Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana Court: IBM Owes State More Than $70M in Automation Dispute

Jun 27 2019 // Indiana’s Supreme Court has decided IBM Corp. must pay the state more than $70 million over the company’s failed effort to automate much of the state’s welfare services. The court ruling upholds lower...

Weather Service Ups Weekend Tornado Count in Indiana to 10

Jun 20 2019 // Officials have confirmed that a 10th tornado struck Indiana as part of a weekend outbreak that damaged a school, a shopping mall and other buildings.The National Weather Service issued the update Tuesday, saying the latest...

Weather Service: 9 Confirmed Tornadoes Hit Central Indiana over Weekend

Jun 18 2019 // The National Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes struck Indiana, damaging a school and other buildings and downing trees. It says three EF2 tornadoes with winds up to 130 mph (210 kph) struck Greene, Monroe and...

Indiana Man Must Pay $427K to Victims in 2017 Carriage Crash

Jun 13 2019 // A northeastern Indiana man who pleaded guilty in a drunken-driving crash involving a horse-drawn carriage has been ordered to pay $427,000 in restitution to the crash victims.A Steuben County judge also sentenced...

Indiana Agencies McGowan Insurance and Jackson-McCormick Insurance Merge

Jun 7 2019 // Indiana-based independent insurance agencies McGowan Insurance Group and Jackson-McCormick Insurance have merged into one organization.McGowan is headquartered in Indianapolis and Jackson-McCormick has offices in Lebanon...

1 Dead After Tornadoes Leave Trail of Destruction Across Indiana, Ohio

May 29 2019 // A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured.The...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Indiana’s Cairnstone Financial

May 28 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Zionsville, Indiana-based Cairnstone Financial LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2010, Cairnstone Financial is a benefits consultant offering group...

Suits Filed Against Indiana Auto Dealerships Over Car-Buying Fees

May 3 2019 // Dozens of Indiana auto dealerships face lawsuits that accuse them of charging excessive fees to prepare sales-related documents.At least seven lawsuits, all pursuing class-action status, were filed in April, the...

New Suit Filed in Indiana Against USA Gymnastics Seeks Help for Abused Athletes

May 2 2019 // A new lawsuit filed in Indiana seeks to protect potentially thousands of abused gymnasts who might not have known about a deadline for filing claims against USA Gymnastics in the embattled group’s ongoing...

Indiana’s Walmart Stores East to Pay $10K to Resolve Charge of Discrimination

May 2 2019 // Walmart Stores East LP in Indianapolis, Indiana, will pay $10,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability charge filed by the Indianapolis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

As an Unelected Legal Organization Attempts to Rewrite Insurance Law, Indiana Legislators are Pushing Back

Apr 22 2019 // State legislatures, including Indiana’s General Assembly, are moving to protect themselves from an emerging version of legal “alternative facts” as yet another venerable American institution erodes its...

Indiana Bill Would Allow Money for School Alert Systems Statewide

Apr 15 2019 // Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is expected to sign a bill that would allow Indiana school districts to seek state money for alert systems to warn students and staff about emergencies.The bill would permit all 92 counties to...

Motorists File Suits over Damage from Potholes on I-69 in Indiana

Apr 15 2019 // Dozens of drivers have filed tort claims seeking money from the state of Indiana after their cars were damaged while driving on a 15-mile (24 kilometers), pothole-afflicted section of Interstate 69.The problematic stretch...

Indiana Company Recalls Melon Products Linked to Salmonella

Apr 15 2019 // An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the recall includes cut watermelon,...

Students from Eight Colleges Participate in Virtual Agency Competition

Apr 15 2019 // College students from eight universities recently formed teams and spent a month running a simulated insurance agency as part of a virtual online competition developed by PriSim War Games, a provider of computerized...

Indiana’s Give Away Goal:10,000 Smoke Alarms Within 2 Years

Mar 22 2019 // The state of Indiana has announced a free smoke alarm program with a goal of installing 10,000 of the lifesaving devices in homes within two years. The Get Alarmed program managed by the Indiana Fire Marshal offers up to...

Update: At Least 20 Injured in Indiana School Bus Crash

Mar 7 2019 // A school bus collided with a garbage truck in Indiana on Wednesday, seriously injuring one student and leaving 20 people hurt, authorities said.Preliminary information indicates that 18 students, the bus driver and the...

Police: 5 Hurt in Indiana Church Bus Crash; Driver Arrested, Charged with DWI

Feb 28 2019 // Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana. Indiana...

Indiana City Shares Responsibility for Crash That Killed 3, Lawsuit Says

Feb 21 2019 // A lawsuit says a northern Indiana city shares responsibility for a crash that killed two children and a man who were walking along a sidewalk. Authorities say Leonard Grosswiler was driving in August 2017 when his vehicle...

Business Moves

Feb 4 2019 // China Re, Chaucer, HanoverChina Reinsurance (Group) Corp. has completed the 100 percent equity acquisition of Chaucer Holdings Ltd. – the major portion of Hanover Insurance Group’s Lloyd’s international...