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91_SB0363

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning the licensing of insurance producers.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Insurance  Code is amended by
 5    changing Sections 491.1, 492.2, 494.1, 496.2,  497.1,  499.1,
 6    505.1, 509.1, and 510.2 and adding Section 495.2 as follows:

 7        (215 ILCS 5/491.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.38-1)
 8        Sec. 491.1.  Definitions.  In addition to the definitions
 9    in  Section  2,  the  following  definitions  apply  to  this
10    Article.
11        (a)  Insurance.   Insurance  is  any  of  the  classes of
12    insurance found in Section 4.
13        (b)  Insurance producer.  An  insurance  producer  is  an
14    individual   who  solicits,  negotiates,  effects,  procures,
15    renews, continues or binds  policies  of  insurance  covering
16    property or risks located in Illinois.
17        (c)  License.   A  license  is  a document authorizing an
18    individual to act as an insurance producer, limited insurance
19    representative or temporary insurance producer, as  specified
20    in such document.
21        (d)  Limited   insurance   representative.    A   limited
22    insurance  representative  is  an  individual appointed by an
23    insurance  company,  health  maintenance   organization,   or
24    limited health service organization to represent that company
25    or organization regarding the types of insurance set forth in
26    Section 495.1.
27        "Limited  licensee" means a person authorized pursuant to
28    the provisions of Section 495.2  to  sell  certain  coverages
29    relating to the rental of vehicles.
30        (e)  Registered   firm.    A   registered   firm   is   a
31    corporation,  partnership, or limited liability company which
 
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 1    transacts the business of insurance as an insurance agency.
 2        "Rental agreement"  means  a  written  agreement  setting
 3    forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle
 4    provided by a rental company for rental or lease.
 5        "Rental  company"  means  a  person,  or  a franchisee or
 6    location or  office  of  such  person,  in  the  business  of
 7    providing  primarily private passenger vehicles to the public
 8    under a rental agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days.
 9        "Rental period" means the term of the rental agreement.
10        "Renter" means a person obtaining the use  of  a  vehicle
11    from  a  rental company under the terms of a rental agreement
12    for a period not to exceed 90 days.
13        "Vehicle" or "rental vehicle" means a  motor  vehicle  of
14    (1)  the  private  passenger  type, including passenger vans,
15    minivans, and sport utility vehicles or (2) the  cargo  type,
16    including cargo vans, pick up trucks, and trucks with a gross
17    vehicle  weight  of  less than 26,000 pounds the operation of
18    which does not require the operator to possess  a  commercial
19    driver's license.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-499, eff. 8-19-97.)

21        (215 ILCS 5/492.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.39-2)
22        Sec. 492.2.  License Required.
23        (a)  No  person shall act as or hold himself out to be an
24    insurance producer unless duly licensed  in  accordance  with
25    this  Article  for  the  class  or classes of insurance as to
26    which he acts or holds himself out as an insurance producer.
27        (b)  No person shall, for a fee, engage in  the  business
28    of  offering  any  advice,  counsel,  opinion or service with
29    respect to the benefits, advantages  or  disadvantages  under
30    any  policy  of  insurance  that could be issued in Illinois,
31    unless that person is
32        (1)  engaged or  employed  as  an  attorney  licensed  to
33    practice   law  and  performing  duties  incidental  to  that
 
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 1    position;
 2        (2)  a licensed  insurance  producer,  limited  insurance
 3    representative   or  temporary  insurance  producer  offering
 4    advice concerning a class of insurance  as  to  which  he  is
 5    licensed to transact business;
 6        (3)  a   trust   officer  of  a  bank  performing  duties
 7    incidental to his position;
 8        (4)  an actuary or a certified public accountant  engaged
 9    or  employed  in  a  consulting  capacity,  performing duties
10    incidental to that position; or
11        (5)  a licensed public adjuster acting within  the  scope
12    of his license.
13        (c)  In  addition  to any other penalty set forth in this
14    Article, any individual violating paragraph  (a)  or  (b)  is
15    guilty  of  a  Class A misdemeanor.  Any individual violating
16    paragraph (a) or (b) and misappropriating or  converting  any
17    monies collected in conjunction with such violation is guilty
18    of a Class 4 felony.
19    (Source: P.A. 83-801.)

