Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana Hospital Reports Failure to Disinfect Surgical Tools

Nov 22 2019 // Nearly 1,200 surgical patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV and other infectious diseases due to a sterilization failure, a northern Indiana hospital says.A Goshen Hospital sterilization technician failed to...

How to Bring in Young People to Insurance

Nov 18 2019 // The workforce is faced with a generation gap. Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. Generation X and millennials each have a smaller pool of people than baby boomers. Generation Z is now the largest...

States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI

Nov 4 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...

Indiana Environmental Regulators: Steelmaker Too Slow to Act on Chemical Spill

Oct 31 2019 // The state environmental agency said a northwestern Indiana steel mill knew it was leaking dangerous chemicals into Lake Michigan but failed to report the spill or act quickly to mitigate the risks.The cyanide and ammonia...

Schweisthal Named Asst. Surety Underwriter at J.M. Wilson in Indiana

Oct 25 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Grant Schweisthal as an assistant surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. He is responsible for assisting surety underwriters on a wide...

Sheriff Says Midwest Crop Thefts Are a ‘Major League Operation’

Oct 24 2019 // A “well-organized machine” of thieves appears to be behind the theft of tons of apples and pumpkins from orchards and farms in Michigan and Indiana, according to authorities.An estimated 7,000 pounds (3,175...

Indiana’s Methodist Hospital System Warning Patients About Data Breach

Oct 22 2019 // A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a data breach.Methodist...

States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI

Oct 21 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...

Nearly 2,000 Competitive Racing Pigeons Killed in Indiana Fire

Oct 16 2019 // A fire at a northern Indiana facility has killed nearly 2,000 racing pigeons from around the world that were housed there for a race.Hoosier Loft owners Jim and Kelly Ward say the fire swept through the loft late Saturday...

Indiana Staffing Firm to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Case for $25K

Oct 15 2019 // An Indiana staffing firm has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a disability discrimination charge brought by federal authorities.Reliable Staffing, an Indianapolis staffing firm, will also furnish other relief to conciliate...

Worker Dies from Injuries at BP’s Refinery in Whiting, Indiana,

Oct 2 2019 // A contract worker died from injuries received while working at BP Plc’s 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery on Wednesday, a company spokesman said.“BP confirms that a contract worker was...

Favorable Results Bring FCCI Insurance Dividends for Indiana/Kentucky Contractors

Sep 18 2019 // FCCI Insurance Group reported it has awarded a dividend based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky.The program is designed to reward ABC...

Indiana’s Protective Insurance Names Barnett as CFO, Omidfar as CIO

Sep 17 2019 // Carmel, Indiana-based Protective Insurance Corp., a specialty property/casualty holding company in the transportation and workers’ compensation insurance industries, has appointed John Barnett as its new chief...

AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Indiana’s Rock Ridge Insurance

Sep 6 2019 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Rock Ridge Insurance Co. (Rock Ridge) in North Danville, Indiana.The outlook assigned to the...

In Suit, Indiana Family Says Juul E-Cigarettes Are Deliberately Highly Addictive

Sep 3 2019 // An Indiana family is suing Juul Labs Inc., accusing it of making electronic cigarettes that contain excessively high levels of nicotine without warning that they’re addictive.The McCullough family of Carmel filed the...

Probe Finds Indiana Company Partly Responsible for Employee’s Death

Aug 26 2019 // A state agency says a northern Indiana company was partly responsible for the death of a 43-year-old employee who was killed when welding equipment fell from a forklift. The Elkhart Truth reports that the investigation by...

Explosion at NW Indiana Business Injures 3 Workers

Aug 15 2019 // An official says an explosion at a chemical tank cleaning business in northwestern Indiana injured three workers. The blast happened about 7:20 a.m. Wednesday at T.A.C. East Inc. in an industrial area of East Chicago. City...

Indiana Fines ArcelorMittal $14K After Worker Dies in Train Accident

Jul 25 2019 // ArcelorMittal has been fined $14,000 after a steelworker died in an April train accident at the company’s Indiana Harbor steel mill in northwestern Indiana.The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the Indiana Department...

J.M. Wilson Promotes Tucker-Lorenz to Surety Underwriter in Indiana

Jul 24 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Shelly Tucker-Lorenz to surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office.With this new role, she is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and contract bonds, corresponding with...

J.M. Wilson Adds Lewton, Arens in Indiana

Jul 16 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Matt Lewton as transportation underwriter and Tyler Arens as assistant transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office.Lewton is...