Locke Lord LLP | USA | 20 Jul 2016
The Illinois Department of Insurance recently issued a bulletin requiring all companies to obtain independent third party background…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2016
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently dismissed a complaint filed by a policy beneficiary asserting that her…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 25 Feb 2016
The Illinois Legislature has a bill pending in the House Rules Committee that would ban the use of price optimization by insurers. Price Optimization…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 23 Feb 2016
The growing percentage of businesses that purchase cyber security and data privacy insurance portends a growing number of claims and, inevitably…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 3 Feb 2016
The Illinois Department of Insurance recently posted its January 2016 Regulatory Agenda. The Regulatory Agenda contains several proposed changes to…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 13 Nov 2015
The Illinois Department of Insurance (" IL DOI") has proposed an amendment to Illinois' insurer record retention requirements, which would…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 11 Nov 2015
On October 26, 2015, three life insurance companies (the "Kemper Companies") filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Treasurer (the "Treasurer")…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 22 Oct 2015
The Illinois Supreme Court issued an opinion earlier today clarifying the level of detail plaintiffs must include in a motion for class certification…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 19 Oct 2015
An Illinois trial court recently addressed the issue of whether an insurer exhausted its limits of liability in paying nearly $90 million for an…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 27 Aug 2015
A recent attempt by the Illinois legislature to significantly expand the scope of the Illinois data breach notification legislation was vetoed by…