Illinois Insurance Law Archives

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To Save or Not to Save? Protected Health Information and the Changing Landscape of Protective Orders in Illinois

July 9, 2020

A recent decision could dramatically narrow the use of protected health information (“PHI”) that is disclosed to an insurer following the conclusion of litigation in Illinois. With this decision comes possible far-reaching implications facing insurers going forward by preventing the development of future medical fraud litigation and monetary recoveries. In Haage v. Zavala, et al. […]

This entry was posted in Illinois Insurance Law and tagged PHI, Protected Health Information, Protective Orders on July 9, 2020 by Unavailable.

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Does an Illinois Insurance Producer Owe a Legal Duty to an Additional Insured on a Policy It Procured? It Certainly Shouldn’t, and Here’s Why

August 29, 2019

HeplerBroom has a long history of defending insurance producers across Illinois, with a strong appellate record on the ordinary-care duty and statute of limitations issues in particular. Western Cons. Prem. Properties, Inc., v. Norman-Spencer Agency, Inc., 845 F.3d 313 (7th Cir. 2017) (duty); RVP, LLC, v. Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., 2017 IL App (3d) 160276 […]

This entry was posted in Illinois Insurance Law and tagged Insurance Law, Professional Negligence on August 29, 2019 by Robert Elworth.

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Illinois Supreme Court has Opportunity to Clarify Fiduciary Duties Owed by Insurance Producers to Clients

April 18, 2018

It used to be in Illinois that an insurance broker could be sued for breach of fiduciary duty for just about any policy-related misdeed. See, e.g., Faulkner v. Gilmore, 251 Ill.App.3d 34 (3d Dist. 1993) (alleging breach of fiduciary duty for a broker’s failure to advise insureds to terminate their master surety agreement.) The fiduciary-duty […]

This entry was posted in Illinois Insurance Law, Illinois Supreme Court and tagged Fiduciary Duty, Insurance Producer LIability on April 18, 2018 by Robert Elworth.

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