Latest Illinois Headlines
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Report: Police in Illinois Stop Fewer People
Jan 11 2012 // The number of traffic stops across Illinois has dropped by nearly 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists has dipped about 11 percent, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune analyzed state data on...
Illinois Gets $7.7 Million in Federal Storm-Repair Aid
Jan 11 2012 // Illinois is getting more than $7.7 million to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by last year’s flooding and windstorms. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin announced that the money will be...
Outpatient Costs Higher in States Without Fee Schedules: Workers’ Comp Study
Jan 11 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...
Wagner Named Acting Director of Illinois Insurance Department
Jan 5 2012 // Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed a new acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Robert Wagner has been with the department 11 years and is its general counsel. He is the department’s third acting director...
Illinois Warns of Fraudulent Health Insurance
Dec 19 2011 // The chief executive of a company allegedly selling fraudulent health insurance says he is fully cooperating with the Illinois Department of Insurance to resolve the matter. Donald Chew, president and CEO of ReAssurance...
Illinois Judge Pulled from Asbestos Cases Will Return $30K in Donations
Dec 16 2011 // A judge who was assigned to hear all of the asbestos cases in her southwestern Illinois county was stripped of those cases after it was revealed her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from area law firms...
Longueil Named Sales Executive at Risk Sciences Group in Illinois Office
Dec 7 2011 // Risk Sciences Group, a provider of risk management information systems (RMIS) and related analytics services, has named Kathy Longueil national sales executive in its Schaumberg, Ill., office. Longueil brings with her 17...
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Third of Illinois Workers’ Comp Awards in 12 Facilities
Dec 5 2011 // Workers filing on-the-job injury claims at just a dozen state institutions clustered in southern Illinois collected nearly one-third of the total $127 million awarded in recent years for permanent impairment under...
Irwin to Lead Illinois Council of IAIP
Nov 23 2011 // The Illinois council of the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP), formerly known as NAIW, has installed new officers. They are: Council Director Elect Penny Irwin with Horace Mann in...
State Farm: Texas, Illinois, Ohio Top 3 States for Thanksgiving Cooking Fires
Nov 16 2011 // If you live in Texas, Illinois or Ohio, you’re more likely to experience a cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day than those in other states. That’s according to claims data from Illinois-based State Farm Insurance....
ARM of Illinois Adds 100th Member to Public Schools Cooperative
Oct 31 2011 // Associated Risk Managers (ARM) of Illinois has added Rochelle Community Consolidated School District #231 into the Prairie State Insurance Cooperative (PSIC) as its 100th member. PSIC is an exclusive ARM of Illinois...
Missouri Judge Declares Mistrial in $700M Tobacco Lawsuit
Oct 27 2011 // A judge in Missouri has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to reach agreement on whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were...
Illinois Governor Appoints 29 Workers’ Comp Arbitrators
Oct 17 2011 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has appointed 29 arbitrators in Illinois’ workers’ compensation system. Arbitrators rule on claims filed under the state’s Workers Compensation Act. The appointments are part...
Indiana Increases Non-Resident License Fee for Illinois Producers
Oct 3 2011 // Indiana insurance regulators announced that the non-resident producer license fee is increasing to $250 for Illinois resident producers. The Indiana Department of Insurance noted that it is required to impose fees on...
Plaintiffs Notch Legal Win in Illinois Cigarette Suit
Sep 30 2011 // The Illinois Supreme Court has cleared the way for plaintiffs’ attorneys to push that a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris be revived, sending the matter back to the trial court for more...
Supermarket Recalls Chicken Sold in Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Sep 23 2011 // Milwaukee, Wis.-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products were sold after Sept. 13...
Indiana Increases Non-Resident License Fee for Illinois Producers
Sep 22 2011 // Indiana insurance regulators announced that the non-resident producer license fee is increasing to $250 for Illinois resident producers. The Indiana Department of Insurance noted that it is required to impose fees on...
Insurer Group NAMIC Names Illinois Rep. Biggert ‘Legislator of Year’
Sep 21 2011 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented the Federal Legislator of the Year Award to U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., at its annual convention in Indianapolis. ‘Rep. Biggert is a...
Founders Insurance Promotes 2 in Illinois
Sep 19 2011 // Sharon A. Poradzisz has been promoted to vice president of personal lines claims and Wade D. Rankin has been promoted to commercial claims manager at the Founders Insurance Co. of Des Plaines, Ill. Poradzisz has 16 years...
