Latest Illinois Headlines

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Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission Welcomes New Administrator

Jun 20 2011 // Bob Devereaux has joined the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission as Fraud Prevention and Efficiency Controller. He comes to the Commission from the private sector where he has held a variety of positions in...

Timely Workers’ Comp Reforms

Jun 20 2011 // Prices for workers’ compensation insurance are inching up after decreasing and then flat-lining for the past few years, according to Towers Watson. The global professional services firm’s most recent Commercial...

People

Jun 20 2011 // Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Co. announced new executive appointments and the election of four new directors for full terms on its 12-member board.Denver Regional Office Underwriting Manager Jolene Grow was...

Report: Locking Prison Cells Didn’t Injure Guards in Illinois

Jun 20 2011 // A newspaper’s ongoing investigation has found an expert report, commissioned by the state of Illinois, showed that locking and unlocking prison cells didn’t cause repetitive trauma injuries in guards.The...

Illinois Passes Workers’ Comp Reform but Some Say More Is Needed

Jun 20 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sign a major overhaul of Illinois workers’ compensation system that he said will mean “significant savings” for the state, but at least one insurance carrier trade group...

Timely Workers’ Comp Reforms

Jun 20 2011 // Prices for workers’ compensation insurance are inching up after decreasing and then flat-lining for the past few years, according to Towers Watson. The global professional services firm’s most recent Commercial...

Agency Proposes Levee Fixes in Southwestern Illinois

Jun 17 2011 // The agency tasked with improving Mississippi River levees in southwestern Illinois says it has a five-year, $161 million plan to get the job done.The Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council revealed the...

Illinois Chiropractor Ordered to Pay $1.9M in Restitution

Jun 15 2011 // A southwestern Illinois chiropractor already sentenced to federal prison for health-care fraud and money laundering has been ordered to pay nearly $1.9 million in restitution. Forty-one-year-old John Hardimon of Shiloh...

Report: More Illinois Prison Workers’ Comp Cases Pile Up

Jun 14 2011 // New workers’ compensation claims have continued to pile up this year at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois despite ongoing probes by federal authorities, a newspaper reported on June 12.According to the...

Ohio Insurance Agent’s License Revoked

Jun 10 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor revoked the resident insurance agent license of Jeffrey Hum, of Toledo, Ohio, for violations of Ohio insurance law.A department review revealed that...

Report: Locking Prison Cells Didn’t Injure Guards in Illinois

Jun 8 2011 // A newspaper’s ongoing investigation has found an expert report, commissioned by the state of Illinois, showed that locking and unlocking prison cells didn’t cause repetitive trauma injuries in guards.The...

Revival of Illinois Workers’ Comp Bill a Tale of Persuasion

Jun 7 2011 // Everyone on the Illinois House floor was watching the vote climb.56…57… In the waning hours of the legislative session, lawmakers were considering a huge overhaul of the state’s unwieldy workers’...

Messmore Named Acting Head of Illinois Insurance Department

Jun 6 2011 // Jack Messmore will serve as acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. He currently serves as chief deputy director of the department, and has worked for the regulatory agency for 25 years. Messmore takes the...

Illinois Cheese Company Recalls Mozzarella Products

Jun 6 2011 // A northern Illinois cheese company is voluntarily recalling some of its mozzarella products because of possible antibiotic contamination.The Illinois Department of Public Health says the Walnut Cheese Company in Walnut,...

Illinois Insurance Department Publishes Information on New Civil Union Law

Jun 6 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has published information for consumers and insurance professionals about a new state law that, effective June 1, 2011, allows unmarried adults in Illinois to enter into a civil union...

Senate-Approved Workers’ Comp Overhaul Rejected by Illinois House

Jun 6 2011 // A major overhaul of the state’s costly workers’ compensation system failed in the Illinois House on May 29, raising the possibility that lawmakers would push to entirely abolish a system that handles tens of...

Business Moves

Jun 6 2011 // PMA CompaniesPMA Companies, a Pennsylvania-based provider of commercial insurance risk management solutions and TPA claims and risk services, opened an office in Schaumburg, Ill., and is offering property and casualty...

Insurer Group Says More Workers’ Comp Reform Needed in Illinois

Jun 3 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sign a major overhaul of Illinois workers’ compensation system that he said will mean “significant saving” for the state, but at least one insurance carrier trade group...

Reversing Itself, Illinois House Passes Workers’ Comp Legislation

Jun 1 2011 // In a reversal, the Illinois House of Representatives has passed a measure that aims to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system just days after it rejected a previous version of the legislation.The...

Senate-Approved Workers’ Comp Overhaul Rejected by Illinois House

May 31 2011 // A major overhaul of the state’s costly workers compensation system failed in the Illinois House on May 29, raising the possibility that lawmakers would push to entirely abolish a system that handles tens of thousands...