20        (215 ILCS 5/494.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.41-1)
21        Sec.  494.1.  Insurance producer license; application and
22    examination.
23        (a) Each application for an  insurance  producer  license
24    shall  be made on a form specified by the Director, and shall
25    be  signed  by  the  applicant  declaring  under  penalty  of
26    refusal, suspension or revocation of  the  license  that  the
27    statements  made  in  the  application  are true, correct and
28    complete to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief.
29    Before approving the application, the Director shall  satisfy
30    himself  that  the applicant (1) is at least 18 years of age;
31    (2)  is  competent,  trustworthy   and   of   good   business
32    reputation;  (3)  has  completed  a  pre-licensing  course of
33    study; and (4) has, pursuant to Section 508.2, filed  a  bond
 
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 1    which   is  in  force  and  effect  or  is  exempt  from  the
 2    requirement of filing such bond; and (5) has  paid  the  fees
 3    required  by  Section 509.1.  A pre-licensing course of study
 4    for each class of insurance for which an  insurance  producer
 5    license  is requested shall be established in accordance with
 6    rules and regulations prescribed by the  Director  and  shall
 7    consist of the following minimum hours:
 8    Class of Insurance                       Number of Hours
 9    Life (Class 1 (a))                             15
10    Accident/Health (Class 1(b) or 2(a))           15
11    Fire (Class 3)                                 15
12    Casualty (Class 2)                             15
13    Motor Vehicle (Class 2(b) or 3(e))            7 1/2
14        (b)  Applicants  for  an insurance producer license shall
15    pass, within 90 days of each other, both part one and part  2
16    of  a  written  examination unless exempt pursuant to Section
17    498.1.  The examination shall reasonably test  the  knowledge
18    of the applicant concerning the class or classes of insurance
19    for   which   a   license   is   applied,   the   duties  and
20    responsibilities of an insurance producer and  the  insurance
21    laws and rules of Illinois.  The examinations provided for by
22    this  Section  shall be conducted under rules and regulations
23    prescribed  by  the  Director.    The   Director   may   make
24    arrangements,  including  contracting with an outside testing
25    service, for administering such examinations  and  collecting
26    the  non-refundable  application  fee provided for by Section
27    509.1.
28        Each applicant required to take an examination shall,  at
29    the  time  of  request  for  examination,  enclose  with  the
30    application  a  non-refundable application fee payable to the
31    Director, as provided for in Section 509.1, plus  a  separate
32    remittance  payable to the designated testing service for the
33    total fees the  testing  service  charges  for  each  of  the
34    various  services  being  requested  by  the  applicant.   An
 
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 1    applicant   who  fails  to  appear  for  the  examination  as
 2    scheduled, or  appears  but  fails  to  pass,  shall  not  be
 3    entitled to any refund, and shall be required to submit a new
 4    request  for  examination  together with all of the requisite
 5    fees before being rescheduled for another  examination  at  a
 6    later date.
 7        (c)  Before  each  license renewal, an insurance producer
 8    shall satisfactorily complete at least  15  hours  of  course
 9    study  in  accordance  with rules prescribed by the Director.
10    The Director may not approve a course  of  study  unless  the
11    course   provides   for  classroom,  seminar,  or  self-study
12    instruction  methods.   A  course  given  in  a   combination
13    instruction  method  of  classroom  or seminar and self-study
14    shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  self-study  course  unless  the
15    classroom  or  seminar  certified  hours  meets  or   exceeds
16    two-thirds  of  total  hours  certified  for the course.  The
17    self-study material used in the combination  course  must  be
18    directly  related  to and complement the classroom portion of
19    the  course  in  order  to  be  considered  for  credit.   An
20    instruction method other than classroom or seminar  shall  be
21    considered  as  self-study  methodology.   Self-study  credit
22    hours  require  the  successful  completion of an examination
23    covering  the  self-study  material,  which  shall   not   be
24    self-evaluated.   Provided,  however,  that if the self-study
25    material  is  completed  through  the  use  of  an   approved
26    computerized   interactive   format   whereby   the  computer
27    validates  the  successful  completion  of   the   self-study
28    material,  no  additional examination shall be required.  The
29    self-study credit hours contained in a certified course shall
30    be considered classroom hours when at least two-thirds of the
31    hours are given as classroom or seminar instruction.
32        (d)  An insurance producer  license  shall  automatically
33    terminate  when  an  insurance producer fails to successfully
34    meet the requirements of paragraph (c) of this Section.
 
