Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana-Based Health Network Settles Medicare Fraud Case, Agrees to Pay $345 Million

Dec 21 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis-based health network has agreed to pay the government $345 million to resolve charges it defrauded Medicare by overpaying doctors who referred patients to its facilities, prosecutors...

HDI Global Acquires Indiana Lubermens Insurance Company

Dec 21 2023 // HDI Global Insurance Company (HDI) has acquired Indiana Lumbermens Insurance Company (ILIC), a subsidiary of Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM). HDI has purchased one hundred percent (100%) of the...

Goldman Sachs Asset Management Acquires Indiana-Based MGA DOXA Insurance Holdings

Nov 8 2023 // DOXA Insurance Holdings announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The Fort Wayne, Indiana-based MGA said the investment will help fuel its ongoing acquisition...

Indiana Woman Arrested After Driving Car Into Building She Thought Was `Israel School`

Nov 8 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A woman who allegedly drove her car into a building in Indianapolis after watching coverage of the Israel-Hamas war told officers she believed the building was an “Israel school,”...

Ohio Law Applies in Insurance Dispute over Superfund Remediation Costs, Court Rules

Nov 3 2023 // Ohio law must be used to resolve an insurance dispute involving a polluted site in Michigan caused by manufacturing companies based in Ohio and Indiana, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.The 5-2 decision may force...

Indiana Teenager Killed in Tree-Trimming Mishap as Log Shifts and Strikes Him

Sep 27 2023 // MONTPELIER, Ind. (AP) – A teenager working for a tree-trimming service died in northeastern Indiana when a log rolled out of a trailer and struck him, authorities said.Braeden Depew, 18, of Kokomo was pronounced dead at...

Indiana Workplace Officials Investigate Death of Man Injured While Working on Machine at Evansville Plant

Sep 22 2023 // EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a southwestern Indiana man this week after he was injured at an Evansville plant.Christopher L. Payton, 59, died Monday after he suffered...

Indiana Attorney General Sues State’s Largest Hospital System Over Privacy of Ohio Girl Who Traveled for Abortion

Sep 19 2023 // NDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana`s attorney general has sued the state`s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an...

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Litigation Financing

Aug 7 2023 // In insurance defense attorney Dennis Kass’ world, litigation financing firms lurk behind the scenes, pushing plaintiffs to undergo as much treatment as possible so lawyers can maximize the value of claims.“In a...

Litigation Financing: A Dangerous Game or Levels the Courtroom Playing Field?

Jul 25 2023 // In insurance defense attorney Dennis Kass’ world, litigation financing firms lurk behind the scenes, pushing plaintiffs to undergo as much treatment as possible so lawyers can maximize the value of claims.“In a...

Insurtech Honeycomb Given Approval to Write Policies in Indiana

Jul 5 2023 // The Indiana Department of Insurance has given Honeycomb Insurance approval to write policies statewide. The digital insurer has built proprietary technology offering comprehensive insurance coverage for apartment...

Indiana Department of Insurance Launches Site for Reporting Cybersecurity Events

Jun 30 2023 // The Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) launched a new online form for insurers and entities to cybersecurity events.The online form can be found on IDOI’s website. “If an insurer and/or other licensed...

Tornado and Other Severe Weather Kill 3, Damage Homes, and Knock Out Power in Multiple States

Jun 27 2023 // SHOALS, Ind. (AP) – A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house there as severe weather rumbled through several states.The...

Indiana Community Hospital Sued for Disability Discrimination

Jun 21 2023 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a suit it filed against Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc., operators of Community Hospital, located in Munster, Indiana, for failing to accommodate...

Man Arrested for Setting Fire in Lobby of Indiana Jail

Jun 14 2023 // CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) – A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with arson for walking into a northwestern Indiana jail, pouring an accelerant on the floor and starting a small fire, a sheriff said.The man...

Indiana Food Distributor Agrees to $709K Settlement Over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

May 25 2023 // Kenneth O. Lester Company, Inc., doing business as PFG Customized Distribution – Indiana, will pay $709,971 in monetary relief and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal sex discrimination lawsuit...

Indiana Man Charged With Arson in Fire That Destroyed Century-Old Building

May 22 2023 // EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – A southwestern Indiana man allegedly set a fire that gutted a building more than 100 years old that was listed decades ago on the National Register of Historic Places, police said.Charles...

BP Subsidiary to Pay Record $40M Penalty Over Lake Michigan Refinery Pollution Violations

May 19 2023 // A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan, Biden administration...

Illinois and Indiana Latest States to Address Public Adjuster Reforms

May 18 2023 // Illinois became the latest state to pass public adjuster reform legislation when the Illinois Public Adjuster bill (SB 1495) passed both houses of the legislature and will move on to the governor. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb...

BP Unit to Pay Record $40M to Settle Air Pollution Civil Charges

May 17 2023 // A subsidiary of BP will pay a record-setting $40 million penalty to settle civil U.S. charges that its Indiana-based oil refinery violated federal laws aimed at curbing emissions of cancer-causing benzene in wastewater and...