December 11, 2006
Former Conseco founder’s Indiana home to be sold at auction Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert’s sprawling French-style mansion, which has been on the market for months, will be sold at a sheriff’s auction next month. Conseco put the 23,000-square-foot home …
December 11, 2006
The Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America announced that Deirdre Manna, former acting director of the Illinois Division of Insurance, has joined PCI as vice president of industry and regulatory affairs. Manna will help coordinate policy matters …
December 11, 2006
(April 2001 Journal of the American Medical Association Study) 16 percent of 15,686 students surveyed nationally in the 6th though 10th grades said they had been bullied in that school year. Of the 16 percent, 6 percent admitted to bullying …
December 11, 2006
Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group and an insurer of public and private schools throughout the Midwest, hosted a free, day-long seminar this fall to help Ohio school officials develop better school safety plans. Recognizing that violence …
December 11, 2006
What do a parent advisory board, parish council, the United Way and local athletic club have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Most people serving on the board of such organizations are volunteers who provide their time and efforts …
December 11, 2006
McGowan Insurance Group Inc. of Indianapolis received the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana’s (IIAI) “Agency of The Year Award” at an awards ceremony in November at their Annual Convention. The Agency of the Year Award criteria is detailed and intense, …
December 11, 2006
Regulators want to make sure that insurers are serving the urban market appropriately, according to Illinois Insurance Director Michael T. McRaith, who spoke at a recent workshop sponsored by the Chicago-based Urban Insurance Partners Institute (UIPI), a nonprofit insurance industry …
December 11, 2006
Santa is in the malls, families are stringing lights across the fronts of their houses and placing menorahs in windows, and the music of various faiths can be heard on radio stations. The holidays — from Christmas to Hannukah to …
December 11, 2006
Despite calls from some legislators to wait, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco called for a special session of the state legislature to meet Dec. 8 through 17. The focus of the session will be on taxes, roads, insurance costs and …
December 11, 2006
Are the elves at work? “Just because it’s close to Christmas doesn’t mean the governor has to be Santa Claus. That’s not what the special session should be.” — Louisiana State Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, a member of the House …