All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2020 // After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus would choke off a major source of revenue for his school: Chinese graduate students.So, in 2017,...
Aug 11 2020 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired Alper Services LLC in Chicago.The acquisition was effective Aug.1....
Aug 10 2020 // When insurance coverage lawsuits brought by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-related interruptions surpassed the 700 mark last month, the natural question to ask was: Is that a lot?That’s exactly the question...
Aug 6 2020 // The family of a man who was stabbed to death in February outside of a Chicago bar is suing the bar and the man charged in the killing, claiming the slain man was targeted because he was gay and is accusing the bar of not...
Aug 4 2020 // A class-action lawsuit seeks $150 million in refunds from ComEd for customer rate increases and other benefits the utility received from Illinois as part of an alleged bribery scheme.The lawsuit was filed this week in Cook...
Aug 3 2020 // When insurance coverage lawsuits brought by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-related interruptions surpassed the 700 mark last week, the natural question to ask was: Is that a lot?That’s exactly the question...
Jul 24 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway’s Geico, the country’s second largest auto insurer, is being targeted by a potential class action for allegedly overcharging its policyholders during the pandemic.A lawsuit filed in federal...
Jul 10 2020 // Dansig Insurance Risk Advisors (Dansig) of Decatur, Illinois, has joined the Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone), expanding that agency network organization’s footprint in the Great Lakes region.Led by Dan Reynolds,...
Jul 9 2020 // A Chicago-area candy company has been fined nearly $500,000 for workplace injuries, including a fingertip amputation, federal regulators said.The incidents occurred at Ferrara Candy in Bellwood, Ill. An employee lost a...
Jul 6 2020 // A former student in a suburban Illinois high school has filed a $1 million lawsuit that alleges the school district did not protect her from a choir teacher who is charged with installing hidden cameras to film her and...
Jun 30 2020 // Federal employment officials say two Chicago-based staffing companies will pay $568,500 to resolve a race and sex discrimination lawsuit.In its lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged that...
Jun 19 2020 // Horace Mann Educators Corp., headquartered in Springfield, Ill., has appointed Vice President Paul Haley as chief risk officer.Haley has led risk assessments for the company’s business development efforts since 2018....
Jun 15 2020 // Insurance broker and professional services firm Aon announced the formation of a coalition of other insurers, companies and organizations in the Chicago area to help advance economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19...
May 8 2020 // Staff at dozens of Illinois nursing homes called off a strike set to begin May 8 after their union reached a tentative deal with nursing home owners that will increase workers’ pay to at least $15 and guarantee...
May 7 2020 // The Illinois attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit against a developer and two contractors for the release of contaminants during the implosion of a smokestack at a defunct Chicago power station.The lawsuit...
Apr 29 2020 // Workers at 40 Chicago-area nursing homes announced they have set a May 8 strike date over wages as many of the facilities are treating patients suffering from the coronavirus.Members of the Service Employees International...
Apr 28 2020 // In a statement released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Andrew Perkins, NAMIC regional vice president – Great Lakes, applauded the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission’s...
Apr 24 2020 // New emergency rules enacted by Illinois workers’ compensation regulators have drawn a lawsuit by a pair of trade associations representing retailers and manufacturers in the state.The Illinois Manufacturers’...
Apr 24 2020 // An Illinois industrial device manufacturer will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal officials.In its lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Apr 20 2020 // Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court in Illinois by a group of businesses that were forced to close their operations by government authorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic over the denial of business...