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INSURANCE
(215 ILCS 5/) Illinois Insurance Code.

215 ILCS 5/412

    (215 ILCS 5/412) (from Ch. 73, par. 1024)
    Sec. 412. Refunds; penalties; collection.
    (1)(a) Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Director that because of some mistake of fact, error in calculation, or erroneous interpretation of a statute of this or any other state, any authorized company, surplus line producer, or industrial insured has paid to him, pursuant to any provision of law, taxes, fees, or other charges in excess of the amount legally chargeable against it, during the 6 year period immediately preceding the discovery of such overpayment, he shall have power to refund to such company, surplus line producer, or industrial insured the amount of the excess or excesses by applying the amount or amounts thereof toward the payment of taxes, fees, or other charges already due, or which may thereafter become due from that company until such excess or excesses have been fully refunded, or upon a written request from the authorized company, surplus line producer, or industrial insured, the Director shall provide a cash refund within 120 days after receipt of the written request if all necessary information has been filed with the Department in order for it to perform an audit of the tax report for the transaction or period or annual return for the year in which the overpayment occurred or within 120 days after the date the Department receives all the necessary information to perform such audit. The Director shall not provide a cash refund if there are insufficient funds in the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund to provide a cash refund, if the amount of the overpayment is less than $100, or if the amount of the overpayment can be fully offset against the taxpayer's estimated liability for the year following the year of the cash refund request. Any cash refund shall be paid from the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund, a special fund hereby created in the State treasury.
    (b) As determined by the Director pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Department shall deposit an amount of cash refunds approved by the Director for payment as a result of overpayment of tax liability collected under Sections 121-2.08, 409, 444, 444.1, and 445 of this Code into the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund.
    (c) Beginning July 1, 1999, moneys in the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose of paying cash refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Sections 121-2.08, 409, 444, 444.1, and 445 of this Code as determined by the Director pursuant to subsection 1(a) of this Section. Cash refunds made in accordance with this Section may be made from the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund only to the extent that amounts have been deposited and retained in the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund.
    (d) This Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation from the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund for the purpose of paying cash refunds pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
    (2)(a) When any insurance company fails to file any tax return required under Sections 408.1, 409, 444, and 444.1 of this Code or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act on the date prescribed, including any extensions, there shall be added as a penalty $400 or 10% of the amount of such tax, whichever is greater, for each month or part of a month of failure to file, the entire penalty not to exceed $2,000 or 50% of the tax due, whichever is greater.
    (b) When any industrial insured or surplus line producer fails to file any tax return or report required under Sections 121-2.08 and 445 of this Code or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act on the date prescribed, including any extensions, there shall be added:
        (i) as a late fee, if the return or report is
    
received at least one day but not more than 15 days after the prescribed due date, $50 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is greater, the entire fee not to exceed $1,000;
        (ii) as a late fee, if the return or report is
    
received at least 16 days but not more than 30 days after the prescribed due date, $100 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is greater, the entire fee not to exceed $2,000; or
        (iii) as a penalty, if the return or report is
    
received more than 30 days after the prescribed due date, $100 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is greater, for each month or part of a month of failure to file, the entire penalty not to exceed $500 or 30% of the tax due, whichever is greater.
    A tax return or report shall be deemed received as of the date mailed as evidenced by a postmark, proof of mailing on a recognized United States Postal Service form or a form acceptable to the United States Postal Service or other commercial mail delivery service, or other evidence acceptable to the Director.
    (3)(a) When any insurance company fails to pay the full amount due under the provisions of this Section, Sections 408.1, 409, 444, or 444.1 of this Code, or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act, there shall be added to the amount due as a penalty an amount equal to 10% of the deficiency.
    (a-5) When any industrial insured or surplus line producer fails to pay the full amount due under the provisions of this Section, Sections 121-2.08 or 445 of this Code, or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act on the date prescribed, there shall be added:
        (i) as a late fee, if the payment is received at
    
least one day but not more than 7 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due, the entire fee not to exceed $1,000;
        (ii) as a late fee, if the payment is received at
    
least 8 days but not more than 14 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due, the entire fee not to exceed $1,500;
        (iii) as a late fee, if the payment is received at
    
least 15 days but not more than 21 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due, the entire fee not to exceed $2,000; or
        (iv) as a penalty, if the return or report is
    
received more than 21 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due.
    A tax payment shall be deemed received as of the date mailed as evidenced by a postmark, proof of mailing on a recognized United States Postal Service form or a form acceptable to the United States Postal Service or other commercial mail delivery service, or other evidence acceptable to the Director.
    (b) If such failure to pay is determined by the Director to be wilful, after a hearing under Sections 402 and 403, there shall be added to the tax as a penalty an amount equal to the greater of 50% of the deficiency or 10% of the amount due and unpaid for each month or part of a month that the deficiency remains unpaid commencing with the date that the amount becomes due. Such amount shall be in lieu of any determined under paragraph (a) or (a-5).
    (4) Any insurance company, industrial insured, or surplus line producer that fails to pay the full amount due under this Section or Sections 121-2.08, 408.1, 409, 444, 444.1, or 445 of this Code, or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act is liable, in addition to the tax and any late fees and penalties, for interest on such deficiency at the rate of 12% per annum, or at such higher adjusted rates as are or may be established under subsection (b) of Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code, from the date that payment of any such tax was due, determined without regard to any extensions, to the date of payment of such amount.
    (5) The Director, through the Attorney General, may institute an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the recovery of the amount of such taxes, fees, and penalties due, and prosecute the same to final judgment, and take such steps as are necessary to collect the same.
    (6) In the event that the certificate of authority of a foreign or alien company is revoked for any cause or the company withdraws from this State prior to the renewal date of the certificate of authority as provided in Section 114, the company may recover the amount of any such tax paid in advance. Except as provided in this subsection, no revocation or withdrawal excuses payment of or constitutes grounds for the recovery of any taxes or penalties imposed by this Code.
    (7) When an insurance company or domestic affiliated group fails to pay the full amount of any fee of $200 or more due under Section 408 of this Code, there shall be added to the amount due as a penalty the greater of $100 or an amount equal to 10% of the deficiency for each month or part of a month that the deficiency remains unpaid.
    (8) The Department shall have a lien for the taxes, fees, charges, fines, penalties, interest, other charges, or any portion thereof, imposed or assessed pursuant to this Code, upon all the real and personal property of any company or person to whom the assessment or final order has been issued or whenever a tax return is filed without payment of the tax or penalty shown therein to be due, including all such property of the company or person acquired after receipt of the assessment, issuance of the order, or filing of the return. The company or person is liable for the filing fee incurred by the Department for filing the lien and the filing fee incurred by the Department to file the release of that lien. The filing fees shall be paid to the Department in addition to payment of the tax, fee, charge, fine, penalty, interest, other charges, or any portion thereof, included in the amount of the lien. However, where the lien arises because of the issuance of a final order of the Director or tax assessment by the Department, the lien shall not attach and the notice referred to in this Section shall not be filed until all administrative proceedings or proceedings in court for review of the final order or assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted.
    Upon the granting of Department review after a lien has attached, the lien shall remain in full force except to the extent to which the final assessment may be reduced by a revised final assessment following the rehearing or review. The lien created by the issuance of a final assessment shall terminate, unless a notice of lien is filed, within 3 years after the date all proceedings in court for the review of the final assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted, or (in the case of a revised final assessment issued pursuant to a rehearing or review by the Department) within 3 years after the date all proceedings in court for the review of such revised final assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted. Where the lien results from the filing of a tax return without payment of the tax or penalty shown therein to be due, the lien shall terminate, unless a notice of lien is filed, within 3 years after the date when the return is filed with the Department.
    The time limitation period on the Department's right to file a notice of lien shall not run during any period of time in which the order of any court has the effect of enjoining or restraining the Department from filing such notice of lien. If the Department finds that a company or person is about to depart from the State, to conceal himself or his property, or to do any other act tending to prejudice or to render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect the amount due and owing to the Department unless such proceedings are brought without delay, or if the Department finds that the collection of the amount due from any company or person will be jeopardized by delay, the Department shall give the company or person notice of such findings and shall make demand for immediate return and payment of the amount, whereupon the amount shall become immediately due and payable. If the company or person, within 5 days after the notice (or within such extension of time as the Department may grant), does not comply with the notice or show to the Department that the findings in the notice are erroneous, the Department may file a notice of jeopardy assessment lien in the office of the recorder of the county in which any property of the company or person may be located and shall notify the company or person of the filing. The jeopardy assessment lien shall have the same scope and effect as the statutory lien provided for in this Section. If the company or person believes that the company or person does not owe some or all of the tax for which the jeopardy assessment lien against the company or person has been filed, or that no jeopardy to the revenue in fact exists, the company or person may protest within 20 days after being notified by the Department of the filing of the jeopardy assessment lien and request a hearing, whereupon the Department shall hold a hearing in conformity with the provisions of this Code and, pursuant thereto, shall notify the company or person of its findings as to whether or not the jeopardy assessment lien will be released. If not, and if the company or person is aggrieved by this decision, the company or person may file an action for judicial review of the final determination of the Department in accordance with the Administrative Review Law. If, pursuant to such hearing (or after an independent determination of the facts by the Department without a hearing), the Department determines that some or all of the amount due covered by the jeopardy assessment lien is not owed by the company or person, or that no jeopardy to the revenue exists, or if on judicial review the final judgment of the court is that the company or person does not owe some or all of the amount due covered by the jeopardy assessment lien against them, or that no jeopardy to the revenue exists, the Department shall release its jeopardy assessment lien to the extent of such finding of nonliability for the amount, or to the extent of such finding of no jeopardy to the revenue. The Department shall also release its jeopardy assessment lien against the company or person whenever the amount due and owing covered by the lien, plus any interest which may be due, are paid and the company or person has paid the Department in cash or by guaranteed remittance an amount representing the filing fee for the lien and the filing fee for the release of that lien. The Department shall file that release of lien with the recorder of the county where that lien was filed.
    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to give the Department a preference over the rights of any bona fide purchaser, holder of a security interest, mechanics lienholder, mortgagee, or judgment lien creditor arising prior to the filing of a regular notice of lien or a notice of jeopardy assessment lien in the office of the recorder in the county in which the property subject to the lien is located. For purposes of this Section, "bona fide" shall not include any mortgage of real or personal property or any other credit transaction that results in the mortgagee or the holder of the security acting as trustee for unsecured creditors of the company or person mentioned in the notice of lien who executed such chattel or real property mortgage or the document evidencing such credit transaction. The lien shall be inferior to the lien of general taxes, special assessments, and special taxes levied by any political subdivision of this State. In case title to land to be affected by the notice of lien or notice of jeopardy assessment lien is registered under the provisions of the Registered Titles (Torrens) Act, such notice shall be filed in the office of the Registrar of Titles of the county within which the property subject to the lien is situated and shall be entered upon the register of titles as a memorial or charge upon each folium of the register of titles affected by such notice, and the Department shall not have a preference over the rights of any bona fide purchaser, mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienholder arising prior to the registration of such notice. The regular lien or jeopardy assessment lien shall not be effective against any purchaser with respect to any item in a retailer's stock in trade purchased from the retailer in the usual course of the retailer's business.
(Source: P.A. 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23.)

