On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation – Division of Banking closed Independent Bankers’ Bank, headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, and theFDIC was named as receiver. As receiver, the FDIC created Independent Bankers’ Bank Bridge Bank, National Association to take over the operations of the failed bank.
On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - Division of Banking closed Benchmark Bank, headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, and the FDIC was named as receiver.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking, closed InBank, headquartered in Oak Forest, Illinois, and the FDIC was named as receiver. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with MB Financial Bank, N.A., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, to assume all the deposits of InBank except certain brokered deposits.
The Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a noteworthy opinion for those whose work involves real estate mortgage conduit trusts (REMIC trusts) or utilization of the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” provisions. In In re MCK Millennium Ctr. Parking, LLC,1 Bankruptcy Judge Jacqueline P.
On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation - Division of Banking closed Midwest Bank and Trust Company, headquartered in Elmwood Park, Illinois, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Broadway Bank , headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and New Century Bank, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver for both banks.
The Illinois legislature has passed and sent to the Governor an amendment to the Illinois Conveyances Act to address the decision in Crane v. The Gifford State Bank (2012 WL 669595 (Bkrtcy.C.D. Il). The Crane decision was rendered on February 29, 2012, and held that a mortgage could be avoided by a trustee in bankruptcy because it failed to include the interest rate and maturity date of the indebtedness secured by the mortgage.
In response to an imminent Order of Liquidation against the Kemper Insurance Companies, we have prepared the following “frequently asked questions” guide summarizing issues related to: (i) the financial regulation of insurance companies; (ii) the liquidation and proof of claim process in Illinois; (iii) potential recovery by policyholders of the amount of “covered” workers’ compensation claims from state guaranty associations; (iv) policyholder collateral; and (v) planning a response to the Kemper liquidation.1
I. FINANCIAL REGULATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised pressing questions about how a force majeure provision in a lease will affect a tenant's obligation to pay rent.