All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 11 2021 // A central Illinois grain-handling cooperative exposed workers to serious engulfment hazards when soybeans collapsed inside a Monticello bin and engulfed an employee up to their waist, the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Jul 30 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Oakbrook, Illinois-based R.J. Riordan & Co.R.J. Riordan & Co. is a retail property/casualty broker offering a full range of insurance products and services to clients across...
Jul 29 2021 // Bruce Bahn joined Risk Placement Services (RPS) in Rolling Meadows, Ill., as the vice president of business and product development.In this new position, Bahn will be responsible for leading the firm’s new product...
Jul 14 2021 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Co. (Vantage Risk) in Chicago. Vantage Risk is a...
Jul 12 2021 // Illinois prosecutors on July 9 sued the owner of a chemical plant where a fire in June sent dark smoke and ash into the air for days and prompted evacuations, saying the company should be held accountable for air and water...
Jul 2 2021 // A company whose northern Illinois chemical plant was heavily damaged in a fire defended its use of firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals, saying crews had taken steps to contain the material.An industrial team hired...
Jun 30 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor said US Foods will pay $159,550 in back pay and interest to 114 female and Black job applicants as part of an to resolve alleged hiring discrimination found at its Bensenville, Ill.,...
Jun 27 2021 // An explosion and massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois that filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes for days was started accidentally during maintenance work, a senior...
Jun 22 2021 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” (Excellent) from “bbb+” (Good) of Illinois...
Jun 16 2021 // A northern Illinois chemical plant that was rocked by an explosion and massive fires that prompted evacuations was inspected by a federal agency less than a month before the blast sent debris raining down onto nearby...
Jun 15 2021 // An explosion at a chemical plant in northern Illinois sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air Monday morning, prompting evacuations.Emergency crews rushed to the scene...
Jun 14 2021 // Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme park.Pass holders and others who visited the Gurnee park between October...
Jun 9 2021 // An attorney is calling on Catholic bishops across Illinois to end the “dangerous deceit” and release a full list of religious order priests who face credible sexual abuse accusations.Attorney Jeff Anderson has...
Jun 4 2021 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, has added Paul Domek as a territory sales manager in Illinois.Domek brings over 20 years of insurance industry...
Jun 3 2021 // The Illinois Supreme Court recently sided with a policyholder seeking defense from its insurer for a lawsuit brought by a customer of a tanning salon alleging the insured unlawfully disclosed the customer’s biometric...
Jun 2 2021 // A fire at a Chicago-area truck service facility has damaged at least 17 semitrailers.The blaze at KDM Truck Service in Addison, Ill., was reported about 10:30 p.m. on May 31, according to WLS-TV. Two semitrailers initially...
May 5 2021 // Four tornadoes touched down in the evening on May 3 in central Illinois but no damage was reported as the storms swept across farm fields and open areas, the National Weather Service said. One tornado touchdown was...
May 4 2021 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Cooper & Allison Insurance Agency LLC and Russel J. Kobel LLC (Cooper & Allison).Headquartered in Burr Ridge,...
Apr 30 2021 // Overcrowding at some Illinois nursing homes caused a disproportionate number of preventable deaths among Black and Latino residents living in those facilities, state officials say.The Department of Healthcare and Family...
Apr 29 2021 // A few days after employees at Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc. gathered in its Naperville, Ill., facility breakroom for a luncheon, some workers experienced symptoms consistent with coronavirus exposure....