More than 9,000 service men and women stationed in Illinois may be entitled to monetary relief as part of a multi-state regulatory settlement that will pay as much as $10 million to service personnel across the country, Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Thursday.
The settlement is a result of an investigation into potential fraud and abuse by three out-of-state insurance companies that targeted active military personnel by aggressively marketing death benefit products that duplicate what the military offers.
Illinois-based service personnel are expected to recover more than $1 million in restitution.
