Latest Illinois Headlines
All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PCI Lauds Class Action ‘Best Practices’ for Illinois Courts
Nov 28 2004 // A proposed rule change governing class action lawsuits that would benefit Illinois consumers and businesses will likely be opposed by the Illinois State Bar Association, according to the Property Casualty Insurers...
CCC’s Ramamurthy Gets Illinois High Tech Award
Nov 26 2004 // Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based auto claims softwaremaker CCC Information Services Inc has received the 2004 KPMG’s Illinois High Tech Award. Ramamurthy received recognition from the Big Four...
Affirmative Insurance Acknowledges Receipt of Subpoena from Illinois Department of Insurance
Nov 17 2004 // Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. of Addison, Texas, a producer and provider of personal non-standard automobile insurance, announced that its insurance company subsidiaries and one of its agencies have received...
RLI Subpoenaed on Compensation by Ill. DOI
Nov 16 2004 // Peoria, Ill.-based specialty insurer RLI Corp. said it has received a subpoena from the Illinois Division of Insurance in connection with industry-wide investigations into producer compensation agreements. Company...
Ill. DOI Sets Up Broker Fee Hotline
Nov 11 2004 // The Illinois Division of Insurance announced it is asking for help from Illinois consumers who have concerns about their business dealings with insurance brokerage firms, in light of the Marsh allegations. This information...
Republican Karmeier Wins Ill. Supreme Court Seat
Nov 3 2004 // Republican Lloyd Karmeier has won a Supreme Court seat representing Illinois’ fifth district, which includes 36 southern counties and famed “judicial hellhole” Madison County. With 90 percent of precincts...
Ill. Gov Notes More Than $1 Million in Funding to Help Utica, Other Communities Rebuild from Tornadoes
Nov 1 2004 // In order to expedite Utica’s long-term economic recovery plans, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced more than $1 million in funding recently that will help rebuild and enhance this and other communities...
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Oct 25 2004 // For years, Illinois employers and insurers have complained about the state’s workers’ compensation system. Illinois’ workers’ comp rates have regularly exceeded those of neighboring states such as...
Illinois Comp Reform Bill Won’t Deliver On Its Promise
Oct 25 2004 // Despite engaging in the longest session in Illinois history, state legislators headed home this summer leaving a crucial bill to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system in limbo. Lawmakers may consider...
Ill. Gov. Appoints State Panel to Investigate Work-Related Deaths Among Hispanic Immigrant Workers
Oct 19 2004 // In an effort to protect immigrant laborers from unsafe working environments, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a special panel to investigate the high incidence of work related death rates among Hispanic...
Illinois Earns YAC Award at Big ‘I’ Event
Oct 10 2004 // The Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has presented its annual award to the Young Agents Committee of the Professional Independent...
Mack and Parker Now Hub International Illinois
Oct 6 2004 // Mack and Parker Inc. moved to more definitively identify its status as the Chicago hub of the North American insurance broker Hub International Ltd. by changing its name to Hub International of Illinois Ltd. The change was...
Weissenstein Named Insurance Educator of the Year
Sep 28 2004 // The Insurance Education Foundation (IEF) has selected Steve Weissenstein, an Accounting, Business Law, Marketing, and Consumer Education teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill., to receive the James L....
State Farm Strikes Again on Ill. Rates
Sep 20 2004 // Exclusive-agent personal lines giant State Farm Insurance Co. announced that it will cut Illinois homeowners and auto insurance rates, effective Nov. 1 for new insureds and renewals. Homeowners insurance premiums will see...
Ill.’s Gov. Blagojevich Appoints Ex-Judge to Mediate Med-Mal Negotiations
Sep 17 2004 // After months of partisan and special interest stalemate over medical malpractice reform in the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a former judge and hospital lawyer to mediate ongoing...
Ill. Homeowners Complaints Up 2nd Year in Row
Aug 26 2004 // While Illinois consumers filed fewer complaints about their insurance companies and HMOs in 2003, complaints regarding homeowners insurers were up for the second consecutive year, according to statistics released by the...
Producers Caught in Multistate Surplus Lines Web
Aug 23 2004 // A solution that is both simple and fair is the creation of an interstate compact like the one under review by NAPSLO’s legislative committee. Surplus line producers have benefited greatly from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley...
Grillo Confirmed as Head of New Ill. Super-Department
Aug 10 2004 // The Illinois Senate voted 53-0 to confirm Fernando E. Grillo as head of the new super-department into which the state’s insurance department has been consolidated. Grillo will head the Department of Financial and...
The Expanding Ability of an Insurer to Recoup Costs Expended for Uncovered Claims
Aug 4 2004 // Insurers are routinely presented with complaints filed against their insureds where some of the complaint’s allegations do not fall within the coverage provided by an insured’s insurance policy. Nevertheless,...
Med-Mal, Comp Left on Table as Ill. Lawmakers Finally Adjourn
Aug 3 2004 // Although the Illinois General Assembly just wrapped up the longest overtime in state history, several bills critical to the insurance industry fell by the wayside due to ongoing political wrangling and the overshadowing...
