Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chicago Aon Supports Ill. Governor’s Health Care Proposal
Mar 13 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. recently released a statement saying that it supports Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s efforts to craft a health care plan that would provide affordable coverage options to the uninsured...
Ill. FAIR Plan Receives Nod for 7.7 Percent Rate Hike
Mar 7 2007 // The Illinois Division of Insurance has granted the Illinois FAIR Plan a rate change for Dwelling Property policies. The overall increase is 7.7 percent, effective March 1, 2007. The last increase in the FAIR Plan rate was...
Ill. Hospital Group Backs Governor’s Proposal to Expand Health Coverage
Mar 7 2007 // The Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) today endorsed Illinois Covered, Governor Rod Blagojevich’s program to provide access to affordable health care coverage for the state’s 1.4 million uninsured...
Ill. The Park Group Adds John Harford
Mar 6 2007 // The Park Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage located in Chicago, recently announced the hiring of John Harford to the position of broker in the Property Department. Prior to joining Avreco, Harford worked as an...
Ill. Governor to Push Plan to Offer Health Insurance for All
Mar 6 2007 // Ill. Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to call for approval of a complex plan that would make sure all Illinoisans can obtain health insurance within the next three years. Under his “Illinois Covered” plan, the...
Indiana Insurance to Hold Safer School Seminar at Illinois State University
Mar 5 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has announced that it will host its third of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on Mar. 20, 2007 at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill. Michael Dorn, an...
Court Throws Out “Light” Cigarette Law Suits in La., Ill.
Feb 28 2007 // Suits filed against two cigarette makers over the marketing of “light” cigarettes have been thrown out by a federal appeals court. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Industry leaders debate federal versus state regulation with Democratic Congress shift
Feb 26 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress?And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Industry leaders debate federal versus state regulation with Democratic Congress shift
Feb 25 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress? And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Ill. Country Financial Says Americans at Odds on Financial Security Issues
Feb 22 2007 // Americans have mixed feelings about their personal level of financial security, according to Country Financial Security’s Index which registered an inaugural reading of 70.2 in February. Bloomington, Ill-based...
Ill. Insight Insurance Asks Agents to Join Campaign to Prevent Malaria
Feb 15 2007 // Geneva, Ill.-based Insight Insurance Services, Inc. is taking a shot at saving lives through the “Nothing But Nets campaign,” a global grassroots initiative designed to prevent malaria across Africa with the...
Ill. Arthur J. Gallagher Names Corporate Vice President
Feb 13 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recent named Susan McGrath as its corporate vice president and chief human resources officer. She will be replacing Elizabeth Brinkerhoff who is retiring in May 2007. The company release said...
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Report: Number of Ill. Children with Health Insurance Increasing
Feb 7 2007 // Overweight and inactive children pose one of the most critical health-care challenges in Illinois, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group Voices for Illinois Children. But the publication, “Kids...
Ill. Gallagher & Co. Acquires InterNational Insurance Group, Ltd.
Feb 1 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of InterNational Insurance Group, Ltd. of Boston, Mass. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. InterNational Insurance Group, Ltd. offers risk management...
Industry leaders debate regulation in wake of Democratic Congress shift
Jan 29 2007 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating a conference panel, television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS and MSNBC,...
Industry leaders debate federal vs. state regulation with Democratic Congress shift
Jan 29 2007 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating the panel was television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS and MSNBC, who...
Ill. developer plans to build 11 homes on Segal estate
Jan 29 2007 // A developer’s preliminary plans for jailed insurance executive Michael Segal’s estate include building 11 new residences and turning the coach house into two homes. Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Orren Pickell...
Largest Ill. medical malpractice insurer lifts moratorium on new business
Jan 29 2007 // The largest medical malpractice insurer in Illinois plans to lift a four-year-old moratorium on new business, citing an improved economic and legal climate. ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., which provides malpractice coverage...
Fraud Roundup
Jan 29 2007 // lll. Madigan joins suit against radiology centers over kickbacks Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan intervened in a lawsuit against several Chicago area radiology centers over their payment of illegal kickbacks to...