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 1        (e)  The holder of an insurance  producer  license  shall
 2    inform the Director in writing of a change in his residential
 3    address within 30 days of such change.
 4        (f)  Each   provider  of  a  prelicensing  or  continuing
 5    education  course  required  by  this  Section  shall  pay  a
 6    registration fee and a  course  certification  fee  for  each
 7    course being certified as provided by Section 509.1.
 8        (g)  The   quality   and  content  of  education  courses
 9    provided for insurance producers in this State has  a  direct
10    effect  on  the residents of this State.  It is in the public
11    interest  that  education  courses  provided  for   insurance
12    producers  are  of  high  quality.   In  order to assure that
13    education  courses  provided  for  insurance  producers   are
14    appropriately  designed and that the entities and individuals
15    providing  education  courses  are  appropriately  qualified,
16    there is created  the  Insurance  Producer  Education  Review
17    Board.   The  Board shall advise and assist the Department in
18    reviewing  and  approving  proposed  education  courses   for
19    insurance  producers.  The Board shall also provide advice to
20    the Department regarding continuing  education  requirements.
21    The  Board  shall be appointed by the Director.  The Director
22    shall  seek  the  advice  of  the  2  largest  not-for-profit
23    professional insurance producer associations in  this  State,
24    with   respect  to  the  appointment  of  licensed  insurance
25    producers to the Board.   The  Board  shall  consist  of  the
26    following:
27             (1)  4  licensed insurance producers who are members
28        of an insurance producer association;
29             (2)  2   representatives   of   domestic   insurance
30        companies; and
31             (3)  one continuing education course provider who is
32        a resident of this State.
33        The initial members of the Board shall serve for  a  term
34    as follows:
 
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 1             (1)  3 members shall serve for a term of one year;
 2             (2)  3  members  shall  serve for a term of 2 years;
 3        and
 4             (3)  one member shall serve for a term of 3 years.
 5    The Director shall by lot determine the length of  the  terms
 6    for  the  initial  Board members.  The term of the respective
 7    successors shall be  3  years.   Board  members  shall  serve
 8    without  compensation,  but  may be reimbursed for reasonable
 9    and necessary expenses incurred in the performance  of  their
10    duties.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-152, eff. 1-1-97.)

12        (215 ILCS 5/495.2 new)
13        Sec. 495.2.  Limited license for rental companies.
14        (a)  A  rental  company  must  obtain a producer license,
15    become a registered firm, or obtain a limited license  before
16    offering   or   selling  insurance  in  connection  with  and
17    incidental to the rental of vehicles, whether at  the  rental
18    office   or   by  pre-selection  of  coverage  in  a  master,
19    corporate, group rental, or individual agreement  in  any  of
20    the following general categories:
21             (1)  personal  accident insurance covering the risks
22        of travel including, but not  limited  to,  accident  and
23        health  insurance  that provides coverage, as applicable,
24        to  renters  and  other  rental  vehicle  occupants   for
25        accidental  death  or dismemberment and reimbursement for
26        medical expenses resulting from an accident  that  occurs
27        during the rental period;
28             (2)  liability  insurance,  including  uninsured and
29        underinsured motorist coverage, that  provides  coverage,
30        as applicable, to renters and other authorized drivers of
31        rental  vehicles for liability arising from the operation
32        of the rental vehicle;
33             (3)  personal  effects   insurance   that   provides
 
