Illinois News

Spring Weather Warnings: Midwest Floods; Droughts in South, West

Flooding in the upper Midwest, which could rival the high water levels experienced in 2006 and possibly 1997, and continued drought in the South and West are among the warnings contained in the national outlook for this Spring from federal …

Business Moves

BrickStreet Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next …

Business Moves

Auto Club Insurance, MEEMIC Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer, reported it has agreed to acquire MEEMIC Insurance Co. and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corp. ACIA is the second largest provider of auto insurance in …

Illinois Homeowner Seeks Claim Information Behind Home Explosion

An Illinois woman has filed a suit seeking information about why her home exploded last month. Laura Williams filed the suit after a Feb. 13 blast destroyed her Pontoon Beach home and damaged several others. No one was seriously injured. …

People

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services. Sebelius, 60, is seen as a solid choice to head HHS because as a governor responsible for the Medicaid program in Kansas, she faced …

Business Moves

BrickStreet Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next …

Sink-ing Feeling: Florida Still Searching for Fix for Hurricane Exposure

Florida lawmakers need to make some smart decisions on reducing the risk to Florida property owners from hurricanes, the state’s chief financial officer said. In a letter to legislative leaders, CFO Alex Sink said property owners cannot afford shocks to …

People

Richard G. “Dick” Clarke, senior vice president of J. Smith Lanier & Co. in West Point, Ga., has been elected 2009 president of RiskProNet International, a network of 25 independent insurance brokers in North America. Clarke is a veteran of …

States Gear Up for Stimulus Package

Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the stimulus bill will jump-start spending, some …

New Markets

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