Latest Illinois Headlines
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USI Acquires Illinois-Based Euclid Insurance Retail Business
Mar 8 2012 // USI Insurance Services (USI), headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has acquired the Euclid Insurance retail property/casualty and employee benefits division (Euclid Retail Business) from Euclid Insurance Services...
FEMA Begins Survey of Illinois Tornado Damage
Mar 6 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on March 5 began surveying the damage from tornadoes and other severe weather that roiled southern Illinois last week, starting in the small town of Harrisburg, where six people were...
Illinois Church That Gave Hurricane Aid in ’05, Now Gets Tornado Aid
Mar 5 2012 // Four pickup-and-trailer loads of goods brought over the weekend to tornado-stricken Harrisburg, Ill., are just a partial return for help after Hurricane Rita in 2005, say residents of Lake Arthur, a town of 2,700 in...
Storm Damages Missouri Country Music Resort Town, Kills 9
Mar 2 2012 // AP Photo: The News-Leader, Dean Curtis A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes and lashed the Midwest early Wednesday roughed up the entertainment resort town of Branson and laid waste to small...
Storms Blamed for 4 Deaths, Widespread Damage in Midwest
Mar 1 2012 // A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. At least four people...
Illinois Officials to Promote Weather-Radio Use
Feb 29 2012 // Illinois officials are urging residents to prepare for the threat of severe weather that accompanies the spring season. This year authorities will highlight the usefulness of weather-alert radios. Jonathon Monken is the...
Sen. Durbin Announces Funds for Illinois Fire Departments
Feb 24 2012 // U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has announced a nearly $1.4 million federal investment in five Illinois fire departments. The funding will help boost the capability of each department in responding to fires and other...
Illinois Insurance Agent Sentenced 17 Years for Fraud
Feb 21 2012 // A southern Illinois insurance agent and securities broker was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to an investment scheme that prosecutors said swindled roughly $6 million from dozens of mostly...
Illinois Governor Defends State after Caterpillar CEO Blasts Jobs Climate
Feb 14 2012 // Gov. Pat Quinn defended the state’s business climate on Feb. 12 after the head of Caterpillar Inc. blasted state political leaders in a published column for not doing enough to grow business and jobs in Illinois. The...
Lawyers Appeal Mississippi Asbestos Fraud Verdict
Feb 14 2012 // Two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, including a former state lawmaker, have appealed a verdict that they committed fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. A federal jury in Mississippi decided in 2010 that the...
State Farm Plans to Hire 3,000 Employees
Feb 6 2012 // Illinois-based State Farm Insurance said it will hire 3,000 people across the U.S. and Canada, filling many positions left empty during the recession, and add 900 agents. The news follows an announcement by Chrysler that...
People
Feb 6 2012 // Jamie Durocher has been promoted to director of business development for Eau Claire, Wis.-based wholesale insurance firm, Scobie Group. Durocher has held the position of marketing representative with Scobie Group since...
Boron to Lead Illinois Department of Insurance
Jan 30 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has named a new top state insurance regulator. Andrew Boron has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI), the governor’s office announced. The department has been...
3 New Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Appointed in Illinois
Jan 27 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three more arbitrators for workers’ compensation system disputes. William Gallagher has 35 years of experience as an attorney concentrating on workers’ compensation in...
Illinois Nursing Homes to Get $110M in Federal Aid
Jan 26 2012 // Illinois is getting $110 million from the federal government to improve safety and staffing at nursing homes, Gov. Pat Quinn said. The money is supposed to address poor supervision of sometimes-dangerous psychiatric...
Foremost Launches Updated Auto Program in Illinois
Jan 25 2012 // Foremost Insurance Group has introduced its enhanced auto program in Illinois, featuring more competitive rates, new discounts, increased coverage options and improved online processing. “The technological...
Founders Insurance Offers Renter’s Endorsement in Illinois
Jan 24 2012 // Founders Insurance Co. of Des Plaines, Ill. has launched a property and liability endorsement for its personal automobile policies in the state. The company started offering the optional renter’s coverage at the...
Outpatient Costs Higher in States Without Fee Schedules
Jan 23 2012 // States without fee schedules have higher hospital outpatient costs for common surgeries compared to states with fee schedules, according to a workers’ compensation study. The study found that significant variations...
Dada-Olley Is New Deputy Counsel at Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 18 2012 // Lola Dada-Olley has joined the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission as deputy counsel. Dada-Olley prior work history includes a mixture of policy, communications, and law, both in the private and public sector....
Illinois Officials Report Drop in Tollway Usage After Fee Hike
Jan 12 2012 // Illinois State Toll Highway Authority officials say the number of cars using the state’s toll roads dipped by 4.5 percent since fees for users nearly doubled on Jan. 1. Spokeswoman Wendy Abrams says the decrease was...
