With data showing mixed results on how reforms to Illinois’ workers compensation system have played out, observers say the state is seeing reduced costs in spite of the need for additional revisions.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Just how much cost savings employers can expect to see from the workers compensation reform bill Illinois lawmakers passed in the final hours of their spring session last week ...

Illinois has the third-highest workers’ compensation insurance rates of any state in the United States. In Illinois, provision of workers’ comp is compulsory for all employers, and the state ...

For months now, employers and their counsel have been awaiting the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC regarding whether the Illinois Workers’ Compensation ...

LAKELAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summit, a leading regional provider of workers’ compensation insurance services, is pleased to announce the expansion of its coverage into Illinois. “We are honored to ...

Illinois workers' compensation law applies uniformly across the state - from Chicago's dense urban neighborhoods to the farm communities of central Illinois and the industrial towns of the Mississippi ...

The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew annually between 1 to 3 percent since 2012, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, et al., 2022 IL 126511 (Feb. 3, 2022), holding that claims for statutory ...