Latest Illinois Headlines
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Illinois Workers’ Comp Self-insurance Pool Ordered into Liquidation
Jan 25 2001 // Illinois Insurance Director Nat Shapo received approval this week to place the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council Risk Management Association Workers Compensation Trust into liquidation. The company, referred to as...
Illinois Man Gets 6 Years For Fraud
Dec 15 2000 // An Aurora, Ill., businessman was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for fraudulently claiming everything from a flood to lightning damage to his homes and businesses. According to a Chicago Tribune report, James...
Illinois Insurance Fraud Task Force Makes Recommendations
Nov 20 2000 // The Illinois Insurance Fraud Task Force has unveiled recommendations to create more detailed reporting requirements and a whistle blower statute to combat organized insurance fraud in Illinois. Director of Insurance Nat...
INEX Member Placed in Liquidation by Illinois DOI
Nov 16 2000 // Agora Syndicate Inc., a member of the INEX Insurance Exchange (formerly known as the Illinois Insurance Exchange) was placed under an order of liquidation on Nov. 15. The Cook County Circuit Court granted Illinois...
Illinois Electrical Employees WC Self-Insurance Pool Liquidated
Nov 7 2000 // Illinois Electrical Workers’ Compensation Association Inc. was placed under an order of liquidation on Nov. 4. The Circuit Court of Cook County granted Illinois Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo’s petition...
Kennedy Family Wins Court Battle Against Met Life in Illinois
Nov 1 2000 // An Illinois judge ruled in favor of the Kennedy family in its legal battle against Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. on Oct. 30. The Kennedy family contended that Met Life had acted in bad faith by demanding a penalty for...
Liquidation Ordered For Illinois Earth Care Workers Compensation Self-Insurance Pool
Nov 1 2000 // The Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. has granted Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo’s petition to place Illinois Earth Care Workers Compensation Trust into liquidation. The Illinois group workers’...
Illinois Workers’ Comp. Trust Ordered Into Conservation
Aug 15 2000 // The Circuit Court of Cook County has granted Illinois Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo’s petition for the conservation of Illinois Environmental Services Workers Compensation Trust, Inc. The Order of...
Illinois Health Insurance Complaints Up; Auto & Homeowners Down in ’99
Jul 13 2000 // Consumer complaints to the Illinois Department of Insurance increased by nearly 8 percent in 1999, according to complaint information released today by Director Nathaniel S. Shapo. The Department investigated 14,867 cases...
Illinois Governor Signs Important Tax Measure
Jun 27 2000 // Illinois Gov. George Ryan has signed a tax measure designed to repeal the sunset on last year’s insurance tax changes. The legislation will allow foreign insurer income taxes to be the lesser of the Illinois rate or...
Illinois Lawsuits Against Gun Makers To Go Forward
May 19 2000 // A Wayne County judge refused Tuesday to throw out a suit against more than 30 gun manufacturers and dealers and seeking $400 million in damages. Circuit Judge Jeanne Stempien denied the motion brought by the manufacturers...
