insurers to refuse to reimburse drivers if companies can prove that the keys were left anywhere in the vehicle, and not just the ignition,...

Jan 22 2006 // Indiana malpractice bill may take sting from docs saying ‘I’m sorry’ Usually saying “I’m sorry” means good things for the person who says it. However when a physician says,...

Indiana Lawmakers May Lose Free Ride on Health Insurance

Jan 18 2006 // Indiana House representatives and their families could lose a lifetime of free health insurance if a policy released by the speaker of House is adopted. In 2002, a series of laws passed by the General Assemby gave...

Ind. Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Supports Victims of Fraud: Agent Arraigned this Week

Jan 13 2006 // Indiana Farm Bureau’s Chief Executive Officer, Jerry Canada, recently voiced the company’s steadfast commitment to continue to work with investigators as well as to support policyholders who were victims of...

Indiana Malpractice Bill May Take Sting from Docs Saying ‘I’m Sorry’

Jan 9 2006 // Usually saying “I’m sorry” means good things for the person that says it. However when a physician says “I’m sorry,” it could mean big trouble down the road in the court system. With...