The IWCC will be closed on Monday, May 25th, 2026, in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.

Assessments and self-insurance fees can now be paid electronically. Click here for instructions.

The IWCC has been made aware of scammers posing as judges, attorneys, or state employees to solicit payments and personal information from people with a workers’ compensation claim.

If you have questions about a workers’ compensation claim or want to confirm whether a communication is legitimate, send us an email at wcc.compfile@illinois.gov or call 312-814-6500.

Please click here for further details on how to detect a scam.

Self-Insurers Advisory Board

The Self-Insurers Advisory Board reviews applications from private companies for the self-insurance privilege and makes recommendations to the chairman of the Commission. The board also ensures the continued payment of benefits to workers of bankrupt self-insurers.

Self-Insurers Advisory Board Members

The chairman of the Commission chairs the SIAB and appoints six other members who are experts in workers' compensation self-insurance. One of the six members represents the general public. Members serve a four-year term, or until they are reappointed or their successors are named.

Michael J. Brennan, Chairman

Michael Castro, Insurance Program Managers Group

David Taylor, Charter Communications

Shuiab Ahmed, ASA Law Group

Toni L. Herwaldt, Navistar

Gina Koenig, Ascension

IWCC contact person: Maria Sarli-Dehlin, Manager of Self-Insurance