If you are not using the Insurance Case Law Index regularly to check on Illinois insurance cases, you are missing out on a great resource. Now summarizing over 1,890 Illinois state and federal case citations, holdings and summaries accumulated since 1986, it serves as a free research tool for easy access to Illinois coverage precedent. Search by name of Case, Words & Phrases, Year or Keyword, and the results will yield a record with the case name, citation, indexed issue, holding and name of trial or appellate judges. Here is the link to bookmark:  http://insuranceindex.ngelaw.com/.

Try a few searches to see how it works. 

Need to know how Illinois law treats punitive damages? Look under the Words & Phrases:  Punitive Damages:  In General; Punitive Damages: Vicarious Liability.

Interested in seeing the 29 cases that discuss whether defense counsel would have a conflict of interest? Check the pull-down menu for the Words & Phrase:  Duty to Defend:  Conflict of Interest. Here’s a screenshot of part of the page you’ll find:

What’s that case that deal with whether the negligent inspection for termites was covered? Try the Keyword Search feature for “termite.”  Here’s the result:

Looking for all the declaratory judgment cases that Pekin Insurance filed? Use the drop-down menu under “Case” for the name of the case. Wait, what? Thirty cases where Pekin Insurance was the plaintiff?  Amazing.