Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Joins Missouri in Banning New Business from Universal Casualty
Jun 19 2009 // Indiana has ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurance company Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business...
Indiana Insurance Commissioner to Become a Utility Regulator
Jun 18 2009 // Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Jim Atterholt to serve on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). Atterholt will fill the vacancy left by the resignation of...
Beware Twitter Users: Tweets Can Raise Publicity Legal Issues
Jun 10 2009 // “As exhilarating as social networking tools like Twitter can be, they also raise a variety of legal issues concerning the right of publicity,” says intellectual property attorney Jonathan Faber. An Indiana...
Indiana Insurance Veteran Named Insurance Professional of the Year
Jun 10 2009 // Roanoke, Ind.-based American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., announced that Taffy F. Troup, the company’s senior vice president of Administration...
Ameriana Bank to Purchase Indiana’s Chapin-Hayworth Insurance
May 27 2009 // Indiana’s Ameriana Insurance Agency, a subsidiary of Ameriana Bank, has agreed to purchase the book of business of the Chapin-Hayworth Insurance Agency Inc., a multi-line property/casualty insurance agency located in...
Indiana Police Officer Faces Insurance Fraud Charge
May 26 2009 // A St. Joseph County, Ind., police officer who allegedly crashed a rental car while doing emergency driving moves he had recently learned at the police academy has been charged with conspiracy to commit insurance...
Indiana Teachers’ Insurance Trust Hopes to Unload Debt
May 18 2009 // Indiana’s largest teachers union is working to untangle its insurance trust from millions of dollars in liabilities while the state and the FBI investigate whether fund managers did something more than make risky...
No Resolution on Credit Scores
May 18 2009 // The use of credit scores by insurance companies in rating methodologies continues to be unresolved in several Midwest states, as evidenced by ongoing court battles and legislative actions aimed at tweaking existing...
Indiana Lawmakers Eliminate Policy Re-rate Mandate
May 18 2009 // The Indiana General Assembly has removed a provision in Indiana law requiring insurance companies to re-rate an insurance policy at least once every three years based on current credit information. The decision to re-run...
Ratings: Allstate, Arrowhead, Nat’l. Lloyd’s/Summit, ISMIE Mutual, Greenville Casualty, Un. Farm Indiana
May 13 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A-‘ senior debt rating on Allstate Corp.’s (ALL) recently priced senior debt issue. S&P also affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty...
Indiana General Assembly Eliminates Credit Mandate for Insurers
May 5 2009 // The Indiana General Assembly has passed House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1246, which removes a provision in Indiana law requiring insurance companies to re-rate an insurance policy at least once every three years based on current...
Indiana Legislation Penalizes ID Thieves
May 1 2009 // An Indiana bill that would strengthen protections against identity theft is poised to win final approval from the Indiana General Assembly and move to the governor’s desk. House Enrolled Act 1121, the identity-theft...
Employers May Face Tax Hikes Under Indiana Jobless Fund Proposal
Apr 22 2009 // Employers would pay higher taxes under a revised proposal Indiana House Democrats presented as a way to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. The taxes employers would pay into the fund overall would be...
Firm Charged With Fraud in Indiana Gets Off With Fines, Fees
Apr 20 2009 // The owner of a Florida-based repair company accused of faking hail damage to drum up business after a 2006 storm in Indiana agreed to $660 in fines and fees in return for dropped charges, prosecutors say. Indianapolis,...
Indiana Aims to Control Statewide Fire Department Billings
Apr 16 2009 // An amendment inserted into Indiana House Bill 1447 would reduce the amount some citizens of that state would be billed by fire departments responding to emergencies. The insurance industry trade association, Insurance...
Charges Dropped Against Firm Accused of Hail Scam in Indiana
Apr 6 2009 // Prosecutors in Indianapolis, Ind., have dropped insurance fraud charges against a Florida-based repair company accused of faking hail damage to drum up business after a 2006 storm. Instead, CPM Construction President...
Keystone Insurers Group Realigns Top Management
Apr 2 2009 // Northumberland, Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group has hired five new executives and restructured its top management team in a move aimed at boosting growth and enhancing services, the company said. Ralph...
Lawsuit by a Father in Indiana Targets Polluters
Mar 27 2009 // Ron Kurth, who grew up in Gary, Ind., and worked in the steel mills, raised his family in the region near the outskirts of Chicago. He always wondered about the smoke and smog that overcast the Lake Michigan...
Financier Hit with Fines, Restitution for Insurance Violations in Indiana
Mar 25 2009 // A money manager accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash took another financial hit when an Indiana judge ordered him to pay nearly $600,000 in restitution and fines. Under the administrative law judge’s...
99% of Indiana Pools Fail to Install Required Safe Drains
Mar 16 2009 // Indiana health officials say most of Monroe County’s swimming pools, spas and whirlpools don’t comply with a new federal law requiring them to be fitted with special drain covers to prevent children from...
