Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmakers Question the Adequacy of Traffic Control After Fire Halts Flights
Sep 29 2014 // The havoc created by a suicidal technician at a Chicago-area flight-control center has some lawmakers asking how a single person armed with gasoline and knives could bring down part of the U.S. air-traffic system. Damage...
The Problem with Domestic Excess and Surplus Lines Insurers
Sep 22 2014 // It has been more than five years since states, beginning with Illinois, began to enact laws permitting the formation and licensing of domestic excess and surplus lines insurers. To date, these initiatives have gotten very...
The Problem with Domestic Excess & Surplus Lines Insurers
Sep 16 2014 // It has been more than five years since states, beginning with Illinois, began to enact laws permitting the formation and licensing of domestic excess and surplus lines insurers. To date, these initiatives have gotten very...
Illinois School District Awarded $10M in Collapsed Mine Case
Sep 12 2014 // An Illinois school district has been awarded nearly $10 million in a lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad after claiming a collapsed mine left an elementary school damaged. Macoupin County Judge Patrick Londrigan awarded...
4 New Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Appointed in Illinois
Sep 9 2014 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn appointed four new arbitrators to the Workers’ Compensation Commission: Maria Bocanegra is an attorney at Katz Friedman, specializing in workers’ compensation. She previously worked as a...
CNA Appoints Earley as Illinois Branch Vice President
Sep 4 2014 // Chicago-based property/casualty insurer, CNA, has named Steve Earley as Illinois branch vice president. Steve Earley Earley has been with CNA for 27 years, most recently serving as vice president of the company’s...
Gov. Pat Quinn: No Speed Increase on Illinois Interstates
Aug 28 2014 // Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation aimed at increasing the speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour on interstate highways around Illinois. The Legislation was sponsored by Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis. It follows...
Illinois Rideshare Bills Vetoed; Insurance Groups Urge Override
Aug 27 2014 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation that would have imposed statewide regulations on commercial ridesharing companies, also known as transportation network companies (TNCs). Quinn said he vetoed House Bill 4075,...
J.M. Wilson Adds Barney as Transportation Underwriter in Illinois
Aug 22 2014 // Wholesale insurance provider J.M. Wilson has hired Erika Barney in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office as a transportation underwriter. Barney will be responsible for quoting new and renewal bobtail and transportation...
Workplace Penalties Mounting Up for Illinois Roofing Contractor
Aug 20 2014 // Roofing contractor Juan Manuel Antonio-Martinez has been cited for three willful safety violations for exposing workers to fall hazards at two separate residential home sites in Savoy, Ill., on March 26, 2014, and April 9,...
Kaprinay Named Workers’ Comp Practice Leader at IMPG in Illinois
Aug 7 2014 // St. Charles, Ill.-based Insurance Program Managers Group (IPMG) promoted Nathan Kaprinay practice leader of IPMG’s brokerage division for workers’ compensation. Kaprinay will coordinate marketing and production...
Illinois Becomes Third State to Provide Online Access to Insurer Filings
Aug 5 2014 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is now providing online access for consumers to view insurance company records. Insurance product filings, such as rates and forms, filed with DOI are now available to the public...
People – Midwest
Aug 4 2014 // Timothy L. Rauch Travis Schreiber Missouri-based Columbia Insurance Group (CIG) welcomed Kansas native Kelly Klug, as its new chief financial officer, senior vice president and treasurer. Klug has 30 years of experience as...
Chicago Business Owners See Little Impact from Obamacare, Minimum Wage Hike
Aug 1 2014 // The Business Owners Confidence survey for the first half of 2014 indicates that Chicago-area mid-sized business owners are taking Obamacare in stride and expect limited effects of national and state efforts to raise the...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Rate Set to Fall in 2015
Aug 1 2014 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says the state’s workers’ compensation insurance rates will drop 5.5 percent next year. Quinn announced the cut in rates is being recommended by the National Council on Compensation...
Illinois Warns Insurers of Ban on Transgender Discrimination
Jul 31 2014 // The state of Illinois has cautioned insurers about discriminating against transgender people. The Illinois Department of Insurance bulletin issued to insurers this week details nondiscrimination provisions in the federal...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds BOP Product in Illinois
Jul 29 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies (formerly known as GUARD Insurance Group) has begun offering businessowner’s policy (BOP) and umbrella coverage in Illinois. The company already has an established...
Majer Joins Risk Innovations as Illinois Territory Manager
Jul 15 2014 // Ginny Majer has joined insurance wholesaler Risk Innovations as territory manager for Illinois. Based in Chicago, Majer will develop workers’ compensation and personal lines business with retail agents in...
Illinois Towns See Medical Marijuana as New Job Source
Jul 11 2014 // The prospect of adding jobs — even as few as 30 — has led officials in many shrinking Illinois’ communities to set aside any qualms about the state’s legalization of medical marijuana and to get friendly...
Father of Illinois Teen Sues School District Over Son’s Suicide
Jul 7 2014 // The father of a southern Illinois teenager who killed himself a day after watching an anti-bullying movie at school has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the district, accusing administrators of failing to stop the...
