All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2011 // The Obama administration is expected to name an Illinois state insurance regulator to head the new Federal Insurance Office, said sources familiar with the matter as reported by Reuters.Michael McRaith, seen as the...
Mar 21 2011 // A.M. Best Co. reported it has downgraded the financial strength rating to F (In Liquidation) from D (Poor) and issuer credit rating to “rs” from “c” of Constitutional Casualty Co., based in...
Mar 21 2011 // The Illinois House approved a resolution ordering an audit of Illinois’ workers’ compensation program. The Bellville News-Democrat reported that the House voted 111-0 for an audit of the program “as it...
Mar 18 2011 // The Obama administration has named Illinois state insurance regulator Michael McRaith to head the new Federal Insurance Office.McRaith, currently the head of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will run the Federal...
Mar 14 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering a reprieve to property owners in southwestern Illinois and other areas guarded by aging levees that it had considered decertifying, staving off fears that some could have...
Mar 14 2011 // The state auditor general will be sent a resolution approved by the Illinois House ordering an audit of Illinois’ workers’ compensation program.The Bellville News-Democrat reports that the Illinois House voted...
Mar 9 2011 // A.M. Best Co. reported it has downgraded the financial strength rating to F (In Liquidation) from D (Poor) and issuer credit rating to “rs” from “c” of Constitutional Casualty Co. (Constitutional),...
Mar 4 2011 // Illinois has forged ahead with implementing the nation’s new health care law with support from its Democratic governor.Just back from a national governors meeting in Washington, Gov. Pat Quinn started reviewing a...
Mar 3 2011 // The Obama administration was expected soon to name an Illinois state insurance regulator to head the new Federal Insurance Office, said sources familiar with the matter Thursday.Michael McRaith, seen as the front-runner...
Feb 28 2011 // A top Illinois lawmaker is calling for an audit of the state’s questioned workers’ compensation program as it applies to state employees.The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Illinois House Speaker Michael...
Feb 22 2011 // On Feb. 18, 2010, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) shut down an uninsured employer: ZRJ Auto Repair at 2545 W Chicago Avenue in Chicago.The Commission reported that as in previous cases, it gave...
Feb 17 2011 // Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue workers could free him from a grain bin on his western Iowa farm.Steinhoff, 61, was one of the...
Feb 14 2011 // A newspaper’s ongoing investigation has found that an Illinois workers’ compensation arbitrator asked for help with her own personal injury case while scheduling a hearing in an unrelated case. The apparent...
Feb 8 2011 // A newspaper has found that state, municipal or private workers in Illinois have gotten thousands of tax-free dollars in workers’ compensation with largely nothing more than a doctor’s note.The Belleville...
Feb 7 2011 // Illinois lawmakers left two big pieces of unfinished business when they went home after voting to raise income taxes. One piece would make Illinois a less expensive place to do business, and the other would get billions of...
Feb 7 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is distributing $18 million from a settlement reached with an insurance agency to Illinois funeral directors in trust for affected client-families.Distribution of the $18 million...
Feb 1 2011 // The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that as of March 1, 2011, no case settlement contracts will be approved until the case has been assigned a case number and setting.The IWCC said that in the...
Jan 25 2011 // Illinois lawmakers left two big pieces of unfinished business when they went home after voting to raise income taxes. One piece would make Illinois a less expensive place to do business, and the other would get billions of...
Jan 24 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market.Also, availability does not...
Jan 10 2011 // On Jan. 4, 2011, the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission (IWCC) shut down a restaurant located in the same building as IWCC offices for noncompliance with the state’s workers’ compensation laws.The IWCC...