Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced that Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Dana Popish Severinghaus will step down from her role on April 15th. Popish Severinghaus has served as Director of DOI since January of 2021. Pritzker has appointed State …
The Illinois Office of the Special Deputy Receiver (OSD) was hit by a cyberattack last summer, resulting in millions of dollars in losses to two auto insurance agencies under liquidation, the Illinois Department of Insurance confirmed. The cyber breach was …
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 Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Insurance Compliance Division would be transferred …
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 relations and insurance industry-related experience. At Allstate she advised the company …
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 director. Muriel was appointed to the position …
The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) reported that it mistakenly allowed the Social Security numbers of some health care providers to be posted publicly. The DOI said it learned on Nov. 9 of an inadvertent data disclosure involving health care …