215 ILCS 5/413

    (215 ILCS 5/413) (from Ch. 73, par. 1025)
    Sec. 413. Privilege Tax Payable on Admission of Foreign or Alien Company.
    (1) Every foreign or alien company applying for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State shall pay to the Director a tax for the privilege of transacting business in this State in accordance with Section 409.
    (2) If during all or any part of the 3 year period next preceding the date of application for a certificate of authority the company had a certificate of authority to transact business in this State, or if it survives or was formed by a merger, consolidation, reorganization or reincorporation, and one or more of the parties thereto was a foreign or alien company authorized to transact business in this State during all or any part of such 3 year period, then the tax shall be determined in accordance with Section 409 on the basis of the last entire calendar year during which the company or any one of the foreign or alien companies parties to the merger, consolidation, reorganization or reincorporation was authorized to transact business in this State, or if none was authorized during any entire calendar year, then on the basis of the last partial calendar year during which any of such companies were authorized to transact business in this State.
(Source: P.A. 77-2087.)

215 ILCS 5/414a

    (215 ILCS 5/414a) (from Ch. 73, par. 1026a)
    Sec. 414a. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, the tax authorized by Section 414 of this Act shall not be imposed after January 1, 1979; provided that this Section shall not prohibit the collection after January 1, 1979 of any taxes levied under Section 414 prior to January 1, 1979, on property subject to assessment and taxation under Section 414 of this Act prior to January 1, 1979. For the purpose of replacing the revenue lost by taxing districts, as defined in Section 1-150 of the Property Tax Code, as a result of the abolition of ad valorem taxes on personal property after January 1, 1979, there shall be imposed the taxes described in Section 201(c) and (d) of the Illinois Income Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Messages Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Public Utilities Revenue Act, and Section 1 of the Water Company Invested Capital Tax Act. Such replacement taxes owed within one year of the effective date of the taxes established by this amendatory Act of 1979 shall replace the personal property tax levies of 1979. The replacement taxes owed in each succeeding year shall replace the personal property tax that could have been levied in each succeeding year.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

215 ILCS 5/415

    (215 ILCS 5/415) (from Ch. 73, par. 1027)
    Sec. 415. No taxes to be imposed by political subdivisions. The fees, charges and taxes provided for by this Article shall be in lieu of all license fees or privilege or occupation taxes or other fees levied or assessed by any municipality, county or other political subdivision of this State, and no municipality, county or other political subdivision of this State shall impose any license fee or privilege or occupation tax or fee upon any domestic, foreign or alien company, or upon any of its agents, for the privilege of doing an insurance business therein, except the tax authorized by Division 10 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and hereafter amended. This Section shall not be construed to prohibit the levy and collection of:
        (a) State, county or municipal taxes upon the real
    
and personal property of such a company, including the tax imposed by Section 414 of this Code, and
        (b) taxes for the purpose of maintaining the Office
    
of the State Fire Marshal and paying the expenses incident thereto.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

215 ILCS 5/416

    (215 ILCS 5/416)
    Sec. 416. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge.
    (a) As of July 30, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-840), every company licensed or authorized by the Illinois Department of Insurance and insuring employers' liabilities arising under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act shall remit to the Director a surcharge based upon the annual direct written premium, as reported under Section 136 of this Act, of the company in the manner provided in this Section. Such proceeds shall be deposited into the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund as established in the Workers' Compensation Act. If a company survives or was formed by a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or reincorporation, the direct written premiums of all companies party to the merger, consolidation, reorganization, or reincorporation shall, for purposes of determining the amount of the fee imposed by this Section, be regarded as those of the surviving or new company.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) of this Section, beginning on July 30, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-840) and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the Director shall charge an annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge from every company subject to subsection (a) of this Section equal to 1.01% of its direct written premium for insuring employers' liabilities arising under the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act as reported in each company's annual statement filed for the previous year as required by Section 136. The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge shall be collected by companies subject to subsection (a) of this Section as a separately stated surcharge on insured employers at the rate of 1.01% of direct written premium. The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge shall not be collected by companies subject to subsection (a) of this Section from any employer that self-insures its liabilities arising under the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, provided that the employer has paid the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Fee pursuant to Section 4d of the Workers' Compensation Act. All sums collected by the Department of Insurance under the provisions of this Section shall be paid promptly after the receipt of the same, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof, into the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund in the State treasury.
    (b)(2) The surcharge due pursuant to Public Act 93-840 shall be collected instead of the surcharge due on July 1, 2004 under Public Act 93-32. Payment of the surcharge due under Public Act 93-840 shall discharge the employer's obligations due on July 1, 2004.
    (c) In addition to the authority specifically granted under Article XXV of this Code, the Director shall have such authority to adopt rules or establish forms as may be reasonably necessary for purposes of enforcing this Section. The Director shall also have authority to defer, waive, or abate the surcharge or any penalties imposed by this Section if in the Director's opinion the company's solvency and ability to meet its insured obligations would be immediately threatened by payment of the surcharge due.
    (d) When a company fails to pay the full amount of any annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge of $100 or more due under this Section, there shall be added to the amount due as a penalty an amount equal to 10% of the deficiency for each month or part of a month that the deficiency remains unpaid.
    (e) The Department of Insurance may enforce the collection of any delinquent payment, penalty, or portion thereof by legal action or in any other manner by which the collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be enforced under the laws of this State.
    (f) Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Director that a company has paid pursuant to this Act an Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge in an amount in excess of the amount legally collectable from the company, the Director shall issue a credit memorandum for an amount equal to the amount of such overpayment. A credit memorandum may be applied for the 2-year period from the date of issuance, against the payment of any amount due during that period under the surcharge imposed by this Section or, subject to reasonable rule of the Department of Insurance including requirement of notification, may be assigned to any other company subject to regulation under this Act. Any application of credit memoranda after the period provided for in this Section is void.
    (g) Annually, the Governor may direct a transfer of up to 2% of all moneys collected under this Section to the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
(Source: P.A. 102-775, eff. 5-13-22.)

215 ILCS 5/Art. XXVI

 
    (215 ILCS 5/Art. XXVI heading)
ARTICLE XXVI. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS
AND PRACTICES

215 ILCS 5/421

    (215 ILCS 5/421) (from Ch. 73, par. 1028)
    Sec. 421. Declaration of purpose.
    The purpose of this article is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of Congress as expressed in the Act of Congress of March 9, 1945 (Public Law 15, 79th Congress), by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such practices in this State which constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices so defined or determined.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 734.)

215 ILCS 5/422

    (215 ILCS 5/422) (from Ch. 73, par. 1029)
    Sec. 422. Definitions.
    When used in this Article, "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, corporation, society, order, firm, company, aggregation of individuals, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds insurer, fraternal benefit society, and any other legal entity to which any article of this Code is applicable, or which is subject to examination, visitation or supervision by the Director under any provision of this Code or under any law of this State, or which is engaged or engaging in or proposing or attempting to engage in or is representing that it is doing an insurance or surety business in this State, or which is in process of organization for the purpose of doing such business, including agents, brokers, adjusters and solicitors.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 734.)

215 ILCS 5/423

    (215 ILCS 5/423) (from Ch. 73, par. 1030)
    Sec. 423. Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited.
    (1) No person shall engage in this State in any trade practice which is defined in this Article as, or determined pursuant to this Article to be an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
    (2) No person domiciled in or resident of this State shall engage in any other State, Territory, Province, Possession, Country or District in which he is not licensed or otherwise authorized to transact business in any trade practice which is defined in this Article as, or determined pursuant to this Article to be an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 990.)

215 ILCS 5/424

    (215 ILCS 5/424) (from Ch. 73, par. 1031)
    Sec. 424. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined. The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance:
        (1) The commission by any person of any one or more
    
of the acts defined or prohibited by Sections 134, 143.24c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 155.22, 155.22a, 155.42, 236, 237, 364, 469, and 513b1 of this Code.
        (2) Entering into any agreement to commit, or by any
    
concerted action committing, any act of boycott, coercion or intimidation resulting in or tending to result in unreasonable restraint of, or monopoly in, the business of insurance.
        (3) Making or permitting, in the case of insurance of
    
the types enumerated in Classes 1, 2, and 3 of Section 4, any unfair discrimination between individuals or risks of the same class or of essentially the same hazard and expense element because of the race, color, religion, or national origin of such insurance risks or applicants. The application of this Article to the types of insurance enumerated in Class 1 of Section 4 shall in no way limit, reduce, or impair the protections and remedies already provided for by Sections 236 and 364 of this Code or any other provision of this Code.
        (4) Engaging in any of the acts or practices defined
    
in or prohibited by Sections 154.5 through 154.8 of this Code.
        (5) Making or charging any rate for insurance against
    
losses arising from the use or ownership of a motor vehicle which requires a higher premium of any person by reason of his physical disability, race, color, religion, or national origin.
        (6) Failing to meet any requirement of the Unclaimed
    
Life Insurance Benefits Act with such frequency as to constitute a general business practice.
(Source: P.A. 102-778, eff. 7-1-22.)

215 ILCS 5/425

    (215 ILCS 5/425) (from Ch. 73, par. 1032)
    Sec. 425. Power of Director.
    The Director shall have power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of insurance in this State and to examine and investigate into the affairs of any person domiciled in or resident of this State engaged in the business of insurance in any other State, Territory, Province, Possession, Country or District in which he is not licensed or otherwise authorized to transact business in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by Section 424.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 990.)

215 ILCS 5/426

    (215 ILCS 5/426) (from Ch. 73, par. 1033)
    Sec. 426. Hearings.
    (1) Whenever the Director shall have reason to believe that any such person has been engaged or is engaging in this State in any unfair method of competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice defined in Section 424, or that any person domiciled in or resident of this State has been engaged or is engaging in any other State, Territory, Province, Possession, Country or District in which he is not licensed or otherwise authorized to transact business in any unfair method of competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice defined in Section 424, and that a proceeding by him in respect thereto would be to the interest of the public, he shall issue and serve upon such person or persons domiciled in or resident of this State a statement of the charges in that respect and a notice of a hearing thereon to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall not be less than 10 days after the date of the service thereof.
    (2) At the time and place fixed for such hearing, such person shall have an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel and to show cause why an order should not be made by the Director requiring such persons to cease and desist from the acts, methods or practices so complained of. Upon good cause shown, before the commencement of such hearing, the Director shall permit any person to intervene, appear and be heard at such hearing by counsel or in person.
    (3) The Director, upon such hearing, may, and upon the request of any party shall, cause to be made a stenographic record of all the evidence and all the proceedings had at such hearing. If no stenographic record is made and if a judicial review is sought, the Director shall prepare a statement of the evidence and proceeding for use on review.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 990.)

