Bill Would Change Experience Requirements and Salaries for Comp Commissioners

Illinois workers' compensation commissioners would, for the first time, have to be licensed attorneys, according to a bill that would make a number of changes to the state's system of commissioners and arbitrators. House Bill 4151, sponsored by Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Belleville, is in the House Labor and Commerce Committee, where it received a hearing this week. Three people, including the chairman of the commission, spoke in favor of it. But the measure has caught the attention of some insurance defense stakeholders who support some of the proposed changes but have concern...