May 1, 2014
Keystone Insurers Group welcomed Normal, Ill.-based agency Van Gundy Insurance as its newest franchise partner in Illinois. Van Gundy Agency was founded in 1946 by Lander Van Gundy. With his roots in the harness racing industry, Van Gundy established a …
April 30, 2014
Garrett Kelleher, the Irish developer trying to restore Chicago’s status as home to the tallest building in the U.S., has one last chance to keep his dream alive. The planned lakefront skyscraper is nothing more than a hole in the …
April 30, 2014
Everything has been stolen – including the kitchen sink – from the kitchen of a model house in Kansas. Police say thieves stripped the kitchen of the Clayton Homes unit in south Wichita, taking all the upscale appliances, the wooden …
April 30, 2014
The federal government says Republic Steel has agreed to pay $2.4 million in a settlement and address alleged health and safety violations at three Ohio facilities and one in Blasdell, N.Y. A statement from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
April 30, 2014
Jury selection began April 28 in the trial of a case brought by the former top ranking woman executive at St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, who accuses the beer maker of wage discrimination for paying her less than half the base salary …
April 29, 2014
Insential Inc., a full service property and casualty insurance wholesale brokerage, appointed Stephen Mileski as senior vice president in its program division in Illinois. He will be responsible for developing P/C program business, structuring insurance for hard-to-place risks and working …
April 29, 2014
Patrick Healey has been appointed head of real estate for Zurich Commercial Markets in North America. He will be based in Schaumburg, Ill. Healey joined Zurich in 2011 as the international practice leader for the East and South regions and …
April 29, 2014
A Minnesota health insurance company didn’t expect to offer some of the nation’s lowest premiums – it just turned out that way for PreferredOne. PreferredOne had been just a small player in Minnesota’s market for individuals who buy health insurance …
April 28, 2014
Ohio’s watchdog released his much-anticipated investigative report on the investment scandal that engulfed the state in 2005, concluding the worker’s compensation insurance organization where it started has become significantly more professional and accountable. Inspector General Randall Meyer made no new …
April 28, 2014
The state Public Service Commission has sent warnings to two ridesharing companies that they need the commission’s permission to offer services in Nebraska. The commission issued letters to Lyft and Uber, two San Francisco companies that use smartphone applications to …