All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance revoked the insurance producer licenses of a Lake Bluff-based insurance agency and three insurance agents, including two from Antioch and one from Chicago, for the improper marketing...
Jul 23 2010 // The percentage of Illinois motorists using safety belts has reached a record of more than 92 percent.Illinois Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig says traffic deaths in the first six months of 2010 are also down. Hannig...
Jul 13 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has announced that on July 26, 2010, it will implement the State-Based Systems (SBS) licensing system.SBS will allow producer licensing functions to be completed electronically through...
Jul 5 2010 // A group scrambling to upgrade Mississippi River levees in southwestern Illinois before new floodplain maps potentially raise insurance costs said it can make the fixes for $160 million to $170 million – and pay for...
Jul 5 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Joseph James & AssociatesIllinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of...
Jun 28 2010 // Illinois may be one of the first states to start providing health insurance in a new high-risk pool funded under national health overhaul, but enrollment will be limited, eligibility requirements tight and coverage may not...
Jun 24 2010 // Associated Risk Managers (ARM) of Illinois, based in Itasca, Ill., announced that the Prairie State Insurance Cooperative (PSIC) has presented its first dividend distribution at its Annual Members’ Meeting, just four...
Jun 18 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance on May 28, 2010, ordered Roberto Garcia and RG International to stop transacting insurance business in the state and now has scheduled a June 23 public hearing on the case.Garcia,...
Jun 17 2010 // A group scrambling to upgrade Mississippi River levees in southwestern Illinois before new floodplain maps potentially raise insurance costs says it can make the fixes for $160 million to $170 million – and pay for...
Jun 9 2010 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a Cease and Desist Order against Shel St. Clair and Richard Rinalo, doing business as Integrity Claims Consulting and/or Red River Insurance Construction. The department...
Jun 9 2010 // New research by U.S. Geological Survey scientists is casting doubt on the long-held idea that the New Madrid fault zone in Missouri’s Bootheel unleashed a series of devastating earthquakes in 1811 and 1812.In a new...
Jun 7 2010 // Tornados and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest over the weekend killed at least four people in Ohio, sent several to hospitals, destroyed 50 homes and damaged scores more, as well a high school gymnasium where...
Jun 7 2010 // Craig A. Payan has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors for Itasca, Ill.-based Associated Risk Managers International Inc. Payan is president of PA&T Insurance and Financial Services, an...
May 24 2010 // Property owners across the country fearing they may be forced to buy expensive flood insurance under a push to draw up new floodplain maps will catch a break by being offered the coverage at sharply lower rates for two...
May 18 2010 // A newly released disciplinary report from the Illinois Department of Insurance includes producer license denials and revocations.Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith issued the following disciplinary orders for May...
May 17 2010 // The Illinois Senate has confirmed Mitch Weisz as chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.Gov. Pat Quinn appointed Weisz chairman in March and he has served as acting chair since that time. Weisz...
May 13 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago as part of an effort to provide Mexican nationals in Illinois and...
May 6 2010 // CRC Insurance Services Inc. (CRC) – the largest wholesale insurance broker in the United States – released a memo to its customers stating that a number of CRC employees in Illinois, California and Pennsylvania...
May 3 2010 // A federal appeals court has ruled that an insurance company has no duty to defend against class action lawsuits filed in Illinois targeting the company’s insured, a Chinese manufacturer of toys sold in the United...
Apr 19 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, announced the retirements of Michael E. Thompson and George J. Gress. Additionally, Central promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its...