All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 20 2005 // If you’re hosting friends and family this holiday season, it might pay to check your insurance first, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance. Better to know in advance what is covered and what isn’t...
Dec 19 2005 // The fourth annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, a ranking of state courts that are sought by plaintiffs because they are judged by critics to have the toughest environment for defendants in civil liability...
Dec 18 2005 // MISSOURIInsurer to Pay $8 Million: State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the theft...
Dec 18 2005 // Insurance agents and agencies who provided personal information regarding potential or actual insureds to ChoicePoint Services Inc. between Jan. 1 1997, and Aug. 9, 2005, may be entitled to money and other benefits as a...
Dec 18 2005 // Illinois Counties Cited in Tort Reform Group’s Top ‘Judicial Hellholes’The fourth annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, a ranking of state courts that are sought by plaintiffs because they are...
Dec 13 2005 // With a new Illinois state law now offering low-cost medical coverage for most uninsured children in Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich flew to Washington on Monday to urge lawmakers to provide broader health insurance coverage...
Dec 5 2005 // Insurance regulators from California, Florida, Illinois and New York, on the heels of the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit held in November, are peddling the framework for a national catastrophe insurance program that...
Dec 4 2005 // Non-Franchised Auto DealersNuts & Bolts: DMI Insurance Services Inc. ha expanded the range of markets it supplies to producers serving non-franchised auto dealers and automotive specialty shops. The new markets will...
Dec 4 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, a national specialty insurance managing general agency, has promoted Wayne Bates to director of the company’s Special Risk Division (SRD), International and promoted him to associate vice...
Dec 4 2005 // Harvey Henson knows people might not fret much about Midwest earthquakes. But since this region has one of the nation’s most active underground faults, that lack of preparedness makes him tremble.“It’s...
Dec 4 2005 // Insurance regulators from California, Florida, Illinois and New York, on the heels of the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit held in November, are peddling the framework for a national catastrophe insurance program that...
Dec 1 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies joined with the Illinois Insurance Association Nov. 22 to file an amicus brief in a case dealing with the issue of timely notice to an insurer of a claim or lawsuit....
Nov 20 2005 // Motor Carriers SuiteNuts & Bolts: Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc., introduced Lex TransportPlus, a new product suite encompassing two policies: Motor Truck Cargo and...
Nov 17 2005 // The Illinois Supreme Court today ruled that a lawsuit brought in Illinois by a Louisiana plaintiff did not belong in an Illinois state court.In Gridley v. State Farm , the high court remanded the issue to the circuit court...
Nov 14 2005 // Opportunity International, a global microfinance network based in Oak Brook, Ill., today announced its partnership with the World Bank and its affiliated IFT Commodity Management Group to provide index-based weather...
Nov 6 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
Nov 3 2005 // Kimberly Moreland, director of Account Management at Rising Medical Solutions Inc., recently spoke to some of the challenges facing those who deal in workers’ compensation at the Work Injury Conference in...
Oct 28 2005 // The Illinois House yesterday passed H.B. 806, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s “All Kids” health insurance program on a 79-28 vote, following Wednesday’s approval of the plan in the Senate on a 32-23...
Oct 27 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to provide health insurance to all children in Illinois passed the Senate yesterday and is poised for vote in the Illinois House today during a short-term veto session.The Senate...
Oct 17 2005 // Illinois Director of Insurance Michael McRaith has revoked the insurance agent license of George T. Priovolos of Bloomington effective Sept. 26, 2005.Priovolos’ license was revoked as a result of an investigation...