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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

Illinois should put consumers first on car insurance rate hikes

Vehicles travel southbound on the Kennedy Express way near West Montrose Avenue, on Jan. 11. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

No driver wants to — or should — pay a higher price for auto insurance than is necessary. Lawmakers in our state have a chance to make sure that doesn’t happen, and it’s up to them to be smart about the details.

Under the proposed HB 2203, introduced last week by state Rep. Will Guzzardi and state Sen. Javier Cervantes, the state’s Department of Insurance would be given broad authority to regulate auto insurance rate hikes.

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