All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...