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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Car insurance rate hikes could require state approval under new bill

State Rep. Will Guzzardi, state Sen. Javier Cervantes, co-director of Citizen Action Illinois William McNary, and Abe Scarr of Illinois Public Interest Research Group, announce House Bill 2203 in Springfield on Feb. 8, 2023. (Blue Room Stream screenshot)

Two state lawmakers from Chicago want to tap the brakes on car insurers who they say continue to raise rates and discriminate against drivers based on credit score, Zip code and gender.

Forty-eight states have oversight of car insurer’s rate hikes and prohibit that type of discrimination — but Illinois is not one of them.

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