All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2015 // AAdvantage Insurance Group in Glen Carbon, Ill., led by founder Dave Viox, recently announced a merger with Premier Insurance Associates located in Edwardsville, Ill.Vince and Deb Valesano, former owners of Premier...
Aug 18 2015 // The wife of a man killed when a tent collapsed at a suburban Chicago festival has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit.The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Nicole Nincic filed the lawsuit in Cook County court. She...
Aug 18 2015 // Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Acting Director Anne Melissa Dowling announced an investigation by the department’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit (WCFU) has resulted in the conviction of an Algonquin...
Aug 17 2015 // Car owners in Belleville, Ill., and eastern Missouri have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler and a dashboard computer manufacturer after two hackers used a laptop computer to take control of a Jeep...
Aug 12 2015 // The top federal official for worker safety said that an Illinois businessman’s “outrageous behavior” of bringing in Mexican workers to remove asbestos without safety gear warrants fines of nearly $1.8...
Aug 11 2015 // A vendor reported more than $1 million worth of jewelry and gems stolen during a weekend antique show in Peoria, Ill., according to police.The theft was reported Aug. 9 after the reopening of the Mid America Antique Show...
Aug 7 2015 // Car owners in Belleville and eastern Missouri have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler and a dashboard computer manufacturer after two hackers used a laptop computer to take control of a Jeep being...
Aug 4 2015 // A mode of transportation that took hold in retirement communities is becoming increasingly acceptable in some small southern Illinois cities.The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that the Benton City Council will...
Aug 3 2015 // Weeks of record rainfalls drenched Don Lamb’s cornfields this summer, drowning some plants and leaving others yellowed, 2 feet tall and capable of producing little, if any, grain.The 48-year-old central Indiana...
Jul 29 2015 // Flooding along the Illinois River that has prompted National Weather Service warnings and closed the waterway to boaters for weeks this summer has dampened recreational activities.Marina owners, boat shop workers and...
Jul 27 2015 // Illinois has some of the least-restrictive laws regulating all-terrain vehicles, and enthusiasts and consumer advocates are divided about how to make the popular sport safer.The Chicago Tribune reports that July and August...
Jul 24 2015 // Authorities say a 12-year-old Kankakee, Ill., boy is charged with arson in a fire at a Family Dollar store earlier this month. The (Kankakee) Daily-Journal reports that the boy was charged after investigators saw...
Jul 21 2015 // It’s not unusual to see residents zipping around on golf carts in many small Illinois communities, as local officials increasingly adopt ordinances to accommodate the popular vehicles.Golf carts are getting the green...
Jul 7 2015 // FIRST Insurance Funding Corp. in Northbrook, Ill., has added Justin Berry as a senior vice president and regional sales manager. Berry will manage FIRST Insurance Funding Corp.’s Midwest sales team and assist with...
Jul 7 2015 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has acquired Lemme Insurance Group Inc., based in Arlington Heights, Ill. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.Lemme, a boutique insurance...
Jul 6 2015 // A Chicago-area community college and a global insurance company are creating what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an industry...
Jun 30 2015 // Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has an answer to the state Capitol budget impasse: adopt five “structural reforms” that make it cheaper to do business in Illinois.House Speaker Michael Madigan of Chicago calls the...
Jun 24 2015 // At least seven people were injured as severe thunderstorms that swept across northern Illinois spawned a tornado, damaged homes and uprooted trees.Particularly hard hit Monday night was Coal City, a community of...
Jun 18 2015 // A global insurance company is teaming up with a Chicago-area community college to create what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an...
Jun 18 2015 // Euclid Insurance Services Inc. (Euclid), based in Itasca, Ill., has formed Euclid Financial Institution Underwriters LLC (Euclid Financial) and hired David McDonald and Jim Thomas to lead the new operation. Euclid...