Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Grappling with Half Million Uninsured Workers
Apr 14 2006 // More than a half-million people in Indiana have jobs but no health insurance, and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is trying to determine what, if anything, should be done about it. Agency officials...
Ind. Supreme Court Addresses Attack on Compensation Rating Bureau
Apr 5 2006 // The Insurance Institute of Indiana and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies applauded the decision by the Indiana Supreme Court to deny transfer on a case filed against the Indiana Compensation Rating...
WHISTLEBLOWER HELPING IN HURRICANE KATRINA LAWSUIT
Apr 3 2006 // A high-profile litigator in Moss Point, Miss., said a whistleblower is helping him build a case against insurers that allegedly denied thousands of claims from policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
Ind. State Trade, Economic Development Organization Work to Enact Legislation
Mar 29 2006 // A joint effort between the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and the Insurance Institute of Indiana has resulted in regulatory relief for commercial insurers in Indiana. Insurance companies providing...
Indiana Supreme Court Declines Appeal by Conseco Inc. Founder
Mar 22 2006 // The Indiana Supreme Court refused to hear Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert’s appeal of a judge’s order that he repay the insurance company more than $80 million in stock loans. The refusal clears the way...
Ind. Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison on Fraud Charges
Mar 21 2006 // An insurance broker who took money from elderly investors to cover his gambling addiction was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, a federal prosecutor said. Majid Aziz, 41, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was...
Indiana Legislature’s Short Session Addresses Pro-Business Issues
Mar 21 2006 // Despite a short, 60-day session and the House having a tight 51-49 split, the recently completed session of the Indiana General Assembly ended on a high note for insurers, according to the American Insurance...
PENN. HALTS ROLE IN AGENTS’ FINGERPRINT AGENCY
Mar 20 2006 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced she will stop sending insurance agents’ fingerprints to a national repository, just days after a bill backed by the state’s independent agents that...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Charles F. Taylor, CPCU, ARe, has joined ISU International as regional sales manager in ISU’s Indianapolis office, announced T.J. Ryan, III, president. The ISU Group is a national network comprised of 90 select...
FARMERS SAYS NORTHERN CALIF. AUTO GLASS BUSINESS INVOLVED IN SCAM
Mar 20 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, Los Angeles, has begun serving civil summons and complaints on Redding, Calif.-based auto glass company Onsight Auto Glass and its owner. Farmers is accusing the company of taking part in a...
Insurer Groups Say Key Victories Marked Ind. Legislative Session
Mar 16 2006 // The session wasn’t easy or pretty for insurers, but the 2006 Indiana General Assembly concluded at midnight Tuesday with significant insurance-related successes, according to the National Association of Mutual...
NAMIC, Indiana Trade Praise Passage of Farm Mutual Tax Reform Bill
Mar 6 2006 // A farm mutual tax bill introduced by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana recently passed the Indiana General Assembly. According to a written...
Financial Summit to Discuss Federal Insurance Charter Options
Feb 22 2006 // Nationally-recognized expert on insurance markets and regulation, Scott Harrington, Ph.D., and Alan B. Miller, professor of the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, will discuss “Federal Charters for...
Insurers Deny Payments to Indiana Man Charged with Hot Tub Murder
Feb 15 2006 // Michael B. Smith, 61, of Trafalgar, Indiana appeared in court this week to be formally charged with strangling his wife, Linda, in their hot tub in November 2003. Investigators said that Smith was facing financial troubles...
Insurance Company PR Director to Challenge Indiana House Speaker
Feb 13 2006 // Susan Fuldauer, a public relations director for Indiana-based American Income Life, has thrown her hat into the ring in a challenge for the seat of Republican Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma. The Marion County Democratic...
Indiana General Assembly Considers Key Insurance Proposals
Feb 9 2006 // The Indiana General Assembly begins the second half of its 2006 session considering important insurance bills, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. “Key bills correcting an error in...
Former Conseco Chief’s Residence Selected for Indiana Decorator’s Show
Feb 7 2006 // Former Conseco Inc. Chief Executive Stephen Hilbert’s home was selected as the Decorators’ Show House after a dispute over decor arose in the governor’s residence, the first choice. St. Margaret’s...
LA DOCTOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN ALLEGED HEALTH CARE SCAM
Feb 6 2006 // A doctor has pleaded not guilty to charges of bilking insurance companies by arranging unneeded surgeries with the cooperation of patients. Dr. Mamdouh Bahna, 58, who entered his plea in federal court, was taken into...
NAMIC Works with Indiana Farm Mutuals to Correct Tax Code Mistake
Jan 27 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana are working together to address a mistake in Indiana’s 2002 tax code revision which erroneously raised...
Insurer, Agent Groups Push for Regulatory Oversight for Ind. Insurance Pooling Bills
Jan 24 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Insurance Institute of Indiana and the Independent Agents of Indiana are calling on the governor and legislators to include regulatory oversight in proposals to...
