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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stephanie Zimmermann

Car insurers’ pandemic windfalls prompt a response in Springfield, with consumer-minded reforms planned

(Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times file)

State Sen. Jacqueline Collins, D-Chicago, says she hopes reports that Illinois drivers have had to pay too-high automobile insurance premiums during the coronavirus pandemic will help her find support for consumer-centered insurance reforms.

Being able to see the stark numbers of the pandemic overcharges might prompt legislators — and the car owners who vote for them — to push for and demand that the state’s insurance regulations be rewritten to be more consumer-oriented, as they are in most other states, Collins says.

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