All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 8 2020 // Two people have sued a suburban Chicago funeral home after discovering that one of them was given the ashes of an elderly woman in a mix-up instead of those of a four-month-old girl.The lawsuit filed in November alleges...
Dec 7 2020 // More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields, according to a federal lawsuit.The workers, including teenagers, senior citizens and a...
Dec 7 2020 // Illinois Department of Insurance Director Robert Muriel is leaving his post on Dec. 11, 2020, the department reported. IDOI’s Chief Deputy Director of Product Lines Shannon Whalen will fill in as interim acting...
Dec 3 2020 // New Jersey-based World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Insurance Solution Network LLC (ISN) of Villa Park, Ill.Terms of the Nov. 1 transaction were not disclosed. ISN, led by President Daniel Berlin, has been...
Nov 23 2020 // Specialty insurer, Kemper Corp., has agreed to acquire American Access Casualty Co, and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its subsidiaries (collectively “AAC”). AAC...
Nov 19 2020 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, is now offering its insurance products in the state of Illinois.HOAIC President and CEO Spencer Tucker said the move...
Nov 18 2020 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. says Craig W. Kliethermes, current RLI Insurance Co. president and chief operating officer, will succeed Jonathan E. Michael as RLI’s chief executive officer, upon Michael’s...
Nov 18 2020 // Two former Berkshire Hathaway companies have been hit with a $250,000 fine by Illinois regulators for selling unapproved workers’ compensation policies to small businesses.The Illinois Department of Insurance says...
Nov 10 2020 // Naperville, Ill.-based insurance software provider, Instec, has promoted Kevin Mason chief strategy officer, a newly created position.He will be responsible for shaping and executing business and product strategies,...
Nov 3 2020 // A Chicago-area sports fashion chain will pay $420,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said City Sports has more...
Oct 30 2020 // An Illinois-based staffing agency will pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified females as receiving associates.LTI Services LLC in Burbank, Ill., also has agreed to other conditions to...
Oct 29 2020 // Surging COVID-19 cases in Chicago has prompted Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ban indoor dining and bar services and limit the number of people gathering in one place.However, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she...
Oct 28 2020 // A woman was killed and more than 20 other people were injured over the weekend when a hayrack side overturned in rural western Illinois, police said.Troopers were called to the scene in Hancock County on Saturday night...
Oct 28 2020 // The Plexus Groupe has acquired D.H. Tank Insurance Agency located in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Ill.Founded in 1968, the Tank Agency is an independent insurance agency specializing in commercial property/casualty...
Oct 27 2020 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) has presented MH Insurance Centre LLC of Marion, Ill., with the IIA of IL Agency of the Year Award.The Agency of the Year Award is presented to an IIA of IL member...
Oct 26 2020 // Nick Gunn of Groveland, Ill., has named Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL).Gunn was presented with the Young Agent of the Year Award for demonstrating exceptional service to...
Oct 26 2020 // Insurer Zurich North America is collaborating with the digital legal company Paladin to connect Zurich’s attorneys with pro bono service opportunities.Approximately 97% of respondents to a recent survey by Legal...
Oct 23 2020 // Brooke Miano with Brown & Brown of Illinois in Naperville, Ill., has been presented with the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) Agent of the Year Award during the association’s annual...
Oct 22 2020 // George Daly with The Horton Group in Orland Park, Ill., has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL). Daly’s term runs until Sept. 30, 2021.As president, Daly will serve as a...
Oct 15 2020 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), based in Fairview, Ohio, has purchased the assets of M.P. Caplice Insurance Group LLC and related entities (M.P. Caplice).In the near future, M.P. Caplice will be re-branded under the...