All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2004 // Stephen P. D’Arcy, professor of finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been elected as president of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) at the organization’s annual meeting. He succeeds...
Dec 6 2004 // Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. of Addison, Texas, a provider of personal non-standard automobile insurance, acknowledged that its insurance company subsidiaries and one of its agencies have received subpoenas from the...
Nov 28 2004 // A proposed rule change governing class action lawsuits that would benefit Illinois consumers and businesses will likely be opposed by the Illinois State Bar Association, according to the Property Casualty Insurers...
Nov 26 2004 // Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based auto claims softwaremaker CCC Information Services Inc has received the 2004 KPMG’s Illinois High Tech Award. Ramamurthy received recognition from the Big Four...
Nov 17 2004 // Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. of Addison, Texas, a producer and provider of personal non-standard automobile insurance, announced that its insurance company subsidiaries and one of its agencies have received...
Nov 16 2004 // Peoria, Ill.-based specialty insurer RLI Corp. said it has received a subpoena from the Illinois Division of Insurance in connection with industry-wide investigations into producer compensation agreements. Company...
Nov 11 2004 // The Illinois Division of Insurance announced it is asking for help from Illinois consumers who have concerns about their business dealings with insurance brokerage firms, in light of the Marsh allegations. This information...
Nov 3 2004 // Republican Lloyd Karmeier has won a Supreme Court seat representing Illinois’ fifth district, which includes 36 southern counties and famed “judicial hellhole” Madison County. With 90 percent of precincts...
Nov 1 2004 // In order to expedite Utica’s long-term economic recovery plans, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced more than $1 million in funding recently that will help rebuild and enhance this and other communities...
Oct 25 2004 // For years, Illinois employers and insurers have complained about the state’s workers’ compensation system.Illinois’ workers’ comp rates have regularly exceeded those of neighboring states such as...
Oct 25 2004 // Despite engaging in the longest session in Illinois history, state legislators headed home this summer leaving a crucial bill to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system in limbo. Lawmakers may consider...
Oct 19 2004 // In an effort to protect immigrant laborers from unsafe working environments, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a special panel to investigate the high incidence of work related death rates among Hispanic...
Oct 10 2004 // The Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has presented its annual award to the Young Agents Committee of the Professional Independent...
Oct 6 2004 // Mack and Parker Inc. moved to more definitively identify its status as the Chicago hub of the North American insurance broker Hub International Ltd. by changing its name to Hub International of Illinois Ltd. The change was...
Sep 28 2004 // The Insurance Education Foundation (IEF) has selected Steve Weissenstein, an Accounting, Business Law, Marketing, and Consumer Education teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill., to receive the James L....
Sep 20 2004 // Exclusive-agent personal lines giant State Farm Insurance Co. announced that it will cut Illinois homeowners and auto insurance rates, effective Nov. 1 for new insureds and renewals. Homeowners insurance premiums will see...
Sep 17 2004 // After months of partisan and special interest stalemate over medical malpractice reform in the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a former judge and hospital lawyer to mediate ongoing...
Aug 26 2004 // While Illinois consumers filed fewer complaints about their insurance companies and HMOs in 2003, complaints regarding homeowners insurers were up for the second consecutive year, according to statistics released by the...
Aug 23 2004 // A solution that is both simple and fair is the creation of an interstate compact like the one under review by NAPSLO’s legislative committee.Surplus line producers have benefited greatly from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley...
Aug 10 2004 // The Illinois Senate voted 53-0 to confirm Fernando E. Grillo as head of the new super-department into which the state’s insurance department has been consolidated. Grillo will head the Department of Financial and...