Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Medical Marijuana Program Grows, Sales Climb
Aug 5 2016 // Illinois officials posted new forms this week for doctors and patients in the state’s medical marijuana program to reflect changes in the law, and announced that July retail sales reached a new high at $2.9...
Illinois Town Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Mayor for $120K
Aug 4 2016 // The village of Alsip, Ill., has settled a lawsuit alleging its mayor made unwanted sexual advances toward the Chicago suburb’s treasurer. The Daily Southtown reports the village will pay former treasurer Elizabeth...
Premium Hikes of Up to 45% Sought by Illinois Health Insurers
Aug 3 2016 // Health insurance premiums for Illinois residents who buy coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace could increase by as much as 45 percent according to proposals submitted by insurers and made public on...
Illinois Governor Signs Law Extending Contraceptive Insurance Coverage
Aug 1 2016 // Insurance companies in Illinois have to provide coverage for nearly all contraceptives under a plan signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The new law takes effect in 2017. It extends coverage to almost all forms of contraception...
NTSB: Parts of Plane that Crashed in Illinois Scattered Nearly a Mile
Jul 29 2016 // A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report says a plane that crashed southwest of Chicago killing the pilot and setting a house on fire, left nearly a mile-long trail of debris before crashing. The Piper...
Illinois Moves to Shut Down Health Insurance Co-Op
Jul 25 2016 // Illinois insurance regulators are seeking the rehabilitation of a failing health insurance co-op that the department previously attempted to rescue. Anne Melissa Dowling, Acting Director of the Illinois Department of...
Despite Having License Revoked by 2 States, Northern Illinois Agency Continues to Operate
Jul 20 2016 // By taking advantage of legal appeals processes, an Illinois managing general agency has been able to continue operations for more than a year despite having its license revoked or non-renewed by two separate state...
Illinois Emergency Medical Service Provider Fined $290K for Workplace Hazards
Jul 14 2016 // Federal safety and health investigators have cited Altamont Ambulance Service Inc. in Fairview Heights, Ill., for workplace safety and health violations and find the company $290,100. The federal Occupational Safety and...
Failing Illinois Health Insurance Co-Op to Be Shut Down
Jul 14 2016 // An Illinois health insurance co-op with 49,000 policyholders in the state has become the latest casualty among a dwindling group of nonprofit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act. Illinois regulators...
Illinois Stepping in to Help Struggling Insurance Co-Op
Jul 8 2016 // The state of Illinois has tried an unusual maneuver to save a health insurer with 49,000 Illinois policyholders from possible financial failure by blocking it from paying a $31.8 million bill to the federal...
Jury Awards $27M to Four Fired Allstate Employees in Illinois
Jul 5 2016 // A federal jury has awarded more than $27 million to four former Allstate employees who sued the insurer for defamation. The Chicago Tribune reported the employees worked for a now-defunct equity division of the Northbrook,...
Aetna’s Purchase of Humana OK’d by Illinois Insurance Regulator, with Condition
Jun 28 2016 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has approved Aetna Inc.’s proposed $34 billion acquisition of Humana Inc. provided it is approved by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to an order dated June 23 posted on...
Illinois Insurance Co-Op Sues Feds over ACA Payments
Jun 27 2016 // A struggling Illinois health insurance co-op is suing the federal government, claiming it is being shortchanged $72.8 million in promised payments under the Affordable Care Act. Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health filed...
J.M. Wilson Adds 2 in Underwriting Positions in Illinois
Jun 27 2016 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has hired Chance Winke and Tim Frawley in underwriting positions in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office. Winke is an assistant in the transportation...
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Illinois Decision on $10.1B Tobacco Judgement
Jun 20 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place the top Illinois court’s ruling throwing out a huge $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA, rejecting an appeal focusing on accusations that a judge in the case was...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires KRW Insurance Agency in Illinois
Jun 9 2016 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired KRW Insurance Agency Inc. located in Crystal Lake, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in the 1940s, KRW Insurance Agency (KRW) is a...
Spike in Metal Theft Still Rattles Illinois Task Force
Jun 6 2016 // Illinois lawmakers have convened a task force to investigate a spike in the theft of recyclable metals. There was a spike in thefts a few years ago when the price of copper and other recyclable metals rose. Copper wiring...
UnitedHealthcare Leaving Illinois Insurance Exchange
Jun 3 2016 // A company spokeswoman says UnitedHealthcare is pulling out of the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace in Illinois. Maria Gordon Shydlo of UnitedHealthcare says the company will not offer individual exchange plans in...
Liability Insurer Accuses Surgical Robot Maker of Hiding Injury Claims
May 27 2016 // It’s health insurers’ cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar decree involves not a patient, but rather a $1.5 million surgical robot known as the da Vinci...
Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads to $190.5K Penalty for Illinois Employer
May 20 2016 // Federal safety officials say an Illinois company has been ordered to pay $190,547 in back wages and damages to a safety manager in a whistleblower case stemming from a Lansing, Ill., facility. The U.S. Department of...
