All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Dec 5 2011 // Workers filing on-the-job injury claims at just a dozen state institutions clustered in southern Illinois collected nearly one-third of the total $127 million awarded in recent years for permanent impairment under...
Nov 23 2011 // The Illinois council of the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP), formerly known as NAIW, has installed new officers. They are: Council Director Elect Penny Irwin with Horace Mann in...
Nov 16 2011 // If you live in Texas, Illinois or Ohio, you’re more likely to experience a cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day than those in other states.That’s according to claims data from Illinois-based State Farm Insurance....
Oct 31 2011 // Associated Risk Managers (ARM) of Illinois has added Rochelle Community Consolidated School District #231 into the Prairie State Insurance Cooperative (PSIC) as its 100th member.PSIC is an exclusive ARM of Illinois program...
Oct 27 2011 // A judge in Missouri has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to reach agreement on whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were...
Oct 17 2011 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has appointed 29 arbitrators in Illinois’ workers’ compensation system.Arbitrators rule on claims filed under the state’s Workers Compensation Act. The appointments are part of...
Oct 3 2011 // Indiana insurance regulators announced that the non-resident producer license fee is increasing to $250 for Illinois resident producers. The Indiana Department of Insurance noted that it is required to impose fees on...
Sep 30 2011 // The Illinois Supreme Court has cleared the way for plaintiffs’ attorneys to push that a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris be revived, sending the matter back to the trial court for more...
Sep 23 2011 // Milwaukee, Wis.-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked.The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products were sold after Sept. 13 at...
Sep 22 2011 // Indiana insurance regulators announced that the non-resident producer license fee is increasing to $250 for Illinois resident producers.The Indiana Department of Insurance noted that it is required to impose fees on...
Sep 21 2011 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented the Federal Legislator of the Year Award to U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., at its annual convention in Indianapolis.‘Rep. Biggert is a...
Sep 19 2011 // Sharon A. Poradzisz has been promoted to vice president of personal lines claims and Wade D. Rankin has been promoted to commercial claims manager at the Founders Insurance Co. of Des Plaines, Ill.Poradzisz has 16 years of...
Sep 19 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance approved an 8.8 percent decrease in voluntary advisory workers’ compensation rates. The new rate, filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, became effective on...
Sep 15 2011 // Thirty Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission arbitrators whose terms were ended by the governor in July are still on the job and are getting paid.The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the arbitrators are...
Sep 14 2011 // The insurance industry is handing out cash to lawmakers who will play pivotal roles in setting up Illinois’ health-benefits exchange.The exchange is supposed to make health insurance more affordable for consumers and...
Sep 5 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to beef up protections for consumers who want to appeal health insurance claim denials. The law brings state law into line with consumer protections required by the federal...
Aug 31 2011 // A new Illinois law requires insurance companies to offer coverage for services meant to get smokers to kick the habit.The American Lung Association in Illinois enthusiastically backs the law. It says the law could be a...
Aug 29 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to beef up protections for consumers who want to appeal health insurance claim denials.The law, signed Aug. 26, brings state law into line with consumer protections required...
Aug 25 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has been awarded a $5.1 million federal grant to develop and maintain a health insurance exchange where consumers can shop for coverage.The nation’s new health care law requires...