All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2023 // Surplus lines premium reached nearly $36 billion through the first six months of 2023, according to the 2023 Midyear Report of the U.S. Surplus Lines Service and Stamping Offices.Premium increased about 16% overall...
Aug 8 2023 // PRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally,...
Aug 7 2023 // World Insurance Associates, Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers, Shield Insurance ServicesInsurance broker World Insurance Associates has acquired the business of Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers Inc. of...
Jul 27 2023 // A 43-year-old employee at a Westfield, Illinois grain elevator found himself trapped for five hours in February 2023 as co-workers and emergency responders worked to remove hundreds of pounds of soybeans to pull him out....
Jul 24 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate 70 when he had to stop for the night or risk violating federal regulations limiting driving time for truckers. An Illinois rest...
Jul 21 2023 // ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) – Northern Illinois police have seized a carnival ride as they continue investigating a Sunday incident in which a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown from his seat.After the...
Jul 20 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said his law firm and other attorneys have received reports of hazing within Northwestern University’s baseball and softball programs, in addition to growing...
Jul 20 2023 // The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to reconsider its 4-3 decision that found violations of the state’s Biometric Privacy Act occur each time an unauthorized scan is made, rejecting arguments that such an...
Jul 17 2023 // The operator of a specialty frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Illinois could have prevented the death of a 29-year-old sanitation worker by following proper machine safety procedures, a federal investigation has...
Jul 13 2023 // HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) __ Three people were killed and 14 others injured, some seriously, early Wednesday when a Greyhound bus crashed into three tractor- trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area in southern...
Jul 12 2023 // -Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, today announced the acquisition of Arlington Heights, Illinois-based Trideo Systems, a risk management information system (RMIS) provider for health care organizations. Terms...
Jul 6 2023 // Heavy rains that flooded Chicago neighborhoods, rendered freeways impassable and wreaked havoc on NASCAR street races downtown Sunday are serving as stark reminders of urban centers’ vulnerability during extreme...
Jul 5 2023 // SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The fierce derecho that tore through Springfield late last week snapped massive utility poles and trees, causing widespread power outages that are expected to leave many homes in the dark for...
Jul 3 2023 // An insurance policy that covered seven vehicles, each with a $1 million per-accident limit, doesn’t provide $7 million in liability coverage for a fatal crash that involved only one of the covered vehicles, an...
Jul 3 2023 // A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in a ruling that wiped out an award of $228 million to truck drivers who accused the freight railway giant of unlawfully...
Jun 22 2023 // The operator of a specialty frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Illinois could have prevented the death of a 29-year-old sanitation worker by following proper machine safety procedures, a federal investigation has...
Jun 21 2023 // Images of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his ex-chief medical adviser. Pornographic depictions of Hollywood actresses and internet influencers. A photo of an explosion at the...
Jun 20 2023 // An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition database that...
Jun 20 2023 // Mass shootings and violence across the U.S. killed at least six people this weekend, including a Pennsylvania state trooper, and wounded dozens of people. Multiple people with guns fired shots at a holiday crowd in...
Jun 19 2023 // A 29-year-old worker suffered the amputation of a fingertip while reassembling a pump at a Hostess Brands LLC facility in Chicago, an injury the employer could have prevented by ensuring to shut down and lockout the...