Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Patent Litigants’ ‘Friendly Court’ Shopping
Dec 15 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and often-baseless litigants to sue in...
Central Indiana County’s Hacked Computer System Taking Weeks to Restore
Nov 29 2016 // Workers have spent weeks restoring a central Indiana county government’s computer system that was hacked by an unknown group demanding a ransom payment. Madison County officials decided to pay the undisclosed ransom...
Rep. Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Trump’s Choice to Lead Health Agency
Nov 29 2016 // President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human...
Ransomware Attack Freezes Indiana County’s Computers
Nov 8 2016 // A so-called ransomware attack has left police, fire and other government staff in a central Indiana county locked out of their computers. Madison County Commissioner Jeff Hardin tells The Herald Bulletin the county’s...
State Appeals $31M Verdict in Case Involving Death of Indiana Girl
Nov 3 2016 // Indiana officials are appealing a $31 million judgment awarded to parents falsely blamed for the death of their 14-year-old daughter. A federal court jury in Hammond determined last year that three Department of Child...
Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Flatten in Indiana
Nov 1 2016 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana changed little from 2013 to 2014, a sharp contrast to the increases of the prior nine years, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research...
Indiana, Kansas to See Lower Workers’ Comp Rates Next Year
Oct 24 2016 // Indiana and Kansas employers will see workers’ compensation insurance rates decrease in 2017, according to the insurance departments in both states. The Kansas Insurance Department said the 2017 rate filing by the...
The Hilb Group Acquires Indiana Insurance Agency
Oct 19 2016 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Indianapolis, Indiana-based Fundamental Insurance & Retirement Planning Inc. (FIRP). The transaction was effective October 1, 2016. FIRP provides a range of insurance offerings...
Indiana Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop 9.3% Next Year
Oct 17 2016 // Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has approved a 9.3 percent reduction in workers’ compensation insurance rates that becomes effective Jan. 1, 2017. The approved rate decrease will...
Ex-CEO of Indiana Nursing Home Company Indicted for Fraud, Kickback Scheme
Oct 14 2016 // The former CEO of a company that operates dozens of Indiana nursing homes and three others face federal charges in a kickback scheme worth millions of dollars, according to an indictment released on Oct. 12. Grand jurors...
ICW Group Now Writing Workers’ Compensation in Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia
Sep 26 2016 // ICW Group Insurance Companies has begun writing workers’ compensation four additional states—Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. The San Diego-based company says the move bolsters its presence across the...
Insurance Fight Prolongs Junk Yard Pollution in Indiana City
Sep 14 2016 // Five years of court battles haven’t resolved the blame game between a western Indiana junk yard and one of the nation’s largest insurance companies over water pollution. Valley Forge Insurance has spent...
U.S. Disaster Loans Approved After Indiana Tornadoes
Sep 12 2016 // Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved low-interest disaster loans for tornado-stricken Howard County. Pence said that the contiguous counties of Cass, Carroll, Clinton, Tipton,...
Federal Suit Filed by Former Employees of Indiana-Based ITT Tech Institute
Sep 9 2016 // Two employees laid off by the parent company of Indiana-based for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Allen...
Goodwin Joins MJ Insurance in Indiana
Sep 7 2016 // MJ Insurance has added Ryan Goodwin to its risk management and commercial insurance team in Indiana. Goodwin joins MJ from Morgan Insurance Group in Martinsville where he worked for the past five years. Previously, Goodwin...
Indiana Court Considering Wounded Officer’s Suit against Gun Seller
Sep 2 2016 // The Indiana Supreme Court is considering whether a police officer’s lawsuit against the sporting goods store that sold a handgun later used to wound him can go forward despite a state law giving gun sellers...
More than 60 Mature Trees Indiana Park Uprooted by Tornado
Sep 2 2016 // A Kokomo, Ind. official says more than 60 mature trees at the city’s Highland park were uprooted during last week’s tornado. Parks and Recreation Superintendent Randy Morris told the Kokomo Tribune most of the...
At Least 12 Tornadoes in Indiana, Ohio Damage Homes, Businesses
Aug 26 2016 // A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio earlier this week, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said as crews worked to restore power and remove...
Many Buggy Accidents in Indiana Caused by Distracted Driving
Jul 12 2016 // Two recent crashes on the same road in Indiana’s Elkhart County highlight the dangers of distracted driving accidents involving motor vehicles and horse-drawn buggies. On May 29, a 17-year-old girl who rear-ended a...
Indiana Man Gets 9 1/2 Years for Car Crash Fraud Scheme
Jul 6 2016 // An Evansville, Ind., man has been sentenced to more than 91/2 years in prison for paying people to stage car crashes to defraud insurance companies. U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young sentenced 57-year-old Michael W....