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 1        coverage,  as  applicable,  to  renters and other vehicle
 2        occupants for the loss of, or damage to, personal effects
 3        that occurs during the rental period;
 4             (4)  roadside  assistance  and  emergency   sickness
 5        protection programs;
 6             (5)  any  other travel or auto-related coverage that
 7        a rental company offers in connection with and incidental
 8        to the rental of vehicles.
 9        (b)  No insurance may be offered by  a  limited  licensee
10    pursuant to this Section unless:
11             (1)  the  rental period of the rental agreement does
12        not exceed 90 consecutive days;
13             (2)  at   every   rental   location   where   rental
14        agreements  are  executed,  brochures  or  other  written
15        materials are readily available to the prospective renter
16        that:
17                  (A)  summarize  clearly  and   correctly,   the
18             material  terms  of  coverage  offered  to  renters,
19             including the identity of the insurer;
20                  (B)  disclose  that the coverage offered by the
21             rental company may provide a duplication of coverage
22             already provided by a renter's  personal  automobile
23             insurance   policy,  homeowner's  insurance  policy,
24             personal liability insurance policy, or other source
25             of coverage;
26                  (C)  state that the purchase by the  renter  of
27             the  kinds  of coverage specified in this Section is
28             not required in order to rent a vehicle; and
29                  (D)  describe the process for filing a claim in
30             the event the renter elects to purchase coverage and
31             in the event of a claim; and
32             (3)  evidence of coverage on the face of the  rental
33        agreement  is  disclosed  to  every  renter who elects to
34        purchase such coverage.
 
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 1        (c)  A limited license issued under  this  Section  shall
 2    also  authorize  any  employee of the limited licensee to act
 3    individually on behalf  and  under  the  supervision  of  the
 4    limited  licensee  with  respect  to  the  kinds  of coverage
 5    specified in this Section.
 6        (d)  A rental company licensed pursuant to  this  Section
 7    shall  conduct  a  training  program in which employees being
 8    trained shall receive basic instruction about  the  kinds  of
 9    coverage  specified  in this Section and offered for purchase
10    by prospective renters of rental vehicles.
11        (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Section
12    or  any  rule  adopted  by  the  Director, a limited licensee
13    pursuant to this Section  shall  not  be  required  to  treat
14    moneys  collected  from  renters  purchasing  insurance  when
15    renting  vehicles  as funds received in a fiduciary capacity,
16    provided that the charges for coverage shall be itemized  and
17    be  ancillary to a rental transaction.  The sale of insurance
18    not in conjunction with a rental  transaction  shall  not  be
19    permitted.
20        (f)  No   limited   licensee  under  this  Section  shall
21    advertise, represent, or otherwise hold itself or any of  its
22    employees  out  as  licensed  insurers,  insurance producers,
23    insurance agents, or insurance brokers.
24        (g)  No direct commissions may  be  paid  to  rental  car
25    company  employees  by the insurer or the customer purchasing
26    insurance products.   The  rental  car  company  may  include
27    insurance   products   in  an  overall  employee  performance
28    compensation incentive program.

29        (215 ILCS 5/496.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.43-2)
30        Sec. 496.2.  License.
31        (a)  Insurance producer.
32             (1) An applicant who has  met  the  requirements  of
33        Section  494.1  shall  be  issued  a  perpetual insurance
 
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 1        producer license.
 2             (2)  Each insurance producer license shall remain in
 3        effect as long as the holder of the license maintains  in
 4        force  and  effect the bond required by Section 508.2 and
 5        pays the annual fee required by Section 509.1 by the date
 6        due, unless the license is revoked or suspended  pursuant
 7        to  Section  505.1.  The  annual  fee required by Section
 8        509.1 shall not  be  required  of  a  licensed  insurance
 9        producer  who  enters  the military service of the United
10        States. This waiver shall continue in effect  until  such
11        time  as  the  insurance  producer is discharged from the
12        military service.
13             (3)  An insurance producer who does not maintain his
14        insurance  producer  license  in   effect   pursuant   to
15        paragraph  (a)(2)  of this subsection Section may, within
16        36 months from the due date of  the  unpaid  annual  fee,
17        make   application  for  the  same  license  without  the
18        necessity of passing a written examination.   Payment  of
19        the  annual  fee  and  proof  a  bond  is  in  force must
20        accompany  the  application.   In  addition,   proof   of
21        compliance  with Section 494.1(c) must be received by the
22        Department before the license  is  issued  accompany  the
23        application, where applicable.
24             If an insurance producer fails to pay the annual fee
25        by  the  due  date  but  applies for reinstatement of the
26        license within 36  months  of  the  due  date,  then  the
27        producer  shall  pay  the  reinstatement  fee required by
28        Section 509.1 of this Code and either:
29                  A.  The annual license fee which will  cause  a
30             license  to be issued with a current effective date;
31             or
32                  B.  The annual license fee which will  cause  a
33             license  to be dated the expiration date of the last
34             active license, provided the  producer  applies  for
 
