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Ill. Country Financial enters Chicago market, adds Fisher as director

Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district office. Fisher’s hiring as director of new market development accelerates the …

Most Ill. medical malpractice cases settle before trial, Justice Department report says

From 2000-2004, few medical malpractice insurance claims in Illinois and six other states closed with a payout to the person seeking compensation, with most settling before a trial, according to a Justice Depart-ment report re-leased on March 25, 2007. In …

Most Ill. medical malpractice cases settle before trial, Justice Department report says

From 2000-2004, few medical malpractice insurance claims in Illinois and six other states closed with a payout to the person seeking compensation, with most settling before a trial, according to a Justice Depart-ment report re-leased on March 25, 2007. In …

Ill. Vioxx verdict helps Madison County shed pro-plaintiff reputation

Judicial watchdog Ed Murnane long has been critical of Madison County’s reputation as a plaintiff’s paradise in big-money lawsuits, and he knew changing that would take baby steps. So it was little wonder that the chief of the Illinois Civil …

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Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district office. Fisher’s hiring as director of new market development accelerates the …

Ill. Country Financial enters Chicago market, adds Fisher as director

Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district office. Fisher’s hiring as director of new market development accelerates the …

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$5.26 million A hefty pay raise was given to State Farm Insurance’s chairman and CEO after the company posted a record profit last year. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ed Rust Jr. got a $5.26 million raise. He earned $11.66 …

Sen. Lott wants ‘plain language’ requirement enforced by Feds

U.S. Senator Trent Lott, R- Miss., wants to require insurers to disclose property insurance coverage and noncoverage in plain language on the front page of each homeowner’s policy and has introduced a bill giving the Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority …

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The Main Street America Group has promoted Ed Kuhl to executive vice president, chief financial officer, and Dick Schultz to assistant vice president, and appointed Tom Frazier to assistant treasurer. Kuhl joined Main Street America in 1988 as controller. He …

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Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Servicesand will manage its newly created Chicago district office. Fisher’s hiring as director of new market development accelerates the organization’s …