All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 25 2007 // Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories Inc. dropped a lawsuit against a French AIDS group on Monday over an alleged cyber-attack against the company’s Web site.The pharmaceutical and medical products maker filed the lawsuit...
Jul 17 2007 // Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich used his executive authority last week to make a rule that prevents insurance companies from considering someone’s health when deciding what premium to charge when renewing an individual...
Jul 16 2007 // Northbrook, Ill.-based Encompass Insurance recently announced a product specifically for Illinois drivers and homeowners. The new product, Encompass Edge, helps agents provide a wider variety of coverages and prices to...
Jul 9 2007 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has issued a warning to consumers about defectively-manufactured tires that may have been sold in Illinois and could create a potential safety hazard for those riding in light trucks,...
Jul 5 2007 // Assurance Agency Ltd., located in Schaumburg, Ill., was recently named as one of Chicagoland’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For a second year in a row. The 101 Best and Brightest awards, administered by...
Jul 2 2007 // The Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and its Leadership Team recently named Gregory W. Heidrich to serve as the association’s executive director, according to Edward L. Robbins, SOA president....
Jun 22 2007 // The family of a Glen Ellyn, Ill. man who died at a dentist’s office has settled a lawsuit against the dentist and clinic for a combined $1.135 million.Robert Pauly, 73, died in the dental chair at Glen Ellyn Family...
Jun 21 2007 // Associated Risk Managers (ARM) recently announced the addition of three new members to their Board of Directors. The members are Robert E. Weaver, vice president, Jackson, Dieken & Associates, Westlake, Ohio and Past...
Jun 12 2007 // Wheaton, Ill.-based the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) recently announced that it will initiate a countrywide filing of new Businessowners (BOP) manual supplements that include new terrorism loss costs...
Jun 11 2007 // Federal disaster assistance is available for farmers and orchard owners in 81 Illinois counties to help them recover from crop damage due to the April freeze, Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently announced.Blagojevich said the...
May 31 2007 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Assurance Agency Ltd. recently announced that it has produced an educational seminar titled “Unlocking the Secrets of Workers’ Compensation Insurance.”The free seminar will be held...
May 25 2007 // Some are already calling the new provisions to the teen graduated drivers licensing law passed by the Illinois legislature as the toughest in the country.The measure, SB 172, passed by the Illinois legislature, addresses...
May 23 2007 // A judge whose $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a lawsuit over light cigarettes was thrown out on appeal is asking a court whether he can revive the case.Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron this...
May 23 2007 // Laura Dunne was appointed to lead the finance and strategy team of Encompass Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill., the company recently announced. Encompass is the independent insurance agency division of the Allstate...
May 14 2007 // Two insurance companies providing coverage for Deere & Co. were awarded $39.5 million in a case stemming from a warehouse fire six years ago in Mount Joy.An eight-member jury decided in favor of Royal Indemnity and...
May 11 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of Tropp & Co., headquartered in Lake Forest, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Tropp & Co. is a retail insurance broker offering...
May 11 2007 // American Service Insurance (ASI), a property/casualty insurer rated A-by A.M. Best, has launched a new Artisan auto program for small business commercial auto risks through the independent agent network. Through an on-line...
May 7 2007 // State Farm will reduce auto insurance rates an average of 6 percent in Illinois effective May 14, the company said in a statement this week.Premiums will dip by an average $40 a year statewide, though amounts will vary...
May 4 2007 // RLI’s board of directors has declared a second quarter cash dividend of $0.22 per share, reflecting a two-cent, or 10 percent increase over the prior quarter’s dividend, a company statement said.The dividend,...
Apr 25 2007 // Illinois state police routinely turn down requests for public information, whether from grieving relatives, insurance companies deciding whether to pay a claim or even other police officers doing research, a review...