All the headlines from our Illinois Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 28 2004 // The Illinois House of Representatives has voted down a Democratic medical malpractice reform plan that would have given the state’s insurance department the power to rein in rates it deemed excessive and created a...
May 27 2004 // A package of medical liability reforms largely opposed by insurance industry interests seems to have a good chance to pass in the Illinois House of Representatives, but it’s Senate future is grim, according to...
May 20 2004 // An Illinois Senate bill that would have increased private passenger automobile financial responsibility limits was overwhelmingly defeated on the House floor this afternoon, according to the Property Casualty Insurers...
May 17 2004 // As the nation’s population ages, states are looking for ways to weed out people who shouldn’t drive.Half the states have passed some form of elderly driver restrictions, usually laws that require older...
May 17 2004 // Meanwhile, Blagojevich’s proposal to consolidate the Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) within the Department of Professional Regulation has received some opposition in the Illinois Senate. Democratic Sen. Miguel...
May 13 2004 // Woodland Hill, Calif.-based direct auto writer 21st Century Insurance Group announced it has begun selling auto insurance policies to Illinois residents through its subsidiary, 21st Century Insurance Co.. This expansion...
May 10 2004 // An Illinois bill that permits insurance companies to use modern technology to notify insurance agents and brokers about policy cancellations has passed both chambers and is on the way to the governor for...
May 10 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Illinois are increasing rapidly, driven by higher medical costs per claim and greater use of medical services to treat injured workers, according to the Workers Compensation...
Apr 26 2004 // Illinois Acting Director of Insurance Deirdre K. Manna has denied the insurance producer license of Dennis L. Hartwig of Posen, Ill., effective April 5, 2004. Hartwig’s license was denied by director’s order...
Apr 5 2004 // Bills dealing with the surplus lines market are up for consideration in the Illinois General Assembly this session. SB 2560 closely resembles last year’s vetoed bill, which would have amended the state insurance code...
Mar 28 2004 // An insurance industry-supported bill that would modernize existing statutes by permitting insurers to electronically transfer cancellation and nonrenewal notices to agents unanimously passed the Illinois Senate and is...
Mar 11 2004 // The Illinois CPA Society will hold a conference on regulatory issues related to reinsurance, including the latest cases, rulings and legislative issues, in Chicago next month. The group said the conference will provide...
Mar 10 2004 // Bills dealing with the surplus lines market are up for consideration in the Illinois legislature this session.“We’re keeping a close eye on two surplus lines bills, one of which resembles a bill vetoed last...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 8 2004 // Medical malpractice, electronic notification and surplus lines will be some of the hot property/casualty issues in the Illinois General Assembly spring session, according to a newsletter sent recently by the Professional...
Mar 8 2004 // An Illinois Senate bill that would change the recovery system for underinsured drivers’ (UIM) coverage is strongly opposed by the insurance industry because of its potential to allow the “stacking” of...
Mar 1 2004 // The Orlean, N.Y.-based Iroquois Group announced its expansion into the state of Illinois through its great lakes division led by Managing Partner Philip Dawson. This appointment increases Iroquois’ market presence...
Mar 1 2004 // Michael Segal, the president and CEO of Chicago-based Near North National Group, was already under federal indictment of 17 counts of fraud and racketeering. Now federal prosecutors in the U.S. District Court of Northern...
Feb 23 2004 // Insurance Journal recently unveiled information regarding an ongoing investigation into Torrance, Calif.-based Manning Riddell Insurance Services Inc. (License #0827722). Manning Riddell allegedly issued more than 1,000...
Feb 23 2004 // Illinois Insurance Director J. Anthony Clark announced that he would step down from his post effective Feb. 13, according to the Associated Press. The constraints forced upon the insurance department by the state’s...