All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2020 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Corkill Insurance Agency Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Illinois.AssuredPartners said the Corkill acquisition is its first in 2020. The Corkill staff of 104 will remain under the operational...
Jan 21 2020 // It’s out: the annual report by tort reform advocates of what they say are the nation’s worst local courts and states that are abusing the civil justice system.The report also warns of state courts that did not...
Jan 8 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), based in Chicago, has acquired the assets of Briargate Insurance Services Inc. (Briargate Insurance).Based in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Briargate Insurance is an independent agency...
Jan 8 2020 // Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. (Pinnacle) in Bloomington, Illinois, has named Tim Mosler a principal and consulting actuary.Mosler joined Pinnacle in 2014 and has been in the property/casualty insurance industry since...
Jan 3 2020 // The sale of marijuana for recreational purposes became legal Wednesday in Illinois to the delight of pot fans — many of whom began lining up hours early at dispensaries.About 500 people were outside Dispensary 33 in...
Jan 2 2020 // Failures in leadership at the scene of a March house fire in southern Illinois contributed to the death of a firefighter, state investigators concluded.Godfrey Fire Capt. Jake Ringering was killed and three other...
Jan 2 2020 // The expanding legalization of marijuana in Midwest states captured the attention of Insurance Journal readers last year. Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational cannabis when Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June 2019...
Dec 31 2019 // Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market...
Dec 31 2019 // With 2019 nearly rolled up, it is time to exhale and recap the latest dose of marijuana laws affecting the workplace. In the last twelve months, Illinois became the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana use by...
Dec 23 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Tim Frawley to senior property/casualty underwriter in the company’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, office.He is responsible for quoting new and renewal accounts for a wide variety of...
Dec 23 2019 // Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented U.S. law firms.They...
Dec 11 2019 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “a-” of Governmental Interinsurance Exchange (GIE), in...
Dec 10 2019 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “a-” of National Fire and Casualty Co. (NFC), based in...
Dec 3 2019 // At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to discuss the best way to detect cancer-causing asbestos in talc powders and cosmetics.The...
Dec 2 2019 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the appointment of Daniel R. Westcott as president of Berkley Re America (BRAM). Westcott has 20 years of experience in the property and casualty reinsurance market. He joins Berkley from The...
Nov 21 2019 // Top U.S. House Democrats have called for a federal review of the Keystone pipeline and the agency that regulates it in the wake of 383,000-gallon (1.4-million-liter) spill in northeastern North Dakota, the latest of three...
Nov 18 2019 // A federal agency upheld its decision to deny financial assistance to Illinois residents and business owners affected by historic flooding despite granting the state public aid.The Federal Emergency Management...
Nov 14 2019 // Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) has elected Bill Wirth, of Wirth Agency in Waterloo, as president of the group for a term that runs until Sept. 30, 2020.As president, Wirth will serve as a member of...
Nov 12 2019 // Juul Labs Inc. was sued for collecting biometric data from its online customers as a method of verifying they are legally old enough to buy vaping products. The company was accused in a complaint filed last Thursday in...
Nov 8 2019 // A jury awarded $101 million to the mother of a severely brain-damaged boy who sued a Chicago-area hospital for medical malpractice, but an agreement between the parties cut the amount to $50 million, a lawyer...