215 ILCS 5/427

    (215 ILCS 5/427) (from Ch. 73, par. 1034)
    Sec. 427. Cease and desist orders and modifications thereof.
    (1) If, after such hearing, the Director shall determine that the method of competition or the act or practice in question is defined in Section 424 and that the person complained of has engaged in such method of competition, act or practice in violation of this article, he shall reduce his findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be served upon the person charged with the violation an order requiring such person to cease and desist from engaging in such method of competition, act or practice.
    (2) Until the expiration of the time allowed under Section 407 of this Code for filing a complaint for review if no such complaint has been duly filed within such time or, if a complaint for review has been filed within such time, then until the answer in the proceeding has been filed in the court, as provided in said section, the Director may at any time, upon such notice and in such manner as he shall deem proper, modify or set aside in whole or in part any order issued by him under this section.
    (3) After the expiration of the time allowed for filing such a complaint for review if no such complaint has been duly filed within such time, the Director may at any time, after notice and opportunity for hearing, reopen and alter, modify or set aside, in whole or in part, any order issued by him under this section, whenever in his opinion conditions of fact or of law have so changed as to require such action or if the public interest shall so require.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 734.)

215 ILCS 5/428

    (215 ILCS 5/428) (from Ch. 73, par. 1035)
    Sec. 428. Procedure on review. (1) To the extent that the order of the Director is affirmed, the court shall thereupon enter its own order commanding obedience to the terms of the order of the Director. If either party applies to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding before the Director, the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the Director and to be adduced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper. The Director, may modify his or her findings of fact, or make new findings by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and he or she shall file such modified or new findings as well as any modification of the original order reached as a result of hearing such additional evidence.
    (2) A cease and desist order issued by the Director under Section 427 shall become final.
    (a) Upon the expiration of the time allowed for filing a complaint for review if no such complaint has been duly filed within such time; but the Director may thereafter modify or set aside his or her order to the extent provided in Section 427 (2); or
    (b) Upon the entry of a final decision, order or judgment of the court.
    (3) No order of the Director under this Article or order of a court to enforce the same shall in any way relieve or absolve any person affected by such order from any liability under any other laws of this State.
(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

215 ILCS 5/429

    (215 ILCS 5/429) (from Ch. 73, par. 1036)
    Sec. 429. Procedure as to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices which are not defined.
    (1) Whenever the Director shall have reason to believe (a) that any person engaged in the business of insurance is engaging in this State in any method of competition or in any act or practice in the conduct of such business which is not defined in Section 424, as an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice or that any person domiciled in or resident of this State engaged in the business of insurance is engaging in any other state, territory, province, possession, country, or district in which he or she is not licensed or otherwise authorized to transact business in any method of competition or in any act or practice in the conduct of such business which is not defined in Section 424, as an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and (b) that such method of competition is unfair or that such act or practice is unfair or deceptive, or (c) that such unfair method of competition or such unfair or deceptive act or practice violates any of the provisions of this Code or any other law of this State, or (d) that a proceeding by him or her in respect thereto would be to the interest of the public, he or she may issue and serve upon such person a statement of the charges in that respect and a notice of a hearing thereon to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall not be less than 10 days after the date of the service thereof. Each such hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as the hearings provided for in Section 426. The Director shall, after such hearing, make a report in writing in which he or she shall state his or her findings as to the facts, and he or she shall serve a copy thereof upon such person.
    (2) If such report charges a violation of this Article and if such method of competition, act, or practice has not been discontinued, the Director may, through the Attorney General of this State, at any time after the service of such report cause a complaint to be filed in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County or in the Circuit Court of this State within the county wherein the person resides or has his principal place of business, to enjoin and restrain such person from engaging in such method, act, or practice. The court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and shall have power to make and enter appropriate orders in connection therewith and to enter such orders as are ancillary to its jurisdiction or are necessary in its judgment to prevent injury to the public pendente lite.
    (3) A transcript of the proceedings before the Director including all evidence taken and the report and findings shall be filed with such complaint. If either party shall apply to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence and shall show, to the satisfaction of the court, that such additional evidence is material and there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceedings before the Director the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the Director and to be adduced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper. The Director may modify his or her findings of fact or make new findings by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and he or she shall file such modified or new findings with the return of such additional evidence.
    (4) If the court finds (a) that the method of competition complained of is unfair or that the act or practice complained of is unfair or deceptive, or (b) that such unfair method of competition or such unfair or deceptive act or practice is in violation of this Code or any other law of this State and (c) that the proceeding by the Director with respect thereto is to the interest of public and (d) that the findings of the Director are supported by the evidence, it shall enter an order enjoining and restraining the continuance of such method of competition, act, or practice.
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

215 ILCS 5/430

    (215 ILCS 5/430) (from Ch. 73, par. 1037)
    Sec. 430. Judicial review by intervenor. If the report of the Director does not charge a violation of this Article, then any party in interest who was an intervenor in the proceedings before the Director may within 35 days after the service of such report, cause a complaint to be filed in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County for a review of such report. Upon such review, the court shall have authority to issue appropriate orders and judgment in connection therewith, including, if the court finds that it is to the interest of the public, orders enjoining and restraining the continuance of any method of competition, act or practice which it finds, notwithstanding such report of the Director, constitutes a violation of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 79-1362.)

215 ILCS 5/431

    (215 ILCS 5/431) (from Ch. 73, par. 1038)
    Sec. 431. Penalty. Any person who violates a cease and desist order of the Director under Section 427, after it has become final, and while such order is in effect, or who violates an order of the Circuit Court under Section 429, shall, upon proof thereof to the satisfaction of the court, forfeit and pay to the State of Illinois, a sum not to exceed $1,000, which may be recovered in a civil action, for each violation.
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)

215 ILCS 5/432

    (215 ILCS 5/432) (from Ch. 73, par. 1039)
    Sec. 432. Provisions additional to existing law.
    The powers vested in the Director by this Article shall be additional to any other powers to enforce any penalties, fines or forfeitures authorized by law with respect to the methods, acts and practices hereby declared to be unfair or deceptive.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 734.)

215 ILCS 5/433

    (215 ILCS 5/433) (from Ch. 73, par. 1040)
    Sec. 433. Immunity from prosecution.
    If any person shall ask to be excused from attending and testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, correspondence or other documents at any hearing on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, and shall notwithstanding be directed to give such testimony or produce such evidence, he must none the less comply with such direction, but he shall not thereafter be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify or produce evidence pursuant thereto, and no testimony so given or evidence produced shall be received against him upon any criminal action, investigation or proceeding, provided, however, that no such individual so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him while so testifying and the testimony or evidence so given or produced shall be admissible against him upon any criminal action, investigation or proceeding concerning such perjury, nor shall he be exempt from the refusal, revocation or suspension of any license, permission or authority conferred, or to be conferred, pursuant to the insurance laws of this State. Any such individual may execute, acknowledge and file in the office of the Director a statement expressly waiving such immunity or privilege in respect to any transaction, matter or thing specified in such statement and thereupon the testimony of such person or such evidence into such transaction, matter or thing may be received or produced before any judge or justice, court, tribunal, grand jury or otherwise, and if so received or produced such individual shall not be entitled to any immunity or privilege on account of any testimony he may so give or evidence so produced.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 734.)

215 ILCS 5/434

    (215 ILCS 5/434) (from Ch. 73, par. 1041)
    Sec. 434. Separability provision.
    If any provision of this Article, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Article, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 734.)

215 ILCS 5/Art. XXVIII

 
    (215 ILCS 5/Art. XXVIII heading)
ARTICLE XXVIII. FINAL PROVISIONS

215 ILCS 5/441

    (215 ILCS 5/441) (from Ch. 73, par. 1053)
    Sec. 441. General corporate powers.
    (1) In order to carry out the purpose for which it is organized, each company under the laws of the State and subject to the provisions of this Code shall have
    (a) perpetual succession by its corporate name unless a limited period of duration is stated in its articles of incorporation;
    (b) power in its corporate name to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, to own, hold, sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease and otherwise dispose of real and personal property;
    (c) power to adopt by-laws not in conflict with the provisions of this Code, and to adopt and use a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
    (d) power to make donations in reasonable amounts for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, religious or educational purposes;
    (e) such other powers as shall be needful to accomplish the purposes of its organization.
    (2) Such power shall be exercised subject to the provisions and restrictions of this Code and other laws of this State.
    (3) No conveyance or transfer by or to any company of property, real or personal, of any kind or description, shall be invalid or fail because in making such conveyance or transfer or in acquiring such property, real or personal, the company, its board of directors, trustees or other governing body, or any of its officers, acting within the scope of the actual or apparent authority given to them by its board of directors, trustees or other governing body, have in so doing exceeded any of the purposes or powers of the company.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 151.)

215 ILCS 5/442

    (215 ILCS 5/442) (from Ch. 73, par. 1054)
    Sec. 442. Validation of illegally issued policies.
    Any contract or policy of insurance or any application, endorsement or rider form used in connection therewith issued in violation of any section of this Code requiring certain provisions to be inserted therein or the inclusion of provisions prohibited, or issued without submitting same for approval by the Director in accordance with section 143, shall nevertheless be held valid but shall be construed in accordance with the requirements of the section that the said policy, application, endorsement or rider violates, and when any provision in such contract, application, endorsement or rider is in conflict with any provision of this Code, the rights, and obligations of the company thereunder shall not be less favorable to the holder of the contract and the beneficiary or annuitant thereunder than is required by the provisions of this Code applicable thereto.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)

215 ILCS 5/443

    (215 ILCS 5/443) (from Ch. 73, par. 1055)
    Sec. 443. Reciprocity.
    The policies of a company, not organized under the laws of this State, may contain any provision which the law of the state or country under which the company is organized prescribes shall be in such policies when issued in this State, and the policies of such insurance company organized under the laws of this State may, when issued or delivered in any other state or country, contain any provisions required by the laws of the state or country in which the same are issued, anything in this Code to the contrary notwithstanding.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)

