All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. says it isn’t moving its headquarters from Bloomington, despite recent media reports that the Illinois-based company is adding major office space in Dallas, Atlanta and Phoenix.News reports...
Feb 22 2013 // A small town in eastern Illinois is losing its sledding hill because the city says it’s just too big of a liability.Kay McCabe is a member of the Park District board in Paxton. She tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette...
Feb 18 2013 // Illinois has received conditional federal approval for its plan to help run an online marketplace where thousands of state residents will shop for health insurance beginning Oct. 1 – a big step toward carrying out...
Feb 11 2013 // Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron has announced that more than $10.3 million in market conduct fines was collected from insurance companies by the department in calendar year 2012.This amount...
Feb 11 2013 // Loss Prediction“State insurance regulators should require auto insurers to explain why they believe factors such as education and income are better predictors of losses than are at-fault accidents.” —J....
Feb 8 2013 // The Illinois Department of Insurance is warning consumers that a Florida-based company is illegally marketing home warranty services to Illinois residents.The agency said that Arkidus Home Protection continues to market...
Jan 29 2013 // As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous U.S. state to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other...
Jan 11 2013 // Illinois has moved a step closer to becoming the next state to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses after House lawmakers approved a bill requiring one-year proof of state residency, form of...
Jan 10 2013 // USI Insurance Services LLC has acquired Pediatrics Insurance Consultants (PIC), based in Chicago, Ill.PIC is the insurance member benefits broker, marketer and administrator for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)....
Jan 9 2013 // Any horse coming into Louisiana from Illinois must have a health certificate showing that it has not been at Hawthorne Race Course in the past 30 days because nearly 70 horses at Hawthorne have tested positive for a very...
Jan 9 2013 // A proposal to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants has received committee approval in the Illinois House, despite concerns by both Democrats and Republicans whether it goes far enough to prevent fraud.The...
Jan 3 2013 // Snowfall in parts of the U.S. Plains last week had little impact on historic drought gripping the region, but parts of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin showed slight improvement, weather experts said.A weekly...
Dec 28 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Heiser Insurance Agency Inc. in Morton, Ill.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Heiser Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker providing retail property/casualty, employee...
Dec 27 2012 // A gusty winter storm has slammed into southern Illinois, forcing the closures of courthouses and leaving roads covered in snow and ice. The National Weather Service says 4 inches to a foot of snow fell on the region as of...
Dec 26 2012 // A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent benefits.A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two...
Dec 14 2012 // An Illinois judge has refused to reopen a class-action lawsuit that produced a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris, handing the plaintiffs their latest setback in legal action now more than a decade...
Dec 13 2012 // Workers’ compensation medical fee schedule rates in Illinois will increase 1.69 percent in 2013, according to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC).The IWCC said the hike is less than half the...
Dec 11 2012 // Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown.Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the...
Dec 6 2012 // A plan that would allow illegal immigrants in Illinois to get driver’s licenses cleared another hurdle on Dec. 4, with the state Senate approving the measure hours after Republican leaders in the General Assembly...
Dec 5 2012 // Top Illinois Republicans have announced their support for providing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.House Minority Leader Tom Cross of Oswego and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno joined former GOP...