All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry — and the rest of us — are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
Sep 19 2005 // IllinoisKatrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear...
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
Sep 15 2005 // Illinois Division of Insurance Director Michael McRaith on Wednesday assured an audience of independent agents that in spite of the Division’s ongoing investigation of agent commission practices, he was committed to...
Sep 12 2005 // The Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) presented its most prestigious annual award to the Young Agents Committee of the Professional...
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // But Lawmakers, Interest Groups Still Debate Over Use of Aftermarket PartsCritics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment...
Sep 5 2005 // Summer may be winding down here in the Midwestern states — in Chicago, temperatures are finally back in the 70s, we’ve gotten a smattering of rain, and school is back in session (thank God!) — but...
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
Sep 5 2005 // Nuts and Bolts: Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. (GFB) is expanding its Illinois liquor liability program to a multi-state program. Available on an admitted basis in Illinois and non-admitted elsewhere, this new program is...
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance regulators in Kentucky and Nebraska are investigating an Illinois-based insurance company for allegedly defrauding amusement industry operators in Kentucky and Nebraska.Richard A. Brooks & Associates Ltd.,...
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // Employment Practices Liability ProgramNuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s professional liability division launched an employment practices liability insurance program for small- and...
Sep 5 2005 // A federal jury ruled last month that former commodities firm executive Marc E. Thompson set his home ablaze and burned his elderly mother alive to collect insurance money that he later hid during bankruptcy proceedings,...
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
Sep 5 2005 // Summer may be winding down here in the Midwestern states – in Chicago, temperatures are finally back in the 70s, we’ve gotten a smattering of rain, and school is back in session (thank God!) – but...