Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana’s United Health Actuarial Services Acquired by Risk Strategies

Jan 23 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired United Health Actuarial Services Inc. (UHAS), a health actuarial, management, and underwriting consulting firm based...

ONI Risk Partners Acquires Indiana’s MBAH Insurance

Jan 11 2019 // ONI Risk Partners (ONI), headquartered in Indianapolis, is acquiring MBAH Insurance (MBAH), a Lafayette, Indiana-based insurance agency that has been in operation for more than 90 years.The MBAH team joins ONI’s...

Midwest Legislative Priorities Include No-Fault Auto, Distracted Driving, Contractor Fraud, Tort Reform

Jan 7 2019 // With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the insurance industry and business interests — are sure to be a target for legislative...

Indiana’s Governor Still Against Legalizing Marijuana, Medical or Otherwise

Jan 4 2019 // Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb remains opposed to efforts by state lawmakers to allow medical or recreational marijuana in the state, even such uses are becoming legal in a growing number of other states.The Republican governor...

Indiana’s Worley Claims Services Buys Dallas’ Replacement Source of America

Jan 3 2019 // Fishers, Indiana-based insurance claims services provider, Worley Claims Services LLC (Worley) has acquired Replacement Source of America Inc. (ReSource), headquartered in Dallas.ReSource is a contents services company...

Indiana Fines Texas Trucking Company over Fish Kill

Jan 3 2019 // Indiana regulators are seeking a more than $12,000 fine against a Texas trucking company accused of causing a fish kill in eastern Indiana.The Indiana Department of Environmental Management recently issued a notice of...

Animal Advocates Speak Out After Lion Kills Intern at North Carolina Zoo

Jan 2 2019 // The fatal mauling of a zoo intern by a lion that escaped from a locked pen illustrates the need for North Carolina regulators to crack down on unaccredited exhibitors of dangerous animals, animal welfare advocates said...

Indiana Gets $521K Federal Grant for Statewide Smoke Detector Installations

Dec 18 2018 // Indiana has received more than a half-million dollars in federal funding to kick off a campaign to install 10,000 smoke detectors in homes around the state.The State Fire Marshal’s office will use the $521,000 to...

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Dec 17 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) hired Anthony W. Dunn as vice president, overseeing the internal audit function for the company and its subsidiaries.Dunn has 20 years of experience in the...

Indiana Officer Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $50K

Dec 14 2018 // Records show a former western Indiana police officer who appealed his firing has accepted $50,000 to settle a 2015 federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. The Tribune-Star reports Jonathan Stevens signed an...

Jury Awards Indiana Doctor $112M in Medtronic Royalties Dispute

Dec 5 2018 // A northern Indiana jury has awarded a doctor $112 million in his dispute with medical device maker Medtronic over devices he invented and sold to the company.A Marshall County jury found in Dr. Rick C. Sasso’s favor...

J.M. Wilson Adds Henard as Commercial Bond Underwriter in Indiana

Nov 29 2018 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has hired Aimee Henard as a commercial bond underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office.Henard is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and...

Indiana Man Suffers Brain Injuries, Seeks Damages

Nov 26 2018 // A northwestern Indiana man alleges in a federal lawsuit that he suffered a traumatic brain injury when a police officer ran a red light and struck his vehicle in 2016.Carlos Gallegos-Esqueda of Hammond is suing the Lake...

Opioids, Tobacco Caused 14K Indiana Fatalities in 2017, Reports Say

Nov 19 2018 // Opioids and tobacco claimed the lives of 14,200 Indiana residents last year, costing the state $12.6 billion in health care expenses, lost productivity and other economic damages, two new reports say.The studies released...

Ambulatory Centers’ Surgery Costs Below Hospitals’, Workers’ Comp Research Finds

Nov 15 2018 // There is new evidence that ambulatory surgery centers are less expensive for certain surgeries than hospitals.Payments for similar knee and shoulder surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) were lower...

ISMIE Mutual Insurance Partners with Osteopathic Associations on MPL Program

Nov 13 2018 // Chicago-based ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., has partnered with the Indiana Osteopathic Association (IOA) and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA) on a medical professional liability insurance...

DOI: Workers’ Comp Rates in Indiana to Drop Again Next Year

Oct 19 2018 // Businesses in Indiana can expect to pay less for workers’ compensation insurance coverage next year, continuing a trend that has been ongoing for several years.Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has approved...

Fiery Indiana Freight Derailment Blamed on Buckled Track

Oct 17 2018 // Officials say a buckled stretch of track is believed to have caused a fiery freight train derailment in southwestern Indiana that belched black smoke into the sky and forced the evacuation of nearby homes.The Evansville...

Indiana Complex Damaged by Tornado Reopens

Oct 5 2018 // A central Indiana apartment complex ravaged by a 2016 tornado has reopened its first renovated units more than two years after that storm.About three dozen one-bedroom units reopened last week in one building at Park Place...

BusinessFirst Insurance OK’d to Offer Workers’ Comp in Indiana

Oct 2 2018 // BusinessFirst Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Indiana Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation insurance coverage in the state, the company announced.Appointed...