Latest Illinois Headlines
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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...
AIA: New Ill. WC Law a Mix of Costly Benefit Mandates, Unproven Reforms
Jul 20 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has called Illinois’ new workers’ compensation law an assortment of benefit increases and unproven reforms that may ultimately only inflate costs. “The few...
Producer Development: Learning to Sell
Jul 18 2005 // Beginning this week, 15 insurance agents are returning to Normal, Ill., to do an unusual thing in the world of insurance training: talk with each other about what’s worked and what hasn’t. It’s the third...
Producer Development: Learning to Sell
Jul 18 2005 // New Program Teaches a Consultative Approach to Insurance Sales Beginning this week, 15 insurance agents are returning to Normal, Ill., to do an unusual thing in the world of insurance training: talk with each other about...
Progressive Alumni to Reunite in Bloomington, Ill.
Jul 14 2005 // The ’80s really are back. At least they will be in Bloomington, Ill., in September when a group of current and former Progressive employees who were part of the 1980-1985 workforce gather for cocktails. The party...
IRC Study Reports Auto Injury Medical Treatment Varies from State to State
Jul 11 2005 // Auto injury claimants from four states seek different types of medical treatment, even though they report similar injuries. A new study of insurance claims by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) examined auto injury...
Ill. AG Tracks Down ‘Storm Chaser’ Roofing Company
Jun 17 2005 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against a Cook County roofing company that last year allegedly swept into neighborhoods damaged by recent storms and accepted nearly $49,000 in deposits and total...
Okla. AG Sues Poultry Companies
Jun 14 2005 // Citing the protection of Oklahoma lakes and streams, drinking water and public health, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced his office has filed a lawsuit against several out-of-state poultry companies for...
Illinois Democrats Get Message on Medical Malpractice Reform
Jun 6 2005 // Also, Comp Deal That Imposes Fee Schedule, Ups Benefits Will Get Guv’s Signature The latest turn in the battle over capping medical malpractice jury awards in Illinois may have the state’s trial bar singing the...
Illinois Democrats Get Message on Medical Malpractice Reform
Jun 6 2005 // The latest turn in the battle over capping medical malpractice jury awards in Illinois may have the state’s trial bar singing the old Righteous Brothers tune, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’...
Ill. Comp Reforms Headed to Gov. Blagojevich’s Desk
May 31 2005 // The first major overhaul of Illinois’ workers’ compensation system in nearly two decades was headed to the governor’s desk Friday night. The reforms, a compromise between business and labor groups, would...
Ill. House Committee Passes Bill to Cap Medical Malpractice Damages
May 30 2005 // As state lawmakers prepared to approve a deal on medical malpractice, Illinois doctors and hospitals celebrated a big victory Thursday but also braced for the sour medicine they will likely have to swallow to get their...
PCI: Ill. Medical Liability Proposal – One Step Forward, One Step Back
May 27 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is expressing mixed emotions over the medical liability proposal likely to pass in the Illinois Legislature. SB 475, which focuses on several key aspects of the...
