Latest Indiana Headlines
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Reckitt Sales to Be Hit by Tornado at Indiana Warehouse
Jul 17 2024 // Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc said sales will be affected by a tornado that struck a warehouse in Mount Vernon, Indiana, where it stores products and raw ingredients for its baby formula business. The consumer goods company...
Beryl’s Remnants Spawned 4 Indiana Tornadoes, Including an EF-3: NWS
Jul 15 2024 // MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Beryl spawned at least four tornadoes in Indiana, including an EF-3 twister with winds as high as 140 mph (225 kph) that tore through a small city in the state’s...
Indiana-Based RV Manufacturer to Pay $95K in EEOC Disability Suit
May 29 2024 // Goshen, Indiana-based Keystone RV Company, a leading manufacturer of towable RVs, will pay $95,460 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
Risk Strategies Acquires Indiana’s Silveus
May 21 2024 // Risk Strategies announced that it has acquired Silveus Insurance Group, Inc (Silveus). The Indiana-based broker dates back to 1940 and is the country’s largest independent specialty provider of crop insurance. Terms...
Rising Spring Rains Pose Challenges for Midwest Farmers
May 7 2024 // SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they could plant after heavy rains two weeks...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background: Part 2 – Hawaii through Maryland
Apr 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Having a criminal charge or conviction in one’s background can make things more difficult for a licensed insurance producer. However, it doesn’t always have...
Indiana, West Virginia Pass New Restrictions on Third-Party Litigation Financing
Mar 21 2024 // Efforts to rein in third-party litigation financing are on their way to becoming law in Indiana and West Virginia, a scorecard that is less than what business and insurance interests had hoped for this spring. In Indiana,...
Ohio Governor Declares Emergency After Deadly Severe Storms
Mar 19 2024 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across central Ohio struck by severe weather last week. Gov. Mike DeWine also activated the Ohio National Guard to help...
Long Recovery Ahead for Swath of Central US Hit by Deadly Tornadoes
Mar 18 2024 // LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped...
Power Restored to BP Oil Refinery in Indiana After Temporary Shut Down
Feb 5 2024 // WHITING, Ind. (AP) — Power has been restored to BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana following an outage that prompted the company to temporarily shut down the complex and evacuate workers, BP said last...
Indiana Bill Would Allow Employees to Select Physician in Workers’ Comp Cases
Jan 12 2024 // An Indiana lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow employees to choose their attending physician in workers’ compensation cases. Rep. Charles Moseley, a Democrat, introduced House Bill 1246 this week, which...
Orion180 Expands Homeowners Insurance to Georgia and Indiana
Jan 11 2024 // Orion180 announced the expansion of its homeowners insurance products to the states of Georgia and Indiana. Underwriting through Orion180 Select Insurance Co., an admitted insurance company domiciled in Indiana, Orion180...
Mentally Disabled Indiana Man Wrongfully Convicted in Slaying Agrees to $11.7 Million Settlement
Dec 27 2023 // ELKHART, Ind. (AP) – A mentally disabled man who was wrongfully convicted in the slaying of a 94-year-old woman has reached an $11.7 million settlement with a northern Indiana city and former police officers, his...
Indiana-Based Health Network Settles Medicare Fraud Case, Agrees to Pay $345 Million
Dec 21 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis-based health network has agreed to pay the government $345 million to resolve charges it defrauded Medicare by overpaying doctors who referred patients to its facilities, prosecutors...
HDI Global Acquires Indiana Lubermens Insurance Company
Dec 21 2023 // HDI Global Insurance Company (HDI) has acquired Indiana Lumbermens Insurance Company (ILIC), a subsidiary of Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM). HDI has purchased one hundred percent (100%) of the...
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Acquires Indiana-Based MGA DOXA Insurance Holdings
Nov 8 2023 // DOXA Insurance Holdings announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The Fort Wayne, Indiana-based MGA said the investment will help fuel its ongoing acquisition...
Indiana Woman Arrested After Driving Car Into Building She Thought Was `Israel School`
Nov 8 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A woman who allegedly drove her car into a building in Indianapolis after watching coverage of the Israel-Hamas war told officers she believed the building was an “Israel school,”...
Ohio Law Applies in Insurance Dispute over Superfund Remediation Costs, Court Rules
Nov 3 2023 // Ohio law must be used to resolve an insurance dispute involving a polluted site in Michigan caused by manufacturing companies based in Ohio and Indiana, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 5-2 decision may force...
Indiana Teenager Killed in Tree-Trimming Mishap as Log Shifts and Strikes Him
Sep 27 2023 // MONTPELIER, Ind. (AP) – A teenager working for a tree-trimming service died in northeastern Indiana when a log rolled out of a trailer and struck him, authorities said. Braeden Depew, 18, of Kokomo was pronounced dead at...
