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Skating Rinks, Roller and Ice Venues Nuts & Bolts: American Insurance Alliance is offering Roller and Ice Skating venues that are traditionally difficult to insure general liability coverage. American Insurance Alliance’s only business is skating venues with 18 continuous years …

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 …

Editor’s Note: Madison County moves to “Purgatory” on Hellhole List

A recent court verdict in Illinois has the Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL) on its feet proclaiming matters are finally moving in the right direction. Jurors in a recent Madison County case disagreed with Frank Schwaller’s claims that a drug-making …

Madison County moves to “Purgatory” on Hellhole List

A recent court verdict in Illinois has the Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL) on its feet proclaiming matters are finally moving in the right direction. Jurors in a recent Madison County case disagreed with Frank Schwaller’s claims that a drug-making …

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

News Currents 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 …

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. 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 …

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 …

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. 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 …