215 ILCS 5/444

    (215 ILCS 5/444) (from Ch. 73, par. 1056)
    Sec. 444. Retaliation.
    (1) Whenever the existing or future laws of any other state or country shall require of companies incorporated or organized under the laws of this State as a condition precedent to their doing business in such other state or country, compliance with laws, rules, regulations, and prohibitions more onerous or burdensome than the rules and regulations imposed by this State on foreign or alien companies, or shall require any deposit of securities or other obligations in such state or country, for the protection of policyholders or otherwise or require of such companies or agents thereof or brokers the payment of penalties, fees, charges, or taxes greater than the penalties, fees, charges, or taxes required in the aggregate for like purposes by this Code or any other law of this State, of foreign or alien companies, agents thereof or brokers, then such laws, rules, regulations, and prohibitions of said other state or country shall apply to companies incorporated or organized under the laws of such state or country doing business in this State, and all such companies, agents thereof, or brokers doing business in this State, shall be required to make deposits, pay penalties, fees, charges, and taxes, in amounts equal to those required in the aggregate for like purposes of Illinois companies doing business in such state or country, agents thereof or brokers. Whenever any other state or country shall refuse to permit any insurance company incorporated or organized under the laws of this State to transact business according to its usual plan in such other state or country, the director may, if satisfied that such company of this State is solvent, properly managed, and can operate legally under the laws of such other state or country, forthwith suspend or cancel the license of every insurance company doing business in this State which is incorporated or organized under the laws of such other state or country to the extent that it insures in this State against any of the risks or hazards which are sought to be insured against by the company of this State in such other state or country.
    (2) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to residual market or special purpose assessments or guaranty fund or guaranty association assessments, both under the laws of this State and under the laws of any other state or country, and any tax offset or credit for any such assessment shall, for purposes of this Section, be treated as a tax paid both under the laws of this State and under the laws of any other state or country.
    (3) The terms "penalties", "fees", "charges", and "taxes" in subsection (1) of this Section shall include: the penalties, fees, charges, and taxes collected on a cash basis under State law and referenced within Article XXV exclusive of any items referenced by subsection (2) of this Section, but including any tax offset allowed under Section 531.13 of this Code; the aggregate Illinois corporate income taxes paid under Sections 601 and 803 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the calendar year for which the retaliatory tax calculation is being made, less the recapture of any Illinois corporate income tax cash refunds to the extent that the amount of tax refunded was reported as part of the Illinois basis in the calculation of the retaliatory tax for a prior tax year, provided that such recaptured refund shall not exceed the amount necessary for equivalence of the Illinois basis with the state of incorporation basis in such tax year, and after any tax offset allowed under Section 531.13 of this Code; income or personal property taxes imposed by other states or countries; penalties, fees, charges, and taxes of other states or countries imposed for purposes like those of the penalties, fees, charges, and taxes specified in Article XXV of this Code exclusive of any item referenced in subsection (2) of this Section; and any penalties, fees, charges, and taxes required as a franchise, privilege, or licensing tax for conducting the business of insurance whether calculated as a percentage of income, gross receipts, premium, or otherwise.
    (4) Nothing contained in this Section or Section 409 or Section 444.1 is intended to authorize or expand any power of local governmental units or municipalities to impose taxes, fees, or charges.
    (5) This Section is subject to the provisions of Section 10 of the New Markets Development Program Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-1169, eff. 1-9-15.)

215 ILCS 5/444.1

    (215 ILCS 5/444.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1056.1)
    Sec. 444.1. Payment of retaliatory taxes.
    (1) Every foreign or alien company doing insurance business in this State shall pay the Director the retaliatory tax determined in accordance with Section 444.
    (2) (a) All companies subject to the provisions of this Section shall make an annual return for the preceding calendar year on or before March 15 setting forth such information on such forms as the Director may reasonably require. Payments of quarterly installments of the taxpayer's total estimated retaliatory tax for the current calendar year shall be due on or before April 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of such year, except that all companies transacting insurance business in this State whose annual tax for the immediately preceding calendar year was less than $5,000 shall make only an annual return. Failure of a company to make the annual payment, or to make the quarterly payments, if required, of at least one-fourth of either (i) the total tax paid during the previous calendar year or (ii) 80% of the actual tax for the current calendar year shall subject it to the penalty provisions set forth in Section 412 of this Code.
    (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection, the retaliatory tax liability of companies under Section 444 of this Code for the calendar year ended December 31, 1997 shall be determined in accordance with this amendatory Act of 1998 and shall include in the aggregate comparative tax burden for the State of Illinois, any tax offset allowed under Section 531.13 of this Code and any income taxes paid for the year 1997 under subsections (a) through (d) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act after any tax offset allowed under Section 531.13 of this Code.
        (i) Any annual retaliatory tax returns and payments
    
made for the year ended December 31, 1997 and any quarterly installments of the taxpayer's total estimated 1998 retaliatory tax liability paid prior to the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1998 that do not include the items specified by subsection (1) of this Section shall be amended and restated, at the taxpayer's election, on forms prepared by the Director so as to provide for the inclusion of such items. An amended and restated return for the year ended December 31, 1997 filed under this subparagraph shall treat any payment of estimated privilege taxes under Section 409 as in effect prior to October 23, 1997 as a payment of estimated retaliatory taxes for the year ended December 31, 1997.
        (ii) Any overpayment resulting from such amended
    
return and restated tax liability shall be allowed as a credit against any subsequent privilege or retaliatory tax obligations of the taxpayer.
        (iii) In the year 1999 and thereafter all companies
    
shall make annual and quarterly installments of their estimated tax as provided by paragraph (a) of this subsection.
    (3) Any tax payment made under this Section and any tax returns prepared in compliance with Section 410 shall give full consideration to the impact of any future reduction in or elimination of a taxpayer's liability under Section 409, whether such reduction or elimination is due to an operation of law or an Act of the General Assembly.
    (4) Any foreign or alien taxpayer who makes, under protest, a tax payment required by Section 409 shall, at the time of payment, file a retaliatory tax return sufficient to disclose the full amount of retaliatory taxes which would be due and owing for the tax period in question if the protest were upheld. Notwithstanding the provisions of the State Officers and Employees Money Disposition Act or any other laws of this State, the protested payment, to the extent of the retaliatory tax so disclosed, shall be deposited directly in the General Revenue Fund; and the balance of the payment, if any, shall be deposited in a protest account pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid Act, as now or hereafter amended.
    (5) The failure of a company to make the annual payment or to make the quarterly payments, if required, of at least one-fourth of either (i) the total tax paid during the preceding calendar year or (ii) 80% of the actual tax for the current calendar year shall subject it to the penalty provisions set forth in Section 412 of this Code.
    (6) This Section is subject to the provisions of Section 10 of the New Markets Development Program Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-1024, eff. 12-31-08.)

215 ILCS 5/445

    (215 ILCS 5/445) (from Ch. 73, par. 1057)
    Sec. 445. Surplus line.
    (1) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
    "Affiliate" means, with respect to an insured, any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the insured. For the purpose of this definition, an entity has control over another entity if:
        (A) the entity directly or indirectly or acting
    
through one or more other persons owns, controls, or has the power to vote 25% or more of any class of voting securities of the other entity; or
        (B) the entity controls in any manner the election of
    
a majority of the directors or trustees of the other entity.
    "Affiliated group" means any group of entities that are all affiliated.
    "Authorized insurer" means an insurer that holds a certificate of authority issued by the Director but, for the purposes of this Section, does not include a domestic surplus line insurer as defined in Section 445a or any residual market mechanism.
    "Exempt commercial purchaser" means any person purchasing commercial insurance that, at the time of placement, meets the following requirements:
        (A) The person employs or retains a qualified risk
    
manager to negotiate insurance coverage.
        (B) The person has paid aggregate nationwide
    
commercial property and casualty insurance premiums in excess of $100,000 in the immediately preceding 12 months.
        (C) The person meets at least one of the following
    
criteria:
            (I) The person possesses a net worth in excess of
        
$20,000,000, as such amount is adjusted pursuant to the provision in this definition concerning percentage change.
            (II) The person generates annual revenues in
        
excess of $50,000,000, as such amount is adjusted pursuant to the provision in this definition concerning percentage change.
            (III) The person employs more than 500 full-time
        
or full-time equivalent employees per individual insured or is a member of an affiliated group employing more than 1,000 employees in the aggregate.
            (IV) The person is a not-for-profit organization
        
or public entity generating annual budgeted expenditures of at least $30,000,000, as such amount is adjusted pursuant to the provision in this definition concerning percentage change.
            (V) The person is a municipality with a
        
population in excess of 50,000 persons.
    Effective on January 1, 2015 and each fifth January 1 occurring thereafter, the amounts in subitems (I), (II), and (IV) of item (C) of this definition shall be adjusted to reflect the percentage change for such 5-year period in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
    "Home state" means the following:
        (A) With respect to an insured, except as provided
    
in item (B) of this definition:
            (I) the state in which an insured maintains its
        
principal place of business or, in the case of an individual, the individual's principal residence; or
            (II) if 100% of the insured risk is located out
        
of the state referred to in subitem (I), the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated.
        (B) If more than one insured from an affiliated group
    
are named insureds on a single surplus line insurance contract, then "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to item (A) of this definition, of the member of the affiliated group that has the largest percentage of premium attributed to it under such insurance contract.
        If more than one insured from a group that is not
    
affiliated are named insureds on a single surplus line insurance contract, then:
            (I) if individual group members pay 100% of the
        
premium for the insurance from their own funds, "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to item (A) of this definition, of each individual group member; each individual group member's coverage under the surplus line insurance contract shall be treated as a separate surplus line contract for the purposes of this Section;
            (II) otherwise, "home state" means the home
        
state, as determined pursuant to item (A) of this definition, of the group.
    Nothing in this definition shall be construed to alter the terms of the surplus line insurance contract.
    "Master policy" means a surplus line insurance contract with a single set of general contractual terms that are designed to apply on a group basis to multiple insureds who may or may not be affiliated and who may be added to or removed from the contract throughout the course of the contract period. A master policy may include certain provisions that vary for each insured depending on the insured's characteristics and the coverage sought.
    "Multi-State risk" means a risk with insured exposures in more than one State.
    "NAIC" means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor entity.
    "Personal lines insurance" means insurance as defined in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 143.13 of this Code.
    "Premium" means any amount designated as premium on the declarations page or elsewhere in a policy and on any endorsement, but does not include taxes, the Surplus Line Association of Illinois recording fee, or any other fee.
    "Program business" means a clearly defined group of insurance contracts procured by a licensed surplus line producer from an unauthorized insurer, under a single agreement between the producer and insurer, for insureds with the same or similar characteristics and containing the same or similar contract terms.
    "Qualified risk manager" means, with respect to a policyholder of commercial insurance, a person who meets all of the following requirements:
        (A) The person is an employee of, or third-party
    
consultant retained by, the commercial policyholder.
        (B) The person provides skilled services in loss
    
prevention, loss reduction, or risk and insurance coverage analysis, and purchase of insurance.
        (C) With regard to the person:
            (I) the person has:
                (a) a bachelor's degree or higher from an
            
accredited college or university in risk management, business administration, finance, economics, or any other field determined by the Director or his designee to demonstrate minimum competence in risk management; and
                (b) the following:
                    (i) three years of experience in risk
                
financing, claims administration, loss prevention, risk and insurance analysis, or purchasing commercial lines of insurance; or
                    (ii) alternatively has:
                        (AA) a designation as a Chartered
                    
Property and Casualty Underwriter (in this subparagraph (ii) referred to as "CPCU") issued by the American Institute for CPCU/Insurance Institute of America;
                        (BB) a designation as an Associate in
                    
Risk Management (ARM) issued by the American Institute for CPCU/Insurance Institute of America;
                        (CC) a designation as Certified Risk
                    
Manager (CRM) issued by the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research;
                        (DD) a designation as a RIMS Fellow
                    
(RF) issued by the Global Risk Management Institute; or
                        (EE) any other designation,
                    
certification, or license determined by the Director or his designee to demonstrate minimum competency in risk management;
            (II) the person has:
                (a) at least 7 years of experience in risk
            
financing, claims administration, loss prevention, risk and insurance coverage analysis, or purchasing commercial lines of insurance; and
                (b) has any one of the designations specified
            
in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b);
            (III) the person has at least 10 years of
        
experience in risk financing, claims administration, loss prevention, risk and insurance coverage analysis, or purchasing commercial lines of insurance; or
            (IV) the person has a graduate degree from an
        
accredited college or university in risk management, business administration, finance, economics, or any other field determined by the Director or his or her designee to demonstrate minimum competence in risk management.
    "Residual market mechanism" means an association, organization, or other entity described in Article XXXIII of this Code or Section 7-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or any similar association, organization, or other entity.
    "State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
    "Surplus line insurance" means insurance on a risk:
        (A) of the kinds specified in Classes 2 and 3 of
    
Section 4 of this Code; and
        (B) that is procured from an unauthorized insurer
    
after the insurance producer representing the insured or the surplus line producer is unable, after diligent effort, to procure the insurance from authorized insurers; and
        (C) where Illinois is the home state of the insured,
    
for policies effective, renewed or extended on July 21, 2011 or later and for multiyear policies upon the policy anniversary that falls on or after July 21, 2011; and
        (D) that is located in Illinois, for policies
    
effective prior to July 21, 2011.
    "Taxable premium" means a premium for any risk that is located in or attributed to any state.
    "Unauthorized insurer" means an insurer that does not hold a valid certificate of authority issued by the Director but, for the purposes of this Section, shall also include a domestic surplus line insurer as defined in Section 445a.
    (1.5) Procuring surplus line insurance; surplus line insurer requirements.
        (a) License required. Insurance producers may procure
    
surplus line insurance only if licensed as a surplus line producer under this Section.
        (b) Domestic and foreign insurer eligibility.
    
