Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Hilbert Appeal in Conseco Case
Oct 4 2006 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert’s appeal of a judge’s order that he repay the company more than $80 million in stock loans. While Hilbert has at least one other...
Indiana Insurance Honored at Applied Systems Conference
Oct 2 2006 // Indiana Insurance is among the Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional companies whose achievements in advancing interface technology were honored recently by Applied Systems and its client network, ASCnet, at the 2006...
It Figures
Sep 4 2006 // 1 million Enrollment in insured HMO benefit plans declined again in 2005, dropping below 1 million, the lowest level since 1985. Premium revenue increases slowed and profitability for HMOs decreased from its peak in 2004....
The Commissioners
Sep 4 2006 // Indiana Insurance Director Jim Atterholt is focused on bringing more insurance companies to his state. Atterholt said the current Indiana governor has a strong pro-business philosophy and has made “growing insurance...
TENN. AGENT IN BATTLE
Sep 4 2006 // KENTUCKY’S JENNINGS Interview with former regulator INSURANCE GLAMOUR How to grab college grads
Ind. War Protestor Asked for Insurance Proof to Continue Protests
Aug 29 2006 // A northern Indiana woman who stages weekly protests against the war in Iraq says county officials are infringing on free speech rights by asking her to show proof of insurance to continue her protests. The Porter County...
Ind. WellPoint Offers Product in All States to Largest Employers, Individuals
Aug 29 2006 // Indianpolis-based WellPoint, Inc. recently announced that it will make its new consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) products and services available in all states and to all markets, from the largest national employer to an...
Mo. Judge Allows Sponsor of Law into Voter ID Case
Aug 29 2006 // The legislator who handled the new law requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls was allowed to step into the court battle Monday. Missouri’s Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan permitted Sen. Delbert...
Forum Focuses on Impact of Illegal Immigrants on Ind. Medical Care
Aug 24 2006 // A doctor who oversees a northern Indiana emergency room told a panel of Republican congressmen that he did not believe tightening border security to slow illegal immigration would do much to stem the troubles faced by...
Ind. Economic Development, University Team Up to Boost Insurance Jobs
Aug 24 2006 // Indianapolis-based Ball State University has announced plans to transform a downtown office space into a high-tech, interactive education, research, information and outreach center that will offer educational opportunities...
Ind. Man Convicted of Wife’s Hot Tub Death
Aug 23 2006 // It took jurors only three hours earlier this week before returning the guilty verdict against Michael B. Smith, 61, after hearing 10 days of testimony. Prosecutors maintained that Smith killed his 55-year-old wife, Linda,...
Ind. Police Dog Shot to Death Being Replaced, Insurance Doesn’t Cover Bill
Aug 18 2006 // An Ind. police dog handler who was attacked by his last canine will soon have a new dog. Officer Jeff Dunscomb’s dog was fatally shot by Tippecanoe County Sheriff Smokey Anderson in July after it bit the officer...
Ind. Conseco Names New CEO
Aug 11 2006 // Carmel, Ind.-based Conseco, Inc. has named C. James Prieur as its new CEO, effective Sept. 7, the insurer said. Prieur, who was president and CEO of Sun Life Financial, replaces former top Conseco executive William S....
Three Managed Care Groups Get $4.4 Billion for Hoosier Healthwise
Aug 8 2006 // Approximately 535,000 Indiana residents enrolled in the Hoosier Healthwise insurance program will gain more choices for their medical care on Jan. 1, 2007 through three managed care organizations, Indiana state officials...
Ind. Conseco Shares Fall on 2nd Quarter Losses, Change in Outlook
Aug 7 2006 // Carmel, Ind.-based Conseco Inc. stock fell after the company swung to a second-quarter loss and trimmed its full-year outlook. The weak results were partly due to higher-than-expected claims in the insurance holding...
ETHAN ALLEN CAPSIZING IN N.Y. BLAMED ON TOO MANY PASSENGERS
Aug 7 2006 // The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the capsizing of the Ethan Allen on New York’s Lake George last October was that it carried 48 persons when it should have carried...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Aug 7 2006 // Most motorcycles taken in California, Ohio comes in fifth, Indiana in top 10 at number nine California was tops in the nation for motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, but Ohio had...
CHUBB CHUGS ALONG IN THE 2ND QUARTER
Aug 7 2006 // The Chubb Corporation reported that net income in the second quarter of 2006 was $598 million, or $1.41 per share, compared to $495 million, or $1.23 per share, in the second quarter of 2005. Operating income, which the...
Indiana Insurance Names New President
Aug 4 2006 // Loveland, Ohio-based Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that Michael D. Connell has been appointed president and chief executive officer, effective August 16, 2006. Connell’s...
More than $300,000 Alleged Stolen from Investors in Ind.
Aug 1 2006 // More criminal charges are pending against a former insurance agent who prosecutors say could have stolen more than $300,000 from investors. The felony charges of theft in Huntington County against Larry E. Walkup, 57, of...
