All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2016 // Federal safety regulators say 36 Illinois workers have died on the job since Jan. 1, 2016. That number represents an average of one life lost each week in the state.Since 2013, Illinois worker deaths have increased 28...
Oct 6 2016 // The Plexus Groupe LLC, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy headquartered in Deer Park, Illinois, has acquired Carol Stream, Ill.-based Ingensa Insurance Services, a diversified...
Sep 26 2016 // When Dennis Roberts’ car insurance started getting a bit too expensive, he did what a lot of consumers do and shopped around.Then he picked a new company and switched both his home and auto coverage, never expecting...
Sep 20 2016 // Some customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. claim the company conspired to help elect an Illinois Supreme Court candidate so he could vote to throw out a $1 billion award against the company. Now they will...
Sep 15 2016 // Several Midwest states report significant drops in the number of residents without health insurance.New data shows nearly 200,000 Wisconsin residents gained some form of health insurance between 2013 and 2015. In Illinois,...
Sep 12 2016 // The National Weather Service is confirming that at least four tornadoes swept through east-central Illinois.Personnel from the weather service’s Lincoln office are surveying damage Saturday in Champaign and...
Sep 12 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired the BMR Agency LLC dba First Stop Insurance in Washington Park, Ill. First Stop Insurance specializes in non-standard auto insurance. The...
Sep 6 2016 // Dan McMullen is an insurance agent in Ferguson, Mo. His Solo Insurance office is on West Florissant Avenue, the epicenter of the trouble two years ago. The building next to his office burned into ruins.There aren’t...
Sep 6 2016 // Missouri insurance regulators have once again refused to renew the non-resident producer license of the owner of an Illinois managing general agency that has been able to continue operations despite having his license...
Sep 1 2016 // Bell Insurance Solutions in Illinois recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance. Bell Insurance Solutions specializes in business, life, home and auto insurance. The firm was founded this year by owner J.R....
Aug 29 2016 // Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation requiring insurance companies to locate beneficiaries of unclaimed life insurance policies and pay them money they’re owed.The Republican said Friday the state also...
Aug 26 2016 // Dan McMullen is an insurance agent in Ferguson, Mo. His Solo Insurance office is on West Florissant Avenue, the epicenter of the trouble two years ago. The building next to his office burned into ruins.There aren’t...
Aug 24 2016 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has once again refused to renew the non-resident producer license of the owner of an Illinois managing general agency that has been able to continue operations despite having his...
Aug 22 2016 // An Illinois think tank has published a report expressing support for a workers’ compensation opt-out system in that state, saying that it would give employers the ability to lower costs and allow for a more flexible...
Aug 22 2016 // POWERS Insurance and Benefits, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., promoted Amy Simkins to commercial account manager. Simkins previously served as POWERS Insurance and Benefits’ accounting specialist.POWERS Insurance...
Aug 18 2016 // Illinois contractor Robert Barringer III’s long history of putting his workers in danger of debilitating or fatal falls at his company’s job sites continues, this time at a residential home under construction...
Aug 18 2016 // Safety and insurance industry experts say Illinois traffic fatalities are expected to pass 1,000 this year for the first time since 2008 because of higher speeds, more miles driven and an increase in the number of younger...
Aug 17 2016 // Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs is launching a series of public hearings to explore how life insurance companies avoid paying death benefits.The first hearing is set for this morning in the city council chambers in...
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration proceedings against an Illinois construction company fined for allegedly importing Mexican workers to remove asbestos are on hold as federal officials look into possible...
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is taking the rare step of weighing in on the state’s handling of a hefty health insurance rate increase request, asking Illinois regulators to press the state’s leading insurer of...