Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cops Draw Blood to Catch Impaired Drivers
Apr 23 2019 // It was about 6:30 on a Friday night in January when Phoenix Police Det. Kemp Layden pulled over a white Jeep Cherokee that was speeding and weaving in and out of its lane. The 47-year-old driver spoke slowly, his eyes were...
Car Sharing Lobbyists Battle Car Renting Lobbyists, Driving State Lawmakers Crazy
Apr 19 2019 // The bill that turned Illinois into the focal point of a bitter debate over car-sharing last year started as a proposal about what happens when a rental car is stolen. The legislation, which would allow rental companies to...
AAdvantage Insurance Group Adds Hutt, Reyes in Illinois
Apr 16 2019 // AAdvantage Insurance Group in Glen Carbon, Illinois, has hired Alexis Hutt as an account executive and Ana Reyes as a sales agent. Hutt will assist agents in procuring new business, as well as serving existing clients,...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Illinois’ Premiere Risk Management
Apr 4 2019 // Chicago-based global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Premiere Risk Management (PRM). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in the Chicagoland area, PRM is a...
Agencies Looking for New Talent Have Their Work Cut Out for Them
Apr 1 2019 // Newsflash to insurance agency owners seeking to onboard new employees: Expect to have to pay more, offer more and train more. Those trying to hire probably know that already. “What we’re seeing in particular in...
14 Troopers Hit This Year in Illinois Despite ‘Move Over Law’
Mar 27 2019 // Fourteen Illinois State Police officers or their vehicles have been struck in roadside crashes this year. That’s double last year’s total of eight. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois State Police on Monday...
Universal Insurance Holdings Enters Illinois’ Homeowners Market
Mar 26 2019 // Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Universal Property), a subsidiary of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., has entered the market for homeowners insurance in Illinois. The company is now offering homeowners...
Illinois’ SBJW Insurance Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Mar 26 2019 // SBJW Insurance in Quincy, Illinois, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of over 120 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. SBJW Insurance was founded in 2019 by owner...
Insurance Industry Has Major Impact on Illinois’ Economy, Study Shows
Mar 19 2019 // A new study shows that Illinois insurance companies, agents and brokers continue to fuel the economy with quality jobs, revenue and investments, the study’s sponsors say. The recently released study was conducted by...
State Farm: Illinois and Missouri Ranked 3rd and 5th for Hail Damage in 2018
Mar 19 2019 // A new report from State Farm says that Illinois and Missouri were among the top states in the nation for hail damage in 2018, according to a new report from State Farm. Illinois ranks third with $330 million in paid hail...
Fire Captain Dead, 3 Hurt in Collapse of Burning Illinois Home
Mar 7 2019 // Authorities say a fire captain has died and three other firefighters were injured following a partial collapse of a burning home in southern Illinois. The Godfrey Fire Protection District says Jacob “Jake”...
Muriel Appointed Director of Illinois Insurance Department
Mar 7 2019 // Robert Muriel has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI). Muriel is a civil and commercial lawyer with more than 20 years of experience representing small businesses and professionals in...
Illinois’ Rush Health System Says Data Breach May Affect 45,000 Patients
Mar 6 2019 // Illinois-based Rush System for Health says personal information from about 45,000 patients may have been compromised in a data breach. The health system said in a recent financial filing that the exposed data may include...
Insurer Hit With $102K Fine for Selling Illegal NRA-Branded Policies
Mar 4 2019 // Illinois Union Insurance Co. has paid a $102,000 fine after Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered the company to cease underwriting self-defense policies branded by the National Rifle Association. After...
Illinois’ Pinnacle Actuarial Promotes Hillebrandt, Cortner
Feb 27 2019 // Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. (Pinnacle), based in Bloomington, Illinois, has promoted Aaron N. Hillebrandt to director and consulting actuary and Christopher C. Cortner to consulting actuary. Hillebrandt is based in...
Flood Risk High in Missouri This Spring, Weather Service Says
Feb 27 2019 // Missouri towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries should brace for the prospect of potentially serious flooding this spring, in large part because of an unusually snowy winter to the north. The National...
Illinois EPA Shuts Medical Instrument Sterilization Facility Due to Pollution
Feb 22 2019 // A suburban Chicago plant that sterilizes medical instruments with a chemical believed to be cancer causing has been shut by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The state EPA issued a seal order for Sterigenics...
Lotter Joins Policy Administration Systems Provider, Instec, in Illinois
Feb 21 2019 // Naperville, Illinois-based Instec, a provider of policy administration systems to insurance program and specialty markets, has hired CJ Lotter as senior solution architect. He joins Instec’s engagement management...
McChristian, Proksa to Lead Insurance, Risk Management Programs at Gies College of Business
Feb 21 2019 // The University of Illinois’ Gies College of Business has named Lynne McChristian and Corrie Proksa to lead its insurance and risk management programs. McChristian has been named director of the Office of Risk...
Insurer Hit With $102K Fine for Selling Illegal NRA-Branded Policies
Feb 20 2019 // Illinois Union Insurance Co. has paid a $102,000 fine after Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered the company to cease underwriting self-defense policies branded by the National Rifle Association. After...