Licensed surplus line producers may procure surplus line insurance from an unauthorized insurer domiciled in any state only if the insurer:
            (i) is permitted in its domiciliary jurisdiction
        
to write the type of insurance involved; and
             (ii) has, based upon information available to the
        
surplus line producer, a policyholders surplus of not less than $15,000,000 determined in accordance with the laws of its domiciliary jurisdiction; and
             (iii) has standards of solvency and management
        
that are adequate for the protection of policyholders.
         Where an unauthorized insurer does not meet the
    
standards set forth in (ii) and (iii) above, a surplus line producer may, if necessary, procure insurance from that insurer only if prior written warning of such fact or condition is given to the insured by the insurance producer or surplus line producer.
        (c) Alien insurer eligibility. Licensed surplus line
    
producers may procure surplus line insurance from an unauthorized insurer not domiciled in any state only if the insurer meets the standards for unauthorized insurers domiciled in any state in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1.5) or is listed on the Quarterly Listing of Alien Insurers maintained by the International Insurers Department of the NAIC at the time of procurement. The Director shall make the Quarterly Listing of Alien Insurers available to surplus line producers without charge.
        (d) Prohibited transactions. Insurance producers
    
shall not procure from an unauthorized insurer an insurance policy:
            (i) that is designed to satisfy the proof of
        
financial responsibility and insurance requirements in any Illinois law where the law requires that the proof of insurance is issued by an authorized insurer or residual market mechanism;
            (ii) that covers the risk of accidental injury to
        
employees arising out of and in the course of employment according to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act; or
            (iii) that insures any Illinois personal lines
        
risk that is eligible for residual market mechanism coverage, unless the insured or prospective insured requests limits of liability greater than the limits provided by the residual market mechanism. In the course of making a diligent effort to procure insurance from authorized insurers, an insurance producer shall not be required to submit a risk to a residual market mechanism when the risk is not eligible for coverage or exceeds the limits available in the residual market mechanism.
        Where there is an insurance policy issued by an
    
authorized insurer or residual market mechanism insuring a risk described in item (i), (ii), or (iii) above, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a surplus line producer from procuring from an unauthorized insurer a policy insuring the risk on an excess or umbrella basis where the excess or umbrella policy is written over one or more underlying policies.
        (e) Exempt commercial purchaser diligent effort.
    
Licensed surplus line producers may procure surplus line insurance from an unauthorized insurer for an exempt commercial purchaser without making the required diligent effort to procure the insurance from authorized insurers if:
            (i) the producer has disclosed to the exempt
        
commercial purchaser that such insurance may or may not be available from authorized insurers that may provide greater protection with more regulatory oversight; and
            (ii) the exempt commercial purchaser has
        
subsequently in writing requested the producer to procure such insurance from an unauthorized insurer.
        (f) Commercial wholesale transaction diligent
    
effort. A licensed surplus line producer may procure a surplus line insurance contract, other than a personal lines insurance contract, from an unauthorized insurer without making the required diligent effort to procure the insurance from authorized insurers if the risk was referred to the surplus line producer by an Illinois-licensed insurance producer who is not affiliated with the surplus line producer.
        (g) Master policy diligent effort. For a master
    
policy insurance contract, a licensed surplus line producer may make the required diligent effort to procure the insurance from authorized insurers annually for the master policy rather than individually for each insured that is added during the policy period. The diligent effort shall include all variable provisions of the master policy.
        (h) Program business diligent effort. For program
    
business, a licensed surplus line producer may make the required diligent effort to procure the insurance from authorized insurers annually for the program rather than individually for each contract. The diligent effort shall include all variable provisions of the master policy.
    (2) Surplus line producer; license. Any licensed producer who is a resident of this State, or any nonresident who qualifies under Section 500-40, may be licensed as a surplus line producer upon payment of an annual license fee of $400.
    A surplus line producer so licensed shall keep a separate account of the business transacted thereunder for 7 years from the policy effective date which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Director or his representative.
    No later than July 21, 2012, the State of Illinois shall participate in the national insurance producer database of the NAIC, or any other equivalent uniform national database, for the licensure of surplus line producers and the renewal of such licenses.
    (3) Taxes and reports.
        (a) Surplus line tax and penalty for late payment.
    
The surplus line tax rate for a surplus line insurance policy or contract is determined as follows:
            (i) 3% for policies or contracts with an
        
effective date prior to July 1, 2003;
            (ii) 3.5% for policies or contracts with an
        
effective date of July 1, 2003 or later.
        A surplus line producer shall file with the Director
    
on or before February 1 and August 1 of each year a report in the form prescribed by the Director on all surplus line insurance procured from unauthorized insurers and submitted to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois during the preceding 6 month period ending December 31 or June 30 respectively, and on the filing of such report shall pay to the Director for the use and benefit of the State a sum equal to the surplus line tax rate multiplied by the gross taxable premiums less returned taxable premiums upon all surplus line insurance submitted to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois during the preceding 6 months.
        Any surplus line producer who fails to pay the full
    
amount due under this subsection is liable, in addition to the amount due, for such late fee, penalty, and interest charges as are provided for under Section 412 of this Code. The Director, through the Attorney General, may institute an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the recovery of the amount of such taxes, late fees, interest, and penalties due, and prosecute the same to final judgment, and take such steps as are necessary to collect the same.
        (b) Fire Marshal Tax. Each surplus line producer
    
shall file with the Director on or before February 1 of each year a report in the form prescribed by the Director on all fire insurance procured from unauthorized insurers and submitted to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois during the previous year that is subject to tax under Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act and shall pay to the Director the fire marshal tax required thereunder.
        (c) Taxes and fees charged to insured. The taxes
    
imposed under this subsection and the recording fees charged by the Surplus Line Association of Illinois may be charged to and collected from surplus line insureds.
    (4) (Blank).
    (5) Submission of documents to Surplus Line Association of Illinois. A surplus line producer shall submit every insurance contract and premium-bearing endorsement issued under his or her license to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois for recording. The submission and recording may be effected through electronic means. The submission shall set forth:
        (a) the name of the insured;
        (b) the description and location of the insured
    
property or risk;
        (c) (blank);
        (d) the gross premiums charged or returned;
        (e) the name of the unauthorized insurer from whom
    
coverage has been procured;
        (f) the kind or kinds of insurance procured; and
        (g) amount of premium subject to tax required by
    
Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act.
    Proposals, endorsements, and other documents which are incidental to the insurance but which do not affect the premium charged are exempted from the submission and recording requirements.
    The submission of insuring contracts to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois constitutes a certification by the surplus line producer or by the insurance producer who presented the risk to the surplus line producer for placement as a surplus line risk that after diligent effort, where required, the required insurance could not be procured from authorized insurers and that such procurement was otherwise in accordance with the surplus line law.
    (6) Evidence of recording required. It shall be unlawful for an insurance producer to deliver any unauthorized insurer contract or premium-bearing endorsement unless it contains evidence of recording by the Surplus Line Association of Illinois.
    (7) Inspection of records. A surplus line producer shall maintain separate records of the business transacted under his or her license for 7 years from the policy effective date, including complete copies of surplus line insurance contracts maintained on paper or by electronic means, which records shall be open at all times for inspection by the Director and by the Surplus Line Association of Illinois.
    (8) Violations and penalties. The Director may suspend or revoke or refuse to renew a surplus line producer license for any violation of this Code. In addition to or in lieu of suspension or revocation, the Director may subject a surplus line producer to a civil penalty of up to $2,000 for each cause for suspension or revocation. Such penalty is enforceable under subsection (5) of Section 403A of this Code.
    Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Director that a surplus line producer has made a documented good faith determination of the home state for a surplus line insurance contract and has paid the surplus line taxes to a state other than Illinois, and the Director determines that the producer's good faith determination was incorrect and the home state is Illinois, the surplus line producer may, at the discretion of the Director, be required to submit the contract to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois and pay applicable taxes and recording fees, but there shall be no penalty, interest, or late fee assessed.
    (9) Director may declare insurer ineligible. If the Director determines that the further assumption of risks might be hazardous to the policyholders of an unauthorized insurer, the Director may order the Surplus Line Association of Illinois not to accept and record insurance contracts evidencing insurance in such insurer and order surplus line producers to cease procuring insurance from such insurer.
    (10) Service of process upon Director. Insurance contracts delivered under this Section from unauthorized insurers, other than domestic surplus line insurers as defined in Section 445a, shall contain a provision designating the Director and his successors in office the true and lawful attorney of the insurer upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of such insurance. Service of process made upon the Director to be valid hereunder must state the name of the insured, the name of the unauthorized insurer and identify the contract of insurance. The Director at his option is authorized to forward a copy of the process to the Surplus Line Association of Illinois for delivery to the unauthorized insurer or the Director may deliver the process to the unauthorized insurer by other means which he considers to be reasonably prompt and certain.
    (10.5) Required notice to policyholder. Insurance contracts delivered under this Section from unauthorized insurers, other than domestic surplus line insurers as defined in Section 445a, shall have stamped or imprinted on the first page thereof in not less than 12-pt. bold face type the following legend: "Notice to Policyholder: This contract is issued, pursuant to Section 445 of the Illinois Insurance Code, by a company not authorized and licensed to transact business in Illinois and as such is not covered by the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund." Insurance contracts delivered under this Section from domestic surplus line insurers as defined in Section 445a shall have stamped or imprinted on the first page thereof in not less than 12-pt. bold face type the following legend: "Notice to Policyholder: This contract is issued by a domestic surplus line insurer, as defined in Section 445a of the Illinois Insurance Code, pursuant to Section 445, and as such is not covered by the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund."
    (11) Marine, aviation, and transportation. The Illinois Surplus Line law does not apply to insurance of property and operations of railroads or aircraft engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, insurance of vessels, crafts or hulls, cargoes, marine builder's risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks including strikes and war risks insured under ocean or wet marine forms of policies.
    (12) Applicability of Illinois Insurance Code. Surplus line insurance procured under this Section, including insurance procured from a domestic surplus line insurer, is not subject to the provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code other than Sections 123, 123.1, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 412, 445, 445a, 445.1, 445.2, 445.3, 445.4, and all of the provisions of Article XXXI to the extent that the provisions of Article XXXI are not inconsistent with the terms of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-224, eff. 1-1-22.)

