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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If your auto insurance rate has skyrocketed, you're not alone. The ABC7 I-Team has received calls from several consumers whose policies have gone up hundreds of dollars, and they're ...

When a driver crashed into Angela Crosby’s car, she assumed that insurance — either hers or the other driver’s — would pay for the $4,200 in damage to her car and cover the medical care for injuries ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Drivers must have insurance in Illinois, and non-standard insurance legally covers those who are a high risk or have a bad credit history. But some people who were hit by drivers with ...

Just weeks after Gov. JB Pritzker called for action following State Farm’s 27.2% rate hike for homeowners insurance, some state lawmakers and officials said they are renewing efforts to address the ...

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For the third time this year, State Farm is raising auto rates in Illinois—an 8.4% increase that may be the insurance giant’s steepest ever one-time price hike in its home state. Bloomington-based ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is calling for changes in how auto insurance is calculated in the state. During a press conference Wednesday, Giannoulias introduced the “Driving Change” ...

NBC 5 Responds has warned you that auto insurance premiums are going up industry wide. One Chicago man felt something was wrong when his annual rate increased by nearly 90%. There aren't any accidents ...

Two weeks after his car was stolen on the South Side, a Chicago man is still waiting on his insurance company's help, as they have refused to step in yet despite his rental coverage. Roy Beard's car ...