Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ill. Senate Passes Kids’ Health Bill
Oct 27 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to provide health insurance to all children in Illinois passed the Senate yesterday and is poised for vote in the Illinois House today during a short-term veto session. The Senate...
Ill. Agents Have Licenses Revoked
Oct 17 2005 // Illinois Director of Insurance Michael McRaith has revoked the insurance agent license of George T. Priovolos of Bloomington effective Sept. 26, 2005. Priovolos’ license was revoked as a result of an investigation...
South Dakota
Oct 17 2005 // S.D. Farm Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Scheme: A Rapid City, S.D. couple has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of more than $1.3 million in farm benefits. Connie...
Weible & Cahill of Illinois Added to Brown & Brown
Oct 14 2005 // The assets of Lisle, Ill.-based insurance agency Weible & Cahill LLC have been acquired by Tampa, Fla. brokerage Brown & Brown Inc. Weible & Cahill, with annualized revenues of approximately $7.5 million, is...
Ill. Gov. to Unveil Kids’ Health Plan
Oct 6 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to unveil a proposal Thursday to subsidize health insurance for 253,000 uninsured children in Illinois. Seventy-percent of the state’s uninsured children belong to families...
Illinios Insurance Director Assures Agents Commissions are Safe
Oct 3 2005 // Illinois Division of Insurance Director Michael McRaith assured an audience of independent agents that in spite of the Division’s ongoing investigation of agent commission practices, he was committed to working...
Distinguishing between Main Street and Wall Street
Oct 3 2005 // Agent Compensation Disclosure: Illinois’ Department of Insurance is continuing to investigate the commission practices of its independent agents, and the rest of the country is keeping an eye on what’s...
Illinios Insurance Director Assures Agents Commissions are Safe
Oct 3 2005 // Illinois Division of Insurance Director Michael McRaith assured an audience of independent agents that in spite of the Division’s ongoing investigation of agent commission practices, he was committed to working...
Durbin Pledges $1.6 Million for Ill. Health Insurance Pool
Sep 29 2005 // After months of blocking a Senate bill because he claimed it shortchanged his state, Sen. Dick Durbin announced Thursday that he has won assurances that Illinois’ state health insurance pool would get an extra $1.6...
KATRINA COULD AFFECT ILL. INSURANCE RATES:
Sep 19 2005 // Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear how much and how soon rates will rise, according to...
Midwest FEATURE: Market Spotlight on Illinois and Ohio
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry — and the rest of us — are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
News Briefs
Sep 19 2005 // Illinois Katrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear...
Midwest FEATURE: Market Spotlight on Illinois and Ohio
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
Midwest FEATURE: Market Spotlight on Illinois and Ohio
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
Ill. Commissioner Urges Balance Between Commissions, Consumers
Sep 15 2005 // Illinois Division of Insurance Director Michael McRaith on Wednesday assured an audience of independent agents that in spite of the Division’s ongoing investigation of agent commission practices, he was committed to...
Ill. Earns Third Young Agents Award from Big ‘I’
Sep 12 2005 // The Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) presented its most prestigious annual award to the Young Agents Committee of the Professional...
Do It Right the First Time: Surplus Lines Compliance
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
But Lawmakers, Interest Groups Still Debate Over Use of Aftermarket Parts
Sep 5 2005 // But Lawmakers, Interest Groups Still Debate Over Use of Aftermarket Parts Critics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment...
Weather’s Cooler, News is Not
Sep 5 2005 // Summer may be winding down here in the Midwestern states — in Chicago, temperatures are finally back in the 70s, we’ve gotten a smattering of rain, and school is back in session (thank God!) — but...
Midwest Surplus Lines: A Market Unto Itself
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
