Latest Illinois Headlines
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Lawmakers Probing Amazon Labor Practices Following Illinois Tornado Deaths
Apr 5 2022 // The U.S. House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Amazon.com’s labor practices during extreme weather events, following the death of six workers during a swarm of tornados last year. In a letter...
Illinois Court: Insurer Must Defend IT Company in BIPA Suits
Mar 30 2022 // An insurer must defend an information technology company facing a pair of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said in a March 30 ruling. In...
Illinois Based Insurance Agency Insurance King® Enforces Trademark
Mar 30 2022 // Rockford, IL., March 29, 2022 – Insurance King has been actively enforcing the trademarks registration numbers 4628341 and 4628343 for several years. “It all started with a person that walked in to our office and...
Seafood Chain to Pay $200K over Sexual Harassment Suit in Illinois
Mar 17 2022 // Long John Silver’s will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged...
First Chicago Launches Commercial Auto Insurance Program in Illinois And Indiana
Mar 15 2022 // First Chicago Insurance Company announced it recently launched its augmented commercial auto insurance program in Illinois and Indiana. The program covers owned or leased Vehicles, hired autos, non-owned, temporary...
Illinois District Court: Insurer Cannot Rely on Employment-Related Exclusion in BIPA Suit
Mar 9 2022 // An Illinois federal judge said a policy exclusion for employment-related practices does not protect State Automobile Insurance Co. from defending a grocery chain accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information...
Hub Acquires Illinois’ Kuhl Insurance Agency
Mar 7 2022 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Kuhl Insurance Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Morton, Illinois, Kuhl Insurance is an independent agency providing commercial and...
Illinois Expects $760 Million From Opioid Settlement
Mar 1 2022 // Illinois is expected to receive $760 million as part of a settlement with pharmaceutical distributors sued for their role in the opioid crisis, the state attorney general announced Feb. 25. Attorney General Kwame...
Verisk Acquires Illinois’ Infutor
Feb 24 2022 // Verisk, the global data analytics provider, has acquired Infutor, a provider of identity resolution and consumer intelligence data. Verisk plans to integrate Infutor with Jornaya, which it acquired in 2020, to form Verisk...
Illinois Supreme Court: Privacy Claims Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Act
Feb 4 2022 // The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (IWCA) does not bar claims for statutory damages under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled in a Feb. 3...
Chemical Explosion at Illinois Manufacturing Plant Kills 1, Leaves 1 Injured
Jan 25 2022 // A chemical explosion on Jan. 21 at a northern Illinois manufacturing plant killed one person and left another critically injured, authorities said. The incident occurred about 10:45 a.m. when two employees at the W. R....
Illinois Pizza Manufacturer Faces $145K in Fines After Worker Fatality
Jan 25 2022 // An Illinois pizza manufacturer could be forced to pay $145,000 in penalties after a worker suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine in July 2021. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...
Tornado Victim’s Family Sues Amazon Over Illinois Warehouse Collapse
Jan 19 2022 // The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful deathlawsuitMonday in Madison County. The action on behalf of Austin...
Insurance King Acquires Two Insurance Agencies in IL: Vic Bernardi Insurance and The Insurance Center
Jan 14 2022 // CHICAGO HEIGHTS and DECATUR, Ill., Jan. 14, 2022 – Insurance King has announced the rebranding of the two insurance agencies they have purchased in Illinois. Vic Bernardi Insurance Agency located in Chicago Heights,...
Illinois-Based Investor Agman Launches MGA Aurenity
Jan 13 2022 // Chicago-based investor Agman has announced the launch of Aurenity, a new tech-enabled Managing General Agent (MGA) targeting the Excess and Surplus (E&S) market. Aurenity will deploy underwriting analytics to determine...
Inszone Acquires Illinois’ Lamb, Little & Co.
Jan 12 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services, a national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Illinois-based Lamb, Little & Co. This acquisition will broaden Inszone’s U.S. presence to...
Illinois AG Sues Mine Over Use of Toxic Foam to Control Fire
Jan 10 2022 // The Illinois attorney general is accusing a coal mine operator of polluting the area with toxic foam to try to stop an underground fire. “Exposure to such chemicals can cause long-lasting damage to the environment...
Illinois Insurer Insolvency Office Hit by $6.8 Million Cyber Attack
Jan 4 2022 // The Illinois Office of the Special Deputy Receiver (OSD) was hit by a cyberattack last summer, resulting in millions of dollars in losses to two auto insurance agencies under liquidation, the Illinois Department of...
Contractor Dies in Fall at Illinois Caterpillar Foundry
Dec 27 2021 // A contractor working at a Caterpillar Inc. foundry in central Illinois fell to his death when he apparently stepped off a ladder at the plant, authorities said. The Peoria County coroner said Scott M. Adams, 50, of East...
Illinois Worker Dies After Being Trapped in Machinery
Dec 15 2021 // A 61-year-old worker died after becoming trapped in machinery at a suburban Chicago steel polishing factory, authorities said Friday. Raymondo Escobar’s cause of death was due to “asphyxia due to machinery...
