May 15, 2013
IBJ StaffGeorge Bowman, 43, and Traci L. Bowman, 42, are accused of falsifying purchase records and fraudulently filing insurance claims
for expensive construction equipment they never purchased.
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May 14, 2013
Greg AndrewsOutside observers cast the departures of Lenox Baker, Sheila Burke and Susan Bayh as a positive that will allow new CEO Joseph
Swedish to recast the board.
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May 13, 2013
Bloomberg NewsLenox Baker, Sheila Burke and Susan Bayh resigned from the board effective immediately, Indianapolis-based WellPoint said
Monday in a regulatory filing.
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May 13, 2013
Rather than raising prices on private health insurers to make up for inadequate payments from the government, hospitals across
the country have been raising prices just because they can, according to a new study.
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May 11, 2013
Greg AndrewsA federal bankruptcy judge has slapped down an Anderson church that attempted to blame its bank for a failed scheme to finance
church upgrades by buying life insurance policies on its elderly members.
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May 7, 2013
J.K. WallThe appointment is the first high-profile post that Braly, 51, has accepted since she was ousted from the top spot at the
Indianapolis-based health insurer in August.
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May 7, 2013
Mason KingFive of the six Hoosier firms that appear in the 2013 rankings slipped from their positions in last year's list of the largest
U.S. companies.
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May 2, 2013
J.K. WallThe bull market boosted first-quarter profit at Baldwin & Lyons Inc. to a record high, even though the property and casualty
insurer’s core business lost ground.
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April 30, 2013
Associated PressThe question of whether Indiana will expand Medicaid is now back in Gov. Mike Pence's hands, after lawmakers wrapped up
their session without mandating he expand coverage under the federal health care law or suggesting the route he should take.
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April 29, 2013
J.K. WallAccording to one estimate, the Indianapolis-based health insurer will shed $400 million in pre-tax profits by 2017.
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April 24, 2013
IBJ StaffCNO Financial Group Inc. posted much lower earnings in the first quarter after suffering a $57.2 million loss in the period
on the extinguishment of debt.
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April 24, 2013
J.K. WallJoe Swedish, who took the helm of the Indianapolis-based health insurer a month ago, threw cold-water Wednesday on widespread
speculation that he will lead the company through a wave of buying hospitals and medical practices.
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April 24, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based health insurer easily beat Wall Street's expectations for earnings in the first quarter and revenue
rose 15 percent.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressMany investors expect the health care overhaul's coverage expansions to affect WellPoint more than other insurers.
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April 15, 2013
J.K. WallProponents of a Medicaid expansion in Indiana are playing up the economic boost the state and its businesses could see from
the expansion of health insurance coverage called for by President Obama’s health reform law.
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April 15, 2013
J.K. WallMike Ripley, a health care lobbyist for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, talked about the business group’s
views on a proposed expansion of coverage by the Indiana Medicaid program. As it stands now, the 2013 Indiana budget bill
includes a plan passed by the Senate as Senate Bill 551, which would have OK’d the Pence administration to negotiate
a block grant deal with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand Medicaid coverage via a program like the
Healthy Indiana Plan. When that bill was altered in the House to remove the block grant concept, the Chamber dropped its support.
The altered House bill is now dead, and the original Senate plan has been added to the budget bill. Its ultimate fate is still
unknown
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April 11, 2013
IBJ Staff, Indiana Lawyer StaffThe Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a $14.5 million award of damages against State Farm Insurance to a Fishers-based
construction firm. The award is one of the largest defamation awards in U.S. history, according to the court.
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April 11, 2013
Bloomberg NewsIndiana, Michigan and South Carolina saw the steepest declines in employer-backed coverage from 2000 to 2011, according to
a study released Thursday.
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April 6, 2013
J.K. WallBrian and Emily Kahn had virtually identical physical therapy. He paid much more than she did. Why? Because of where the therapy
took place.
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April 4, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based health insurer’s board of directors approved higher compensation heading into 2012, after most
of its top executives saw their pay hold steady or decline in 2011.
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April 2, 2013
Associated PressThe compensation paid to outgoing Wellpoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly last year rose 56 percent, even as the company's shares
slid on lower enrollment in its Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans.
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April 2, 2013
Bloomberg NewsShares of Indianapolis-based WellPoint rose along with those of other medical insurers Tuesday morning after the U.S. government
reversed a decision to cut a key Medicare payment rate, offering them an increase instead.
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March 28, 2013
Associated PressThe Carmel-based insurance holding company says it expects to buy back more of its shares and take a special charge tied to
a recent tender offer.
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March 26, 2013
Associated PressA study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts shows the biggest driver of health insurance premiums
will rise by more than 67 percent for Indiana residents' individual policies under President Barack Obama's health
care overhaul.
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March 22, 2013
Chris O'MalleyA big bet on employer-sponsored retirement plans is paying off for locally based OneAmerica Financial Partners, a company
best known for its life insurance offerings.
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In my opinion the estridge companies are crooks. They filed bankruptcy on their 'track housing' side of the business two weeks before they closed on one of my clients' homes. When my client first interviewed Estridge as a builder 6 months before, they specifically ASKED about the solvency of their business, knowing that some builders were struggling. Estridge truly misrepresented their financial situation at that time. I suppose I am more unhappy with the whole system than I am with the builder because what the heck==you can file bankruptcy on 'track homes' but still keep building and make money off of 'custom built' homes??? How ridiculous! They are all homes. How can a company be allowed to bilk thousands of dollars from their subcontractors but still be allowed to build houses?? they should have been made to pay back all their unpaid contractors before being allowed to profit from building any more houses! This alone makes them and the system crooks in my eyes. I would never build an estridge home and I would not recommend for my clients either. If they were truly 'bankrupt' how could they afford to keep building homes anyway??? The whole system needs fixed.
I live a couple blocks east of the Angie's campus and my house is assessed for ~$160,000. If I could get that amount, let alone $384,000 (a 140% bonus), I'd sell in a minute. Either Angie's stockholders just got fleeced, or Angie's is getting about a 58% discount on their property taxes, if these properties are actually worth what they paid Mr. Oesterle for them. Which do you think is the case?
Perhaps the IMA board is really to blame! They agreed to hire Charles. They can't seemingly find donors among themselves, or bring in new blood that will support the museums operating budget with an expanded museum and money to provide curators with something to do (ie buy art). The headlines of disarray at the museum and mass firings are hurting the reputation of the museum for some time to come. If people on the board had misgivings, perhaps they shpuld have more forcefully opposed efforts that they have seemingly been unable to fund, like expansion and the costs it has created!
See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.