All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2014 // Trying to sell young adults on the idea of health insurance before an upcoming deadline, Illinois officials announced they are launching an ad campaign with the satirical online newspaper The Onion.Banner ads on The Onion...
Jan 29 2014 // A northern Illinois man has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for insurance fraud and forgery.Kane County prosecutors say 53-year-old Juventino Guzman of Elgin falsely claimed he’d slipped, fallen and was injured at...
Jan 27 2014 // A bill filed in Illinois aims to clarify who is responsible for injuries sustained in a traffic accident on the way to work.Sen. Kyle McCarter, a Lebanon Republican, introduced Senate Bill 2622, which exempts an employer...
Jan 23 2014 // A southwestern Illinois high school student and his parents will get $910,000 under a jury award related to injuries the teenager sustained in a bicycle accident.The (Alton) Telegraph reports that Edwardsville High School...
Jan 22 2014 // Keystone Insurers Group named five new franchise partners in Illinois, completing its list of “Pioneer Partners” — the first 10 agencies in the state to join the property/casualty insurance network....
Jan 16 2014 // Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be a controlling shareholder of an insurance company that’s opening new offices in Illinois and creating about 200 jobs.Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced...
Jan 15 2014 // Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. is being investigated by states including Connecticut and Illinois over the theft of customer credit-card data by hackers, and a bank sued Target Corp. for its data breach during the holiday...
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.”The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.”The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Jan 9 2014 // Illinois drivers should get ready to pay more for insurance.Northbrook-based Allstate says in a regulatory filing that rates for customers will climb between 2.5 and 3.5 percent later this month. Esurance rates are rising...
Jan 8 2014 // Illinois lawmakers will consider legislation this spring that aims to clarify who is responsible for injuries sustained in a traffic accident on the way to work.Lee Enterprises Newspapers in Illinois reported that Sen....
Jan 8 2014 // Paty Daves has been appointed managing partner at Willis of Illinois, retail insurance broker, Willis North America (WNA), announced. In this role, Daves will oversee business operations in Willis’ Chicago,...
Jan 8 2014 // U.S. crops are escaping record- setting cold weather with little damage, while the arctic blast drove cattle prices to a record as animals struggle to gain weight.The coldest spots in Florida citrus groves were near...
Jan 2 2014 // Brennan & Stuart Inc. of La Salle, Ill., is Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Illinois. Harold Brennan started Brennan & Stuart Inc. (BSI) as a family business in 1956. CEO Jerry Stuart...
Dec 31 2013 // William H. Hayes, of Esser Hayes Insurance in Naperville, Ill., in partnership with Westfield Insurance, awarded a Westfield Agents Association Trustee Scholarship to Brianna Gatto. The Westfield Agents Association Trustee...
Dec 17 2013 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.”The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Dec 16 2013 // Arlington Metals Corp. in Franklin Park, Ill., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 38 safety and health violations, which carry proposed penalties of...
Dec 13 2013 // Gov. Pat Quinn’s office says federal aid for Illinois tornado victims has topped $1 million.The governor’s office says that federal grants following the fatal Nov. 17 twisters have reached $1.06 million. The...
Dec 12 2013 // Konen Insurance of Aurora, Ill., and Dasco Insurance Agency of Northbrook are now partners in Keystone Insurers Group.The addition of the two agencies increases to four the number of Keystone partners in the state since...
Dec 11 2013 // An insurance agent in central Illinois says he’s noticing an increase in the number of inquiries about renters’ insurance following the deadly November tornadoes.The (Peoria) Journal-Star reports one of the...