All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2013 // For the first time, an uninsured employer has been convicted of a Class 4 felony for failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois, the state workers’ compensation commission announced.Ahmed...
Aug 6 2013 // Starting next year, Illinois high schools must offer catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes, under a bill Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law on Sunday.The law was inspired by the late Rasul “Rocky”...
Aug 5 2013 // When a tornado siren went off during a meeting at Belleville’s City Hall and nobody took charge to move people to safety, it got the attention of Alderwoman Lillian Schneider.Her formal complaint to the Illinois...
Aug 5 2013 // The family of one of 50 people who died in a fiery Canadian oil-train explosion is suing the train’s Illinois owners.The wrongful death case was filed in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of relatives of Jean-Guy...
Aug 2 2013 // A southern Illinois businessman has paid off part of a court-ordered legal settlement with nearly four tons of quarters packed into dozens of bags.Roger Herrin, of Harrisburg, was ordered by an appellate court to repay...
Aug 2 2013 // Gov. Pat Quinn says $190 million in federal grants and loans will be awarded to help Illinois residents and businesses in 35 counties recover from April floods. Federal aid to the designated disaster areas includes $143...
Jul 31 2013 // The Obama administration has delayed by nearly a year a plan to boost safety standards for the type of rail car involved in a fiery explosion that killed at least 47 people in Canada this month.Officials began work on the...
Jul 22 2013 // Auto insurance was the line of coverage that topped the list of coverage complaints investigated by the Illinois Department of Insurance in 2012, with group accident and health insurance coming in second. The department in...
Jul 19 2013 // Gov. Pat Quinn says $27 million in federal funds will be distributed to 44 community organizations that will help educate the public and push enrollment in the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. The marketplace is a...
Jun 27 2013 // A Madison, Ill., man faced jail time after being convicted in for an auto theft scheme that spanned Illinois and Missouri, according to federal officials.The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,...
Jun 18 2013 // Fatal motorcycle accidents are up 13 percent in Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation.The State Journal-Register reported there were 131 motorcycle fatalities in 2010, a figure that...
Jun 10 2013 // Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the future.The General Assembly...
Jun 10 2013 // The National Weather Service says storms that last week ravaged the St. Louis area and portions of neighboring Illinois spawned nine tornadoes, amazingly not causing any serious injuries.KMOV-TV reports some of the worst...
Jun 7 2013 // Kane County authorities say 10 people were injured this week when a shotgun accidently discharged inside a gun club in Blackberry Township, Ill., sending buckshot ricocheting around the facility.Sheriff’s...
Jun 5 2013 // Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on June 3 as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatened to send water into about a third of the town’s homes and make another nearby...
Jun 3 2013 // Portions of suburban St. Louis waged a soggy cleanup effort on June 1 after severe storms unleashed an outbreak of tornadoes across the region, damaging hundreds of homes and leaving tens of thousands without power.No...
May 30 2013 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has asked Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to sign Senate Bill 1775, which would allow Illinois drivers to present electronic proof of insurance to state officials. The bill,...
May 23 2013 // Illinois’ congressional delegation has asked President Obama to add 16 Illinois counties to the list of those eligible to receive disaster aid after last month’s flooding.The letter was sent to support a...
May 20 2013 // Confie Seguros, Capital InsuranceHispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros acquired Capital Insurance Agency of Trenton, N.J. Capital Insurance has been in business since 1935 and specializes in...
May 20 2013 // Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance and American Motorists Insurance Cos. have been placed in liquidation in Illinois, according to the state insurance department. State insurance guaranty...