Latest Indiana Headlines

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

Business Moves

Feb 7 2011 // Hylant Group, Swartzel AffiliatedOhio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, and property/casualty insurance services provider Swartzel Affiliated Insurance Agency have merged. The companies’ announcement said the...

Main Street’s Hardest Hit Businesses

Feb 7 2011 // Agents across the country — except in Texas and neighboring states — agree that construction and related trades have been hardest hit by the recession. Restaurants appear to be the second hardest hit.In terms of lines...

Main Street America Introduces Personal Auto, Property Product to Grain Dealers Agents in Indiana

Jan 20 2011 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its Personal Auto MVP property and liability product via its network of nearly 100 Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company independent insurance agents throughout Indiana.Super...

Indiana Gov., Lawmakers Eyeing Bank Insurance Fund as Revenue Source

Dec 31 2010 // Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indiana lawmakers preparing to craft the state’s next two-year budget are eyeing an obscure bank insurance fund as a possible revenue source to close anticipated budget gaps.The Indianapolis...

Guggenheim to Reinsure Standard Life of Indiana in Reorganization

Dec 31 2010 // Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson announced that Guggenheim Life and Annuity Co. will reinsure policies originally issued by Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana, which has been in rehabilitation...

Insurer Covering Baby’s Surgery After Indiana Medicaid Denial

Dec 13 2010 // An Indiana infant born with a rare condition that likely would kill him by age 2 will receive a shot at a normal life after an insurance company said it will pay for an experimental procedure that the state’s...

Judge Orders $15M to Indiana Crash Victim’s Family

Dec 10 2010 // A federal judge has awarded $15 million to the family of one of four people killed in a 2005 crash on the Indiana Toll Road caused by a truck driver.District Judge Theresa Springmann found Net Trucking of Burbank, Ill.,...

Motorists Insurance Named Company of the Year by Indiana Agents Group

Dec 3 2010 // Motorists Insurance Co. was among those individuals and groups recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana at the agent group’s recent annual convention. The IIAI honored Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists...

Kauffman Installed as President of Indiana Agents Group

Dec 2 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana has installed Byron C. Kauffman as president of the organization for 2011.Kauffman is with Wetzel Insurance Agency Inc., North Manchester, Ind. Other officers installed for 2011...

Brown & Brown Acquires Indiana’s Mavum Consulting

Nov 24 2010 // National insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of Mavum Consulting, LLC and Mavum Risk Management, LLC of Indianapolis. With annualized revenues of approximately $1.3 million, Mavum Consulting and...

CIS Group Acquires Indiana’s Cornerstone Appraisal

Nov 22 2010 // CIS Group LLC, a subsidiary of CIS Holdings LLC and an affiliate of CEP, has completed its acquisition of Cornerstone Appraisal Services of Valparaiso, Indiana. This acquisition marks the third property inspection services...

People

Nov 14 2010 // J. Michael “Mike” Miley of Indiana-based Gibson Insurance Group was installed as chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). Miley began his insurance career...

2009 Workplace Injury, Illness Rates Tumble in Indiana

Nov 5 2010 // State officials say Indiana’s nonfatal workplace injury and illness rate tumbled 12 percent last year compared to 2008.The state Department of Labor says the rate of occupational illnesses and injuries dropped to 4.3...

Payback of Indiana Loans for Jobless to Hit Businesses

Nov 1 2010 // Indiana will begin paying millions of dollars in penalties and interest to the federal government next year because it has borrowed nearly $2 billion to pay for jobless benefits, an Indiana unemployment official said.Scott...

People

Nov 1 2010 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Danny R. Schamma to vice president, finance. He will direct the business planning process, oversee financial reporting and analysis, and...

Midwest Pummeled by Storms

Oct 28 2010 // A massive storm making its way through a big chunk of the United States brought a bit of everything: strong winds, rain, tornadoes and now even some snow for parts of the Midwest.The storm packed wind gusts of up to 81 mph...

Payback of Indiana Loans for Jobless to Hit Businesses

Oct 18 2010 // The state will begin paying millions of dollars in penalties and interest to the federal government next year because it has borrowed nearly $2 billion to pay for jobless benefits, an Indiana unemployment official...

People

Oct 18 2010 // Hylant Group, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, promoted Tammy Vaughn Cameron to vice president, marketing and branding. Cameron joined Hylant Group in 2006 as director of marketing and public relations. In this role, she...

Indiana Young Agent Receives Prestigious National Award

Oct 14 2010 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) presented the second annual Young Agents State Liaison of the Year award to Steve...

Robertson Selected to Lead Indiana Insurance Department

Oct 14 2010 // Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed Stephen Robertson as commissioner of the Department of Insurance (DOI). Robertson, who has served as DOI’s executive director since June, replaces Carol Cutter who passed away...