(215 ILCS 5/143.19.3) Sec. 143.19.3. Prohibition of rate increase for persons involved in emergency use of vehicles. (a) No insurer authorized to transact or transacting business in this State, or controlling or controlled by or under common control by or with an insurer authorized to transact or transacting business in this State, that sells a personal policy of automobile insurance in this State shall increase the policy premium, cancel the policy, or refuse to renew the policy solely because the insured or any other person who customarily operates an automobile covered by the policy has been involved in a crash while operating an automobile in response to an emergency when the insured was responding to a call to duty as a volunteer EMS provider, as defined in Section 1-220 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) also apply to all personal umbrella policies.
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.) |