bloomington News

COUNTRY Financial COO Baurer to Retire

Barb Baurer, chief operating officer for Bloomington, Ill.-based COUNTRY Financial, announced she will retire in January 2015. Baurer has been with the company for 37 years. She joined the company in 1977 and has served as chief operating officer for …

State Farm CEO: Headquarters Not Moving from Bloomington

State Farm Insurance Co. CEO Ed Rust Jr. says the company’s plans to expand in Arizona, Texas and Georgia will not affect the company’s headquarters in Bloomington, Ill. According to The Pantagraph in Bloomington Rust told a crowd at Illinois …

Indiana Insurance Agent Promoting High School Fishing Clubs

Helping youth find their way onto lakes to fish. That’s what John Albertson, an insurance agent in Bloomington and youth director for Indiana B.A.S.S., is trying to accomplish. He’s actively seeking students from high schools across Indiana who want to …

State Farm: No Plans to Move Illinois Headquarters

State Farm Insurance Co. says it isn’t moving its headquarters from Bloomington, despite recent media reports that the Illinois-based company is adding major office space in Dallas, Atlanta and Phoenix. News reports last week in Dallas and Atlanta about large …

Weather, Safety Concerns Pull Plug on Bloomington, Indiana July 4 Show

Concerns about weather, costs and new regulations on temporary stages sparked by last year’s deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair have prompted organizers to cancel an annual Fourth of July picnic and concert in Bloomington. The Bloomington Pops …