Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana House Votes to Repeal Tax Hike on Employers
Feb 25 2010 // The Indiana House has passed legislation that would repeal an increase on taxes that employers pay into the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which is deeply in debt to the federal government. The...
California’s Anthem Blue Cross Charged with 700 State Violations
Feb 23 2010 // A review of 3,000 consumer complaints against Anthem Blue Cross, California’s largest for-profit health insurer, has found over 700 violations of state law during the past four years, state regulators said on...
Indiana Records $20M in Insurance Recoveries for 2009; N.D. Nearly $7.6M
Feb 10 2010 // The Indiana Department of Insurance says it recovered more than $20 million for insurance consumers in 2009, a record for the state. In North Dakota, the insurance department reported $7,578,230.11 was recovered or saved...
Insurance Agency Owner Honored by Indiana State University
Feb 9 2010 // Daniel Pigg, co-owner of the Howard Clare Insurance Agency in Terre Haute, Ind., has been honored with a Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award from Indiana State University. The ISU GOLD Awards recognize graduates who...
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Jan 24 2010 // Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past two years, Crawford has served as the company’s chief operating...
Liberty Mutual Expands Insurance Offerings for Wisconsin Schools
Jan 20 2010 // Liberty Mutual Group is expanding its program offerings for Wisconsin schools available through its partnership with the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) Insurance Plan. Effective immediately, the WASB...
New South Bend, Indiana, Cell Phone Ban Yields Few Tickets
Jan 11 2010 // Efforts to ban the use of cell phones while driving in South Bend, Ind., school zones aren’t yielding many violations. Records from the city clerk’s office show 13 of the tickets, which carry $75 fines, were...
Business Moves
Jan 10 2010 // Aon Risk, Allied North America Aon Risk Services, the risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp., said it has agreed to acquire Allied North America, one of the largest independent surety and...
Johnson Joins WRM America as Midwest Regional Marketing Officer
Jan 7 2010 // WRM America, a New York-based specialty insurance and alternative risk management company, reports that Jeffrey S. Johnson has joined WRM America Indemnity Company (WRMAI) as regional marketing officer for the Midwest...
Special Reuters Report: America’s Route to Recovery
Dec 29 2009 // When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
Despite Concerns, County in Indiana Plans to Allow ATVs on Roads
Dec 16 2009 // Owen County, Indiana’s decision to allow all-terrain vehicles on county roads is raising concerns that drivers won’t install safety equipment or obtain proper registrations and insurance required to make them...
Indiana’s Shepherd Insurance Acquires DeTrude & Company
Dec 3 2009 // Carmel, Ind.-based Shepherd Insurance Agency has acquired employee benefits services firm, DeTrude & Company. DeTrude & Company, also a central Indiana-based firm, was founded in 1980 by Keith DeTrude. Its client...
Indiana’s Grain Dealers Mutual Now Part of Main Street America Group
Dec 1 2009 // The Main Street America Group, based in Jacksonville, Fla., announced that Indiana-domiciled Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company has been cleared to become an affiliate of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based super regional...
Indiana Agents Group Names State Auto Company of the Year
Nov 23 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Group has been named 2009 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI). According to the IIAI, this award recognizes the company that most demonstrates...
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Nov 1 2009 // David Daniel was inaugurated as the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. He will lead...
Midwest Wheat Farmers Reap Preventive Planting Insurance Money
Oct 29 2009 // U.S. farmers struggling to seed their wheat crop will likely reap an insurance check rather than sow in less-than-ideal conditions, analysts and agronomists said. Farmers with prevented planting insurance can receive up to...
Indiana State to Name Business School for Insurance Executive
Oct 21 2009 // Indiana State University officials plan to name its business college for a Terre Haute insurance executive who has made a large donation helping pay for the college’s building renovation. The ISU Foundation has...
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Oct 5 2009 // David Daniel was named chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”). He will lead the organization as chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Daniel is president of Daniel &...
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Oct 5 2009 // Kirby Dibb has joined independent insurance brokerage TriSure in Raleigh, N.C., as client services manager for safety and risk management. In her new capacity, Dibb is responsible for the design, training and monitoring of...
