Latest Illinois Headlines
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States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Nov 4 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
Company Fined Nearly $1.6M After 4 Workers Killed in Illinois Plant Explosion
Oct 30 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have levied $1,591,176 in penalties against a silicon chemical products manufacturer after four employees suffered fatal injuries in an explosion and fire at the company’s Waukegan,...
McNeil & Co. Acquires Bonding & Insurance Specialists Agency in Illinois
Oct 24 2019 // McNeil & Co. (McNeil) as acquired Bonding & Insurance Specialists Agency Inc. (BISA), an Orland Park, Illinois-based firm providing insurance products in the environmental and restoration industries. As part of the...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Oct 21 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
The Insurance House in Illinois Adds Mayer, Reising as Producers
Oct 18 2019 // Marion, Illinois-based independent insurance agency, The Insurance House, has hired Curt Mayer as a commercial lines insurance producer and Brittny Reising as a personal lines producer. Mayer has experience with various...
Illinois Bill Would Require Lab Testing of CBD Items Sold in State
Oct 16 2019 // A proposed bill would require all CBD products sold in Illinois to meet testing requirements that would be developed by the state Department of Agriculture. CBD is a cannabis extract that does not cause a high but is...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Rating of Illinois’ American Heartland Insurance
Oct 10 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “ccc-” from “cc” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of C- (Weak) of American Heartland Insurance Co....
Prather Appointed Employee Benefits Practice Leader at Alera Group in Illinois
Oct 10 2019 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/ casualty, risk management and wealth management firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Sally Prather as its national Employee Benefits Practice...
Illinois Agents Group Taps Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Members for Top Awards
Oct 9 2019 // Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) has named Eclipse Insurance Agency of Du Quoin, Illinois, as its 2019 Insurance Agency of the Year. Keenan Rice, owner of Eclipse Insurance Agency, was named the 2019...
Schools, Homes Evacuated After Illinois Derailment, Fire
Sep 12 2019 // A freight train believed to be bearing a flammable liquid used in solvents derailed Tuesday in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, causing a fire that sent thick, black smoke into the air and prompted the evacuation of nearby...
States Questioning How Juul’s Vaping Device Became So Popular with Teens
Sep 4 2019 // E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping...
AJG Not Liable for Late Notice that Cost Illinois Firm $1.34M
Sep 2 2019 // An Illinois construction company that waited six years to inform its excess insurer it had been sued cannot expect coverage from that carrier, and it can’t go after the insurance brokerage that sold it the policy, a...
With New, Legal Cannabis Industries, Illinois and Missouri Can Learn from Pioneer States
Aug 30 2019 // As Illinois and Missouri undertake the process of licensing businesses in their newly legalized cannabis industries — recreational in Illinois and medical in Missouri — they have the advantage of taking what has worked...
J.M. Wilson Promotes Mikos to Transportation Underwriter in Illinois
Aug 29 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Alex Mikos to transportation underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Mikos is responsible for underwriting new and renewal...
Biometrics and Financial Firms, Ransomware Variant Among Latest Cyber Trends: Chubb
Aug 28 2019 // State biometrics laws, a new ransomware threat and the targeting of financial institutions are among the recent trends in cyber risks, according to insurer Chubb in a new report. The insurer cites a recent surge in...
Health Officials Report First Death They Believe Is Linked to Vaping
Aug 26 2019 // An Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized with a severe respiratory illness that health officials believe is linked with vaping, the state’s Department of Public Health said Friday. The death is the...
Broker Not Liable for Late Notice that Cost Illinois Client $1.34M
Aug 23 2019 // An Illinois construction company that waited six years to inform its excess insurer that it had been sued cannot expect coverage from that carrier, and it can’t go after the insurance brokerage that sold it the...
Suits Filed Against Operator of Illinois Medical Equipment Cleaner
Aug 22 2019 // Nearly three dozen people have sued the operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant they claim emits fumes that have adversely affected their health, lawyers for the plaintiffs announced. The 32...
Illinois Sues Company over Lead Found in Drinking Water
Aug 20 2019 // Illinois alleges that a company that provides water to a Chicago suburb made changes without permission from state regulators that caused lead to contaminate the village’s drinking water. Attorney General Kwame Raoul...
Lawsuit Accuses E-Cigarette Makers of Targeting Kids, Deceiving Consumers
Aug 20 2019 // E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. and Philip Morris USA Inc. were sued for illegally marketing nicotine-delivery devices to minors and deceiving consumers about the risks of vaping. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a...
