Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Animal Advocates Speak Out After Lion Kills Intern at North Carolina Zoo
Jan 2 2019 // The fatal mauling of a zoo intern by a lion that escaped from a locked pen illustrates the need for North Carolina regulators to crack down on unaccredited exhibitors of dangerous animals, animal welfare advocates said...
Indiana Gets $521K Federal Grant for Statewide Smoke Detector Installations
Dec 18 2018 // Indiana has received more than a half-million dollars in federal funding to kick off a campaign to install 10,000 smoke detectors in homes around the state. The State Fire Marshal’s office will use the $521,000 to...
People
Dec 17 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) hired Anthony W. Dunn as vice president, overseeing the internal audit function for the company and its subsidiaries. Dunn has 20 years of experience in the...
Indiana Officer Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $50K
Dec 14 2018 // Records show a former western Indiana police officer who appealed his firing has accepted $50,000 to settle a 2015 federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. The Tribune-Star reports Jonathan Stevens signed an...
Jury Awards Indiana Doctor $112M in Medtronic Royalties Dispute
Dec 5 2018 // A northern Indiana jury has awarded a doctor $112 million in his dispute with medical device maker Medtronic over devices he invented and sold to the company. A Marshall County jury found in Dr. Rick C. Sasso’s favor...
J.M. Wilson Adds Henard as Commercial Bond Underwriter in Indiana
Nov 29 2018 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has hired Aimee Henard as a commercial bond underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. Henard is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and...
Indiana Man Suffers Brain Injuries, Seeks Damages
Nov 26 2018 // A northwestern Indiana man alleges in a federal lawsuit that he suffered a traumatic brain injury when a police officer ran a red light and struck his vehicle in 2016. Carlos Gallegos-Esqueda of Hammond is suing the Lake...
Opioids, Tobacco Caused 14K Indiana Fatalities in 2017, Reports Say
Nov 19 2018 // Opioids and tobacco claimed the lives of 14,200 Indiana residents last year, costing the state $12.6 billion in health care expenses, lost productivity and other economic damages, two new reports say. The studies released...
Ambulatory Centers’ Surgery Costs Below Hospitals’, Workers’ Comp Research Finds
Nov 15 2018 // There is new evidence that ambulatory surgery centers are less expensive for certain surgeries than hospitals. Payments for similar knee and shoulder surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) were lower...
ISMIE Mutual Insurance Partners with Osteopathic Associations on MPL Program
Nov 13 2018 // Chicago-based ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., has partnered with the Indiana Osteopathic Association (IOA) and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA) on a medical professional liability insurance...
DOI: Workers’ Comp Rates in Indiana to Drop Again Next Year
Oct 19 2018 // Businesses in Indiana can expect to pay less for workers’ compensation insurance coverage next year, continuing a trend that has been ongoing for several years. Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has...
Fiery Indiana Freight Derailment Blamed on Buckled Track
Oct 17 2018 // Officials say a buckled stretch of track is believed to have caused a fiery freight train derailment in southwestern Indiana that belched black smoke into the sky and forced the evacuation of nearby homes. The Evansville...
Indiana Complex Damaged by Tornado Reopens
Oct 5 2018 // A central Indiana apartment complex ravaged by a 2016 tornado has reopened its first renovated units more than two years after that storm. About three dozen one-bedroom units reopened last week in one building at Park...
BusinessFirst Insurance OK’d to Offer Workers’ Comp in Indiana
Oct 2 2018 // BusinessFirst Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Indiana Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation insurance coverage in the state, the company announced. Appointed...
Fatal Drunk-Driving Crash Rate High in Northwest Indiana
Oct 1 2018 // A newspaper review has found that three northwestern Indiana counties have a higher percentage of fatal drunken-driving crashes than the rest of the state and the U.S. because of the region’s heavy traffic, weather...
Review: Deadly Drunken Crash Rate High in Northwest Indiana
Sep 24 2018 // A newspaper review has found that three northwestern Indiana counties have a higher percentage of fatal drunken-driving crashes than the rest of the state and the U.S. because of the region’s heavy traffic, weather...
Pipeline Spill Dumps 8K Gallons of Jet Fuel Into Indiana River
Sep 12 2018 // A Texas company says one of its pipelines has spilled more than 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into a river in the northeastern Indiana city of Decatur. Houston-based Buckeye Pipe Line says it immediately shut down the line...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Indiana Agency, Ritman & Associates
Aug 30 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Noblesville, Indiana-based Ritman & Associates Inc., which specializes in professional liability insurance. Jennifer Ritman has built a boutique insurance agency...
Indiana Sees Decline in Workplace Injuries
Aug 27 2018 // Work is getting safer in Indiana, with employment-related injuries hitting an all-time low. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that recently released federal statistics from 2016 show the state hit an all-time low that...
Indiana Fire Marshal Threatens to Shutter Pallet Factory Over Safety Issues
Aug 24 2018 // A northern Indiana fire marshal has threatened to shut down a pallet company because factory conditions pose a threat to worker safety. Michigan City Fire Marshal Kyle Kazmierczak wants to shutter Calumet Pallet’s...
