Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Aug 10 2020 // East NFP, Team Scotti Insurance broker NFP has acquired LFG Inc., which does business as Team Scotti. The transaction closed effective Dec. 1. Team Scotti, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., and founded in 1987, is a national...
Indiana Surpasses 68,000 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases
Aug 7 2020 // Indiana has surpassed 68,000 confirmed COVID-19 virus cases. The state’s health department said this week that 582 additional people have been diagnosed with the disease, bringing Indiana’s total to...
Climate Risk Analytics Firm Gets Capital Injections from Liberty and MS&AD
Jul 30 2020 // Jupiter, a Silicon Valley startup provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk, announced it has raised additional capital from insurers Liberty Mutual and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, and SYSTEMIQ, a...
Encova Insurance Offering Personal Lines Products Digitally to Indiana Agents
Jul 28 2020 // Encova Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new suite of personal lines products that will be delivered digitally to agents in Indiana. With Encova’s new personal lines product offering, agents and...
Worker Dies at ArcelorMittal East Chicago Steel Mill
Jul 24 2020 // A worker at an ArcelorMittal steel mill in northwestern Indiana died after he was struck by a vehicle, the company said. The man died July 21 after being hit by a coil tractor at the Indiana Harbor steel mill in East...
Indiana Court: Insurers Off the Hook for Covering NCAA Athlete Aid Suit
Jul 21 2020 // An Indiana appeals court has sided with a group of insurers, saying they are not required to provide $25 million in excess coverage for an underlying lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over...
Lloyd’s Underwriters Sue Indiana Archdiocese Over Liability Insurance Response
Jul 17 2020 // An insurance company is suing the Indianapolis archdiocese, alleging that it failed to disclose allegations of child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest when it applied for liability insurance. Underwriters for Lloyd’s...
New Indiana State Law Bans Use of Handheld Phone While Driving
Jul 2 2020 // Using a handheld cellphone while driving is now illegal on Indiana roads under a new state law that took effect this week. The move aimed at combating distracted driving went onto the books on July 1 after being approved...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana
Jul 1 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Since 1942, Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana has been a trusted insurance and risk...
Indiana Woman Gets 3-Year Sentence for $540K Theft from Employer
Jun 29 2020 // An Indianapolis woman has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than a half million dollars from a small business and using the money to buy jewelry and pay for trips to...
Remnants of Cristobal Bring Thunderstorms, Flooding to Midwest
Jun 11 2020 // The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada on Wednesday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and Iowa. High winds brought...
Workers’ Comp Carrier ClearPath Mutual Expands into Indiana, Tennessee
Jun 10 2020 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering into Indiana and Tennessee. According to ClearPath Mutual, when it began operations in 2018, the company applied for licenses...
Credit Ratings of United Farm Bureau of Indiana Group Upgraded
May 21 2020 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a-” of the members of United Farm...
Outlooks Revised to Negative for Indiana’s NAMIC Insurance
May 15 2020 // AM Best reported it revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of NAMIC Insurance Co. Inc. (NAMICO) in...
HUB International Acquires Employee Benefits Unit of Indiana’s The Healy Group
May 12 2020 // Insurance brokerage HUB International Limited (Hub) has acquired the employee benefits division of The Healy Group Inc. (Healy Benefits), based in South Bend, Indiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healy...
Court Suspends Indiana AG’s Law License for Groping
May 12 2020 // Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s law license will be suspended for 30 days over an allegation that he drunkenly groped four women during a party, the state Supreme Court ruled. The unanimous court decision said...
Indiana Trucking Insurer, Protective, Looking at Contingent Sale Offer
May 12 2020 // Carmel, Indiana-based Protective Insurance Corp. (Protective) reported that a special committee of independent directors has been formed to evaluate a contingent sale agreement offered by certain Protective shareholders...
Indiana Too Quick to Clear Amazon in Worker’s Death, Report Finds
May 11 2020 // Indiana’s safety agency prematurely released Amazon from citations and fines in the death of a warehouse employee who was crushed by a forklift, a federal investigation has found. Indiana Occupational Safety and...
ClearPath Mutual of Kentucky Hires Stoller, Appoints Korsan to New Role
Apr 30 2020 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance has appointed Don Stoller as the company’s director of Underwriting, and Bob Korsan as vice president of Business Development. Don Stoller Stoller most recently held the position of master...
More Midwest Insurers Offering Auto Premium Relief to Insureds
Apr 20 2020 // More Midwest-based insurers are offering premium payment relief to their auto insurance customers as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis. Branch Insurance, Grange Insurance, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Ohio Mutual...
