Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UPDATE: Insurers Tally Storm Damage to Auto, Property in Midwest
Mar 14 2006 // Insurance companies in the Midwest are beginning to tally claims connected to hundreds of tornadoes and severe storms that hit a five state region in the Midwest late Saturday and early Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,...
Ill. AG Warns Residents to Guard Against Home Repair Fraud
Mar 14 2006 // As Springfield and central Illinois homeowners and businesses assess the damage from a tornado Sunday evening and the severe storms and wind that struck in a second and third wave, Attorney General Lisa Madigan has warned...
Cracker Barrel to Fork Over $2M for Harassment at 3 Ill. Restaurants
Mar 13 2006 // Federal District Judge Charles Norgle, Sr. has entered a $2 million consent decree resolving a workplace discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenging sexual and...
100 Tornadoes Hit Midwest, Damage, Injury Totals Still Being Assessed
Mar 13 2006 // Heavy windstorms and tornadoes hit the Midwest yesterday causing major damage in five states. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma were ravaged by high winds, rain and hail in addition to tornadoes. Several...
U.S. Supreme Court Nixes Ethics Challenge to State Farm Ruling
Mar 8 2006 // The Supreme Court refused this week to consider whether a top judge in Illinois improperly voted to throw out a $1 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance Co. after accepting campaign donations from company lawyers...
Ill. AG Notes House Passage of Legislation Involving Hospital Billing
Mar 7 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan reported the House unanimously passed the bipartisan Fair Patient Billing Act that establishes standards and responsible practices that all licensed hospitals, and the collection...
Ark. Agent Awarded More Than $2.5M in Aon Risk Services Case
Mar 3 2006 // A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury awarded a Little Rock, Ark., insurance agent more than $2.55 million dollars in alleged unpaid salary and commissions in a case involving Aon Risk Services of Arkansas Inc. and Aon Risk...
Ill.-based Horace Mann Introduces Life by Design Products
Mar 2 2006 // Springfield, Ill.-based Horace Mann Educators Corporation has released a new portfolio of life insurance products, “Life by Design.” the products are designed specifically for educators and will offer greater...
State Police Cameras Track Speeders in Ill. Construction Zones
Feb 28 2006 // Cameras set up along specific Illinois highway construction zones will allow the Illinois State Police to track speeders and subsequently send violaters a ticket in the mail along with their photograph as proof. In March...
Ill. House Judiciary Committee Defeats Court Venue Reform Bill
Feb 22 2006 // The American Insurance Association said that hopes were dashed last week when supporters witnessed HB 4979, an Illinois court venue reform proposal, go down in defeat in the Ill. House Judiciary I – Civil Law...
Illinois state pool benefits from hard fought compromise health funding bill
Feb 20 2006 // Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed....
Ill. AG: Home Improvement in Top 10 Consumer Complaints
Feb 13 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan reported that for the first time in the history of the Illinois Attorney General’s Top 10 Consumer Complaint list, complaints related to gasoline pricing topped the list of...
Illinois State Pool Benefits from Hard Fought Compromise Health Funding Bill
Feb 3 2006 // Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed....
SUA Signs Contract with Ill.-based American Patriot
Jan 25 2006 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. has signed a new contract with Westchester, Ill.-based American Patriot Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholesale agency that specializes in roofing contractors. American Patriot...
Illinois courts should be for Illinois cases, not a tourism attraction
Jan 23 2006 // When people in other states think of Illinois, many things come to mind to epitomize some aspect of the state; for example, some people conjure up images of Abraham Lincoln, while others think of the World Champion Chicago...
Illinois courts should be for Illinois cases, not a tourism attraction
Jan 22 2006 // When people in other states think of Illinois, many things come to mind to epitomize some aspect of the state; for example, some people conjure up images of Abraham Lincoln, while others think of the World Champion Chicago...
Minor Earthquake Hits Illinois, Tremors Reported in Indiana, Kentucky
Jan 4 2006 // A minor earthquake hit a small town in southern Illinois yesterday, raising questions again about the threat of a major earthquake for states sitting on or near the New Madrid fault line. The quake struck yesterday at 3:48...
New Ill.Law Makes Driving Without Proof of Insurance a Felony
Jan 3 2006 // The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that a 23-year-old Chicago woman is the first person to be charged under a new state law that changes two traffic offenses — driving on a suspended license and driving without proof...
Settlement proposed in class action against ChoicePoint
Jan 1 2006 // Insurance agents and agencies who provided personal information regarding potential or actual insureds to ChoicePoint Services Inc. between Jan. 1 1997, and Aug. 9, 2005, may be entitled to money and benefits as a result...
Illinois governor pushes plan to help uninsured kids
Jan 1 2006 // After signing a state law offering low-cost medical coverage for most uninsured children in Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich flew to Washington to push for broader health insurance coverage for children around the...
