All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 15 2007 // A federal judge’s ruling brought to more than $334 million the amount that insurance company Amerigroup Corp. and its Illinois affiliate owe in damages and penalties for discriminating against pregnant women.U.S....
Mar 14 2007 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (PIIAI), in conjunction with the Illinois Insurance Association (IIA), Illinois Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (IAIFA), Illinois State Association...
Mar 13 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. recently released a statement saying that it supports Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s efforts to craft a health care plan that would provide affordable coverage options to the uninsured...
Mar 7 2007 // The Illinois Division of Insurance has granted the Illinois FAIR Plan a rate change for Dwelling Property policies. The overall increase is 7.7 percent, effective March 1, 2007. The last increase in the FAIR Plan rate was...
Mar 7 2007 // The Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) today endorsed Illinois Covered, Governor Rod Blagojevich’s program to provide access to affordable health care coverage for the state’s 1.4 million uninsured...
Mar 6 2007 // The Park Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage located in Chicago, recently announced the hiring of John Harford to the position of broker in the Property Department. Prior to joining Avreco, Harford worked as an...
Mar 6 2007 // Ill. Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to call for approval of a complex plan that would make sure all Illinoisans can obtain health insurance within the next three years.Under his “Illinois Covered” plan, the...
Mar 5 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has announced that it will host its third of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on Mar. 20, 2007 at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill.Michael Dorn, an...
Feb 28 2007 // Suits filed against two cigarette makers over the marketing of “light” cigarettes have been thrown out by a federal appeals court.Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Feb 26 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress?And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Feb 25 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress? And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Feb 22 2007 // Americans have mixed feelings about their personal level of financial security, according to Country Financial Security’s Index which registered an inaugural reading of 70.2 in February.Bloomington, Ill-based Country...
Feb 15 2007 // Geneva, Ill.-based Insight Insurance Services, Inc. is taking a shot at saving lives through the “Nothing But Nets campaign,” a global grassroots initiative designed to prevent malaria across Africa with the...
Feb 13 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recent named Susan McGrath as its corporate vice president and chief human resources officer. She will be replacing Elizabeth Brinkerhoff who is retiring in May 2007. The company release said...
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Feb 7 2007 // Overweight and inactive children pose one of the most critical health-care challenges in Illinois, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group Voices for Illinois Children.But the publication, “Kids...
Feb 1 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of InterNational Insurance Group, Ltd. of Boston, Mass. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. InterNational Insurance Group, Ltd. offers risk management...
Jan 29 2007 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating a conference panel, television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS and MSNBC,...
Jan 29 2007 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating the panel was television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS and MSNBC, who...
Jan 29 2007 // A developer’s preliminary plans for jailed insurance executive Michael Segal’s estate include building 11 new residences and turning the coach house into two homes.Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Orren Pickell...