All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2020 // Chicago’s public school district has agreed to pay a total of $400,000 to settle two lawsuits that alleged staff members used physical force to punish two special education students. The Chicago Board of Education...
Oct 1 2020 // Deerfield, Ill.-based Alera Group has promoted several employees within the company’s executive leadership team: Brian Caracciolo will assume the role of chief financial officer; and Carolyn L. Cox will assume the...
Oct 1 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Illinois to the list of states where the insurer offers its Commercial Package Policy.The product includes commercial property featuring limits up to $120 million per...
Sep 22 2020 // The federal government said on Sept. 18 that it will give farmers an additional $14 billion to compensate them for the difficulties they have experienced selling their crops, milk and meat because of the coronavirus...
Sep 15 2020 // Associated Agencies Inc., a privately held insurance and risk management firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has acquired Bensman Risk Management Inc. and Bensman Associates Ltd. (The Bensman Group), a Bannockburn,...
Sep 14 2020 // The Illinois attorney general files suit against e-cigarette maker Juice Man on Sept. 10, alleging deceptive marketing practices aimed at enticing youth.The move follows a similar Illinois complaint filed in December...
Sep 10 2020 // Alera Group, a national independent insurance agency based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Tina Hohman as executive vice president and Wealth Management practice leader.In this role, Hohman is responsible for wealth...
Aug 17 2020 // The family of a suburban Chicago woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a meatpacking plant where her husband worked and contracted the virus.The family of Esperanza...
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....