Latest Illinois Headlines
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Southern Illinois Mayor, an Insurance Agent, Quits Amid Corruption Charges
Mar 3 2021 // The longtime mayor of the southern Illinois city of Columbia has resigned in the wake a federal indictment accusing him of public corruption, a city official announced. Last week, a federal grand jury indicted Mayor Kevin...
GCG Financial Promotes DeMello, Levitz in Illinois
Mar 2 2021 // Deerfield, Illinois-based GCG Financial, a full-service financial services firm and part of the Alera Group, has promoted David Levitz to managing partner and Carla DeMello to president, Employee Benefits. Levitz, who...
3 Vehicles Stolen in Attack on Illinois Luxury Car Delivery Driver
Mar 1 2021 // Four men attacked a luxury car delivery driver in suburban Chicago and took off with three high-end vehicles, authorities said. The attack, which was captured on video, took place early in the morning on Feb. 25 at Jidd...
Illinois Bill Would Move Workers’ Comp Fraud Probes to Insurance Department
Feb 26 2021 // A bill filed in the Illinois General Assembly would transfer the responsibilities for investigating workers’ compensation fraud to the state insurance department. Under HB 2947, the pending business of the Illinois...
USDA Says Tainted Nebraska Beef Sold in Illinois; Consumers Warned
Feb 4 2021 // Health officials are warning consumers in Illinois that they may have bought beef tainted with E. coli bacteria that was produced at a Nebraska plant last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and...
‘A-‘ Rating Assigned to Illinois Workers’ Comp Carrier Pekin Select Insurance
Feb 3 2021 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Pekin Select Insurance Co. (PSIC), headquartered in Pekin, Ill., a subsidiary of Pekin...
Illinois Bill Adds Prejudgment Interest to Recoveries in Personal Injury Cases
Jan 29 2021 // The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill that includes prejudgment interest in the recovery of damages in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. HB 3360 specifies “that in all actions brought to recover...
Bluefire Now Offering Auto Insurance in Illinois
Jan 27 2021 // Automobile insurance provider, Bluefire Insurance, has expanded its presence into Illinois. With the addition of Illinois, Bluefire, an Irving, Texas-based managing general agency, now offers coverage in eight states, with...
Hillebrandt Named Principal at Illinois’ Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
Jan 12 2021 // Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. (Pinnacle), a Bloomington, Ill.-based actuarial consulting firm, has named Aaron Hillebrandt a principal and consulting actuary. Hillebrandt is one of the firm’s leaders in the...
Former Allstate Counsel Picked to Lead Illinois Insurance Department
Jan 7 2021 // Dana Popish Severinghaus, formerly Legislative and Regulatory Counsel at Allstate Insurance Co., has been named director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Popish Severinghaus has extensive legal, policy, government...
Illinois Harley-Davidson Dealer to Pay $193.75K to Settle Harassment, Retaliation Suit
Dec 22 2020 // Three companies operating a now-closed Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenview, Ill., have agreed to pay a former employee $193,750 and furnish other relief under a consent decree to settle a federal sex harassment and...
J.M. Wilson Hires Cella, Tokarz as Assistant Underwriters in Illinois
Dec 21 2020 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Scott Cella as assistant property/casualty underwriter and Ryan Tokarz as assistant transportation underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Ill.,...
Illinois Funeral Home Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Giving Out Wrong Ashes
Dec 8 2020 // Two people have sued a suburban Chicago funeral home after discovering that one of them was given the ashes of an elderly woman in a mix-up instead of those of a four-month-old girl. The lawsuit filed in November alleges...
Migrant Farm Workers from Texas Allege Pesticide Exposure in Illinois
Dec 7 2020 // More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields, according to a federal lawsuit. The workers, including teenagers, senior citizens and a...
Illinois Insurance Director Muriel Leaving; Whalen to Lead Department in Interim
Dec 7 2020 // Illinois Department of Insurance Director Robert Muriel is leaving his post on Dec. 11, 2020, the department reported. IDOI’s Chief Deputy Director of Product Lines Shannon Whalen will fill in as interim acting...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Insurance Solution Network in Illinois
Dec 3 2020 // New Jersey-based World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Insurance Solution Network LLC (ISN) of Villa Park, Ill. Terms of the Nov. 1 transaction were not disclosed. ISN, led by President Daniel Berlin, has been...
Kemper to Acquire American Access Casualty in Illinois for $370M
Nov 23 2020 // Specialty insurer, Kemper Corp., has agreed to acquire American Access Casualty Co, and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its subsidiaries (collectively “AAC”). AAC...
Homeowners of America Insurance Expands into Illinois
Nov 19 2020 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, is now offering its insurance products in the state of Illinois. HOAIC President and CEO Spencer Tucker said the...
Kliethermes to Take Over as CEO of Illinois’ RLI When Michael Retires
Nov 18 2020 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. says Craig W. Kliethermes, current RLI Insurance Co. president and chief operating officer, will succeed Jonathan E. Michael as RLI’s chief executive officer, upon Michael’s...
Illinois Fines Continental Indemnity, Applied Underwriters $250K for Unapproved Sales
Nov 18 2020 // Two former Berkshire Hathaway companies have been hit with a $250,000 fine by Illinois regulators for selling unapproved workers’ compensation policies to small businesses. The Illinois Department of Insurance says...