215 ILCS 5/445a

    (215 ILCS 5/445a)
    Sec. 445a. Domestic surplus line insurer.
    (a) A domestic insurer possessing policyholder surplus of at least $15,000,000 may pursuant to a resolution by its board of directors, and with the written approval of the Director, be designated as a "domestic surplus line insurer".
    (b) A domestic surplus line insurer may insure in this State an Illinois risk only if procured from a surplus line producer pursuant to Section 445 of this Code.
    (c) A domestic surplus line insurer must agree not to issue a policy designed to satisfy the financial responsibility requirements of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Workers' Compensation Act, or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. A domestic surplus line insurer is not subject to the provisions of Articles XXXIII, XXXIII 1/2, XXXIV, XXXVIIIA, Section 468, or Section 478.1 of this Code.
    (d) For the purposes of the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (15 USC 8201 et seq.), a domestic surplus line insurer shall be considered a nonadmitted insurer, as the term is defined in the Act, with respect to risks insured in this State.
(Source: P.A. 97-955, eff. 8-14-12.)

215 ILCS 5/445.1

    (215 ILCS 5/445.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1057.1)
    Sec. 445.1. Surplus Line Association of Illinois. There is hereby created a non-profit association to be known as the Surplus Line Association of Illinois. All surplus line producers shall be and must remain individual members of the Association as a condition of their holding a license as a surplus line producer in this State. The Association must perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under Section 445.3 and must exercise its powers through a board of directors established under Section 445.2 of this Code. The Association shall be supervised by the Director and is subject to the applicable provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code. The Association shall be authorized and have the duty to:
        (1) receive and record all surplus line insurance
    
contracts that surplus line producers are required to file with the Association under subsection (5) of Section 445;
        (2) prepare monthly reports for the Director on
    
surplus line insurance procured by its members during the preceding month in such form and providing such information as the Director may prescribe;
        (3) prepare and deliver to the Director and, at the
    
discretion of the Director, to each licensee the reports of surplus line business prescribed in subsection (3) of Section 445;
        (4) assess its members for costs of operations in
    
accordance with a schedule adopted by the Board of Directors of the Association and approved by the Director;
        (5) employ and retain such persons as are necessary
    
to carry out the duties of the Association;
        (6) borrow money as necessary to effect the purposes
    
of the Association;
        (7) enter contracts as necessary to effect the
    
purposes of the Association;
        (8) perform such other acts as will facilitate and
    
encourage compliance by its members with the surplus line law of this State and rules promulgated thereunder; and
        (9) provide such other services to its members as are
    
incidental or related to the purposes of the Association.
    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as giving the Association any discretionary authority to enforce this Act or to withhold or decline acceptance and recording of insurance contracts that meet the requirements of subsection (5) of Section 445.
(Source: P.A. 102-224, eff. 1-1-22.)

215 ILCS 5/445.2

    (215 ILCS 5/445.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1057.2)
    Sec. 445.2. Board of Directors. The Association shall function through a Board of Directors elected by the Association members, and officers who shall be elected by the Board of Directors.
    The Board of Directors of the Association shall consist of not less than 5 nor more than 9 persons serving terms as established in the plan of operation. The plan of operation shall provide for the election of a Board of Directors by the members of the Association from its membership. The plan of operation shall fix the manner of voting and may weigh each member's vote to reflect the annual surplus line insurance premium written by the member. Members employed by the same or affiliated employers may consolidate their premiums written and delegate an individual officer or partner to represent the member in the exercise of Association affairs, including service on the Association Board of Directors. The Director shall appoint an interim Board of Directors for the sole purpose of conducting an election of Directors. If no Board of Directors is elected within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, the Director shall appoint the initial members of the Board of Directors.
    The Board of Directors shall elect such officers as may be provided in the plan of operation.
(Source: P.A. 83-1300.)

215 ILCS 5/445.3

    (215 ILCS 5/445.3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1057.3)
    Sec. 445.3. Plan of Operation. (1) The Association shall submit to the Director a plan of operation and any amendments thereto to provide operating procedures for the administration of the Association. The plan of operation and any amendments thereto shall become effective upon approval in writing by the Director.
    (2) If the Association fails to submit a suitable plan of operation within 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, or if at any time thereafter the Association fails to submit required amendments to the plan of operation, the Director shall, after notice and hearing pursuant to Sections 401, 402 and 403 of this Code, adopt and promulgate such rules as are necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of this Act. Such rules shall continue in force until modified by the Director or superseded by a plan of operation submitted by the Association and approved by the Director.
    (3) All Association members must comply with the plan of operation.
(Source: P.A. 83-1300.)

215 ILCS 5/445.4

    (215 ILCS 5/445.4) (from Ch. 73, par. 1057.4)
    Sec. 445.4. Examination. The Director shall, at such times as he deems necessary, make or cause to be made an examination of the Association. The reasonable cost of any such examination shall be paid by the Association upon presentation to it by the Director of a detailed account of such cost. During the course of such examination, the directors, officers, members, agents and employees of the Association may be examined under oath regarding the operation of the Association and shall make available all books, records, accounts, documents and agreements pertaining thereto. The Director shall furnish a copy of the examination report to the Association. Within 20 days after receipt of the report, the Association may request a hearing on the report or any facts or recommendations therein. If the Director finds the Association or any of its members to be in violation of this Act, he may issue an order requiring discontinuance of such violation. The Association shall annually provide for an independent financial audit of the books and records of the Association by a certified public accountant and shall provide a copy of the audit report to the Director.
(Source: P.A. 98-978, eff. 1-1-15.)

215 ILCS 5/445.5

    (215 ILCS 5/445.5) (from Ch. 73, par. 1057.5)
    Sec. 445.5. Immunity. There shall be no liability on the part of and no causes of action of any nature shall arise against the Association, its directors, officers, agents or employees, or the Director of Insurance or his representatives for any action taken or omitted by them in the performance of their powers and duties under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-1300.)

215 ILCS 5/446

    (215 ILCS 5/446) (from Ch. 73, par. 1058)
    Sec. 446. Penalties.
    Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Code, or fails to comply with any duty imposed upon him or it by any provision of this law, for which violation or failure no penalty is elsewhere provided by the laws of this State, shall be guilty of a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2699.)

215 ILCS 5/447

    (215 ILCS 5/447) (from Ch. 73, par. 1059)
    Sec. 447. Domestic company's adoption of code.
    Any company, other than a stock company, heretofore organized or incorporated under the laws of this State may, without reincorporation, avail itself of all the provisions of this Code by filing with the Director, a certified copy of a resolution adopted by its board of directors, trustees, or other governing body, and in the case of a stock company such certified copy and a certified copy of a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of its shareholders, accepting the provisions of this Code.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)

215 ILCS 5/448

    (215 ILCS 5/448) (from Ch. 73, par. 1060)
    Sec. 448. Certain powers reserved to General Assembly.
    The General Assembly shall at all times have power to prescribe such regulations, provisions, and limitations as it may deem advisable, which regulations, provisions, and limitations shall be binding upon any and all companies, domestic, foreign or alien, subject to the provisions of this Code, and the General Assembly shall have power to amend, repeal, or modify this Code at pleasure.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)

215 ILCS 5/449

    (215 ILCS 5/449) (from Ch. 73, par. 1061)
    Sec. 449. Effect of repeal of prior law.
    The repeal of a law by this Code shall not affect any right accrued or established, or any liability or penalty incurred, under the provisions of such law, prior to the repeal thereof.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)

215 ILCS 5/450

    (215 ILCS 5/450) (from Ch. 73, par. 1062)
    Sec. 450. Effect of invalidity of part of code.
    If any provision of this Code, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Code, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)

215 ILCS 5/451

    (215 ILCS 5/451) (from Ch. 73, par. 1063)
    Sec. 451. Companies not subject to Code. This Code shall not apply to companies now or hereafter organized or transacting business under the Title Insurance Act, or Act amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto, or in replacement thereof; nor to corporations now or hereafter organized and transacting business under "An Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of nonprofit hospital service corporations" approved July 6, 1935, or Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto; nor shall any part of this Code other than Articles X, XI, XIII, and XXIV apply to companies now or hereafter organized or transacting business under an Act entitled, "An Act relating to local mutual district, county and township insurance companies," approved March 13, 1936, or Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. No domestic company shall be organized under this Code, nor shall any foreign or alien company receive a certificate of authority under this Code, to transact the business of title insurance. The changes made to this Section by Public Act 96-334 are a statement and clarification of existing law.
(Source: P.A. 96-334, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

215 ILCS 5/452

    (215 ILCS 5/452) (from Ch. 73, par. 1064)
    Sec. 452. Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Nothing in this Code contained shall be held or construed to alter, modify, or repeal any of the provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)

215 ILCS 5/Art. XXIX

 
    (215 ILCS 5/Art. XXIX heading)
ARTICLE XXIX. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY RATES.

215 ILCS 5/454

    (215 ILCS 5/454) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.1)
    Sec. 454. Purpose of Article. The purpose of this Article is to promote the public welfare by regulating workers' compensation and employer's liability insurance rates to the end that they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory, or erroneously applied and to authorize and regulate co-operative action among companies in rate making and in other matters within the scope of this Article. Nothing in this Article is intended (1) to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition, or (2) to prohibit, or encourage except to the extent necessary to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uniformity in insurance rates, rating systems, rating plans or practices. This Article shall be liberally interpreted to carry into effect the provisions of this Section. Section 462b of this Article is a codification of existing law and practice.
(Source: P.A. 83-1002.)

215 ILCS 5/455

    (215 ILCS 5/455) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.2)
    Sec. 455. Scope of article. This Article applies to workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance incidental thereto and written in connection therewith but shall not apply to reinsurance thereon.
(Source: P.A. 81-992.)

