Latest Illinois Headlines
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Boron to Lead Illinois Department of Insurance
Jan 30 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has named a new top state insurance regulator. Andrew Boron has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI), the governor’s office announced. The department has been...
3 New Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Appointed in Illinois
Jan 27 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three more arbitrators for workers’ compensation system disputes. William Gallagher has 35 years of experience as an attorney concentrating on workers’ compensation in...
Illinois Nursing Homes to Get $110M in Federal Aid
Jan 26 2012 // Illinois is getting $110 million from the federal government to improve safety and staffing at nursing homes, Gov. Pat Quinn said. The money is supposed to address poor supervision of sometimes-dangerous psychiatric...
Foremost Launches Updated Auto Program in Illinois
Jan 25 2012 // Foremost Insurance Group has introduced its enhanced auto program in Illinois, featuring more competitive rates, new discounts, increased coverage options and improved online processing. “The technological...
Founders Insurance Offers Renter’s Endorsement in Illinois
Jan 24 2012 // Founders Insurance Co. of Des Plaines, Ill. has launched a property and liability endorsement for its personal automobile policies in the state. The company started offering the optional renter’s coverage at the...
Outpatient Costs Higher in States Without Fee Schedules
Jan 23 2012 // States without fee schedules have higher hospital outpatient costs for common surgeries compared to states with fee schedules, according to a workers’ compensation study. The study found that significant variations...
Dada-Olley Is New Deputy Counsel at Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 18 2012 // Lola Dada-Olley has joined the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission as deputy counsel. Dada-Olley prior work history includes a mixture of policy, communications, and law, both in the private and public sector....
Illinois Officials Report Drop in Tollway Usage After Fee Hike
Jan 12 2012 // Illinois State Toll Highway Authority officials say the number of cars using the state’s toll roads dipped by 4.5 percent since fees for users nearly doubled on Jan. 1. Spokeswoman Wendy Abrams says the decrease was...
Report: Police in Illinois Stop Fewer People
Jan 11 2012 // The number of traffic stops across Illinois has dropped by nearly 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists has dipped about 11 percent, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune analyzed state data on...
Illinois Gets $7.7 Million in Federal Storm-Repair Aid
Jan 11 2012 // Illinois is getting more than $7.7 million to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by last year’s flooding and windstorms. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin announced that the money will be...
Outpatient Costs Higher in States Without Fee Schedules: Workers’ Comp Study
Jan 11 2012 // States without fee schedules have higher hospital outpatient costs for common surgeries compared to states with fee schedules, according to a workers’ compensation study. The study found that significant variations...
Wagner Named Acting Director of Illinois Insurance Department
Jan 5 2012 // Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed a new acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Robert Wagner has been with the department 11 years and is its general counsel. He is the department’s third acting director...
Illinois Warns of Fraudulent Health Insurance
Dec 19 2011 // The chief executive of a company allegedly selling fraudulent health insurance says he is fully cooperating with the Illinois Department of Insurance to resolve the matter. Donald Chew, president and CEO of ReAssurance...
Illinois Judge Pulled from Asbestos Cases Will Return $30K in Donations
Dec 16 2011 // A judge who was assigned to hear all of the asbestos cases in her southwestern Illinois county was stripped of those cases after it was revealed her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from area law firms...
Longueil Named Sales Executive at Risk Sciences Group in Illinois Office
Dec 7 2011 // Risk Sciences Group, a provider of risk management information systems (RMIS) and related analytics services, has named Kathy Longueil national sales executive in its Schaumberg, Ill., office. Longueil brings with her 17...
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Third of Illinois Workers’ Comp Awards in 12 Facilities
Dec 5 2011 // Workers filing on-the-job injury claims at just a dozen state institutions clustered in southern Illinois collected nearly one-third of the total $127 million awarded in recent years for permanent impairment under...
Irwin to Lead Illinois Council of IAIP
Nov 23 2011 // The Illinois council of the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP), formerly known as NAIW, has installed new officers. They are: Council Director Elect Penny Irwin with Horace Mann in...
State Farm: Texas, Illinois, Ohio Top 3 States for Thanksgiving Cooking Fires
Nov 16 2011 // If you live in Texas, Illinois or Ohio, you’re more likely to experience a cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day than those in other states. That’s according to claims data from Illinois-based State Farm Insurance....
ARM of Illinois Adds 100th Member to Public Schools Cooperative
Oct 31 2011 // Associated Risk Managers (ARM) of Illinois has added Rochelle Community Consolidated School District #231 into the Prairie State Insurance Cooperative (PSIC) as its 100th member. PSIC is an exclusive ARM of Illinois...
