Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Bars Workers’ Compensation for State Employees Involved in Crimes
Aug 11 2011 // A new law inspired by a former Illinois State Police trooper’s high-speed freeway wreck that killed two sisters bars state employees injured while committing crimes from getting workers’ compensation. The...
Dad of Girl Electrocuted on Monsanto-Farm in Ill. Files Suit
Aug 8 2011 // The father of a northwestern Illinois girl who was electrocuted while removing tassels from corn filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that hired his daughter. Brian Kendall’s lawsuit against St....
Judge Tosses Suit Challenging FEMA Flood Mapping in Illinois
Aug 4 2011 // A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit three southwestern Illinois counties filed to block the U.S. government from declaring the region’s levees functionally useless. U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert called the...
Home of Illinois Official Jailed in Insurance Scheme on Auction Block
Jul 27 2011 // For sale: House in sleepy-looking Chicago suburb steeped in mob history since the days of Al Capone where a mayor lived before moving into a federal prison for her role in a mob-related insurance scam. Lunch included. The...
Oklahoma Governor Touts Tort, Work Comp Reforms to Chicago Businesses
Jul 25 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said she is pitching her state’s business climate and work force in an attempt to lure some Illinois-based companies to the Sooner State. Fallin visited Chicago on July 21, meeting with...
Council OKs Southwestern Illinois Levee Upgrades
Jul 22 2011 // The people who oversee 64 miles of aging Mississippi River levees in southwestern Illinois have signed off on a $151 million plan to upgrade the barriers perhaps by 2014. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the...
Illinois Governor Appoints 12 to Workers’ Comp Advisory Board
Jul 20 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed 12 new members to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board as part of the implementation of recently passed workers’ compensation reform legislation. The...
8.8% Reduction in Voluntary Advisory Rates Filed in Illinois
Jul 19 2011 // In response to the recent enactment of the Illinois workers’ compensation reform measure, House Bill 1698, workers’ compensation insurance database manager National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. filed...
Federal Bill Offers Break for Properties in Certain Flood Zones
Jul 15 2011 // Overseers of levees in southwestern Illinois welcomed the advance of a federal measure that could give thousands of property owners up to a five-year reprieve in having to buy costly flood insurance in areas with...
Illinois Lawyer Targeted in Trooper Worker’s Comp Investigation
Jul 14 2011 // Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has filed a complaint against a lawyer who represented a state trooper injured in a wreck he caused that killed two sisters. The commission contends...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio
Jul 4 2011 // A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation showed they were conducting inadequate examinations of injured...
Illinois Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Reform
Jun 30 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said companies should see their workers’ compensation premiums drop because of a new law he signed June 28 overhauling the system that takes care of employees injured on the...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio
Jun 24 2011 // A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation showed they were conducting inadequate examinations of injured...
Digital Insurance Acquires Agencies in Illinois and Arizona
Jun 20 2011 // Digital Insurance Inc., an employee benefits agency specializing in insurance for small businesses and mid-sized companies, has acquired Employee Benefits by Design in Chicago and Strategic Benefits Consultants (SBC) in...
Illinois AG: Workers’ Comp Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Jun 20 2011 // Illinois’ attorney general has praised parts of the recently approved workers’ compensation overhaul, but she says it would be a “gross overstatement” to call the system reformed. Lisa Madigan said...
Illinois Seeking Applications for Workers’ Comp Arbitrators
Jun 20 2011 // Recently passed Illinois House Bill 1698 provides that the governor will appoint all arbitrator positions for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. The governor has not yet signed the bill, but the...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission Welcomes New Administrator
Jun 20 2011 // Bob Devereaux has joined the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission as Fraud Prevention and Efficiency Controller. He comes to the Commission from the private sector where he has held a variety of positions in...
Timely Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jun 20 2011 // Prices for workers’ compensation insurance are inching up after decreasing and then flat-lining for the past few years, according to Towers Watson. The global professional services firm’s most recent Commercial...
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Jun 20 2011 // Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Co. announced new executive appointments and the election of four new directors for full terms on its 12-member board. Denver Regional Office Underwriting Manager Jolene Grow was...
Report: Locking Prison Cells Didn’t Injure Guards in Illinois
Jun 20 2011 // A newspaper’s ongoing investigation has found an expert report, commissioned by the state of Illinois, showed that locking and unlocking prison cells didn’t cause repetitive trauma injuries in guards. The...
