Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Indiana’s Cairnstone Financial
May 28 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Zionsville, Indiana-based Cairnstone Financial LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2010, Cairnstone Financial is a benefits consultant offering group...
Suits Filed Against Indiana Auto Dealerships Over Car-Buying Fees
May 3 2019 // Dozens of Indiana auto dealerships face lawsuits that accuse them of charging excessive fees to prepare sales-related documents. At least seven lawsuits, all pursuing class-action status, were filed in April, the...
New Suit Filed in Indiana Against USA Gymnastics Seeks Help for Abused Athletes
May 2 2019 // A new lawsuit filed in Indiana seeks to protect potentially thousands of abused gymnasts who might not have known about a deadline for filing claims against USA Gymnastics in the embattled group’s ongoing...
Indiana’s Walmart Stores East to Pay $10K to Resolve Charge of Discrimination
May 2 2019 // Walmart Stores East LP in Indianapolis, Indiana, will pay $10,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability charge filed by the Indianapolis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
As an Unelected Legal Organization Attempts to Rewrite Insurance Law, Indiana Legislators are Pushing Back
Apr 22 2019 // State legislatures, including Indiana’s General Assembly, are moving to protect themselves from an emerging version of legal “alternative facts” as yet another venerable American institution erodes its...
Indiana Bill Would Allow Money for School Alert Systems Statewide
Apr 15 2019 // Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is expected to sign a bill that would allow Indiana school districts to seek state money for alert systems to warn students and staff about emergencies. The bill would permit all 92 counties to...
Motorists File Suits over Damage from Potholes on I-69 in Indiana
Apr 15 2019 // Dozens of drivers have filed tort claims seeking money from the state of Indiana after their cars were damaged while driving on a 15-mile (24 kilometers), pothole-afflicted section of Interstate 69. The problematic stretch...
Indiana Company Recalls Melon Products Linked to Salmonella
Apr 15 2019 // An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the recall includes cut watermelon,...
Students from Eight Colleges Participate in Virtual Agency Competition
Apr 15 2019 // College students from eight universities recently formed teams and spent a month running a simulated insurance agency as part of a virtual online competition developed by PriSim War Games, a provider of computerized...
Indiana’s Give Away Goal:10,000 Smoke Alarms Within 2 Years
Mar 22 2019 // The state of Indiana has announced a free smoke alarm program with a goal of installing 10,000 of the lifesaving devices in homes within two years. The Get Alarmed program managed by the Indiana Fire Marshal offers up to...
Update: At Least 20 Injured in Indiana School Bus Crash
Mar 7 2019 // A school bus collided with a garbage truck in Indiana on Wednesday, seriously injuring one student and leaving 20 people hurt, authorities said. Preliminary information indicates that 18 students, the bus driver and the...
Police: 5 Hurt in Indiana Church Bus Crash; Driver Arrested, Charged with DWI
Feb 28 2019 // Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana. Indiana...
Indiana City Shares Responsibility for Crash That Killed 3, Lawsuit Says
Feb 21 2019 // A lawsuit says a northern Indiana city shares responsibility for a crash that killed two children and a man who were walking along a sidewalk. Authorities say Leonard Grosswiler was driving in August 2017 when his vehicle...
Business Moves
Feb 4 2019 // National China Re, Chaucer, Hanover China Reinsurance (Group) Corp. has completed the 100 percent equity acquisition of Chaucer Holdings Ltd. – the major portion of Hanover Insurance Group’s Lloyd’s...
Indiana’s United Health Actuarial Services Acquired by Risk Strategies
Jan 23 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired United Health Actuarial Services Inc. (UHAS), a health actuarial, management, and underwriting consulting firm based...
ONI Risk Partners Acquires Indiana’s MBAH Insurance
Jan 11 2019 // ONI Risk Partners (ONI), headquartered in Indianapolis, is acquiring MBAH Insurance (MBAH), a Lafayette, Indiana-based insurance agency that has been in operation for more than 90 years. The MBAH team joins ONI’s...
Midwest Legislative Priorities Include No-Fault Auto, Distracted Driving, Contractor Fraud, Tort Reform
Jan 7 2019 // With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the insurance industry and business interests — are sure to be a target for legislative...
Indiana’s Governor Still Against Legalizing Marijuana, Medical or Otherwise
Jan 4 2019 // Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb remains opposed to efforts by state lawmakers to allow medical or recreational marijuana in the state, even such uses are becoming legal in a growing number of other states. The Republican...
Indiana’s Worley Claims Services Buys Dallas’ Replacement Source of America
Jan 3 2019 // Fishers, Indiana-based insurance claims services provider, Worley Claims Services LLC (Worley) has acquired Replacement Source of America Inc. (ReSource), headquartered in Dallas. ReSource is a contents services company...
Indiana Fines Texas Trucking Company over Fish Kill
Jan 3 2019 // Indiana regulators are seeking a more than $12,000 fine against a Texas trucking company accused of causing a fish kill in eastern Indiana. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management recently issued a notice of...
