Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

Scott Nyerges is a former senior editor and content strategist at U.S. News & World Report, where he led coverage of car insurance and other personal insurance lines. He's also served as a managing ...

Travelers is the cheapest car insurance company in Illinois for a variety of driving records, and Progressive also offers low rates Written By Written by Insurance Staff Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Kara ...

Progressive is the top-rated car insurer in Illinois, according to our analysis. Travelers, Country Financial and State Farm are also among the state’s best car insurance companies. The average rate ...

Illinois drivers are paying higher insurance rates based on factors such as zip code, credit score and age, according to a ...

Some factors play a larger role in someone's premium and disproportionately affect older adults, low-income and working ...

The proposal would require insurance companies to give homeowners at least 60 days' notice before nonrenewal, changes in coverage and premium increases over 10%. Insurers could also have to use ...

A new report says Illinois auto insurers are lowering premiums by 4.26% in 2026 while providers are raising rates nationally by 0.67%. ValuePenguin report authors said they compiled data from S&P ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a new effort to address disparities in how car insurance rates are determined and prevent insurance companies from using socio-economic data like credit scores, zip codes and ...

Tim Drea of Illinois AFL-CIO and Robert Reiter of Chicago Federation of Labor write about the importance of Senate Bill 1486.