Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Mom Seeks Helmet, Safety Law After Daughter’s ATV Death
Jun 14 2016 // The mother of an Indiana girl who died in an all-terrain vehicle crash has started a nonprofit foundation in partnership with state lawmakers to draft a helmet law and mandatory safety education for children who ride...
Wiggins Joins MGA-Focused Holding Company, DOXA, in Indiana
Jun 7 2016 // Fort Wayne, Ind.-based DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC (DOXA) has named Timothy Wiggins as chief operating officer and managing partner. DOXA, launched in April 2016, is a holding company focused on managing general agents...
Indiana Department of Insurance Approves Anthem’s Cigna Acquisition
May 26 2016 // The health insurer Anthem Inc. announced it has received approval from Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson for the acquisition of Cigna HealthCare of Indiana Inc., a subsidiary of Cigna...
Insured Losses Mount in Ohio from April Storms
May 23 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute reports that preliminary estimates of an April storm outbreak caused insured property losses of up to $57.8 million in Ohio alone. Several other states, including Illinois and Indiana, were...
Indiana Company to Pay $45K to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
May 20 2016 // Office Concepts Inc., a Fort Wayne, Ind., office product and service store, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Weather Service Confirms Weak Tornado Stuck Western Indiana
May 6 2016 // The National Weather Service confirmed this week that a tornado touched down briefly in western Indiana on Sunday. The weather service rated the tornado as an EF-0, estimating it had peak winds of 70 mph. The weather...
Indiana Agency Exec Named Chairman of Associated Risk Managers International
May 3 2016 // Independent insurance agency network, Associated Risk Managers International Inc. (ARMI), have elected Greg Easley to serve as chairman of the ARMI board of directors. Easley currently serves as vice president and...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Forrest Sherer Insurance in Indiana
Apr 5 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Forest Sherer Insurance Inc. (Forrest Sherer) from First Financial Corp. Headquartered in Terre Haute, Ind., Forrest Sherer has been providing property-casualty, employee benefits...
Indiana Mans Gets 2 Life Sentences in Deadly House Blast
Mar 21 2016 // A judge sentenced an Indianapolis man to more than two life sentences in prison for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two people and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes in a scheme to collect insurance...
Measure Increasing Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Cap Moves Forward
Mar 2 2016 // Medical malpractice victims would be able to receive more compensation under a measure an Indiana House committee approved on Feb. 29 that would update the payment cap for the first time in nearly 18 years. The bill, which...
2nd Indiana Man Convicted of Murder, Insurance Fraud in Home Explosion
Feb 26 2016 // An Indianapolis man was convicted of murder, arson and insurance fraud on Feb. 24 for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two neighbors and devastated a subdivision in the southern part of the city. A northern...
Study: Terre Haute Has Fewer Driving Deaths
Feb 22 2016 // A consumer advocacy organization says Terre Haute is the Indiana city with the fewest distracted and drunken driving fatalities. ConsumerAffairs conducted a nationwide study using the latest available data from 2014...
Midwest Group Challenges Peabody Energy’s Plan to Self-Bond Mines
Feb 16 2016 // A Midwestern environmental group has followed through on its promise to formally challenge Peabody Energy’s ability to guarantee it has enough money for future cleanup of its Illinois and Indiana coal mines. The...
Study: Among Indiana Cities Terre Haute Has Fewer Driving Deaths
Feb 9 2016 // A consumer advocacy organization says Terre Haute is the Indiana city with the fewest distracted and drunken driving fatalities. The Tribune-Star reports that ConsumerAffairs conducted a nationwide study using the latest...
Officials, Poultry Producers Hope Nationwide Testing Contains Indiana Bird Flu
Jan 29 2016 // In the two weeks since bird flu reappeared in Indiana, U.S. veterinarians have swabbed the mouths of chickens and turkeys across the country, racing to uncover any more infections and contain the virus before it causes...
Carpenter Named VP at Hylant Select – Indiana
Jan 29 2016 // Insurance broker Hylant has appointed Kim Carpenter vice president of Hylant Select – Indiana. In her new role, she will manage and lead Hylant’s Select business within Indiana and she will be responsible for...
Indiana Company to Pay $100K to Resolve Age Discrimination Suit
Jan 25 2016 // Seymour Midwest, a Warsaw, Ind., hand tool manufacturing company, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
156K Indiana Chickens Being Euthanized in Latest Bird Flu Probe
Jan 20 2016 // Animal health officials investigating a bird flu strain that affected 10 turkey farms in southwestern Indiana have added 156,000 chickens to the list of thousands of birds being euthanized. The Indiana State Board of...
Bird Flu Found in Indiana Turkey Flock
Jan 19 2016 // The U.S. government confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana, the country’s first case since the end of last year’s outbreak that led to the...
Officials Hope Latest Midwest Bird Flu Contained by Rapid Response
Jan 18 2016 // A move to quickly quarantine and destroy Indiana turkey flocks infected with avian influenza may help prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreak that cost the industry $3.3 billion, according to...