215 ILCS 5/456

    (215 ILCS 5/456) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.3)
    Sec. 456. Making of rates.
    (1) All rates shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:
        (a) Due consideration shall be given to past and
    
prospective loss experience within and outside this state, to catastrophe hazards, if any, to a reasonable margin for profit and contingencies, to dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by companies to their policyholders, members or subscribers, to past and prospective expenses both countrywide and those specially applicable to this state, to underwriting practice and judgment and to all other relevant factors within and outside this state;
        (b) The systems of expense provisions included in the
    
rates for use by any company or group of companies may differ from those of other companies or groups of companies to reflect the requirements of the operating methods of any such company or group with respect to any kind of insurance, or with respect to any subdivision or combination thereof for which subdivision or combination separate expense provisions are applicable;
        (c) Risks may be grouped by classifications for the
    
establishment of rates and minimum premiums. Classification rates may be modified to produce rates for individual risks in accordance with rating plans which measure variation in hazards or expense provisions, or both. Such rating plans may measure any differences among risks that have a probable effect upon losses or expenses;
        (d) Rates shall not be excessive, inadequate or
    
unfairly discriminatory.
        A rate is excessive if it is likely to produce a
    
profit that is unreasonably high for the insurance provided or if expenses are unreasonably high in relation to the services rendered.
        A rate is not inadequate unless such rate is clearly
    
insufficient to sustain projected losses and expenses in the class of business to which it applies and the use of such rate has or, if continued, will have the effect of substantially lessening competition or the tendency to create monopoly in any market.
        Unfair discrimination exists if, after allowing for
    
practical limitations, price differentials fail to reflect equitably the differences in expected losses and expenses. A rate is not unfairly discriminatory because different premiums result for policyholders with like exposures but different expenses, or like expenses but different loss exposures, so long as the rate reflects the differences with reasonable accuracy.
        (e) The rating plan shall contain a mandatory offer
    
of a deductible applicable only to the medical benefit under the Workers' Compensation Act. Such deductible offer shall be in a minimum amount of at least $1,000 per accident.
        (f) Any rating plan or program shall include a rule
    
permitting 2 or more employers with similar risk characteristics, who participate in a loss prevention program or safety group, to pool their premium and loss experience in determining their rate or premium for such participation in the program.
    (2) Except to the extent necessary to meet the provisions of subdivision (d) of subsection (1) of this Section, uniformity among companies in any matters within the scope of this Section is neither required nor prohibited.
(Source: P.A. 100-1118, eff. 2-1-19.)

215 ILCS 5/457

    (215 ILCS 5/457) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.4)
    Sec. 457. Rate filings.
    (1) Every company shall prefile with the Director every manual of classifications, every manual of rules and rates, every rating plan and every modification of the foregoing which it intends to use. Such filings shall be made at least 30 days before they become effective. A company may satisfy its obligation to make such filings by adopting the filing of a licensed rating organization of which it is a member or subscriber, filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, in total or, with the approval of the Director, deviate from such filing. If a company intends to deviate from the filing of a licensed rating organization of which it is a member, the company shall provide the Director with supporting information that specifies the basis for the requested deviation and provides justification for the deviation. Any company adopting a pure premium filed by a rating organization pursuant to subsection (2) must file with the Director the modification factor it is using for expenses and profit so that the final rates in use by such company can be determined.
    (2) Each licensed rating organization must prefile with the Director every manual of classification, every manual of rules and advisory rates, every pure premium which has been fully adjusted and fully developed, every rating plan and every modification of any of the foregoing which it intends to recommend for use to its members and subscribers, at least 30 days before such manual, premium, plan or modification thereof takes effect. Every licensed rating organization shall also file with the Director the rate classification system, all rating rules, rating plans, policy forms, underwriting rules or similar materials, and each modification of any of the foregoing which it requires its members and subscribers to adhere to not later than 30 days before such filings or modifications thereof are to take effect. Every such filing shall state the proposed effective date thereof and shall indicate the character and extent of the coverage contemplated.
    (3) A filing and any supporting information made pursuant to this Section shall be open to public inspection as soon as filed.
    (4) A filing shall not be effective nor used until approved by the Director. A filing shall be deemed approved and legally effective if the Director fails to disapprove within 30 days after the filing.
(Source: P.A. 100-1118, eff. 2-1-19.)

215 ILCS 5/458

    (215 ILCS 5/458) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.5)
    Sec. 458. Disapproval of filings.
    (1) If within 30 days of any filing the Director finds that such filing does not meet the requirements of this Article, he shall send to the company or rating organization which made such filing a written notice of disapproval of such filing, specifying therein in what respects he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of this Article. A company or rating organization whose filing has been disapproved shall be given a hearing upon a written request made within 30 days after the disapproval order.
    (2) If at any time subsequent to the applicable review period provided for in subsection (1) of this Section, the Director finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this Article, he shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days written notice, specifying the matters to be considered at such hearing, to every company and rating organization which made such filing, issue an order specifying in what respects he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of this Article, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, such filings shall be deemed no longer effective. Copies of said order shall be sent to every such company and rating organization. Said order shall not affect any contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in said order.
    (3) Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to any filing which is in effect may make written application to the Director for a hearing thereon, provided, however, that the company or rating organization that made the filing shall not be authorized to proceed under this subsection. Such application shall specify the grounds to be relied upon by the applicant. If the Director shall find that the application is made in good faith, that the applicant would be so aggrieved if his grounds are established, and that such grounds otherwise justify holding such a hearing, he shall, within thirty days after receipt of such application, hold a hearing upon not less than ten days written notice to the applicant and to every company and rating organization which made such filing.
    If, after such hearing, the Director finds that the filing does not meet the requirements of this Article, he shall issue an order specifying in what respects he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of this Article, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, such filing shall be deemed no longer effective. Copies of said order shall be sent to the applicant and to every such company and rating organization. Said order shall not affect any contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in said order.
    (4) Whenever an insurer has no legally effective rates as a result of the Director's disapproval of rates or other act, the Director shall on request of the insurer specify interim rates for the insurer that are high enough to protect the interests of all parties and may order that a specified portion of the premiums be placed in an escrow account approved by him or her. When new rates become legally effective, the Director shall order the escrowed funds or any overcharge in the interim rates to be distributed appropriately, except that refunds to policyholders that are de minimis shall not be required.
(Source: P.A. 100-1118, eff. 2-1-19.)

215 ILCS 5/459

    (215 ILCS 5/459) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.6)
    Sec. 459. Rating organizations. (1) A corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership or an individual, whether located within or outside this state, may make application to the Director for license as a rating organization for such kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof as are specified in its application and shall file therewith (a) a copy of its constitution, its articles of agreement or association or its certificate of incorporation, and of its bylaws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business, (b) a list of its members and subscribers, (c) the name and address of a resident of this state upon whom notices or orders of the Director or process affecting such rating organization may be served and (d) a statement of its qualifications as a rating organization. If the Director finds that the applicant is competent, trustworthy and otherwise qualified to act as a rating organization and that its constitution, articles of agreement or association or certificate of incorporation, and its bylaws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business conform to the requirements of law, he shall issue a license specifying the kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof for which the applicant is authorized to act as a rating organization. Every such application shall be granted or denied in whole or in part by the Director within sixty days of the date of its filing with him. Licenses issued pursuant to this Section shall remain in effect for three years unless sooner suspended or revoked by the Director. The fee for said license shall be twenty-five dollars. Licenses issued pursuant to this Section may be suspended or revoked by the Director, after hearing upon notice, in the event the rating organization ceases to meet the requirements of this subsection. Every rating organization shall notify the Director promptly of every change in (a) its constitution, its articles of agreement or association or its certificate of incorporation, and its bylaws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business, (b) its list of members and subscribers and (c) the name and address of the resident of this state designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the Director or process affecting such rating organization may be served.
    (2) Subject to rules and regulations which have been approved by the Director as reasonable, each rating organization shall permit any company, not a member, to be a subscriber to its rating services for any kind of insurance or subdivision thereof for which it is authorized to act as a rating organization. Notice of proposed changes in such rules and regulations shall be given to subscribers. Each rating organization shall furnish its rating services without discrimination to its members and subscribers. The reasonableness of any rule or regulation in its application to subscribers, or the refusal of any rating organization to admit a company as a subscriber, shall, at the request of any subscriber or any such company, be reviewed by the Director at a hearing held upon at least ten days' written notice to such rating organization and to such subscriber or company. If the Director finds that such rule or regulation is unreasonable in its application to subscribers, he shall order that such rule or regulation shall not be applicable to subscribers. If the rating organization fails to grant or reject a company's application for subscribership within thirty days after it was made, the company may request a review by the Director as if the application had been rejected. If the Director finds that the company has been refused admittance to the rating organization as a subscriber without justification, he shall order the rating organization to admit the company as a subscriber. If he finds that the action of the rating organization was justified, he shall make an order affirming its action.
    (3) No rating organization shall adopt any rule the effect of which would be to prohibit or regulate the payment of dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by companies to their policyholders, members or subscribers.
    (4) Cooperation among rating organizations or among rating organizations and companies in matters within the scope of this Article is hereby authorized, provided the filings resulting from such cooperation are subject to all the provisions of this Article which are applicable to filings generally. The Director may review such cooperative activities and practices and if, after a hearing, he finds that any such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.
    (5) A rating organization may require members and subscribers to adhere to a rate classification system, rating rules, rating plans, policy forms, and underwriting rules or similar materials; however, no insurer may agree with any other insurer or with a rating organization to adhere to or use any rate or schedule rating plan. For the purposes of this Article, "rate" means the charge for insurance per unit of exposure, prior to any application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations, or a consideration of both, and does not include minimum premiums.
    (6) Two or more insurers having a common ownership or operating in this State under common management or control may act in concert between or among themselves with respect to those activities authorized in this Article as if they were a single insurer.
    (7) The fact that 2 or more insurers consistently or intermittently use the same rates is not sufficient in itself to support a finding that an illegal agreement exists, and may be used only for the purpose of supplementing or explaining other direct evidence of the existence of any such agreement.
(Source: P.A. 82-939.)

215 ILCS 5/460

    (215 ILCS 5/460) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.7)
    Sec. 460. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16. Repealed by P.A. 100-1118, eff. 2-1-19.)

215 ILCS 5/461

    (215 ILCS 5/461) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.8)
    Sec. 461. Appeal by minority.
    Any member of or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the Director from the action or decision of such rating organization in approving or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of such rating organization and the Director shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of such rating organization or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he may, in the event he finds that such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.
    If such appeal is based upon the failure of the rating organization to make a filing on behalf of such member or subscriber which is based on a system of expense provisions which differs, in accordance with the right granted in subdivision (b) of subsection (1) of Section 456, from the system of expense provisions included in a filing made by the rating organization, the Director shall, if he grants the appeal, order the rating organization to make the requested filing for use by the appellant. In deciding such appeal the Director shall apply the standards set forth in Section 456.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1098.)

215 ILCS 5/462

    (215 ILCS 5/462) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.9)
    Sec. 462. Information to be furnished insureds - Hearings and appeals of insureds. Every rating organization, and every company which does not adopt the rates of a rating organization, shall, within a reasonable time after receiving written request therefor, furnish to any insured affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized representative of such insured, in readily understandable language, all pertinent information as to such rate as specified in rules adopted by the Department.
    Every rating organization, and every company which does not adopt the rates of a rating organization, shall provide within this state reasonable means whereby any person aggrieved by the application of its rating system may be heard, in person or by his authorized representative, on his written request to review the manner in which such rating system has been applied in connection with the insurance afforded him. If the rating organization or company fails to grant or reject such request within thirty days after it is made, the applicant may proceed in the same manner as if his application had been rejected. Any party affected by the action of such rating organization or such company on such request may, within thirty days after written notice of such action, appeal to the Director, who, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization or company, may affirm or reverse such action.
(Source: P.A. 82-939.)