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 1             reinstatement within 2 months of the due date.
 2                  If  a license is issued pursuant to option A of
 3             this  paragraph  with  a  lapse  in  licensing,  the
 4             producer must sign a statement attesting that he has
 5             not been active as an insurance producer during  the
 6             period since the last active license.
 7        (b)  Limited Insurance Representative.
 8             (1)  An  applicant  who  has met the requirements of
 9        Section  495.1  shall  be  issued  a  perpetual   limited
10        insurance representative license.
11             (2)  A Each limited insurance representative license
12        shall   remain  in  effect  as  long  as  the  appointing
13        insurance company or employer  pays  the  respective  fee
14        required  by  Section  509.1  prior  to January 1 of each
15        year, unless the license is revoked or suspended pursuant
16        to Section 505.1.  Failure of the  insurance  company  or
17        employer to pay the license fee or to submit the required
18        documents   shall  cause  immediate  termination  of  the
19        limited insurance representative license regarding  which
20        such failure occurs.
21             (3)  A Each limited insurance representative license
22        may  be terminated by the insurance company, employer, or
23        the licensee.
24        (c)  Limited license for rental companies.
25             (1)  An applicant who has met  the  requirements  of
26        Section 495.2 shall be issued a limited license.
27             (2)  A  limited  license  for rental companies shall
28        remain in effect as long as the limited licensee pays the
29        respective fee required by Section 509.1 prior to January
30        1  of  each  year,  unless  the  license  is  revoked  or
31        suspended pursuant to  Section  505.1.   Failure  of  the
32        limited  licensee to pay the license fee or to submit the
33        required documents shall cause  immediate  suspension  of
34        the limited license.
 
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 1             (3)  A  limited  license for rental companies may be
 2        voluntarily terminated  by  the  limited  licensee.   The
 3        license  fee will not be refunded upon termination of the
 4        limited license by the licensee.
 5        (d) (c)  License Content. The Each license shall  contain
 6    the  name,  residential  address  and personal identification
 7    number of the licensee, the  date  the  license  was  issued,
 8    general  conditions  relative  to the license's expiration or
 9    termination, the class or classes of insurance covered by the
10    license, and any other  information  the  Director  considers
11    proper.   A  Each  limited  insurance  representative license
12    shall also contain the name and  address  of  the  appointing
13    insurance company or employer.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-313.)

15        (215 ILCS 5/497.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.44-1)
16        Sec. 497.1. Nonresident licensing.
17        (a)  A  nonresident  may  apply for an insurance producer
18    license or limited insurance representative  license  if  (1)
19    the  applicant  holds  a  similar  license  from his state of
20    residence and (2) the applicant's state of residence  accepts
21    Illinois  residents for licensing. Each nonresident applicant
22    shall be in compliance with the  requirements  of  subsection
23    paragraph  (a)  of Section 494.1, except that requirement (3)
24    of subsection  paragraph  (a)  shall  not  be  applicable  to
25    nonresident applicants.
26        (b)  The  requirements  of  subsection  paragraph  (c) of
27    Section 494.1 shall not apply to nonresident applicants.   If
28    an applicant's state of residence accepts compliance with the
29    requirements  of subsection paragraph (c) of Section 494.1 by
30    an  Illinois  insurance  producer  as  compliance  with  that
31    state's  continuing  education  requirements,  a  nonresident
32    applicant  may  fulfill  the   requirements   of   subsection
33    paragraph  (c)  of  Section 494.1 by demonstrating compliance
 
