(215 ILCS 5/224.05)

Sec. 224.05. Military personnel in military service; no lapse of life insurance policy.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Section shall apply to any individual life insurance policy insuring the life of a resident of Illinois who is a member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard of any state, the District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States who has entered any full-time training or duty which the service member was ordered to report by the President, Governor of a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States, or other appropriate military authority, if the life insurance policy meets both of the following conditions:

(1) The policy has been in force for at least 180 days.

(2) The policy has been brought within the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act," 117 Stat. 2835 (2003), 50 U.S.C. App. 541 and following.

(b) This Section does not apply to any policy that was cancelled or that had lapsed for the nonpayment of premiums prior to the commencement of the insured's period of military service.

(c) An individual life insurance policy described in this Section shall not lapse or be forfeited for the nonpayment of premiums during the military service of a service member in excess of 29 consecutive days during the 2-year period subsequent to the end of the member's period of military service.

(d) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to service members under this Section, a service member must provide the life insurance company with a copy of the orders calling the service member to military service and of any orders further extending the service member's period of service.

(e) This Section does not limit a life insurance company's enforcement of provisions in the insured's policy relating to naval or military service in time of war.

(f) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act.

All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.

(Source: P.A. 97-913, eff. 1-1-13.)