Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed a new acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Robert Wagner has been with the department 11 years and is its general counsel. He is the department’s third acting director since June, when the …
The chief executive of a company allegedly selling fraudulent health insurance says he is fully cooperating with the Illinois Department of Insurance to resolve the matter. Donald Chew, president and CEO of ReAssurance Health, says he has turned over all …
A judge who was assigned to hear all of the asbestos cases in her southwestern Illinois county was stripped of those cases after it was revealed her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from area law firms specializing in asbestos-related …
Workers filing on-the-job injury claims at just a dozen state institutions clustered in southern Illinois collected nearly one-third of the total $127 million awarded in recent years for permanent impairment under Illinois’ troubled workers’ compensation system, the Associated Press has …
When the Army Corps of Engineers was forced to breach the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri at the height of spring flooding, many feared the rich 130,000 acres of farmland would be a total washout for 2011. But the …
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has appointed 29 arbitrators in Illinois’ workers’ compensation system. Arbitrators rule on claims filed under the state’s Workers Compensation Act. The appointments are part of a package of reforms to the workers’ compensation system that passed …
Chicago City Council is to consider a ban on bicyclists texting while riding on city streets. The council’s Traffic Safety Committee endorsed the ban on Oct. 3. Bicyclists also couldn’t talk on cell phones without a hands-free device while riding. …
The Illinois Supreme Court has cleared the way for plaintiffs’ attorneys to push that a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris be revived, sending the matter back to the trial court for more hearings. The court upheld a state …
Milwaukee, Wis.-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products were sold after Sept. 13 at deli counters in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. …
Indiana insurance regulators announced that the non-resident producer license fee is increasing to $250 for Illinois resident producers. The Indiana Department of Insurance noted that it is required to impose fees on another states’ insurance professionals equal to what the …
