All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 1 2020 // A northern Indiana woman has filed a lawsuit against the distributor of a recalled hand sanitizer over the presence of toxic methanol, alleging her children had severe side effects.The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in...
Aug 31 2020 // A northern Indiana city that sits along the Wabash River is home to thousands more flood-prone homes and properties than are listed on federal floodplain maps, new research shows.The study by the First Street Foundation, a...
Aug 18 2020 // A northern Indiana city still has more than two dozen underground coal-storage vaults that need addressing more than eight years after a man walking on a sidewalk plunged into one of the chambers.Goshen officials began...
Aug 13 2020 // The impact of a windstorm that tore through the Midwest has continued to grow, as widespread power outages have kept businesses closed, limited communication, spoiled food and caused long lines at gas stations.The rare...
Aug 12 2020 // Indianapolis businesses not following the city’s coronavirus restrictions will face a greater chance of fines as officials said on Aug. 11 that they will ramp up enforcement.State health officials added 25 more...
Aug 10 2020 // A northern Indiana utility is facing a $1.1 million fine, the largest in state history, after state regulators cited it for natural gas pipeline safety violations and specified that the company cannot pass that cost onto...
Aug 10 2020 // NFP, Team ScottiInsurance broker NFP has acquired LFG Inc., which does business as Team Scotti. The transaction closed effective Dec. 1. Team Scotti, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., and founded in 1987, is a national insurance...
Aug 7 2020 // Indiana has surpassed 68,000 confirmed COVID-19 virus cases.The state’s health department said this week that 582 additional people have been diagnosed with the disease, bringing Indiana’s total to 68,433....
Jul 30 2020 // Jupiter, a Silicon Valley startup provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk, announced it has raised additional capital from insurers Liberty Mutual and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, and SYSTEMIQ, a...
Jul 28 2020 // Encova Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new suite of personal lines products that will be delivered digitally to agents in Indiana.With Encova’s new personal lines product offering, agents and...
Jul 24 2020 // A worker at an ArcelorMittal steel mill in northwestern Indiana died after he was struck by a vehicle, the company said.The man died July 21 after being hit by a coil tractor at the Indiana Harbor steel mill in East...
Jul 21 2020 // An Indiana appeals court has sided with a group of insurers, saying they are not required to provide $25 million in excess coverage for an underlying lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over...
Jul 17 2020 // An insurance company is suing the Indianapolis archdiocese, alleging that it failed to disclose allegations of child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest when it applied for liability insurance.Underwriters for Lloyd’s...
Jul 2 2020 // Using a handheld cellphone while driving is now illegal on Indiana roads under a new state law that took effect this week.The move aimed at combating distracted driving went onto the books on July 1 after being approved by...
Jul 1 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Since 1942, Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana has been a trusted insurance and risk...
Jun 29 2020 // An Indianapolis woman has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than a half million dollars from a small business and using the money to buy jewelry and pay for trips to...
Jun 11 2020 // The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada on Wednesday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and Iowa.High winds brought down...
Jun 10 2020 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering into Indiana and Tennessee. According to ClearPath Mutual, when it began operations in 2018, the company applied for licenses...
May 21 2020 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a-” of the members of United Farm...
May 15 2020 // AM Best reported it revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of NAMIC Insurance Co. Inc. (NAMICO) in...