Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana Homeowners Fear Flood Insurance Sticker Shock

Feb 21 2014 // Homeowner Wally Cantrell’s finished basement was destroyed in the June 2008 flood in Columbus, Ind., but his flood insurance policy helped cover a good bit of the repairs.Now, Cantrell wonders if he will soon face a...

Indiana Appeals Court Says Contractors Don’t Owe Damages in Courthouse Fire

Feb 11 2014 // The Indiana state appeals court says contractors don’t have to pay a southern Indiana county part of the cost of repairing its historic courthouse following a 2009 fire.The court last week upheld a lower court ruling...

Home Insurer Universal P&C to Enter Indiana, Minnesota, Delaware

Feb 6 2014 // Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPCIC), headquartered in Florida, has applied to expand into Indiana, Minnesota and Delaware. UPCIC is one of the leading writers of homeowners insurance in Florida and a...

Indiana Man at 90: Insurance Agent, Crossing Guard

Feb 5 2014 // Norman Horrar has a full-time job, which at 90 years old is impressive in its own right.But Norm, as his friends call him, is an agent with Callaway Insurance. He also works part time as a crossing guard for the city of...

Florida Home Insurer Universal P&C to Enter Indiana, Minnesota, Delaware

Feb 4 2014 // Florida-based Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPCIC) has applied to expand into Indiana, Minnesota and Delaware. UPCIC is one of the leading writers of homeowners insurance in Florida and a fully licensed...

Indiana Jury Acquits Manager in 2009 Fire at Concert Hall

Feb 2 2014 // The former manager of a southern Indiana concert hall has been found not guilty on charges that he set a 2009 fire that destroyed the venue.The Herald-Times reports a Brown County jury acquitted James Bowyer of Morgantown...

Allstate Insurance to Expand in Midwest with New Agencies

Jan 9 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to appoint new agency owners in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio this year.The company plans to appoint 21 new insurance agency owners in Indiana. Additionally, Allstate’s new and...

Nearly 300 Storm Damage Reports in Lafayette, Indiana Area

Dec 20 2013 // Authorities in Indiana have compiled nearly 300 reports of damage from last month’s tornado-packed storms in the Lafayette area as they work to boost Indiana’s appeal for federal disaster aid.Tippecanoe County...

Indiana Asks for More Damage Reports from November Storm

Dec 16 2013 // The Indiana Department of Homeland Security and local county emergency management agencies are renewing a call for people who sustained damage to homes or businesses to report it online as the state prepares to appeal the...

Indiana Judge Dismisses Unions from Burned Man’s Compensation Suit

Dec 16 2013 // An eastern Indiana judge has dismissed two unions from a lawsuit against a transportation company, an insurance agency and several insurers filed by a man badly burned when he fell into a tank of chemicals heated to about...

FEMA Rejects Major Disaster Declaration for Indiana

Dec 13 2013 // Gov. Mike Pence says the federal government has rejected Indiana’s request that Howard County be declared a major disaster area because of damage from last month’s tornadoes and severe storms. Pence said he has...

Wounded Indianapolis Officer Sues Seller of Gun Used to Shoot Him

Dec 13 2013 // An Indianapolis police officer’s lawsuit against the original seller of a handgun later used to wound him might have to overcome a state law in Indiana that gives gun sellers significant immunity.The lawsuit filed...

Indiana Steelworkers Await High Court Ruling on Pay for Donning Protective Gear

Dec 10 2013 // A group of Indiana steelworkers is awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision on when the clock starts on their shifts at U.S. Steel Gary Works.The nation’s highest court recently heard arguments in a case filed by eight...

Lawsuits Challenging Obamacare Cite Religion, Tax Issues

Dec 5 2013 // Hours after the University of Notre Dame filed a religious challenge to the U.S. health-care overhaul in Indiana federal court, a judge in Washington heard arguments in a lawsuit assailing tax provisions of the statute.The...

50-Plus Tornadoes Pummel Midwest in Late Season Outbreak

Dec 2 2013 // In a rare late season outbreak, more than 50 tornadoes blasted across Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. on Nov. 17. Preliminary estimates by the catastrophe modeling firm RMS put insured losses from the...

People – Midwest

Dec 2 2013 // Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance announced that Joseph A. Martin, the company’s current chief operating officer (COO) and senior vice president of marketing, has been selected after a nationwide search to serve as its...

Costs per Claim of Medical Care for Injured Workers in Indiana High, Rising

Nov 25 2013 // The costs per claim of medical care to treat injured workers in Indiana were higher than most states and growing rapidly, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The report,...

Indiana Businesses Work to Recover from Tornadoes

Nov 22 2013 // Dan May has already found a location to temporarily set up his law office and his daughter’s art gallery that were destroyed by a tornado that swept through Kokomo, Ind., but he’s concerned about what other...

Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana Installs Officers for 2014

Nov 20 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana Inc. (Indiana Big “I”) has installed its slate of officers for 2014.The executive committee leadership team for the Indiana Big “I” for 2014 is: President...

Insured Loss for Midwest’s Rare November Tornadoes Could Top $1B: RMS

Nov 19 2013 // The Nov. 17 tornadoes in the Midwest could become the insurance industry’s first billion-dollar severe weather event to occur in November, according to catastrophe modeling firm RMS.According to Matthew Nielsen, RMS...