All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 25 2004 // The New York Supreme Court recently affirmed the position of Rhode Island regulators that decisions on policy cancellations involving a rehabilitating insurer must be handled within their state rehabilitation court and not...
Oct 25 2004 // Alabama-based The Alfa Insurance Group and Alfa Corporation have commented on the effects of Hurricane Ivan. “Hurricane Ivan had a significant impact on certain counties in Alabama and created a large number of...
Oct 25 2004 // Infinity University has scheduled Education Expos across Florida in November with educational exhibits, CE classes, professional field underwriting classes and business sessions presented by Tom Freeland and Michael Hurst....
Oct 11 2004 // Cameras watching intersections to deter drivers from running red lights may have an unwanted side effect, an increase in rear-end collisions, some studies show. In some cases, drivers who fear they’ll be caught on...
Oct 11 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration approved the increase for 2005...
Oct 11 2004 // CompWest Insurance Company announced that it has been licensed as a workers’ compensation insurer by the California Department of Insurance, responding to the significant capacity shortage in the California market....
Oct 11 2004 // At a Department of Insurance rate hearing in San Francisco on Sept. 15, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau recommended that insurers raise workers’ comp rates by 3.5 percent in January 2005....
Oct 11 2004 // A class–action case before the Indiana Supreme Court tests the question of whether an insurer is obligated to pay not only the cost of repairs but also an additional amount for the “diminished value”...
Oct 11 2004 // Seventy–two fatal work injuries were recorded in Minnesota in 2003, a decrease of nine cases from 2002, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total...
Oct 11 2004 // Some southern Louisiana residents will see average rate hikes of 27 percent for homeowners insurance and some may pay 50 percent more, as a result of the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission’s approval of a new...
Oct 11 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission issued penalties totaling almost $2 million between Sept. 1, 2003 and Aug. 31, 2004, for administrative violations committed by system participants. A total of 2,195 Notices...
Oct 11 2004 // Despite improvements in construction and safety standards since Hurricane Andrew, damage to mobile homes in the paths of recent hurricanes was significant according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Oct 11 2004 // According to a joint federal and state survey, Florida workplaces had seven fewer fatal accidents in 2003 than the previous year, including a decrease in the number of Hispanic workers killed. The Census of Fatal...
Sep 20 2004 // Members of the Arson Task Force are investigating a recent Fairfax County house fire to see if it was the work of the Washington region’s serial arsonist. Firefighters were called to a single family home in the...
Sep 20 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and the Insurance Institute of Indiana recently filed an amicus brief in The City of South Bend, Ind. vs. Century Indemnity Company, et. al., to be heard by the...
Sep 20 2004 // Workers’ compensation premiums would increase an average of only 3.7 percent next year under a proposal issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). The increase is the lowest in three...
Sep 14 2004 // Indiana Supreme Court justices should carefully consider the impact that a class-action case regarding compensation for the diminished value of a vehicle could have on numerous insurance policies and premiums—and...
Sep 6 2004 // The Washington, D.C.-based National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA) announced that its 2004 national conference will be held Sept. 16-18 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Hundreds of independent agents,...
Sep 6 2004 // Allstate Texas Lloyds, an affiliate of the Allstate Corporation will issue refunds of 8.75 percent of the premium paid by its Texas home insurance customers for policies with effective dates from Sept. 7, 2003 through...
Sep 6 2004 // A Colorado hailstorm left farmers and residents with damage amounting to millions of dollars, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. The insurance industry estimated that the hailstorms that...