Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Liquor Liability
Sep 5 2005 // Nuts and Bolts: Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. (GFB) is expanding its Illinois liquor liability program to a multi-state program. Available on an admitted basis in Illinois and non-admitted elsewhere, this new program is...
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...
Illinois Governor Signs High-Rise Safety Bill
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
Illinois Agent Sells Bogus Circus Coverage
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance regulators in Kentucky and Nebraska are investigating an Illinois-based insurance company for allegedly defrauding amusement industry operators in Kentucky and Nebraska. Richard A. Brooks & Associates Ltd.,...
Illinois Governor Signs High-Rise Safety Bill
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
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...
New Markets
Sep 5 2005 // Employment Practices Liability Program Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s professional liability division launched an employment practices liability insurance program for small- and...
Chicago Exec Convicted in Arson Scheme
Sep 5 2005 // A federal jury ruled last month that former commodities firm executive Marc E. Thompson set his home ablaze and burned his elderly mother alive to collect insurance money that he later hid during bankruptcy proceedings,...
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...
Editor’s Note: 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...
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...
State Farm Car Parts Reversal Gives Boost to Class Action Critics
Sep 5 2005 // Critics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance involving the use of generic auto repair...
Katrina Repair Costs Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates
Sep 2 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. Although...
Ill. Gov. Signs Med-Mal Bill
Aug 25 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday signed into law a medical malpractice bill that will establish caps on noneconomic damages and institute other reforms to the state’s troubled med-mal system. But while...
Ill. Gov. Signs Law Improving Safety in High-Rise Buildings
Aug 24 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
Increase in Midwestern Insured Crop Acres Eases Drought Threat
Aug 22 2005 // Farmers in Midwestern states like Kansas have more than doubled the acres they insure and tripled their dollar amount of coverage since 1989, according to recent statistics. It’s a trend that could mitigate financial...
Illinois Supreme Court Reverses $1.06 Billion State Farm Auto Repair Parts Case
Aug 18 2005 // Today, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed a prior state court’s $1.06 billion judgment in a class action against State Farm Insurance over the use of so-called aftermarket auto parts for repairs. The high court...
Ill. Insurer Allegedly Defrauded Carnival Operators
Aug 17 2005 // Insurance regulators in Kentucky and Nebraska are investigating an Illinois-based insurance company for allegedly defrauding amusement industry operators in Kentucky and Nebraska. Richard A. Brooks & Associates Ltd.,...
GFB & Sons Offers Expanded Ill. Liquor Liability Program
Aug 11 2005 // Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. (GFB) has reached an exclusive agreement with the AM Best “A”-rated carriers of the RSUI Group Inc. to expand its Illinois liquor liability program to a multi-state program. The...
Medical Treatment for Similar Auto Crash Injuries Varies from State to State, Industry Study Reports
Aug 8 2005 // Auto injury claimants from four states seek different types of medical treatment, even though they report similar injuries, according to a study of insurance claims by the Insurance Research Council. The study examined...
