Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Pizza Manufacturer Faces $145K in Fines After Worker Fatality
Jan 25 2022 // An Illinois pizza manufacturer could be forced to pay $145,000 in penalties after a worker suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine in July 2021. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...
Tornado Victim’s Family Sues Amazon Over Illinois Warehouse Collapse
Jan 19 2022 // The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful deathlawsuitMonday in Madison County. The action on behalf of Austin...
Insurance King Acquires Two Insurance Agencies in IL: Vic Bernardi Insurance and The Insurance Center
Jan 14 2022 // CHICAGO HEIGHTS and DECATUR, Ill., Jan. 14, 2022 – Insurance King has announced the rebranding of the two insurance agencies they have purchased in Illinois. Vic Bernardi Insurance Agency located in Chicago Heights,...
Illinois-Based Investor Agman Launches MGA Aurenity
Jan 13 2022 // Chicago-based investor Agman has announced the launch of Aurenity, a new tech-enabled Managing General Agent (MGA) targeting the Excess and Surplus (E&S) market. Aurenity will deploy underwriting analytics to determine...
Inszone Acquires Illinois’ Lamb, Little & Co.
Jan 12 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services, a national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Illinois-based Lamb, Little & Co. This acquisition will broaden Inszone’s U.S. presence to...
Illinois AG Sues Mine Over Use of Toxic Foam to Control Fire
Jan 10 2022 // The Illinois attorney general is accusing a coal mine operator of polluting the area with toxic foam to try to stop an underground fire. “Exposure to such chemicals can cause long-lasting damage to the environment...
Illinois Insurer Insolvency Office Hit by $6.8 Million Cyber Attack
Jan 4 2022 // The Illinois Office of the Special Deputy Receiver (OSD) was hit by a cyberattack last summer, resulting in millions of dollars in losses to two auto insurance agencies under liquidation, the Illinois Department of...
Contractor Dies in Fall at Illinois Caterpillar Foundry
Dec 27 2021 // A contractor working at a Caterpillar Inc. foundry in central Illinois fell to his death when he apparently stepped off a ladder at the plant, authorities said. The Peoria County coroner said Scott M. Adams, 50, of East...
Illinois Worker Dies After Being Trapped in Machinery
Dec 15 2021 // A 61-year-old worker died after becoming trapped in machinery at a suburban Chicago steel polishing factory, authorities said Friday. Raymondo Escobar’s cause of death was due to “asphyxia due to machinery...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois’ Tave Risk Management
Dec 15 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has Chicago-based Tave Risk Management, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2000, Tave Risk Management, LLC is a retail property/casualty broker and risk advisory firm...
Why OSHA Is Investigating Amazon Worker Deaths at Illinois Building Hit by Tornado
Dec 14 2021 // EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — The U.S. workplace safety watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the collapse during Friday night’s storm of an Amazon.com Inc building in Illinois in which six workers died, an...
Volkswagen to Pay $3.5 Million to Settle Illinois Diesel Cheating Claim
Dec 10 2021 // Volkswagen AG’s U.S. unit will pay $3.5 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Illinois against the German automaker for updates of emissions software arising from the 2015 diesel cheating scandal. Last month,...
Families of Two Illinois College Students Killed at Astroworld Concert File Lawsuits
Dec 1 2021 // The family of two close friends from suburban Chicago who were killed at the Astroworld concert in Houston this month have filed wrongful death lawsuits against rapper Travis Scott, the Live Nation entertainment company...
Illinois Hospital to Pay $150,000 Over Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Nov 29 2021 // The former owner of West Suburban Medical Center, an Oak Park, Illinois hospital will pay $150,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...
Allstate Inks $232M Deal to Sell Most of Campus in Illinois
Nov 29 2021 // The Allstate Corp. announced it has reached an agreement to sell the property making up the majority of its campus in Northbrook, Illinois, to Dermody Properties for approximately $232 million. The sale is expected to...
Risk Strategies Acquires Illinois-Based Better Business Planning
Nov 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Better Business Planning, Inc., an insurance agency specializing in employee benefits solutions. Terms of the deal were not...
Illinois Engine Firm to Cut NOx Emissions, Pay $52M in Clear Air Act Settlement
Oct 28 2021 // Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to mitigate at least 10,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions and pay a $52 million civil penalty in a...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois’ The VanDyke Group
Oct 27 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Homer Glen, Illinois-based The VanDyke Group, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, The VanDyke Group offers employee benefits consulting and HR...
Tornadoes Cause Damage Along Missouri Illinois State Line
Oct 25 2021 // A large storm system spawned tornadoes along the Missouri Illinois state line late Sunday, Oct. 24, causing structural damage to residences and knocking out power. The National Weather Service reported an EF-0 tornado...
Ohio, Illinois Manufacturing Companies Sued for Disability Discrimination
Oct 22 2021 // Grief Inc., an international manufacturing company based in Delaware, Ohio, and American Flange, its wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the western suburbs of Chicago, violated federal law when they fired an employee and...