215 ILCS 5/462a

    (215 ILCS 5/462a)
    Sec. 462a. Premium increase notice. A policy of workers' compensation insurance issued, delivered, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2019 shall remain in full force and effect subject to the same terms and conditions, loss cost multipliers, and classification of the employer with regard to the payment of dividends, unless written notice is mailed or delivered by the insurer to the employer, at the address shown on the policy, and to the employer's authorized agent or broker, indicating the insurer's intention to condition renewal upon issuance of a policy that supersedes the policy previously issued and that will result in a premium in excess of 5% above the rate recommendation filed with the Department, exclusive of any premium increase generated as a result of increased loss costs or increased exposure units or as a result of experience rating, contractor credit adjustment program, large deductible, retrospective rating, or audit. The notice shall be delivered at least 30 days in advance of the expiration date of the policy, and shall set forth: (1) the amount of the premium increase or, if the amount cannot reasonably be determined as of the time the notice is provided, a reasonable estimate of the premium increase based upon the information available to the insurer at that time; and (2) the reason for the increased premium in excess of the rate recommendation filed with the Department. Nothing in this Section requires the insurer to provide notice when the employer, an agent or broker authorized by the employer, or another insurer of the employer has delivered written notice that the policy has been replaced or is no longer desired.
(Source: P.A. 100-1118, eff. 11-27-18.)

215 ILCS 5/462b

    (215 ILCS 5/462b) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.9b)
    Sec. 462b. Insurance companies shall apply correct classifications, payrolls and other factors of a rating system to compute premiums. If the application of incorrect classifications, payrolls or any other factors of a rating system results in the payment by an insured of premiums in excess of the premiums that would have been paid utilizing the correct applications of classifications, payrolls or other factors of a rating system, the insurer shall refund to the insured the excessive premium paid for the period during which the incorrect application of classifications, payrolls or other factors of a rating system were applied. This Section is intended to codify existing law and practice.
(Source: P.A. 83-1002.)

215 ILCS 5/463

    (215 ILCS 5/463) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.10)
    Sec. 463. Advisory organizations. (1) Every group, association or other organization of companies whether located within or outside this state, which assists companies which make their own filings or rating organizations in rate making, by the collection and furnishing of loss or expense statistics, or by the submission of recommendations, but which does not make filings under this Article, shall be known as an advisory organization.
    (2) Every advisory organization shall file with the Director (a) a copy of its constitution, its articles of agreement or association or its certificate of incorporation and of its by-laws, rules and regulations governing its activities, (b) a list of its members, (c) the name and address of a resident of this state upon whom notices or orders of the Director or process issued at his direction may be served, and (d) an agreement that the Director may examine such advisory organization in accordance with the provisions of Section 465 of this Article.
    (3) If, after a hearing, the Director finds that the furnishing of such information or assistance involves any act or practice which is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such act or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, and requiring the discontinuance of such act or practice.
    (4) No company which makes its own filings nor any rating organization shall support its filings by statistics or adopt rate making recommendations, furnished to it by an advisory organization which has not complied with this Section or with an order of the Director involving such statistics or recommendations issued under subsection (3) of this Section. If the Director finds such company or rating organization to be in violation of this subsection he may issue an order requiring the discontinuance of such violation.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1098.)

215 ILCS 5/464

    (215 ILCS 5/464) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.11)
    Sec. 464. Joint underwriting or joint reinsurance. (1) Every group, association or other organization of companies which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, shall be subject to regulation with respect thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to joint underwriting, to all provisions of this Article, and with respect to joint reinsurance, to Sections 465, 467, 469, 470 and 471 of this Article.
    (2) If, after a hearing, the Director finds that any activity or practice of any such group, association or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1098.)

215 ILCS 5/464a

    (215 ILCS 5/464a) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.11a)
    Sec. 464a. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 81-1482. Repealed by P.A. 91-757, eff. 1-1-01.)

215 ILCS 5/465

    (215 ILCS 5/465) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.12)
    Sec. 465. Examinations. The Director shall, at least once in five years, make or cause to be made an examination of each rating organization licensed in this state as provided in Section 459 and he may, as often as he may deem it expedient, make or cause to be made an examination of each advisory organization referred to in Section 463 and of each group, association or other organization referred to in Section 464. The reasonable costs of any such examination shall be paid by the rating organization, advisory organization, or group, association or other organization examined upon presentation to it of a detailed account of such costs. The officers, manager, agents and employees of such rating organization, advisory organization or group, association or other organization may be examined at any time under oath and shall exhibit all books, records, accounts, documents, or agreements governing its method of operation. In lieu of any such examination the Director may accept the report of an examination made by the insurance supervisory official of another state, pursuant to the laws of such state. The provisions of Sections 132 through 132.7, 402, and 403 shall be applicable to the examinations hereunder.
(Source: P.A. 89-97, eff. 7-7-95.)

215 ILCS 5/466

    (215 ILCS 5/466) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.13)
    Sec. 466. Rate administration. (1) Recording and Reporting of Loss and Expense Experience.
    The Director shall promulgate reasonable rules and shall approve statistical plans, reasonably adapted to each of the rating systems on file with him, which may be modified from time to time and which shall be used thereafter by each company in the recording and reporting of its loss and countrywide expense experience, in order that the experience of all companies may be made available at least annually in such form and detail as may be necessary to aid him in determining whether rating systems comply with the standards set forth in Section 456. An approved statistical plan need not be adopted as a rule, but shall be made available for public inspection at the Department's principal office and a copy of the plan shall be filed with the Secretary of State. Such rules and plans may also provide for the recording and reporting of expense experience items which are specially applicable to this state and are not susceptible of determination by a prorating of countrywide expense experience. In promulgating such rules and approving plans, the Director shall give due consideration to the rating systems on file with him and in order that such rules and plans may be as uniform as is practicable among the several states, to the rules and to the form of the plans used for such rating systems in other states. No company shall be required to record or report any experience on an experience classification which it does not use in the making of its rates or to record or report its experience on any basis or statistical plan that differs from that which is regularly employed and used in the usual course of such company's business, nor shall any company be required to record or report its loss experience on a classification basis that is inconsistent with the rating system filed by it, nor shall it be required to report such experience to any rating organization of which it is not a member or subscriber, or to an agency operated by or subject to the control of such a rating organization, nor shall the Department's rules state that the insurer must record or report its experience in accordance with a uniform statistical plan which differs from that which is regularly employed and used in the usual course of such company's business. Any company not reporting such experience to a rating organization or other agency designated by the Director, shall report such experience to the Director. The Director may designate one or more rating organizations or other agencies to assist him in gathering all such experience and in making compilations thereof. The experience of any company filed with the Director shall be deemed confidential and shall not be revealed by the Director to any other company or other person, provided, however, that the Director may make compilations of all experience, including the experience of any such company, or of such experience and the compilation made by the designated rating organization or other agency. All such compilations, whether made by the Director or by any designated rating organization or other agency, shall be made available, subject to reasonable rules promulgated by the Director, to companies and rating organizations.
    (2) Interchange of Rating Plan Data
    Reasonable rules and plans may be promulgated by the Director for the interchange of data necessary for the application of rating plans.
    (3) Consultation with Other States
    In order to further uniform administration of rate regulatory laws, the Director and every company and rating organization may exchange information and experience data with insurance supervisory officials, companies and rating organizations in other states and may consult with them with respect to rate making and the application of rating systems.
    (4) Rules and Regulations
    The Director may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effect the purpose of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 84-427.)

215 ILCS 5/467

    (215 ILCS 5/467) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.14)
    Sec. 467. False or misleading information. No person, company or organization shall wilfully withhold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to the Director, any statistical agency designated by the Director, any rating organization, or, any company which will affect the rates or premiums chargeable under this Article. A violation of this Section shall subject the one guilty of such violation to the penalties provided in Section 470 of this Article.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1098.)

215 ILCS 5/468

    (215 ILCS 5/468) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.15)
    Sec. 468. Residual Market Mechanism. All companies licensed to write workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance in this State shall participate in a plan providing for the equitable apportionment among them of insurance which may be afforded applicants who are in good faith entitled to but who are unable to procure such insurance through ordinary methods. Companies must submit such a plan for the Director's approval within 60 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1982. The rates to be used in such a plan and any future modification thereof must be submitted to the Director for approval at least 30 days prior to their effective date. Such rates shall reflect residual market experience to the extent it is actuarially appropriate. The Director shall disapprove any filing that does not meet the requirements of subparagraph (d) of paragraph (1) of Section 456 of this Article. A filing shall be deemed to meet such requirements unless disapproved by the Director within 30 days after the filing is made. In disapproving a filing made under this Section, the Director shall have the same authority and shall follow the same procedure as in disapproving a filing under Section 458. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, rating organizations may make and file rates under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 82-939.)

215 ILCS 5/469

    (215 ILCS 5/469) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.16)
    Sec. 469. Rebates prohibited. No broker or agent shall knowingly charge, demand, or receive a premium for any policy of insurance except in accordance with the provisions of this Article. No company or employee thereof, and no broker or agent shall pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, or after insurance has been effected, any rebates, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever, not specified in the policy of insurance, except to the extent provided for in an applicable filing. No insured named in a policy of insurance, nor any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of premium, or any such special favor or advantage or valuable consideration or inducement. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting the payment of commissions or other compensation to duly licensed agents and brokers, nor as prohibiting any company from allowing or returning to its participating policyholders, members, or subscribers, dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits.
    Sections 151 and 152 of this Code shall not apply to any kind of insurance subject to this Article.
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

215 ILCS 5/470

    (215 ILCS 5/470) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.17)
    Sec. 470. Penalties. Any person, company or organization violating any provision of this Article shall be guilty of a petty offense for each such violation, provided that a series of acts or events based upon the same alleged violation shall be treated and considered as a single violation.
    The Director may suspend the license of any rating organization or company which fails to comply with an order of the Director within the time limited by such order, or any extension thereof which the Director may grant. The Director shall not suspend the license of any rating organization or company for failure to comply with an order until the time prescribed for filing a petition for review thereof as provided in Section 471 has expired or if such petition for review has been filed until such order has been affirmed. The Director may determine when a suspension of license shall become effective and it shall remain in effect for the period fixed by him, unless he modifies or rescinds such suspension, or until the order upon which such suspension is based is modified, rescinded or reversed.
    No license shall be suspended or revoked except upon a written order of the Director, stating his findings, made after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to such person or organization specifying the alleged violation.
(Source: P.A. 77-2699.)

215 ILCS 5/471

    (215 ILCS 5/471) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.18)
    Sec. 471. Hearing procedure and judicial review. (1) Any company or rating organization aggrieved by any order or decision of the Director made without a hearing, may, within 30 days after notice of the order to the company or organization, make written request to the Director for a hearing thereon. The Director shall hear such party or parties within 20 days after receipt of such request and shall give not less than 10 days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing. Within 15 days after such hearing the Director shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action, specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and decision thereon the Director may suspend or postpone the effective date of his previous action.
    (2) Nothing contained in this Article shall require the observance at any hearing of formal rules of pleading or evidence.
    (3) The Administrative Review Law shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of orders and decisions of the Director under this Article. Provided, however, that, in the review of any order or decision of the Director under this Article, such order or decision shall not be deemed prima facie to be correct and proper, and provided further that a rating organization aggrieved by an order or decision under this Article may initiate such proceedings for its review.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)

215 ILCS 5/Art. XXX.5

 
    (215 ILCS 5/Art. XXX.5 heading)
ARTICLE XXX 1/2. PROPERTY AND
CASUALTY RATES OTHER THAN WORKERS'
(Repealed by P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98)