Latest Indiana Headlines

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12 Indiana Counties Report Tornadoes or Damage

Nov 18 2013 // Severe thunderstorms packing tornadoes and heavy winds rolled across Indiana on Sunday, injuring at least one person and causing widespread damage.Gov. Mike Pence said 12 counties reported either tornadoes or damage after...

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Selects Martin as CEO

Nov 18 2013 // Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance announced that Joseph A. Martin, the company’s current chief operating officer (COO) and senior vice president, marketing, has been selected after a nationwide search to serve as its...

Indiana Students Develop Plans to Fight Nature’s Fury

Nov 13 2013 // Jerzie Eagle and Liesl Elkin pointed to their topography map that showed the eight acres of flood-prone land around Carter and Murden streets in Kokomo, Ind.This is where their arboretum will go once the city tears down...

Bates Receives Indiana Insurance Agents’ Industry/Public Image Award

Nov 4 2013 // Mark Bates, from Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana in Crown Point, Ind., is the recipient of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana’s 2013 Harry P. Cooper, Jr. Industry/Public Image Award.This award is...

Indiana Sheriff Leery of Armed Teachers in Schools

Sep 27 2013 // A county sheriff told Indiana legislators he doesn’t believe school security would be improved by having teachers or principals carrying guns.Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing told a legislative committee about how his...

Midwest Politicians Work as Insurance Advocates

Sep 23 2013 // Three individuals who have worked in the insurance industry and now practice politics in the Midwest — Indiana State Representative Matt Lehman, Michigan State Senator David Robertson and U.S. Congressman Tom Latham...

Insurance Pros in Politics: Midwest Politicians Work as Insurance Advocates

Sep 10 2013 // Those who have worked in the insurance industry and now practice politics in the Midwest say they are able to provide valuable insight into policies and insurance laws that affect their state’s important industries...

Indiana Insurance Agent Promoting High School Fishing Clubs

Sep 6 2013 // Helping youth find their way onto lakes to fish. That’s what John Albertson, an insurance agent in Bloomington and youth director for Indiana B.A.S.S., is trying to accomplish.He’s actively seeking students...

SW Indiana Jury Sides With Couple in Malpractice Suit

Aug 28 2013 // A southwestern Indiana jury has sided with an Evansville couple who accused a local hospital and a doctor of causing their 9-year-old daughter’s severe brain injury and cerebral palsy. The Vanderburgh Circuit Court...

Indiana Sees Slight Decline in Workplace Deaths

Aug 27 2013 // The number of workplace deaths in Indiana declined in 2012 to the lowest level in the past two decades, according to a new report by the state Department of Labor.The report, released Aug. 22, said Indiana had 113 worker...

Indiana Lawmaker Wants to Lower Rates Homeowners Pay to Insurance Fund

Aug 27 2013 // A state lawmaker concerned about Indiana’s recent move to dip into a fund set aside for repairs to homes damaged by soil shifting above old coal mines wants the state’s insurance commissioner to lower the...

Indiana Motorcycle, Alcohol-Related Deaths Up

Aug 16 2013 // Researchers say Indiana roads were more deadly last year for motorcyclists and for people driving after drinking.The report by the Indiana University Public Policy Institute’s Center for Criminal Justice Research...

Insurers Sue for Losses from Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

Aug 15 2013 // Two years after the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse, new legal disputes are cropping up and victims are still working to recover.Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. and subsidiary AGCS Marine, which insured...

State Sues Indiana Bell for Suspending Injured Workers

Aug 8 2013 // The state has filed a lawsuit against AT&T’s Indiana operating unit, alleging it has a policy of suspending workers who report work-related injuries.The Indianapolis Business Journal reported the state Department...

Indiana’s Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Promotes Book, Thomas

Aug 7 2013 // Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Dan Book to the position of vice president – sales and Mitzi Thomas to vice president – marketing.Book joined Brotherhood Mutual in 1989 and was the...

Politics Driving Obamacare Premium Debate

Aug 7 2013 // With the Oct. 1 date for enrollment in the health insurance exchanges being created by Obamacare less than two months away, a war of numbers has been escalating.Health insurance will cost way less. Or it will cost way...

Buffett Attends Opening of New Indiana Geico Insurance Center

Jul 23 2013 // Billionaire investor Warren Buffett joined in a ceremony that marked the opening of a new customer service center for the Geico insurance company in suburban Indianapolis that’s expected to have as many as 1,200...

Indiana Melon Growers Face New FDA Rules after Salmonella Outbreak

Jul 12 2013 // Southwestern Indiana’s melon growers are facing new federal regulations following last year’s salmonella outbreak that killed three people who ate Indiana-grown cantaloupes.Workshops were recently held to...

Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual, Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Announce Affiliation

Jul 11 2013 // Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company and Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company announced on Wednesday that they have executed agreements to affiliate their respective companies.Once in effect, the...

South Indiana City Awaits FEMA Ruling on Floodplain Maps

Jul 9 2013 // A southern Indiana city is awaiting a federal agency’s decision on revised floodplain maps that could save more than 400 homeowners thousands of dollars each year in insurance costs. The Federal Emergency Management...