Public Act 90-0700 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0700

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    AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Insurance  Code  by  adding
Section 155.22b.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Illinois Insurance  Code  is  amended  by
adding Section 155.22b as follows:

    (215 ILCS 5/155.22b new)
    Sec.  155.22b.  Rating, claims handling, and underwriting
decisions.
    (a)  No company issuing a policy of property and casualty
insurance may use the  fact  that  an  applicant  or  insured
incurred  bodily  injury  as  a result of a battery committed
against him or  her  by  a  spouse  or  person  in  the  same
household  as  a  sole  reason for a rating, underwriting, or
claims handling decision.
    (b)   If  a  policy  excludes   property   coverage   for
intentional  acts,  the  insurer  may  not deny payment to an
innocent co-insured who did not cooperate in or contribute to
the creation of the loss if the loss arose out of  a  pattern
of criminal domestic violence and the perpetrator of the loss
is  criminally  prosecuted  for  the  act  causing  the loss.
Payment to the innocent co-insured may be limited to  his  or
her  ownership  interest  in  the  property as reduced by any
payments to a mortgagor or other secured interest.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.

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