Latest Illinois Headlines
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FEMA Shifts Course on Flood Map Modeling in Illinois
Mar 14 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering a reprieve to property owners in southwestern Illinois and other areas guarded by aging levees that it had considered decertifying, staving off fears that some could have...
Illinois House Orders Workers’ Comp Audit for State Employees
Mar 14 2011 // The state auditor general will be sent a resolution approved by the Illinois House ordering an audit of Illinois’ workers’ compensation program. The Bellville News-Democrat reports that the Illinois House voted...
In Liquidation, Constitutional Casualty Downgraded to ‘F’
Mar 9 2011 // A.M. Best Co. reported it has downgraded the financial strength rating to F (In Liquidation) from D (Poor) and issuer credit rating to “rs” from “c” of Constitutional Casualty Co. (Constitutional),...
Illinois Governor Still Backs Obama’s Health Insurance Law
Mar 4 2011 // Illinois has forged ahead with implementing the nation’s new health care law with support from its Democratic governor. Just back from a national governors meeting in Washington, Gov. Pat Quinn started reviewing a...
Report: Illinois Insurance Regulator McRaith in Line to Head U.S. Insurance Office
Mar 3 2011 // The Obama administration was expected soon to name an Illinois state insurance regulator to head the new Federal Insurance Office, said sources familiar with the matter Thursday. Michael McRaith, seen as the front-runner...
Illinois Lawmaker Wants Audit of Workers’ Comp System
Feb 28 2011 // A top Illinois lawmaker is calling for an audit of the state’s questioned workers’ compensation program as it applies to state employees. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Illinois House Speaker Michael...
Illinois Work Comp Commission Shuts Down Uninsured Auto Clinic
Feb 22 2011 // On Feb. 18, 2010, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) shut down an uninsured employer: ZRJ Auto Repair at 2545 W Chicago Avenue in Chicago. The Commission reported that as in previous cases, it gave...
Record Number of Grain Bin Accidents in 2010
Feb 17 2011 // Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue workers could free him from a grain bin on his western Iowa farm. Steinhoff, 61, was one of the...
Report: Illinois Work Comp Arbitrator Sought Favor on Her Claim
Feb 14 2011 // A newspaper’s ongoing investigation has found that an Illinois workers’ compensation arbitrator asked for help with her own personal injury case while scheduling a hearing in an unrelated case. The apparent...
Report: Workers’ Comp in Illinois Often Just Needs Doctor’s Note
Feb 8 2011 // A newspaper has found that state, municipal or private workers in Illinois have gotten thousands of tax-free dollars in workers’ compensation with largely nothing more than a doctor’s note. The Belleville...
Some in Illinois GOP Want to Link Workers’ Comp Reform, State Borrowing
Feb 7 2011 // Illinois lawmakers left two big pieces of unfinished business when they went home after voting to raise income taxes. One piece would make Illinois a less expensive place to do business, and the other would get billions of...
Illinois Distributes $18M from Settlement with Insurance Agency
Feb 7 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is distributing $18 million from a settlement reached with an insurance agency to Illinois funeral directors in trust for affected client-families. Distribution of the $18 million...
Illinois Changes Procedure for Workers’ Comp Pro Se Settlement Contracts
Feb 1 2011 // The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that as of March 1, 2011, no case settlement contracts will be approved until the case has been assigned a case number and setting. The IWCC said that in the...
Some in Illinois GOP Want to Link Work Comp Reform, State Borrowing
Jan 25 2011 // Illinois lawmakers left two big pieces of unfinished business when they went home after voting to raise income taxes. One piece would make Illinois a less expensive place to do business, and the other would get billions of...
Florida Competitive in Workers’ Compensation Market Arena
Jan 24 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
Illinois Work Comp Commission Shuts Down Business Located in Its Building
Jan 10 2011 // On Jan. 4, 2011, the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission (IWCC) shut down a restaurant located in the same building as IWCC offices for noncompliance with the state’s workers’ compensation laws. The IWCC...
Illinois Begins Probe of Prison’s Worker Comp Claims
Jan 6 2011 // Illinois state insurance fraud officials have launched an investigation of a southwestern Illinois prison where nearly $10 million in worker’s compensation and paid medical leave have been paid out to more than half...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Market Remains Competitive: Report
Jan 5 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
Illinois Official Calls for Probe of Workers’ Comp Claims at Prison
Jan 4 2011 // The head of Illinois’ workers’ compensation commission is calling for an investigation of nearly $10 million paid out in claims to more than half the staff of a southwestern Illinois prison over the past three...
Illinois Agents Call for Quick Action on Workers’ Compensation Reform
Dec 17 2010 // Independent insurance agents in Illinois are urging state lawmakers to pass workers’ compensation reforms in early January, before a new General Assembly will be sworn in. “The facts are alarming,” stated...
