All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jan 6 2011 // Illinois state insurance fraud officials have launched an investigation of a southwestern Illinois prison where nearly $10 million in worker’s compensation and paid medical leave have been paid out to more than half...
Jan 5 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 4 2011 // The head of Illinois’ workers’ compensation commission is calling for an investigation of nearly $10 million paid out in claims to more than half the staff of a southwestern Illinois prison over the past three...
Dec 17 2010 // Independent insurance agents in Illinois are urging state lawmakers to pass workers’ compensation reforms in early January, before a new General Assembly will be sworn in.“The facts are alarming,” stated...
Dec 16 2010 // Mark Baechle has been appointed senior vice president of Willis of Illinois Inc.’s Surety Practice, effective immediately. He will be responsible for managing the Surety operation in Willis’ Chicago...
Dec 13 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance announced it issued the following disciplinary orders for November 2010:Adele M. Cowell, Red Bud – Stipulation and Consent Order, effective Oct. 6, 2010. Cowell has been licensed...
Dec 10 2010 // New and existing small businesses can apply for $5 million in loans through an Illinois program aimed at creating and retaining jobs in urban areas.Illinois economic director Warren Ribley announced the Community...
Dec 3 2010 // The chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced commissioner panel assignments that become effective Jan. 1, 2011.Chairman Mitch Weisz realigned two panels: Panel A will consist of...
Dec 2 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Premier Risk Services Inc. in Itasca, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Formed in 1986, Premier Risk Services is a retail insurance broker providing commercial...