Latest Illinois Headlines
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Ill. Attorney General Warns Consumers about Recall on Children’s Jewelry
Mar 27 2007 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued an alert on March 21st about a recall of children’s necklaces that contain high levels of lead that may be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse...
Ill. Speciality Underwriters Contracts with New Partner
Mar 27 2007 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc., through its subsidiary SUA Insurance Co., today announced a new Partner Agent agreement with Flying Eagle Insurance Services, Inc. (“Flying Eagle”) to market and...
U.S. Study Finds Majority of Medical Malpractice Claims Close Without Payment
Mar 26 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
It Figures
Mar 26 2007 // 207,492 The FBI’s 2006 annual report just issued by its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), shows how criminals have used the ‘Net to launch nine different varieties of fraud. Among the highlights from the...
Ill. Zurich Adds Director for Auto Technical Unit
Mar 23 2007 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich announced today that Cathy Benton has been named Automobile Line of Business director for its Technical Center unit in North America. According to Gary Kaplan, chief underwriting officer for...
Ill. Country Financial Enters Chicago Market, Names Fisher as Director
Mar 22 2007 // Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district office....
Ill. State University Hosts Indiana Insurance’s School Safety Seminar
Mar 20 2007 // More than 100 Illinois education officials attended a free seminar at Illinois State University to learn about best practice school safety planning and sexual abuse prevention from members of Indiana Insurance’s...
Amerigroup Corp. Liability $334 Million for Actions in Ill.
Mar 15 2007 // A federal judge’s ruling brought to more than $334 million the amount that insurance company Amerigroup Corp. and its Illinois affiliate owe in damages and penalties for discriminating against pregnant women. U.S....
Ill. Agents Host Annual Industry Legislative Day March 20
Mar 14 2007 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (PIIAI), in conjunction with the Illinois Insurance Association (IIA), Illinois Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (IAIFA), Illinois State Association...
Chicago Aon Supports Ill. Governor’s Health Care Proposal
Mar 13 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. recently released a statement saying that it supports Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s efforts to craft a health care plan that would provide affordable coverage options to the uninsured...
Ill. FAIR Plan Receives Nod for 7.7 Percent Rate Hike
Mar 7 2007 // The Illinois Division of Insurance has granted the Illinois FAIR Plan a rate change for Dwelling Property policies. The overall increase is 7.7 percent, effective March 1, 2007. The last increase in the FAIR Plan rate was...
Ill. Hospital Group Backs Governor’s Proposal to Expand Health Coverage
Mar 7 2007 // The Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) today endorsed Illinois Covered, Governor Rod Blagojevich’s program to provide access to affordable health care coverage for the state’s 1.4 million uninsured...
Ill. The Park Group Adds John Harford
Mar 6 2007 // The Park Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage located in Chicago, recently announced the hiring of John Harford to the position of broker in the Property Department. Prior to joining Avreco, Harford worked as an...
Ill. Governor to Push Plan to Offer Health Insurance for All
Mar 6 2007 // Ill. Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to call for approval of a complex plan that would make sure all Illinoisans can obtain health insurance within the next three years. Under his “Illinois Covered” plan, the...
Indiana Insurance to Hold Safer School Seminar at Illinois State University
Mar 5 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has announced that it will host its third of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on Mar. 20, 2007 at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill. Michael Dorn, an...
Court Throws Out “Light” Cigarette Law Suits in La., Ill.
Feb 28 2007 // Suits filed against two cigarette makers over the marketing of “light” cigarettes have been thrown out by a federal appeals court. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Industry leaders debate federal versus state regulation with Democratic Congress shift
Feb 26 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress?And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Industry leaders debate federal versus state regulation with Democratic Congress shift
Feb 25 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress? And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Ill. Country Financial Says Americans at Odds on Financial Security Issues
Feb 22 2007 // Americans have mixed feelings about their personal level of financial security, according to Country Financial Security’s Index which registered an inaugural reading of 70.2 in February. Bloomington, Ill-based...
Ill. Insight Insurance Asks Agents to Join Campaign to Prevent Malaria
Feb 15 2007 // Geneva, Ill.-based Insight Insurance Services, Inc. is taking a shot at saving lives through the “Nothing But Nets campaign,” a global grassroots initiative designed to prevent malaria across Africa with the...
