Full Text of HR0660 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, RLI Corp will celebrate the $20 million | 3 | | expansion/renovation of its corporate headquarters on November | 4 | | 6, 2013 at 9025 N. Lindbergh Drive in Peoria; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The expansion, the company's fifth since 1970, | 6 | | reflects RLI's commitment to Peoria; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The project is the culmination of years of | 8 | | planning in which RLI employees were an integral part; focus | 9 | | groups guided design decisions on workstations, layouts, | 10 | | furniture, technology and ambience; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, RLI was founded nearly 50 years ago by its | 12 | | visionary founder, Gerald Stephens, who recognized a need to | 13 | | insure the expensive replacement of contact lens (RLI); and | 14 | | WHEREAS, RLI became the largest contact lens insurer in the | 15 | | world before expanding into the direct writing of commercial | 16 | | umbrella programs; today RLI covers a diversified portfolio of | 17 | | property and casualty coverage and surety bonds in niche | 18 | | markets in all 50 states; subsidiaries include: RLI Insurance | 19 | | Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company, RLI Indemnity and | 20 | | Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company; the $2.6 billion | 21 | | company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chairman and CEO, Jonathan Michael attributes | 2 | | RLI's success to "Different Works" - a corporate brand that | 3 | | embodies Midwest values of creativity, innovation, hard work, | 4 | | and financial discipline; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Michael has exemplified the RLI | 6 | | tradition of outstanding community service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, RLI has been celebrated throughout its history for | 8 | | its corporate and employee generosity to local, cultural, | 9 | | educational and community institutions, notably OSF St. | 10 | | Francis, and Bradley University; therefore, be it | 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate RLI Corp for its expansion and commitment to | 14 | | the Peoria community; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Jonathan Michael, Chairman and CEO of RLI Corp.
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