“That largely explains it,” Insurance Institute of Indiana and State Farm lobbyist Jon Zarich told a state House committee Feb. 21 in presenting an amendment at least one of them hadn’t seen. But his summary of the amended Senate Bill 164 omitted any mention that the proposed language would effectively strip away auto insurance policyholders’ right to assign insurance benefits to body shops.

High winds caused damage throughout the Chicago area Saturday night. Gusts were over 50 miles per hour in some locations.

No immediate relief is in sight for a swath of the Midwest where heavy rain, melting snow and rising rivers have shuttered schools, closed roads and prompted several evacuations.

Rob Manuszak was busy pumping out the basement of the little house he bought about a month ago at 1118 Emerson Ave. At the same time, South Bend Fire Department personnel were parked out front early Wednesday afternoon pulling people from their flooded homes just down the street that slopes toward the St. Joseph River.

A jury has found two Indianapolis men guilty on charges related to a corrupt business organization case. U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler’s office says the defendants swindled financial institutions and insurance companies out of more than $1.5 million.

A crash involving multiple semis closed I-65 near Seymour for several hours on Thursday as crews worked to clean up a chemical spill that later caught fire.

Ten people were forced from their east-side apartment building after an early Sunday fire sparked by a bad battery in a children’s toy. The fire at Mariner Apartments in the 2200 block of Harbor Drive started around 8:45 a.m., according to Indianapolis Fire Department.

A powerful storm with at least nine confirmed tornadoes tore roofs off factories, ripped away storefronts and destroyed homes across Indiana, Ohio and into Pennsylvania.

Severe weather returned to central Indiana on Sunday, and many counties were under watches and warnings for most of the afternoon through the evening hours. There was significant damage reported all throughout the area.

At least 10 apartments were damaged in a fire in New Albany Tuesday. The fire broke out at Kingsfield Apartments on Mills Lane shortly before 1 a.m.

Rita Deskins retired just weeks ago, but rather than spending the start of her retirement riding her bike through Franklin or relaxing, she’s spending it dealing with insurance companies and cleaning up dust from drywall.

A golf cart struck several pedestrians attending the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. Authorities arrested a 40-year-old man, identified as Noblesville resident Colonious Thomas, for an OWI following the incident.

The Porter County Health Department shut down Seven Peaks Waterpark Duneland in Porter on Monday after two children suffered chemical burns from the chlorine in the water of the children’s area when the park opened late last week, officials said.

Between 11% and 18% of injured workers in 15 states do not return to work within a year of their accident, a range that is in line with previous studies, according to reports released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Everything is big in Texas, including hailstorms. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said today that insurance claims for hail damage in Texas last year exceeded the previous two years combined.