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 1    with the continuing education requirements of the applicant's
 2    state of residence.  A nonresident applicant may be  licensed
 3    without  written  examination  if  (1) the state in which the
 4    applicant resides requires no similar examination or (2)  the
 5    public  official  having  supervision  of  insurance  in  the
 6    applicant's  state  of residence certifies that the applicant
 7    has passed a written examination for the classes of insurance
 8    applied for or was licensed  prior  to  the  time  a  written
 9    examination was required.
10        (c)  A nonresident applicant shall file with the Director
11    an affidavit appointing the Director and his or her successor
12    in  office  as  such  applicant's  agent upon whom all lawful
13    process in any action, suit or legal proceeding  against  the
14    applicant may be served, and shall agree that any such lawful
15    process  is  of the same legal force and validity as personal
16    service of process upon such applicant.  The Director  shall,
17    within  10  days  after  receiving process, forward a copy of
18    such  process  by  registered  or  certified  mail   to   the
19    individual  for  whom  he  has  received  such process at the
20    individual's address of record.
21        (d)  Whenever, by the laws or regulations  of  any  other
22    state,  any  limitation  of rights and privileges, conditions
23    precedent,  or  any  other  requirements  are  imposed   upon
24    residents  of  this  State  who are nonresident applicants or
25    licensees of such other state in addition to,  or  in  excess
26    of,  those  imposed on nonresidents under this Code, the same
27    such requirements shall be imposed  upon  such  residents  of
28    such other state.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-152, eff. 1-1-97.)

30        (215 ILCS 5/499.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.46-1)
31        Sec. 499.1.  Registered firms.
32        (a)  Any  corporation,  partnership, or limited liability
33    company transacting insurance business as an insurance agency
 
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 1    shall register with the Director before transacting insurance
 2    business in this State. Such  registration  shall  remain  in
 3    effect  as  long  as the firm pays the annual fee required by
 4    Section 509.1 of this  Code  by  the  date  due,  unless  the
 5    registration  is  revoked  or  suspended  pursuant to Section
 6    505.1 of this Code.
 7        (b)  Each firm required to register before  acting  as  a
 8    registered firm pursuant to this Article shall appoint one or
 9    more   licensed   insurance   producers   who  are  officers,
10    directors, or partners in the firm to be responsible for  the
11    firm's compliance with the insurance laws and Title 50 of the
12    Illinois Administrative Code.  Such individual or individuals
13    shall submit to the Director a registration form and the fees
14    required  by Section 509.1.  The Director shall prescribe the
15    registration form and may require  any  documents  reasonably
16    necessary   to   verify  the  information  contained  in  the
17    registration form. Within 30 days of a  change  in  officers,
18    directors,  or  partners  who are appointed to be responsible
19    for the firm's compliance with the insurance laws  and  Title
20    50 of the Illinois Administrative Code, the firm shall report
21    the change to the Department.
22        (c)  The  registered  firm  shall  inform the Director in
23    writing of a change in its business address within 30 days of
24    such change.
25        (d)  Each registered firm  shall  disclose  its  members,
26    officers  or directors who are authorized to act as insurance
27    producers, and report any changes in such  personnel  to  the
28    Director within 30 days of such changes.
29        (e)  (Blank).
30    (Source:  P.A.  89-240,  eff.  1-1-96;  90-41,  eff. 10-1-97;
31    90-499, eff. 8-19-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

32        (215 ILCS 5/505.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.52-1)
33        Sec. 505.1.  License suspension, revocation, or denial.
 
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 1        (a)  Any  license  issued  under  this  Article  may   be
 2    suspended  or  revoked, and any application for a license may
 3    be denied,  if  the  Director  finds  that  the  licensee  or
 4    applicant:
 5             (1)  has  wilfully  violated  any  provision of this
 6        Code  or  any  rule  or  regulation  promulgated  by  the
 7        Director;
 8             (2)  has intentionally made a material  misstatement
 9        in his application for a license;
10             (3)  has  obtained  or attempted to obtain a license
11        through misrepresentation or fraud;
12             (4)  has misappropriated or  converted  to  his  own
13        use, or improperly withheld, money required to be held in
14        a fiduciary capacity;
15             (5)  has  intentionally  misrepresented the terms of
16        any actual or proposed insurance policy;
17             (6)  has, in the transaction of business  under  his
18        license,   used   fraudulent,   coercive   or   dishonest
19        practices,     or    has    demonstrated    incompetence,
20        untrustworthiness or financial irresponsibility;
21             (7)  has been, within the past 3 years, convicted of
22        a felony,  unless  the  individual  demonstrates  to  the
23        Director  sufficient rehabilitation to warrant the public
24        trust;
25             (8)  has knowingly accepted insurance business  from
26        an individual who is not licensed;
27             (9)  has  failed  to appear without reasonable cause
28        or excuse in response to a subpoena  lawfully  issued  by
29        the Director;
30             (10)  has  had  his  license suspended or revoked or
31        his application denied  in  any  other  State,  district,
32        territory  or province on grounds similar to those stated
33        in this Section;
34             (11)  (Blank) has violated any of the provisions  of
 
