CHICAGO (WLS) -- Allstate is raising home insurance rates in Illinois. The company says rates will increase by more than 8 percent come Feb. 24. Allstate is blaming severe weather events.

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 ...

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