Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana Insurance Hosts School Violence Seminar in Ohio, Oct. 23

Oct 18 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group and an insurer of public and private schools throughout the Midwest, is hosting a free, day-long seminar on Oct. 23, 2006, to help Ohio school officials develop better...

Ind. Protective Insurance Enters into Agreement with Paladin Catastrophe

Oct 18 2006 // Indianapolis-based Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Protective Insurance Company, has entered into an agreement with newly formed Paladin Catastrophe Management to produce property catastrophe...

Indiana’s Forethought Financial Names New CFO, General Counsel

Oct 10 2006 // Indianapolis-based Forethought Financial Group, Inc. today announced that K. Lowell Short, Jr. has joined the company as chief financial officer of Forethought Financial Group and president of the life insurance...

COUNTRYWIDE LAUNCHES AUTO PRODUCT IN ARIZONA

Oct 9 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s auto insurance product is now available to consumers in Arizona. Quotes can be obtained by calling a licensed auto insurance agent at...

U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Hilbert Appeal in Conseco Case

Oct 4 2006 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert’s appeal of a judge’s order that he repay the company more than $80 million in stock loans.While Hilbert has at least one other...

Indiana Insurance Honored at Applied Systems Conference

Oct 2 2006 // Indiana Insurance is among the Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional companies whose achievements in advancing interface technology were honored recently by Applied Systems and its client network, ASCnet, at the 2006...

It Figures

Sep 4 2006 // 1 million Enrollment in insured HMO benefit plans declined again in 2005, dropping below 1 million, the lowest level since 1985. Premium revenue increases slowed and profitability for HMOs decreased from its peak in 2004....

The Commissioners

Sep 4 2006 // Indiana Insurance Director Jim Atterholt is focused on bringing more insurance companies to his state. Atterholt said the current Indiana governor has a strong pro-business philosophy and has made “growing insurance...

TENN. AGENT IN BATTLE

Sep 4 2006 // KENTUCKY’S JENNINGS Interview with former regulator INSURANCE GLAMOUR How to grab college grads

Ind. War Protestor Asked for Insurance Proof to Continue Protests

Aug 29 2006 // A northern Indiana woman who stages weekly protests against the war in Iraq says county officials are infringing on free speech rights by asking her to show proof of insurance to continue her protests.The Porter County...

Ind. WellPoint Offers Product in All States to Largest Employers, Individuals

Aug 29 2006 // Indianpolis-based WellPoint, Inc. recently announced that it will make its new consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) products and services available in all states and to all markets, from the largest national employer to an...

Mo. Judge Allows Sponsor of Law into Voter ID Case

Aug 29 2006 // The legislator who handled the new law requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls was allowed to step into the court battle Monday.Missouri’s Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan permitted Sen. Delbert...

Forum Focuses on Impact of Illegal Immigrants on Ind. Medical Care

Aug 24 2006 // A doctor who oversees a northern Indiana emergency room told a panel of Republican congressmen that he did not believe tightening border security to slow illegal immigration would do much to stem the troubles faced by...

Ind. Economic Development, University Team Up to Boost Insurance Jobs

Aug 24 2006 // Indianapolis-based Ball State University has announced plans to transform a downtown office space into a high-tech, interactive education, research, information and outreach center that will offer educational opportunities...

Ind. Man Convicted of Wife’s Hot Tub Death

Aug 23 2006 // It took jurors only three hours earlier this week before returning the guilty verdict against Michael B. Smith, 61, after hearing 10 days of testimony.Prosecutors maintained that Smith killed his 55-year-old wife, Linda,...

Ind. Police Dog Shot to Death Being Replaced, Insurance Doesn’t Cover Bill

Aug 18 2006 // An Ind. police dog handler who was attacked by his last canine will soon have a new dog.Officer Jeff Dunscomb’s dog was fatally shot by Tippecanoe County Sheriff Smokey Anderson in July after it bit the officer...

Ind. Conseco Names New CEO

Aug 11 2006 // Carmel, Ind.-based Conseco, Inc. has named C. James Prieur as its new CEO, effective Sept. 7, the insurer said.Prieur, who was president and CEO of Sun Life Financial, replaces former top Conseco executive William S....

Three Managed Care Groups Get $4.4 Billion for Hoosier Healthwise

Aug 8 2006 // Approximately 535,000 Indiana residents enrolled in the Hoosier Healthwise insurance program will gain more choices for their medical care on Jan. 1, 2007 through three managed care organizations, Indiana state officials...

Ind. Conseco Shares Fall on 2nd Quarter Losses, Change in Outlook

Aug 7 2006 // Carmel, Ind.-based Conseco Inc. stock fell after the company swung to a second-quarter loss and trimmed its full-year outlook.The weak results were partly due to higher-than-expected claims in the insurance holding...

ETHAN ALLEN CAPSIZING IN N.Y. BLAMED ON TOO MANY PASSENGERS

Aug 7 2006 // The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the capsizing of the Ethan Allen on New York’s Lake George last October was that it carried 48 persons when it should have carried...