Becky Yerak

A class action shareholder lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County circuit court claims that Rosemont-based Taylor Capital Group Inc. and its board of directors breached their fiduciary duty when they...

Allstate Corp. exclusive agents are being asked to sell more financial products, including life insurance and annuities, as part of a new variable compensation structure that takes effect in 2014....

Discover Financial Services boosted its second-quarter profits, to $602 million or $1.20 a share, as the Riverwoods-based company saw growth in its online bank and fewer delinquencies on its credit...

Northern Trust Corp.'s profits rose in the second quarter as the Chicago-based company was helped by higher trust, investment and other service fees in a strong market. But the results...

Cole Taylor Bank said it's in discussions with private equity firms to sell its mortgage business. The disclosure of a letter to Cole Taylor mortgage workers came a day after...

Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., which has named cost-cutting as one of its top priorities for 2013, is reducing some retirement and life insurance benefits in a move that it says will...

Heather Anderson was 3 years old in 1989, the last time that Illinois set minimum mandatory insurance levels for motorists. Three weeks before her 27th birthday in February and less...

Less than a week after completing his purchase of $2.4 billion-asset Metropolitan Bank Group Inc., the new chairman said that over the next five years he envisions building a Chicago-area...

Less than a week after completing his purchase of $2.4 billion-asset Metropolitan Bank Group Inc., its new chairman said that over the next five years he envisions building a Chicago-area...

Wintrust Financial, which runs 15 community banks that operate in the Chicago area and Wisconsin, is testing technology at two ATMs that allow depositors to pre-order their cash using iPhones...