Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
No Damages Awarded to Indiana Worker Burned Inside Heated Tank
Jun 1 2017 // A lawsuit filed by an eastern Indiana man seriously burned inside a heated chemical tank has ended without any damages being awarded. Zachary M. Hale sued several entities, including trucking company Miller Transporters...
Indiana Couple Awarded $744K for Son’s Unnecessary Shoulder Surgery
May 23 2017 // A northern Indiana jury has awarded $744,000 to a couple who claimed a now-deceased doctor performed unnecessary surgery on their teenage son. Dean and Tracy Dixon’s medical malpractice suit alleged that Dr. Willard...
Indiana Injured Worker Benefits Rise, but Per Claim Cost Still Low
May 8 2017 // Income benefits paid to Indiana’s injured workers through workers’ compensation claims rose nearly 5 percent between 2014 and 2015, a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study found. “The...
Indiana High Court Says Wounded Officer Can’t Sue Gun Seller
Apr 26 2017 // The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a wounded police officer can’t sue a sporting goods store that sold a handgun that was later used to shoot him. The Indianapolis Star reported the court has dismissed Indianapolis...
Feds Grant Nearly $11M to Indiana to Fight Heroin, Opioid Abuse
Apr 26 2017 // A federal agency has awarded Indiana nearly $11 million to fight the state’s opioid abuse crisis. The state’s funding from the Health and Human Services is among $485 million the agency recently awarded to all...
Number of Indiana Deer-Vehicle Collisions Down in 2016
Apr 20 2017 // The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the number of deer struck by motor vehicles in the state fell last year. The number of deer harvested in 2016 fell as well. The agency says deer-vehicle collisions across...
Museum in Indiana Exhibit Explains Why Natural Disasters Occur
Apr 17 2017 // Natural disasters can strike at any time, often without warning, and devastate cities, regions, states and countries. Nature Unleashed, a new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, aims to help Hoosiers understand why...
Indiana Museum Exhibit Explains Why Natural Disasters Occur
Apr 12 2017 // Natural disasters can strike at any time, often without warning, and devastate cities, regions, states and countries. Nature Unleashed, a new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, aims to help Hoosiers understand why...
Convicted Ohio Burglar Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // A Cincinnati man serving time in an Indiana prison for burglary got a short break from prison March 9, but only to plead guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in an Ohio courtroom, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
My New Markets
Mar 6 2017 // Commercial Auto Preferred Admitted Market Detail: Search Insurance Services (www.marketsearchinsurance.com) offers coverage for: contractors, retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Ineligible risks include truckers...
Republicans in Indiana Warn of Fallout from Affordable Care Act Repeal
Mar 2 2017 // Republican legislative leaders in Indiana are warning that repealing the Affordable Care Act could unravel a program for poor residents that Vice President Mike Pence implemented as governor, a conservative blueprint for...
Driver in Double Fatal Tesla Crash in Indiana Was Drunk, Police Say
Feb 10 2017 // The driver of a speeding Tesla electric car that crashed and burned in Indianapolis, killing her and a passenger, was too drunk to drive, according to a police report released Wednesday. The report, which includes...
Indiana Doctor Faces 55 Felony Charges in ‘Pill Mill’ Case
Jan 30 2017 // An Indiana doctor accused of operating a “pill mill” saw as many as 100 patients in a single day and traded pain pills for work on his farm, federal investigators say. Dr. Tristan Stonger faces 55 felony...
Indiana Objects to Peabody Bankruptcy Plan, Cites Mine Cleanup Costs
Jan 24 2017 // Indiana and several environmental groups are objecting to a plan by Peabody Energy Corp to exit its $8 billion Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing concerns over how the company will cover about $1 billion in future mine cleanup...
Midwest Insurance Commissioners on the Move
Jan 23 2017 // Several Midwest states, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and North Dakota, experienced transitions among insurance commissioners as 2016 folded into 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner named Jennifer Hammer to head of the...
NFP Acquires City Securities Insurance in Indiana
Jan 18 2017 // New York-based insurance broker and consultant, NFP, has acquired City Securities Insurance LLC in Indianapolis. The transaction closed on Dec. 30, 2016. City Securities Insurance is a full service property/casualty and...
Indiana Slow to Address Expired Rules Drafted after Stage Collapse
Dec 29 2016 // Emergency rules drafted following the deadly 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse expired nearly a year ago and state regulators have not yet drafted a permanent rule intended to prevent such a disaster from happening...
Northern Indiana City Expanding Efforts to Deal with Underground Vault Threat
Dec 29 2016 // A northern Indiana city is extending a campaign to repair or fill old coal-storage vaults that pose a public safety threat. Goshen started its matching funds program in 2012 after a man walking on a downtown sidewalk fell...
Indiana Governor-Elect Reappoints Robertson as Insurance Commissioner
Dec 27 2016 // Indiana Governor-elect Eric Holcomb has reappointed Stephen Robertson as the commissioner of the state’s Department of Insurance. Robertson was appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels as commissioner of the department in...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
