All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 30 2017 // The Illinois Senate has passed two workers’ compensation measures — one that would require companies writing workers’ comp insurance to get state approval for the rates they charge, and another that creates a...
May 18 2017 // There is a wide variation in the percentage of claims with worker attorneys involvement across state workers’ compensation systems, according to the latest research from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
May 16 2017 // Two former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the retailer of treating thousands of pregnant workers as “second-class citizens” by rejecting their requests to limit heavy lifting,...
May 15 2017 // The average total cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Illinois has dropped by 6.4 percent since 2010, but the state still has relatively high costs per claim, according to a report by the Workers Compensation...
May 12 2017 // Árachas Group of Bartlett, Illinois, created by the merger of two local insurance agencies, has joined Keystone Insurers Group, becoming the network’s 18th partner in the state. Sullivan & Associates, led by...
May 11 2017 // An ongoing legal battle between two large national insurance brokerage firms over employee poaching is a byproduct of a hazard faced in the financial services industries where relationships and knowledge of business...
May 9 2017 // Illinois State Police say troopers issued more than 1,000 distracted driving citations during a week-long enforcement campaign. The inaugural awareness campaign kicked off April 24 and concluded April 28. Troopers also...
May 5 2017 // River levels fell on May 4 after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Officials have not said when hundreds of residents displaced from flooded properties in suburban...
May 5 2017 // The average total cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Illinois has dropped by 6.4 percent since 2010, but the state still has relatively high costs per claim, according to a report by the Workers Compensation...
May 1 2017 // Two pieces of legislation recently passed by the Illinois House would harm the workers’ compensation system in the state, a national insurer group says.American Insurance Association (AIA) said HB 2525 would require...
Apr 18 2017 // Authorities in central Illinois have issued an arrest warrant for a businessman they allege burned down his auto and tire shop last year.The State Journal-Register in Springfield reported the Montgomery County...
Apr 17 2017 // Decatur, Ill.-based company King-Lar will pay $325,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that King-Lar, which...
Apr 5 2017 // A new report published by ProPublica accuses the auto insurance industry of pricing discrimination against minorities.The report, titled Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas with the...
Apr 3 2017 // Decatur, Ill.-based company King-Lar will pay $325,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).In its lawsuit, the EEOC accused King-Lar, which provides...
Apr 3 2017 // A legal battle between two insurance brokerages over whether a former employee violated noncompete agreements and poached numerous employees is not over yet, but the brokerage bringing the charges has scored key early...
Apr 3 2017 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has placed Public Service Insurance Co. (Public Service) and its parent corporation, Public Service Mutual Holding Co., into rehabilitation.Policies will continue in force and claims...
Mar 30 2017 // A national trade association representing property/casualty insurers has come out against a proposed bill in Illinois that will create what group says are “burdensome and duplicative workers’ compensation...
Mar 29 2017 // A.M. Besthas assigned a long-term issuer credit rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bb” to ICC Holdings Inc.(ICC Holdings) in Rock Island, Ill., a recently formed publicly traded holding company for the demutualization...
Mar 22 2017 // The Illinois Department of Insurance reported that Public Service Insurance Co. (Public Service) and its parent corporation Public Service Mutual Holding Co. have been placed into rehabilitation.Policies will continue in...
Mar 22 2017 // A legal battle between two insurance brokerages over whether a former employee violated non-compete agreements and poached numerous employees is not over yet but the brokerage bringing the charges has scored key early...