All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 10 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s automobile insurance product is now available to consumers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. The product was first introduced in...
Dec 8 2006 // High winds overnight and into Thursday increased the number of Ameren Corp. electric utility customers without power in Missouri and Illinois to more than 52,000, the majority of those in Illinois, Ameren spokeswoman Susan...
Dec 4 2006 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of William H. Connolly & Co. of Montclair, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed in the written release. William H....
Nov 28 2006 // Regulators want to make sure that insurers are serving the urban market appropriately, according to Illinois Insurance Director Michael T. McRaith, who spoke at a recent workshop sponsored by the Urban Insurance Partners...
Nov 20 2006 // Bloomington, Ill.-based Country Insurance & Financial Services has pledged $1 million to a proposed regional museum in Peoria and now organizers have about two-thirds of the nearly $125 million needed to open the...
Nov 20 2006 // The Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has announced that Deirdre Manna, former acting director of the Illinois Division of Insurance, will join PCI Dec. 4 as vice president of...
Nov 7 2006 // Itasca, Ill.-based Euclid Insurance Services has announced plans to acquire Melbourne, Florida-based Environmental Insurance Specialists, a commercial insurance agency that specializes in serving the waste-hauling and...
Nov 1 2006 // Insurance company Amerigroup Corp. and its Illinois affiliate were held liable Monday for what lawyers said ultimately would total $144 million in damages for discriminating against pregnant women.A federal court jury...
Nov 1 2006 // Popular GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona likes David McSweeney but that’s not the only reason he came out to campaign for him on Monday.“As much as I admire and appreciate David McSweeney _ and I do _ this is...
Oct 30 2006 // Amerigroup Corp. said that it will appeal a jury verdict that found against the company and its Illinois subsidiary in qui tam litigation tried in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.The Company...
Oct 24 2006 // Travelers Select Accounts has introduced TravelersExpress for Master Pac, a multivariate rating mechanism to agents in Utah, Nevada and Illinois. TravelersExpress is designed to accelerate the decision-making process...
Oct 23 2006 // Narragansett Bay, HanoverNarragansett Bay Insurance Co., a member of Pawtucket Insurance Group, has agreed to take over the Rhode Island homeowners insurance business of Hanover Insurance Co. The transaction involves...
Oct 23 2006 // OneBeacon, QBEOneBeacon Insurance Group completed its renewal rights and asset sale agreement to transfer its agricultural division to QBE the Americas, a wholly owned division of QBE Insurance Group Ltd., for...
Oct 23 2006 // OneBeacon, QBEOneBeacon Insurance Group completed its renewal rights and asset sale agreement to transfer its agricultural division to QBE the Americas, a division of QBE Insurance Group Ltd., for approximately $32...
Oct 20 2006 // Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich claims his opponent is tied to the corrupt ways of the past and would take health care away from children and veterans. Republican Judy Baar Topinka says the incumbent runs government for...
Oct 11 2006 // Ill. Assurance Agency Ltd., announced this week that a free educational seminar titled “From Disability to Disaster” is being held at Entourage on American Lane in Schaumburg, Ill., on November 9th, 2006. The...
Sep 29 2006 // The Phoenix Group, an independent insurance agency and employee benefits company based in Ripon, Wis., recently purchased Union Bank Insurance Group, based in Peru, Ill., marking the agency’s fifth acquisition in...
Sep 27 2006 // After an investigation of more than four months, two McHenry, Ill. residents have been charged with the fire at a McHenry car dealership in April, police said.Arrested were John Krawec, 43, and his girlfriend, Anna...
Sep 25 2006 // Skip Free Advice“Seniors should be wary of unsolicited offers of free advice, especially if they are asked to divulge personal financial information, such as listing their income and assets.” Comment made by...
Sep 25 2006 // Skip Free Advice “Seniors should be wary of unsolicited offers of free advice, especially if they are asked to divulge personal financial information, such as listing their income and assets.”Comment made by...