Latest Illinois Headlines
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BF&S Named Marketing Agency for Illinois Public Risk Fund
Jun 17 2009 // Tinley Park, Ill.-based insurance broker BF&S Insurance (Boyle, Flagg & Seaman) has been named the exclusive marketing agent for the Illinois Public Risk Fund (IPRF). Thomas P. English, president of BF&S,...
Illinois DOI Independent Again
Jun 15 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is once again an independent division of state government, a position it held for more than a century prior to its consolidation with several other state agencies in 2004. Gov....
Illinois Sues Village Accused of Using Tainted Water
Jun 11 2009 // The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit against a Chicago suburb for allegedly drawing drinking water from a contaminated well for decades, then lying about it to residents and environmental authorities. The 58-page...
Illinois-based Associated Agencies Announces New Hires
Jun 9 2009 // Associated Agencies Inc., a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., reports that the company is growing and that it recently added a number of new staff members. Craig A. Kanter has been hired...
Illinois Employer Shut Down for Lack of Workers’ Comp Insurance
Jun 5 2009 // For the first time, an Illinois business has been closed down for failure to obtain workers¹ compensation insurance. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and the City of Evanston shut down All Good Dogs Pet...
Illinois Department of Insurance Once Again an Independent Division
Jun 4 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) on June 1 resumed its status as an independent department of state government, a position it held for more than a century prior to its consolidation with several other state...
Illinois AG Joins Midwest States Seeking Protection for Chrysler Workers
May 26 2009 // Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed an objection to the terms of Chrysler’s pending sale to Fiat in federal bankruptcy court on behalf of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) and the...
Ratings: Allstate, Arrowhead, Nat’l. Lloyd’s/Summit, ISMIE Mutual, Greenville Casualty, Un. Farm Indiana
May 13 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A-‘ senior debt rating on Allstate Corp.’s (ALL) recently priced senior debt issue. S&P also affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty...
Lockton Chicago Named a 2009 Best Place to Work in Illinois
May 12 2009 // Lockton Chicago has once again been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois, an award program created in 2006 and is a project of The Business Ledger, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Illinois...
Cleanup Begins After Midwest Storms Kill 6
May 11 2009 // Residents of the Midwest began clearing away wreckage May 9 following a wave of powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed six people. Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or...
Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Prior Asbestos Evidence
Apr 17 2009 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) praised the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court to order a new trial in an important asbestos litigation case, Nolan v. Weil-McLain (No. 103137). The case...
Fire Damaged Casino in Illinois to Re-open in June
Apr 13 2009 // Officials at the fire damaged Joliet Empress Casino in Illinois have said that the casino will likely open by the end of June, an announcement that was cheered by workers at the operation. Frank Quigley, vice president and...
Illinois Tells Crop Insurer to Cease ‘Improper Rebate’
Mar 31 2009 // The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s (IDFPR) Division of Insurance has ordered First Farm Credit Services to discontinue its Patronage Program, calling the program an “improper...
Illinois Casino’s Sprinklers Were Off When Fire Destroyed Building
Mar 26 2009 // The city building inspector of suburban Joliet says the sprinkler system of the Empress Casino’s pavilion was disconnected when a fire destroyed the building. David Mackley said the sprinklers had been shut off just...
Illinois Homeowner Seeks Claim Information Behind Home Explosion
Mar 23 2009 // An Illinois woman has filed a suit seeking information about why her home exploded last month. Laura Williams filed the suit after a Feb. 13 blast destroyed her Pontoon Beach home and damaged several others. No one was...
Illinois Man Awarded $1 Million for Mishandled Knee Surgery
Mar 19 2009 // A LaSalle County jury has awarded $1 million to a Tonica man who sued an orthopedic surgeon who mishandled his knee surgery. The jury handed the award to Jack Hughes Sr. of Tonica, who sued Dr. Mark Kelley of Peru for...
Readiness of Some Rebuilt Levees in Midwest Questioned
Mar 10 2009 // With the prospect of another season of spring flooding fast approaching, the Army Corps of Engineers insists the earthen flood levees outmatched by the Mississippi River last summer are rebuilt and ready. Not...
Illinois Homeowner Sues to Obtain Claim Information on Explosion
Mar 9 2009 // A southwestern Illinois woman has filed a suit seeking information about why her home exploded last month. Laura Williams filed the suit in Madison County Circuit Court. A Feb. 13 blast destroyed her Pontoon Beach home and...
Illinois, Michigan Among States Showing Declines in Auto Deaths
Mar 9 2009 // Automobile fatalities declined in 40 states in 2008, a sign that traffic deaths could dip to their lowest levels in four decades. The Governors Highway Safety Association said that vehicle deaths dropped in 40 states and...
Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Insurer’s Claim That 2 Deaths Were Single Event
Feb 22 2009 // The accidental deaths of two teenage boys at an excavation site in 1997 were separate occurrences under the liability insurance policy of the property owner, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a $2 million...
