Latest Illinois Headlines
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Jack Porter Joins Ill. Insuresoft as Vice President of Business Development
Jun 13 2006 // University Park, Ill.-based Insuresoft has added Jack Porter, former cirector of Business Development with Computer Sciences Corp., as its new vice president of Business Development. Porter grew up in a family agency where...
Feds Arrest Ill. Suburban Mayor on Corruption Charges Tied to Agency
Jun 9 2006 // Nicolas Blase, mayor of north suburban Niles, Ill. for the last 45 years, was arrested by federal agents this week as a result of a federal corruption investigation, officials said. Blase was arrested as he left his home...
State Settles Bias Lawsuit by Former Ill. Park Supervisor
Jun 8 2006 // A former Illinois Department of Natural Resources park supervisor who accused the agency of discrimination in denying him a promotion has settled the federal lawsuit for $65,000, a newspaper says a copy of the settlement...
Harleysville Insurance Names Midwest Regional Leadership Team
Jun 7 2006 // Harleysville Insurance has named the leadership team for its new Midwest operation headquartered in Itasca, Ill. The Midwest region, which includes existing offices in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and the new location in...
Insurers sue governor, state officials over diversion of funds from Ill. Auto Theft Program
Jun 5 2006 // In an effort to stop Illinois state government from illegally taking millions of dollars designated to fight auto theft, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed suit in the state’s Seventh...
People and Places
Jun 5 2006 // Zurich announced that Oliver Ade has been named regional executive for the company’s North Central Region. Ade will be responsible for all business operations within the region, including profit-and-loss objectives,...
Insurers sue governor, state officials over diversion of funds from Ill. Auto Theft Program
Jun 5 2006 // In an effort to stop Illinois state government from illegally taking millions of dollars designated to fight auto theft, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed suit in the state’s Seventh...
People
Jun 5 2006 // Zurich announced that Oliver Ade has been named regional executive for the company’s North Central Region. Ade will be responsible for all business operations within the region, including profit-and-loss objectives,...
Neville Joins Crump Insurance Services
Jun 2 2006 // Crump Insurance Services of Illinois, Inc., recently announced that Jeff Neville has accepted the position of property broker in the Chicago office. Neville has experience brokering commercial property insurance accounts...
Midwest Young Agents Host Joint Conference June 15-17 in Wis. Dells
May 26 2006 // The Midwest Young Agents Conference, hosted by the Young Agents Committees of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, will take place June 15-17 at the Kalahari Resort and Conference Center, in the Wisconsin Dells. Full...
Brown & Brown Announce the Asset Acquisition of Ideal Insurance Agency
May 24 2006 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. recently announced the asset acquisition of Ideal Insurance Agency, Inc. Making the annoucement through a written statement were J. Powell Brown, regional executive vice president,...
Employers’ Coalition and Destiny Health Plan Create Partnership in Northern Ill.
May 17 2006 // Chicago-based Destiny Health and the Rockford, Ill.-based Employers’ Coalition on Health (ECOH) recently announced a partnership that offers small businesses in northern Illinois a unique option in health care...
Assurance Awards 2006 Scholarships to Illinois State University Students
May 16 2006 // Assurance Agency, Ltd., recently announced the recipients of its 2006 insurance college scholarship program. Illinois State University students Matt Britton and Christopher Switzer were each presented with a $1,000...
lll. Attorney General, 38 others, oppose health plan pending in U.S. Senate
May 8 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sent a letter at the end of April to U.S. Senate members urging them to oppose a bill that would dramatically change the health insurance marketplace by preempting state-mandated...
$80 million settlement reached in bid-rigging case with Ill., Conn., N.Y.
May 8 2006 // Attorney General Lisa Madigan, of Illinois, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently announced an $80 million settlement agreement with Bermuda-based holding...
ACE settles bid-rigging case for $80 million
May 8 2006 // Attorney General Lisa Madigan, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced an $80 million settlement agreement with Bermuda-based holding company ACE Limited, and...
lll. Attorney General, 38 others, oppose health plan pending in U.S. Senate
May 8 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sent a letter at the end of April to U.S. Senate members urging them to oppose a bill that would dramatically change the health insurance marketplace by preempting state-mandated...
$80 million settlement reached in bid-rigging case with Ill., Conn., N.Y.
May 8 2006 // Attorney General Lisa Madigan, of Illinois, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently announced an $80 million settlement agreement with Bermuda-based holding...
News Currents
May 8 2006 // ACE settles bid-rigging case for $80 million Attorney General Lisa Madigan, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced an $80 million settlement agreement with...
RLI Corp. of Ill. Declares 12 Percent Dividend
May 5 2006 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp.’s board of directors has declared a 2nd quarter cash dividend of $0.19 per share, reflecting a two cent, or 12 percent increase over the prior quarter’s dividend. The dividend,...
