Illinois Department of Insurance
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Recent News About Illinois Department of Insurance
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Public pension fund picture looks frightening with unfunded liabilities exceeding net assets
SPRINGFIELD – Public employee pension funds paid $13,984,668,514 in benefits to 438,814 persons in 2012, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance. Benefits averaged $31,869 per person. Retired workers averaged $34,965, while disabled workers averaged $28,338 and survivors averaged $13,951. More than five persons received benefits for every seven active workers. Payroll for 605,872 active workers totaled $32,334,757,164, roughly $2.30 for every pension dollar. -
Public pension annual reports available at DOI portal
With much of the state's financial crisis being blamed on under-funded public pensions, wouldn't it be great if ordinary taxpayers could see exactly what condition the funds they support are in? -
Defense continues into third day in Granite City house fire trial
Ruth The defense case in a suit over an unpaid fire claim at a Granite City residence from 2005 entered its third day in Madison County. -
Haine's floodplain bill is 'mind-boggling'
To the editor: -
Malpractice story is about insurance companies - not lawyers v. docs
Most folks agree that there are two sides to every story. It seems that only one side of the "malpractice story" has been told. There is another side; and while I freely admit that I am an advocate for this side of the story because it benefits me and my clients, it is still a side worth considering. -
Med mal insurance chairman testifies
Illinois House Judiciary Committee Hearing -
Insurer of trial attorneys is broke
Kenneth Printen, M.D. A mass exodus of trial attorneys leaving the state is not likely, laments the head of the Illinois State Medical Society, even though the Association of Trial Attorneys Assurance Mutual (ATLA Mutual) has been declared insolvent.