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90_HB2285

      215 ILCS 5/143.23a        from Ch. 73, par. 755.23a
          Amends the Illinois Insurance Code.  Adds a caption to  a
      Section   concerning  an  insured's  access  to  files  after
      cancellation of a policy.
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                                               LRB9001581JSgc
 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Insurance Code  by  changing
 2    Section 143.23a.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Insurance  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 143.23a as follows:
 7        (215 ILCS 5/143.23a) (from Ch. 73, par. 755.23a)
 8        Sec.  143.23a.   Cancellation; access to files.  When any
 9    person has filed  a  complaint  with  the  Director  alleging
10    cancellation,  non-renewal  or  refusal  to  issue a fire and
11    extended coverage policy, as defined  in  Section  143.13  of
12    this  Code, by any insurer, such person, upon written request
13    to the insurer, to which the insurer shall respond within  21
14    days,  shall have access to the complete file of such insurer
15    pertaining to such person's  application  or  policy.   There
16    shall  be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action
17    shall rise against, any insurer or authorized representative,
18    or its agents or employees, or the director or his authorized
19    representative  for  any  statement  made  by  them  or   any
20    information  contained  in  the  files revealed in compliance
21    with the provisions of this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 80-1374.)

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