All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2005 // An Illinois bill that would require auto insurers to pay whatever any given body shop demanded for repairs would result in skyrocketing loss costs for insurers and higher premiums for drivers.H.B. 2330 is...
Feb 22 2005 // Giant insurance broker Aon is in talks with the attorneys general of Connecticut, New York and Illinois that could potentially lead to settlement of charges related to improper compensation and account placement...
Feb 7 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car BuyersVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer...
Feb 3 2005 // The Illinois Division of Insurance revoked the insurance producer license two agents recently for fraudulent activities. Lynette J. Perkins of LaSalle, Ill., had been licensed to sell accident and health insurance since...
Feb 3 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Thursday termed proposed reforms by the governor to Illinois’ troubled workers’ compensation system a “good beginning,” but added that more work remains...
Feb 1 2005 // Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of their risk profile, auto insurance at...
Jan 25 2005 // Illinois’ top court has ruled that the stacking of underinsured-motorist coverage (UIM) was clearly prohibited by two companies’ insurance policies at issue in the case it decided. The Supreme Court’s...
Jan 25 2005 // A national insurance trade association is requesting that the Illinois Supreme Court enact a rule that would set standards for class-action lawsuit certifications that are in line with federal requirements and those in...
Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car BuyersVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer...
Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car BuyersVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer...
Jan 24 2005 // Insuring the Young and the CarlessVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of...
Jan 11 2005 // Westchester, Ill.-based auto salvage and claims processing provider Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. has opened a new greenfield facility in Lincoln, Ill. Located midway between Chicago and St. Louis, the new 15-acre location...
Jan 3 2005 // A Long Island insurance think-tank has licensed Volkswagen of America Inc. to offer the industry’s first no- charge insurance policy to customers who purchase or lease selected models during a three-month test in...
Dec 29 2004 // The Illinois Division of Insurance has approved a 0.1% increase in the advisory rate for workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois for 2005—that’s one-tenth of 1 percent. For comparison’s sake, the...
Dec 29 2004 // What a long, strange trip it’s been. The year started with the two Chicago-area property/casualty insurance trade groups, the National Association of Independent Insurers and the Alliance of American Insurers,...
Dec 20 2004 // A proposed rule change governing class action lawsuits would benefit Illinois consumers and businesses will, argued leading insurance lobby Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. Rule 225, however, was...
Dec 20 2004 // An Illinois Cook County circuit judge has ruled that a state increase in fees paid by employers into the state’s workers compensation fund was improper because it was used to help plug a gaping hole in the general...
Dec 20 2004 // Here Are the Heartlanders Who Made Insurance Headlines in 2004What a long, strange trip it’s been. The year started with the two Chicago-area property/casualty insurance trade groups merging to form the Property...
Dec 15 2004 // The third annual “Judicial Hellholes” report – a ranking of the worst courts in the United States – shows a disturbing scenario for one Illinois county.As a result of what happens in the Hellhole...
Dec 7 2004 // An Illinois Cook County circuit judge has ruled that a state increase in fees paid by employers into the state’s workers compensation fund was improper because it was used to help plug a gaping hole in the general...