Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana AG Shuts Down Companies Masquerading as State Agency

Jul 7 2009 // Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced that Marion County Superior Court has issued a permanent injunction against Indiana Corporate Compliance, International Corporate Compliance Inc. and Papillon Global...

Indiana Insurance Commissioner Atterholt Moves to Utility Board

Jul 6 2009 // Indiana Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Jim Atterholt has been appointed to serve on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) and former DOI Chief Deputy Commissioner Carol Cutter will now lead the...

Indiana, Missouri Ban New Business from Universal Casualty

Jul 6 2009 // Indiana ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurer Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business practices,” according...

Indiana Warns Insurance Agents About Potential Scam

Jul 2 2009 // Indiana Department of Insurance has issued a warning to Indiana licensed agents to be aware of a potential scam targeting them.The Department has received reports from other states that individuals have been calling their...

New Indiana Laws Include Teen Driver Cell Phone Ban

Jun 29 2009 // Indiana drivers under age 18 will soon be breaking the law if they use a cell phone while driving, as will school bus drivers who fail to make sure all students are off the bus at the end of their routes.The new laws,...

Indiana Governor Warns Government Shutdown Possible

Jun 29 2009 // Gov. Mitch Daniels has said he was prepared to keep essential services such as public safety running if lawmakers do not pass a budget by midnight June 30, but warned that most of state government would shut down.Daniels...

Indiana Joins Missouri in Banning New Business from Universal Casualty

Jun 19 2009 // Indiana has ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurance company Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business...

Indiana Insurance Commissioner to Become a Utility Regulator

Jun 18 2009 // Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Jim Atterholt to serve on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). Atterholt will fill the vacancy left by the resignation of...

Beware Twitter Users: Tweets Can Raise Publicity Legal Issues

Jun 10 2009 // “As exhilarating as social networking tools like Twitter can be, they also raise a variety of legal issues concerning the right of publicity,” says intellectual property attorney Jonathan Faber.An Indiana...

Indiana Insurance Veteran Named Insurance Professional of the Year

Jun 10 2009 // Roanoke, Ind.-based American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., announced that Taffy F. Troup, the company’s senior vice president of Administration...

Ameriana Bank to Purchase Indiana’s Chapin-Hayworth Insurance

May 27 2009 // Indiana’s Ameriana Insurance Agency, a subsidiary of Ameriana Bank, has agreed to purchase the book of business of the Chapin-Hayworth Insurance Agency Inc., a multi-line property/casualty insurance agency located in...

Indiana Police Officer Faces Insurance Fraud Charge

May 26 2009 // A St. Joseph County, Ind., police officer who allegedly crashed a rental car while doing emergency driving moves he had recently learned at the police academy has been charged with conspiracy to commit insurance...

Indiana Teachers’ Insurance Trust Hopes to Unload Debt

May 18 2009 // Indiana’s largest teachers union is working to untangle its insurance trust from millions of dollars in liabilities while the state and the FBI investigate whether fund managers did something more than make risky...

No Resolution on Credit Scores

May 18 2009 // The use of credit scores by insurance companies in rating methodologies continues to be unresolved in several Midwest states, as evidenced by ongoing court battles and legislative actions aimed at tweaking existing...

Indiana Lawmakers Eliminate Policy Re-rate Mandate

May 18 2009 // The Indiana General Assembly has removed a provision in Indiana law requiring insurance companies to re-rate an insurance policy at least once every three years based on current credit information.The decision to re-run...

Ratings: Allstate, Arrowhead, Nat’l. Lloyd’s/Summit, ISMIE Mutual, Greenville Casualty, Un. Farm Indiana

May 13 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A-‘ senior debt rating on Allstate Corp.’s (ALL) recently priced senior debt issue. S&P also affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty...

Indiana General Assembly Eliminates Credit Mandate for Insurers

May 5 2009 // The Indiana General Assembly has passed House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1246, which removes a provision in Indiana law requiring insurance companies to re-rate an insurance policy at least once every three years based on current...

Indiana Legislation Penalizes ID Thieves

May 1 2009 // An Indiana bill that would strengthen protections against identity theft is poised to win final approval from the Indiana General Assembly and move to the governor’s desk.House Enrolled Act 1121, the identity-theft...

Employers May Face Tax Hikes Under Indiana Jobless Fund Proposal

Apr 22 2009 // Employers would pay higher taxes under a revised proposal Indiana House Democrats presented as a way to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund.The taxes employers would pay into the fund overall would be...

Firm Charged With Fraud in Indiana Gets Off With Fines, Fees

Apr 20 2009 // The owner of a Florida-based repair company accused of faking hail damage to drum up business after a 2006 storm in Indiana agreed to $660 in fines and fees in return for dropped charges, prosecutors say. Indianapolis,...