Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Agent, Researcher Charged in Illinois Murder-for-Hire Scheme
Jan 21 2010 // A suburban Chicago insurance agent and a former university research technologist are charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme aimed at killing a federal prosecutor and drug enforcement agent, officials said. Jack Mann,...
West Virginia Workers Compensation Insurer BrickStreet Approved in Illinois
Jan 15 2010 // West Virginia-based BrickStreet Mutual Insurance said it has been approved to begin writing workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois. The move continues an expansion drive for the company, which was approved to...
Illinois Governor Signs Consumer Health Claims Review Bill
Jan 6 2010 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed a bill into law that ensures that all denied health insurance claims can be reviewed and decided upon by a qualified, independent doctor. The law goes into effect July 1. Under...
Sen. Durbin: FEMA Delaying Flood Insurance Maps in Illinois
Jan 6 2010 // Property owners in three southwestern Illinois counties who worry they’ll have to get sharply higher flood insurance once new Mississippi River flood maps are drawn are getting a bit of a reprieve. Sen. Richard...
Insurer Fights Payout on Illinois House That Exploded
Dec 31 2009 // An insurance company is fighting a claim on a Madison County, Ill., house that exploded last year, blaming a female occupant for the blast. Madison Mutual Insurance Co.’s lawsuit in Edwardsville asks a judge to not...
The Best Independent Agencies to Work For … And Why
Dec 20 2009 // The results are in from the “2009 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For” survey by Insurance Journal. The common theme resonating from the winning responses is one of family ideals. Regardless of size...
Illinois Department of Insurance Warns of Possible Auto Insurance Scam
Dec 17 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance reports that some Illinois residents have received letters, printed on fake insurance department letterhead, advising recipients that their “automobile insurance policy is...
Illinois Agent Admits Stalking ESPN’s Andrews
Dec 17 2009 // Walking into a courtroom Tuesday to face the man who posted naked videos of her online left Erin Andrews momentarily shaken, the ESPN sideline reporter admitted later. But by the time she started to tell a federal judge...
Injury Severity, Not Legal Fees, Drives Workers’ Comp Costs in Illinois
Dec 7 2009 // The severity of injury and level of impairment — not the workers’ legal fees — have the most effect on payout for workers’ compensation claims among Illinois construction workers, researchers at the...
Unicare to Exit Group, Individual Healthcare Market in Illinois, Texas
Nov 17 2009 // Healthcare provider UniCare will effectively no longer be providing healthcare coverage to commercial groups and individuals in Illinois and Texas as of the end of the year. UniCare’s parent company, Wellpoint Inc.,...
Court Halts Illinois Suspension of Medical Liability Insurer PLICA
Nov 15 2009 // A Chancery Court Judge in Cook County Illinois has halted a state insurance department order that prohibited a medical liability insurer from writing new business in the state. On Oct. 22, Illinois Director of Insurance...
Court Halts Illinois Suspension of Medical Liability Insurer PLICA
Nov 9 2009 // A Chancery Court Judge in Cook County Illinois has halted a state insurance department order that prohibited a medical liability insurer from writing new business in the state. On Oct. 22, Illinois Director of Insurance...
Illinois Reminds Producers of Continuing Education Requirements
Nov 5 2009 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, insurance producers in Illinois will be required to include three hours of classroom ethics instruction as part of their required 24 hours of continuing education. In a bulletin released by the...
Socius Hires in California and Illinois
Oct 23 2009 // Socius Insurance Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based management liability and property & casualty insurance wholesaler, today announced the appointment of Devin Wright as assistant vice president in its San...
Illinois Suspends Operations of Medical Liability Insurer
Oct 23 2009 // Illinois Director of Insurance Michael McRaith has suspended the operations of medical liability insurer Professional Liability Insurance Company of America (PLICA). Under the Department of Insurance order dated Oct. 22,...
Missouri, Illinois Collateral Source Rules Affect Bodily Injury Claims Differently
Oct 14 2009 // The ability to reasonably estimate the amount a plaintiff can recover for medical expenses is a key component in properly evaluating a personal injury claim. Because negotiations between the payor (the patient, a private...
Illinois AG Calling for Crackdown on Nursing Homes
Oct 9 2009 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is calling for unannounced inspections of nursing homes and revised criminal histories of identified offenders living in the facilities. Madigan’s sent a letter on Oct. 7 to the...
Court: Negligence Not Transferred to Illinois Woman Murdered by Husband
Sep 30 2009 // The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with health care providers who treated a mentally ill man who subsequently murdered his wife. In Brenda Tedrick, Adm’r Of The Estate Of Teresa Street, Deceased, et al., V....
PGI Commercial Expands Hospitality Program to Illinois
Sep 29 2009 // PGI Commercial, headquartered in New Jersey, has introduced a hospitality insurance program in Illinois on an admitted basis. Coverage is provided by member companies of American Safety Insurance Group, which carry an...
Wave of Arsons Strikes Illinois Town
Sep 24 2009 // Authorities say the town of Homer, Illinois has been hit by a sudden wave of arson fires and attempted break-ins. Champaign County Sheriff’s Department investigators and an arson expert from the Illinois Fire...
