All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2006 // While you may not be able to avoid Mother Nature, having a contingency plan can help a company to mitigate loss. A contingency plan should include steps before a loss occurs, emphasized Mel Bangs, director of risk...
May 22 2006 // Ominous Trend: Growth of municipal accident response feesAcross the country and in most Midwestern states, insurance companies are facing the growing phenomenon of cash-strapped municipalities billing insurers for police...
Apr 21 2006 // A pastor whose soldier son died in Iraq was charged with spending $250,000 in insurance money meant for the soldier’s young daughter.Prosecutors said Janie Lee Espinoza spent all the cash on cars, jewelry, a Florida...
Apr 20 2006 // The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will begin a series of 13 public meetings over the next seven weeks to discuss the issue of uninsured Indiana residents.The meetings will begin the first week of May...
Apr 19 2006 // Erie Insurance Group has announced that is is providing contact information to its policyholders who have suffered damages as a result of the recent hail storms in Indiana. In its writtend statement, Erie Insurance...
Apr 14 2006 // More than a half-million people in Indiana have jobs but no health insurance, and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is trying to determine what, if anything, should be done about it.Agency officials...
Apr 5 2006 // The Insurance Institute of Indiana and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies applauded the decision by the Indiana Supreme Court to deny transfer on a case filed against the Indiana Compensation Rating...
Apr 3 2006 // A high-profile litigator in Moss Point, Miss., said a whistleblower is helping him build a case against insurers that allegedly denied thousands of claims from policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
Mar 29 2006 // A joint effort between the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and the Insurance Institute of Indiana has resulted in regulatory relief for commercial insurers in Indiana.Insurance companies providing...
Mar 22 2006 // The Indiana Supreme Court refused to hear Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert’s appeal of a judge’s order that he repay the insurance company more than $80 million in stock loans.The refusal clears the way for...
Mar 21 2006 // An insurance broker who took money from elderly investors to cover his gambling addiction was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, a federal prosecutor said.Majid Aziz, 41, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was...
Mar 21 2006 // Despite a short, 60-day session and the House having a tight 51-49 split, the recently completed session of the Indiana General Assembly ended on a high note for insurers, according to the American Insurance...
Mar 20 2006 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced she will stop sending insurance agents’ fingerprints to a national repository, just days after a bill backed by the state’s independent agents that...
Mar 20 2006 // Charles F. Taylor, CPCU, ARe, has joined ISU International as regional sales manager in ISU’s Indianapolis office, announced T.J. Ryan, III, president.The ISU Group is a national network comprised of 90 select...
Mar 20 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, Los Angeles, has begun serving civil summons and complaints on Redding, Calif.-based auto glass company Onsight Auto Glass and its owner. Farmers is accusing the company of taking part in a...
Mar 16 2006 // The session wasn’t easy or pretty for insurers, but the 2006 Indiana General Assembly concluded at midnight Tuesday with significant insurance-related successes, according to the National Association of Mutual...
Mar 6 2006 // A farm mutual tax bill introduced by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana recently passed the Indiana General Assembly.According to a written...
Feb 22 2006 // Nationally-recognized expert on insurance markets and regulation, Scott Harrington, Ph.D., and Alan B. Miller, professor of the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, will discuss “Federal Charters for...
Feb 15 2006 // Michael B. Smith, 61, of Trafalgar, Indiana appeared in court this week to be formally charged with strangling his wife, Linda, in their hot tub in November 2003.Investigators said that Smith was facing financial troubles...
Feb 13 2006 // Susan Fuldauer, a public relations director for Indiana-based American Income Life, has thrown her hat into the ring in a challenge for the seat of Republican Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma.The Marion County Democratic...