Highlights key points of the Illinois Department of Insurance Bulletin on use of artificial intelligence systems in insurance. Includes guidelines for insurers, navigating third-party AI systems, and potential regulatory oversight.
Explores significance of innocent insured doctrine in safeguarding policyholders who are inadvertently implicated in disputes arising from actions of others. Provides insights into implications of the doctrine for both insurers and insured parties.
Examines Illinois appellate court ruling where context and timing of presentation of consent form impacted consent form’s validity.
Summarizes provisions of FTC’s new ban on noncompete agreements and offers several suggestions businesses could use as alternatives.
Examines a recent Missouri Court of Appeals ruling in Bruckerhoff that appears to expand the definition of when the dangerous condition of a public roadway can be claimed an exception to a government’s ability to claim sovereign immunity.
Explains how Illinois Senate Bill 1495 helps protect residents from storm-chasing public adjusters and will help combat the rise in insurance fraud.
Illustrates how construction companies in Illinois who utilize borrowed employers may be entitled to protections under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
Recommends best practices for adhering to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Final Rule on Civil Money Penalties for Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting. Includes information on safe harbors, penalty amounts, and timing of their assessment.
Summarizes announcement by Illinois Pollution Control Board of its proposed amendments to the groundwater quality standards.
Summarizes a recent ruling by an Illinois appellate court upholding the Illinois Pollution Control Board's rules governing coal ash ponds (35 Ill. Adm. Code 845).