All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2006 // Ill.-based wholesaler Avreco has announced that one of its carriers has significantly reduced its medical malpractice rates for standard doctors, as well hard-to-place doctors within Illinois and outside of Cook County, by...
Sep 4 2006 // 1 million Enrollment in insured HMO benefit plans declined again in 2005, dropping below 1 million, the lowest level since 1985. Premium revenue increases slowed and profitability for HMOs decreased from its peak in 2004....
Sep 4 2006 // The Illinois State Insurance Department receives reports of six alleged cases of workers’ compensation insurance fraud each week, according to Director Michael McRaith.Some reports accuse employers of fraudulently...
Sep 1 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced her office filed two lawsuits against companies that allegedly used deceptive, unsolicited mailers to target senior citizens. The companies used the mailers to obtain...
Aug 31 2006 // James M. Benson, CLU, a successful producer and executive of some of the top companies in the life insurance industry, was named recipient of the 65th annual John Newton Russell Memorial Award. The award recognizes...
Aug 30 2006 // Illinois consumers filed fewer complaints regarding their insurance companies and HMOs in 2005, according to consumer complaint statistics released recently by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional...
Aug 30 2006 // A prominent Democratic fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich was awarded a $900,000 no-bid state contract months after being cut from an investment proposal that has drawn scrutiny from federal investigators, according to a...
Aug 30 2006 // Itasca, Ill-.based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported today that Robert E. (Bob) Gallagher, chairman of the Board, has passed away following a brief illness.“My uncle Bob was a true leader and an inspiration...
Aug 29 2006 // There’s one in every town — a convenience store where IDs aren’t necessary, or a low-lit bar whose servers never bother to ask.In Jacksonville, Florida officials say, that bar was Rockets, where Stephanie...
Aug 28 2006 // Fewer thefts, arsons and rapes here helped bring Illinois’ crime rate down in 2005, but a majority of the state’s communities reported a rise in serious crime, according to Illinois State Police data.Law...
Aug 25 2006 // Illinois’ damage from last month’s severe weather wasn’t enough to get millions of dollars in financial help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the agency has told Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the...
Aug 21 2006 // Auditors examining the Illinois agency that disciplines bad doctors found a long list of troubling symptoms, including backlogs, staff shortages, missing paperwork and investigations being improperly closed.The report...
Aug 18 2006 // Statewide averages for the price of gasoline in Illinois and northern Indiana have increased since last month. AAA Chicago’s most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that in Illinois regular unleaded gasoline has...
Aug 15 2006 // Two people died and a third was missing and presumed drowned Sunday in an attempt to rescue a young boy from the swirling water near a dam on the Kankakee River in Wilmington, Ill. authorities said.Although Brian Santoyo,...
Aug 14 2006 // The Illinois State Insurance Department receives reports of six alleged cases of workers’ compensation insurance fraud each week, according to insurance Director Michael McRaith. McRaith commented recently on a stop...
Aug 8 2006 // Assurance Property & Casualty Staffing Insurance Specialist, Jeff Tuisl, will be a featured speaker at the “Ultra Staff 2006 Software & More Seminar” at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in...
Aug 7 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan recently convened the first-ever Illinois Identity Theft Summit. The goal of the summit was to bring representatives from law enforcement, the court system, government, business and...
Aug 7 2006 // When the going gets tough, the tough go … shopping! Judging by the 18 percent increase in the development of retail shopping centers in the United States in 2005 over 2004, that tongue-in-cheek adage has more than a...
Aug 1 2006 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. has entered into a $77 million settlement with the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut and Illinois, as well as with the New York State Department of Insurance, resolving issues...
Jul 24 2006 // Ill. Doc, employee face fraud charges A Macomb, Ill. physician and an employee from his office turned themselves in to local authorities after fraud charges were filed against them by the Illinois Attorney General’s...