All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2018 // Grinnell, Iowa-based property and casualty insurer/reinsurer, Grinnell Mutual, named Dave Wingert, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to serve as acting president.Larry Jansen retired on Dec. 15, 2017,...
Dec 29 2017 // Chicago, Ill.-based Old Republic International Corp. has named Jeffrey Lange senior vice president in underwriting and distribution of the Old Republic General Insurance Group Inc. Concurrently, he will become a member of...
Dec 29 2017 // A bad broker, classic cars that got destroyed in a fire and insurer rating downgrades were among the most widely read news stories in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2017.One story that generated much interest...
Dec 19 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, Alera Group, has acquired Hallberg Commercial Insurers Inc. in Oakbrook, Illinois.Hallberg Commercial provides...
Dec 18 2017 // USI, Wells FargoUSI Insurance Services announced the closing on its acquisition of Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, formerly part of Wells Fargo & Co. This purchase includes the commercial insurance brokerage and...
Dec 14 2017 // Olsick & Company Insurance, located in Willowbrook, Illinois, has joined Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone), the companies announced. The agency is Keystone’s 18th partner in Illinois.The announcement was made...
Dec 13 2017 // A central Illinois jury has awarded $5.2 million to a nurse who claims she was fired from a nursing home after reporting alleged abuse.The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports Katrina Wesemann worked as a licensed practical...
Dec 12 2017 // A former Tennessee lawmaker is suing an Illinois trucking company for injuries he received in a vehicle accident.The Kingsport Times News reports that former state Rep. Jason Mumpower, who is currently the Tennessee...
Dec 11 2017 // A suburban Chicago chiropractor has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for billing an insurance company more than $4 million for treatment that was unnecessary or never provided. Federal prosecutors said Thursday...
Dec 8 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew 3.1 percent per year on average from 2012 through 2015, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).In all,...
Dec 6 2017 // Koetting Insurance and Resource Agency in Germantown, Ill., has joined St. Louis, Mo.-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of over 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and...
Dec 6 2017 // Andrea Thorpe, of Bloomington, Illinois, has been named vice president of Commercial/Agribusiness Underwriting at COUNTRY Financial. She replaces Sheri Bane who will retire in January 2018.Thorpe will lead the Agribusiness...
Dec 4 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wayne, Illinois-based Weiss Insurance Agencies Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1905, Weiss Insurance Agencies provides a full range of employee...
Dec 1 2017 // EH Nolkemper Insurance Agency in Columbia, Ill., led by Steven Straub, has merged with St. Louis, Missouri-based The Daniel & Henry Co.The EH Nolkemper team will join one of The Daniel & Henry Co.’s...
Nov 30 2017 // A third person has contracted Legionnaires’ disease at a western Illinois veterans home where two other cases were identified last month, state officials said.The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and...
Nov 30 2017 // It’s possible to know where in the country more homebuyers will be moving over the next 30 to 90 days, thanks to what’s called a “pre-mover” index.It turns out that the U.S. markets with the highest...
Nov 28 2017 // Startup insurance provider, Berkley One, has launched in Illinois, the first state of a planned national state-by-state rollout.Working with a select group of independent agents, Berkley One offers home, automobile, fine...
Nov 20 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization...
Nov 14 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Flagship Healthcare, a physician-owned insurance brokerage specializing...
Nov 3 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines underwriter, J.M. Wilson, has hired Kathy Gross as assistant transportation underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Gross is responsible for assisting underwriters...