All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...