Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MOBILE HOMES BEAR BRUNT OF HURRICANE DAMAGE IN FLORIDA:
Oct 11 2004 // Despite improvements in construction and safety standards since Hurricane Andrew, damage to mobile homes in the paths of recent hurricanes was significant according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
FLORIDA WORKPLACE FATALITIES FALL IN 2003:
Oct 11 2004 // According to a joint federal and state survey, Florida workplaces had seven fewer fatal accidents in 2003 than the previous year, including a decrease in the number of Hispanic workers killed. The Census of Fatal...
ARSONIST SUSPECTED IN D.C., MD., VA.:
Sep 20 2004 // Members of the Arson Task Force are investigating a recent Fairfax County house fire to see if it was the work of the Washington region’s serial arsonist. Firefighters were called to a single family home in the...
INSURER GROUPS FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN STUDEBAKER CASE:
Sep 20 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and the Insurance Institute of Indiana recently filed an amicus brief in The City of South Bend, Ind. vs. Century Indemnity Company, et. al., to be heard by the...
WASH. L&I PROPOSES SMALL INCREASE IN WORKERS’ COMP RATES IN 2005:
Sep 20 2004 // Workers’ compensation premiums would increase an average of only 3.7 percent next year under a proposal issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). The increase is the lowest in three...
Ind. ‘Diminished Value’ Class-Action Case Could Set Dangerous Precedent, Insurers Argue
Sep 14 2004 // Indiana Supreme Court justices should carefully consider the impact that a class-action case regarding compensation for the diminished value of a vehicle could have on numerous insurance policies and premiums—and...
BLACK INSURANCE PROS TO CONVENE IN CHICAGO:
Sep 6 2004 // The Washington, D.C.-based National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA) announced that its 2004 national conference will be held Sept. 16-18 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Hundreds of independent agents,...
ALLSTATE TO PAY $60M IN REFUNDS:
Sep 6 2004 // Allstate Texas Lloyds, an affiliate of the Allstate Corporation will issue refunds of 8.75 percent of the premium paid by its Texas home insurance customers for policies with effective dates from Sept. 7, 2003 through...
COLORADO HAILSTORMS CAUSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE:
Sep 6 2004 // A Colorado hailstorm left farmers and residents with damage amounting to millions of dollars, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. The insurance industry estimated that the hailstorms that...
WORK COMP PAYMENTS GREW FASTER THAN WAGES FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW:
Sep 6 2004 // Total payments for workers’ compensation rose faster than wages in 2002 for the second year in a row, according to a new report released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). In 2002, total...
Insurer Groups File Amicus Brief in Studebaker Case
Aug 31 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and the Insurance Institute of Indiana recently filed an amicus brief in The City of South Bend, Ind. vs. Century Indemnity Company, et. al., to be heard by the...
GEORGIA COMM. REPORTS 43,000 RESIDENTS HELPED TO DATE IN 2004; $7.9 MILLION IN CLAIMS RECOVERED:
Aug 23 2004 // In the first half of 2004, Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine’s Consumer Services Division helped more than 43,000 Georgia residents settle disputes with their insurance companies, returning $7,900,840 in...
HOSPITAL CASUALTY IN RECEIVERSHIP:
Aug 23 2004 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher placed Hospital Casualty Co. into receivership after its Board of Directors requested the action. Hospital Casualty provides medical liability insurance to hospitals and...
C&D ORDER ISSUED IN LOUISIANA:
Aug 23 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut down a Jena, La. insurance producer and issued a Cease and Desist order, along with a summary suspension of her insurance license, for allegedly misappropriating premium dollars...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
N.Y. FAIR PLAN BACK IN BUSINESS:
Jul 19 2004 // After nearly nine weeks of being suspended, operations at the New York property insurance residual market are back. The suspension of the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, also known as the Fair Plan,...
COMMISSION: MED-MAL CRISIS HURTING DOCTOR RECRUITMENT IN OHIO:
Jul 19 2004 // Patients in southeastern and northeastern Ohio are feeling the impact of the medical malpractice crisis according to several doctors who testified before the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission at the Ohio Department of...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
ASCNET’S 19TH ANNUAL ‘TENCON’ SET FOR OCT. 5-9 IN ORLANDO:
Jul 19 2004 // Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, announced that registration is open for the 2004 ASCnet TENCon – its 19th Annual Technology, Education and Networking...
ALABAMA GOV. NOTES MORE THAN $5.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL DISASTER FUNDS FOR CITY OF BIRMINGHAM:
Jul 19 2004 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley announced more than $5.2 million in federal funding for the City of Birmingham as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The funding is a result of...
