Law enforcement authorities in several Midwestern states are participating in a regional crackdown on holiday motorists who violate seat belt and other traffic safety laws. Midwest administrator Michael Witter with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the effort is …
Air Force officials say more than a mile of steam piping covered in asbestos will be removed from a former base in east-central Illinois. Air Force officials announced on Nov. 20 that they have awarded a $150,000 contract to remove …
A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released the two-year study as part of the Catastrophic …
Governor Blagojevich has named Amy J. Masters as acting chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), effective Nove. 21, 2008. Chairman Masters first joined the Commission in 2003. She has served as the secretary of the Commission and operations …
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to sign a bill requiring insurers to cover autism treatment up to $36,000 a year until a patient turns 21. An estimated 4,500 Illinois families would benefit from the coverage. The bill also would …
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario has announced a $40 million settlement with Deloitte & Touche LLP in connection with the firm’s auditing services for Reliance Insurance Co., which got into financial trouble and was taken over in 2001. The settlement …
Tim Fleming, president of RJF Agencies, has been named to a three-year term on the board of directors of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB), a trade association representing domestic and international commercial insurance agents and brokers. Fleming …
A 2005 law limiting the amount of money juries may award in medical malpractice cases unfairly targets those most seriously injured who deserve the most compensation, lawyers told the Illinois Supreme Court on Nov. 12. Proponents of the law asked …
A Presbyterian minister accused of having sex with a woman when she was a teenager kept working as a pastor and college administrator after the church’s insurance company paid the accuser $150,000. Rev. Ronald Campbell resigned from Trinity International University, …
The former mayor of the Chicago northern suburb of Niles has pleaded guilty to taking more than $420,000 from an insurance agency in a kickback scheme. Nicholas Blase appeared before U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen on Oct.31. The 80-year-old admitted …
