All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2009 // An amendment inserted into Indiana House Bill 1447 would reduce the amount some citizens of that state would be billed by fire departments responding to emergencies.The insurance industry trade association, Insurance...
Apr 6 2009 // Prosecutors in Indianapolis, Ind., have dropped insurance fraud charges against a Florida-based repair company accused of faking hail damage to drum up business after a 2006 storm.Instead, CPM Construction President Joseph...
Apr 2 2009 // Northumberland, Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group has hired five new executives and restructured its top management team in a move aimed at boosting growth and enhancing services, the company said.Ralph Sitterson,...
Mar 27 2009 // Ron Kurth, who grew up in Gary, Ind., and worked in the steel mills, raised his family in the region near the outskirts of Chicago. He always wondered about the smoke and smog that overcast the Lake Michigan...
Mar 25 2009 // A money manager accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash took another financial hit when an Indiana judge ordered him to pay nearly $600,000 in restitution and fines.Under the administrative law judge’s...
Mar 16 2009 // Indiana health officials say most of Monroe County’s swimming pools, spas and whirlpools don’t comply with a new federal law requiring them to be fitted with special drain covers to prevent children from...
Mar 16 2009 // Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. in Fort Wayne, Indiana announced several changes to its board of directors including naming Mark Robison, president and CEO, as named chairman of the board.James Blum, who retired from his...
Mar 3 2009 // Giant insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired an Indiana-based agency with $1.3 million in revenues. Brown & Brown acquired the assets of One Source Insurance, Inc. of Noblesville, which sells individual...
Feb 23 2009 // Jurors in Indiana have awarded a Lafayette woman $157 million in a lawsuit against the makers of a tree stand that malfunctioned, resulting in her husband’s death.Jurors deliberated for about an hour before reaching...
Feb 5 2009 // Drivers in Indiana could not use handheld cell phones or texting devices under legislation endorsed by a state House committee. The House Public Policy Committee approved the bill by Democratic Rep. Vanessa Summers of...
Jan 30 2009 // Morgan County teacher Angela Williams tries to maintain order in her special education classroom by keeping students from talking out or leaving their seats without permission. But she said she often hears a disturbing...
Jan 26 2009 // An administrative law judge in Indianapolis on Friday permanently revoked the Indiana insurance license of a financial adviser accused of bilking investors before trying to fake his death in a Florida plane crash.Judge...
Dec 18 2008 // Mark Wobbe has been named property/casualty practice leader for Gibson Insurance Group. Wobbe will provide risk management and insurance services to business clients and will lead the firm’s technology and life...
Dec 4 2008 // A report shows that torrential rain, not a dam malfunction, caused the flooding in June that affected one of every seven structures in Columbus, Ind. A report from the U.S. Geological Survey summarized reasons for the...
Nov 30 2008 // State Auto, Rockhill Insurance GroupState Automobile Mutual Insurance Company has agreed to acquire Rockhill Insurance Group of Kansas City, Mo. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2009, subject to approval by...
Nov 30 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Indiana Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Midwest...
Nov 19 2008 // The number of Indiana motorists colliding with deer is on the rise despite state-sanctioned hunts intended to bring down their numbers.Deer-vehicle accidents in Indiana are up 25 percent since 2003 compared with 15 percent...
Nov 14 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Indiana Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Midwest...
Nov 14 2008 // J. Scott Penny, regional executive vice president of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Frederick W. “Fred” McClaine, B. Michael Haffey and Ronald L. “Ron” Smith, principals of Agency Associates, Inc.,...
Oct 13 2008 // The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday, October 10 ordered opened to the public hundreds of pages of documents that had been sealed at the request of corporations involved in an insurance dispute. The case, Travelers Casualty...