Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana’s Methodist Hospital System Warning Patients About Data Breach
Oct 22 2019 // A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a data breach. Methodist...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Oct 21 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
Nearly 2,000 Competitive Racing Pigeons Killed in Indiana Fire
Oct 16 2019 // A fire at a northern Indiana facility has killed nearly 2,000 racing pigeons from around the world that were housed there for a race. Hoosier Loft owners Jim and Kelly Ward say the fire swept through the loft late Saturday...
Indiana Staffing Firm to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Case for $25K
Oct 15 2019 // An Indiana staffing firm has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a disability discrimination charge brought by federal authorities. Reliable Staffing, an Indianapolis staffing firm, will also furnish other relief to conciliate...
Worker Dies from Injuries at BP’s Refinery in Whiting, Indiana,
Oct 2 2019 // A contract worker died from injuries received while working at BP Plc’s 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery on Wednesday, a company spokesman said. “BP confirms that a contract worker was...
Favorable Results Bring FCCI Insurance Dividends for Indiana/Kentucky Contractors
Sep 18 2019 // FCCI Insurance Group reported it has awarded a dividend based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky. The program is designed to reward...
Indiana’s Protective Insurance Names Barnett as CFO, Omidfar as CIO
Sep 17 2019 // Carmel, Indiana-based Protective Insurance Corp., a specialty property/casualty holding company in the transportation and workers’ compensation insurance industries, has appointed John Barnett as its new chief...
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Indiana’s Rock Ridge Insurance
Sep 6 2019 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Rock Ridge Insurance Co. (Rock Ridge) in North Danville, Indiana. The outlook assigned to the...
In Suit, Indiana Family Says Juul E-Cigarettes Are Deliberately Highly Addictive
Sep 3 2019 // An Indiana family is suing Juul Labs Inc., accusing it of making electronic cigarettes that contain excessively high levels of nicotine without warning that they’re addictive. The McCullough family of Carmel filed...
Probe Finds Indiana Company Partly Responsible for Employee’s Death
Aug 26 2019 // A state agency says a northern Indiana company was partly responsible for the death of a 43-year-old employee who was killed when welding equipment fell from a forklift. The Elkhart Truth reports that the investigation by...
Explosion at NW Indiana Business Injures 3 Workers
Aug 15 2019 // An official says an explosion at a chemical tank cleaning business in northwestern Indiana injured three workers. The blast happened about 7:20 a.m. Wednesday at T.A.C. East Inc. in an industrial area of East Chicago. City...
Indiana Fines ArcelorMittal $14K After Worker Dies in Train Accident
Jul 25 2019 // ArcelorMittal has been fined $14,000 after a steelworker died in an April train accident at the company’s Indiana Harbor steel mill in northwestern Indiana. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the Indiana...
J.M. Wilson Promotes Tucker-Lorenz to Surety Underwriter in Indiana
Jul 24 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Shelly Tucker-Lorenz to surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. With this new role, she is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and contract bonds, corresponding with...
J.M. Wilson Adds Lewton, Arens in Indiana
Jul 16 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Matt Lewton as transportation underwriter and Tyler Arens as assistant transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. Lewton is...
Indiana Court: IBM Owes State More Than $70M in Automation Dispute
Jun 27 2019 // Indiana’s Supreme Court has decided IBM Corp. must pay the state more than $70 million over the company’s failed effort to automate much of the state’s welfare services. The court ruling upholds lower...
Weather Service Ups Weekend Tornado Count in Indiana to 10
Jun 20 2019 // Officials have confirmed that a 10th tornado struck Indiana as part of a weekend outbreak that damaged a school, a shopping mall and other buildings. The National Weather Service issued the update Tuesday, saying the...
Weather Service: 9 Confirmed Tornadoes Hit Central Indiana over Weekend
Jun 18 2019 // The National Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes struck Indiana, damaging a school and other buildings and downing trees. It says three EF2 tornadoes with winds up to 130 mph (210 kph) struck Greene, Monroe and...
Indiana Man Must Pay $427K to Victims in 2017 Carriage Crash
Jun 13 2019 // A northeastern Indiana man who pleaded guilty in a drunken-driving crash involving a horse-drawn carriage has been ordered to pay $427,000 in restitution to the crash victims. A Steuben County judge also sentenced...
Indiana Agencies McGowan Insurance and Jackson-McCormick Insurance Merge
Jun 7 2019 // Indiana-based independent insurance agencies McGowan Insurance Group and Jackson-McCormick Insurance have merged into one organization. McGowan is headquartered in Indianapolis and Jackson-McCormick has offices in Lebanon...
1 Dead After Tornadoes Leave Trail of Destruction Across Indiana, Ohio
May 29 2019 // A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured. The...
