All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2021 // Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, Hub International Limited (Hub), acquired the assets of McNellis & Company Inc. (McNellis Insurance), located in Evergreen Park, Illinois.Terms of the...
Aug 25 2021 // Pie Carrier Holdings has received regulatory approval from the Illinois Department of Insurance to acquire Western Select Insurance Co. from a subsidiary of Premia Holdings Ltd.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The...
Aug 25 2021 // The parents of two teenage boys filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging their sons were sexually assaulted in a hazing tradition by older players on their suburban Chicago, Ill., high school football team, and that three...
Aug 24 2021 // A southern Illinois county agreed to pay a nurse $35,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was fired for refusing to tell local law enforcement which residents had tested positive for the coronavirus.The payment to nurse...
Aug 18 2021 // On Aug. 13, the former mayor of a southwest Illinois town became the second area mayor to plead guilty to lying to federal agents investigating a case involving commission payments related to the placement of casualty loss...
Aug 16 2021 // Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. violated Illinois anti-bias law by denying a transgender woman employee access to the women’s bathroom, a state appellate court ruled in a case of first impression.Meggan Sommerville’s...
Aug 11 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed that at least six tornadoes touched down in four northern Illinois counties.Based on video, photos and storm reports provided by storm spotters and storm chasers, the agency confirmed...
Aug 11 2021 // Berkley Program Specialists, a Berkley Company, and Condominium Insurance Specialists of America (CISA) are partnering to provide insurance protection to condominiums and associations. Condominium Insurance Specialists of...
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...