Latest Illinois Headlines
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Insurance Dollars an Electoral Force in Midwestern States
Nov 30 2008 // Congressional candidates from the Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin pulled in big donations from a variety of insurance industry interests...
Air Force to Remove Asbestos at Former East-Central Illinois Base
Nov 25 2008 // Air Force officials say more than a mile of steam piping covered in asbestos will be removed from a former base in east-central Illinois. Air Force officials announced on Nov. 20 that they have awarded a $150,000 contract...
Illinois Gov. Names Masters Acting Chairman, Workers’ Comp Commission
Nov 24 2008 // Governor Blagojevich has named Amy J. Masters as acting chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), effective Nove. 21, 2008. Chairman Masters first joined the Commission in 2003. She has served...
Illinois Lawmakers Pass Autism Law; Only Six States Require Coverage
Nov 24 2008 // Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to sign a bill requiring insurers to cover autism treatment up to $36,000 a year until a patient turns 21. An estimated 4,500 Illinois families would benefit from the coverage....
Supporters Ask Illinois Supeme Court to Uphold Malpractice Caps
Nov 17 2008 // A 2005 law limiting the amount of money juries may award in medical malpractice cases unfairly targets those most seriously injured who deserve the most compensation, lawyers told the Illinois Supreme Court on Nov....
Illinois Presbyterian Minister Settles Sex Abuse Case for $150,000
Nov 17 2008 // A Presbyterian minister accused of having sex with a woman when she was a teenager kept working as a pastor and college administrator after the church’s insurance company paid the accuser $150,000. Rev. Ronald...
Former Illinois Mayor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Scam
Nov 16 2008 // The former mayor of the Chicago northern suburb of Niles has pleaded guilty to taking more than $420,000 from an insurance agency in a kickback scheme. Nicholas Blase appeared before U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen on...
Illinois’ Archer Daniels Midland Co. Acquires Shares of Agriserve Inc.
Nov 12 2008 // Archer Daniels Midland Company announced on Nov. 11 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Agrinational Insurance Company, has acquired 50 percent of the shares of Agriserve Inc. (ASI). Agrinational has also acquired an option...
Former Illinois Mayor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Scam
Nov 3 2008 // The former mayor of the Chicago northern suburb of Niles has pleaded guilty to taking more than $420,000 from an insurance agency in a kickback scheme. Nicholas Blase appeared before U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen on...
Illinois Attorney General Sues Distributor of Recalled Cribs
Oct 31 2008 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against a crib distributor for allegedly ignoring a nationwide recall of bassinets that can cause babies to suffocate. Madigan criticized federal regulators...
Illinois Judge Tosses Out Confession in Arson Case
Oct 22 2008 // An Illinois judge has tossed the confession of an East Peoria man accused of setting fire to a Peoria Heights house, ruling it was coerced by police who threatened him with charges of attempted murder. Monday’s...
Illinois Company Involved in Lawsuit Against Brooke Buys 44.3% of Stock
Oct 21 2008 // An Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock. Trim Creek LLC of Crete, Ill., now owns 6.43 million shares...
Brooke Corp. Faces Lawsuits by Illinois and New York Banks
Oct 20 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois by...
4 Illinois Counties Given Federal Disaster Assistance
Oct 17 2008 // Four Illinois counties have gotten approval for federal assistance to help local governments deal with the severe flooding that hit the state in September 14 and 15 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike The state of Illinois...
Iroquois Group Names Wentz Regional Manager for Illinois
Oct 7 2008 // Iroquois Group Great Lakes recently announced that it has added Tonya Wentz as regional manager for the state of Illinois. Prior to joining Iroquois, Wentz worked with Pekin Insurance and Royal and Sun Alliance, as well as...
Declarations
Oct 6 2008 // Federal vs. state—AIG “This argument is fundamentally flawed because it is based on a totally inaccurate assumption of facts. First and foremost, AIG is not an insurance company; it is a federally-regulated holding...
Brooke Corp. Faces Lawsuits by Illinois and New York Banks
Oct 3 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank that is seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois...
Earthquake-Damaged School Gym in Illinois Causing Controversy
Oct 1 2008 // An earthquake that shook much of the Midwest months ago is giving a Metro East, Ill. school district some financial aftershocks. Officials in East Alton say the April quake caused as much as $1.2 million in damage to the...
Illinois Deer-Vehicle Collisions Increase 25% in Two Year Period
Sep 26 2008 // Each year, deer-vehicle crashes cause more than 200 deaths and tens of thousands of injuries, while racking up $1.1 billion in property damages. Based upon Erie Insurance’s decade of deer-vehicle collision data, we...
Flood Waters Still HIgh In Some Illinois Counties Declared Disaster Areas
Sep 25 2008 // Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has declared three more Illinois counties state disaster areas after severe flooding from September 13 and 14 as the aftermath Hurricane Ike hit the Midwest. The governor’s office...
