Latest Illinois Headlines
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Hotel Management Company Sued for Discrimination at Illinois Property
Feb 4 2026 // Hotel Equities Group, a hotel management company, violated federal law when it failed to provide pregnancy accommodations to one employee and religious accommodations to another at an Illinois property, he U.S. Equal...
FMIG Acquires Illinois’ Downs Insurance Agency
Feb 2 2026 // First Mid Insurance Group (FMIG) announce its acquisition of Downs Insurance Agency in Decatur, Illinois. The transaction closed on January 12, 2026. The acquisition supports FMIG’s continued growth strategy across...
Ansay & Associates Expands Into Illinois With Preston Insurance Partnership
Jan 27 2026 // Preston Insurance Agency, a full-service independent insurance agency with six locations across Illinois, announced a strategic partnership with Ansay & Associates, one of the nation’s largest family-owned...
Illinois Man Accused of Setting Fire to Insurance Agent’s Office
Jan 26 2026 // An Edwardsville, Illinois man is facing a federal arson charge for allegedly setting fire to an insurance office building in Alton, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Illinois. A federal...
Illinois USPS Employee Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 26 2026 // A United States Postal Service employee has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly collecting augmented workers’ compensation benefits to which she was not entitled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office,...
Baldwin Group Acquires Illinois’ Obie
Jan 14 2026 // Florida-based global insurance broker The Baldwin Group announced it has completed the acquisition of Creisoft, Inc. and its subsidiaries, collectively known as Obie, a Chicago-based embedded insurance distribution...
Xceedance Acquires Illinois-Based Marble Box
Jan 6 2026 // Xceedance, a global provider of technology-driven business solutions for the insurance industry, today announced its acquisition of Marble Box, a company delivering tailored operational support and process optimization...
Illinois Hospital System Sued for Religious Discrimination
Jan 5 2026 // Advocate Aurora Health, an Illinois-based hospital system, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a nurse’s religious beliefs and fired her for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, the U.S. Equal...
Illinois Company Agrees to Pay $421K to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
Dec 16 2025 // Swiss Automation Inc. has agreed to pay $421,234 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations relating to its failure to provide adequate cybersecurity for certain drawings of parts that the company machined and supplied...
WalkerHughes Acquires Illinois’ Benhoff Insurance Agency
Dec 9 2025 // WalkerHughes Insurance, a privately held, founder-led retail insurance brokerage, announced its expansion into Illinois with the acquisition of Benhoff Insurance Agency, well-established personal lines brokerage based in...
Illinois Attorney General Announces $120M Settlement With Monsanto
Dec 2 2025 // Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $120 million settlement with Monsanto Company (Monsanto) and affiliates Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC over the environmental and health effects of Monsanto’s...
Illinois Roofing Company Sued for Race and Sex Harassment
Nov 26 2025 // Anthony Roofing Tecta America LLC and Tecta America Corporation, roofing services providers in Illinois and nationwide, violated federal law when they subjected African American and female employees of their Aurora,...
Tokio Marine Holdings to Acquire Illinois-Based Commodity & Ingredient Hedging
Nov 21 2025 // Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (“CIH”), a leading provider of risk management solutions for the agricultural and...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Members of Illinois’ IFG Companies
Nov 17 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) of “a+” (Excellent) for the...
Illinois Sues State Farm for Refusal to Release Homeowners’ Insurance Data
Nov 3 2025 // The State of Illinois is suing State Farm for refusing to provide nationwide homeowners’ insurance data at the request of the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI). Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the lawsuit on...
People Moves: Evans Jr. Elected President of Big I Illinois
Oct 28 2025 // Thomas Evans, Jr. of Biglow & Company, Inc, (Assured Partners) in Fox Lake, Illinois, has been elected and formally installed as the President of Big I Illinois at the organization’s annual convention in Peoria...
EPIC Acquires Illinois’ Price Insurance
Oct 28 2025 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced it is expanding its Chicago and Midwest footprint with the acquisition of Price Insurance, a fourth-generation, family-owned agency based in Lake Forest, Illinois. The...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Members of Illinois’ Pekin Insurance Group
Oct 27 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” (Excellent) of The...
Trump Denies Disaster Declarations for Maryland, Vermont and Illinois
Oct 27 2025 // President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe last week, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other...
Illinois Department of Insurance Asks Insurers for Policyholder Relief During Shutdown
Oct 24 2025 // The Illinois Department of Insurance is asking insurers to provide relief to policyholders impacted by the federal government shutdown and ensure that they do not lose insurance coverage, including a moratorium on...
