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#1 Illinois Sues State Farm for Refusal to Release Homeowners’ Insurance Data

Oct 15 2025 // The State of Illinois is suing State Farm for refusing to provide nationwide homeowners’ insurance data at the request of the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI). Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the lawsuit on...

#2 Trump Denies Disaster Declarations for Maryland, Vermont and Illinois

Oct 27 2025 // President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe last week, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other...

#3 EPIC Acquires Illinois’ Price Insurance

Oct 28 2025 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced it is expanding its Chicago and Midwest footprint with the acquisition of Price Insurance, a fourth-generation, family-owned agency based in Lake Forest, Illinois. The...

#4 Pritzker’s Illinois Wins 10th Rating Upgrade as Reserves Climb

Oct 24 2025 // Illinois, the worst-rated U.S. state, received a one-notch upgrade from Moody’s Ratings for its rising reserves and improving finances. Moody’s raised the state’s rating to A2, five steps above junk, from...

#5 AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Members of Illinois’ Pekin Insurance Group

Oct 27 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” (Excellent) of The...

#6 Illinois Department of Insurance Asks Insurers for Policyholder Relief During Shutdown

Oct 24 2025 // The Illinois Department of Insurance is asking insurers to provide relief to policyholders impacted by the federal government shutdown and ensure that they do not lose insurance coverage, including a moratorium on...

#7 Illinois Sues to Block National Guard Deployment to Chicago Area

Oct 6 2025 // Illinois sued the Trump administration over its plan to deploy National Guard troops to the Chicago area, setting off a fresh legal battle over the president’s authority to use soldiers to respond to protests over...

#8 People Moves: Evans Jr. Elected President of Big I Illinois

Oct 28 2025 // Thomas Evans, Jr. of Biglow & Company, Inc, (Assured Partners) in Fox Lake, Illinois, has been elected and formally installed as the President of Big I Illinois at the organization’s annual convention in Peoria...