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 1        Section 504.1;
 2             (12)  has  failed to meet the education requirements
 3        of subsection paragraph (c) of Section 494.1;
 4             (13)  has failed to report a felony  conviction,  as
 5        required by Section 503.1;
 6             (14)  has  knowingly employed, contracted or engaged
 7        in  any  insurance  related  capacity  any  person  whose
 8        license as an insurance  producer  or  limited  insurance
 9        representative has been revoked within the previous three
10        years  or whose request for a license has been refused or
11        suspended pursuant to this Section at the  time  of  such
12        employment, engaging or contracting; or
13             (15)  has  failed  to make satisfactory repayment to
14        the  Illinois  Student  Assistance   Commission   for   a
15        delinquent or defaulted student loan.
16        (b)  Suspension  or revocation of a license or the denial
17    of an application  pursuant  to  this  Section  shall  be  by
18    written  order sent to the licensee or applicant by certified
19    or registered mail at the address specified in the records of
20    the Department.  The licensee or  applicant  may  in  writing
21    request  a  hearing  within 30 days from the date of mailing.
22    If no written request is made, such order shall be final upon
23    the expiration of said 30 days.
24        (c)  If the licensee  or  applicant  requests  a  hearing
25    pursuant  to  this Section the Director shall issue a written
26    notice of hearing  sent  to  the  licensee  or  applicant  by
27    certified  or registered mail at his address, as specified in
28    the records of the Department, and stating:
29             (1)  the grounds, charges or conduct which justifies
30        suspension or revocation or denial under this Section;
31             (2)  a specific time for the hearing, which may  not
32        be  less  than 20 nor more than 30 days after the mailing
33        of the notice of hearing; and
34             (3)  a specific place for the hearing, which may  be
 
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 1        either  in  the  City of Springfield or Chicago or in the
 2        county where the licensee's principal place  of  business
 3        is located.
 4        (d)  Upon  the suspension or revocation of a license, the
 5    licensee or other person having possession or custody of such
 6    license shall promptly deliver it to the Director  in  person
 7    or  by  mail.  The Director shall publish all suspensions and
 8    revocations after  such  suspensions  or  revocations  become
 9    final  in  a  manner  designed to notify interested insurance
10    companies and other persons.
11        (e)  Any individual whose license  is  revoked  or  whose
12    application  is  denied  pursuant  to  this  Section shall be
13    ineligible to apply for any license for 3  years.  No  person
14    whose   license   as   an   insurance   producer  or  limited
15    representative has been revoked, suspended or denied shall be
16    employed, contracted or  engaged  in  any  insurance  related
17    capacity during the time the revocation, suspension or denial
18    is  in effect.   A suspension pursuant to this Section may be
19    for a period of up to 2 years.
20        (f)  In addition to or instead of a denial, suspension or
21    revocation  of  a  license  pursuant  to  this  Section,  the
22    licensee may be subjected to a civil penalty of up to  $1,000
23    for  each  cause  for  denial, suspension or revocation. Such
24    penalty is enforceable under Section 403A(5) of this Code.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-318, eff. 1-1-96.)

26        (215 ILCS 5/509.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.56-1)
27        Sec. 509.1.  Fees.
28        (a)  The fees required by this Article are as follows:
29             (1)  A An annual fee of $150 payable  once  every  2
30        years $75 for an insurance producer license;
31             (2)  A  fee  of  $25 for the issuance of a temporary
32        insurance producer license;
33             (3)  A An annual registration  fee  of  $50  payable
 
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 1        once every 2 years $25 for a business firm to register;
 2             (4)  A  fee  of  $50  payable  once every 2 years An
 3        annual $25 fee for  a  limited  insurance  representative
 4        license or a limited license for rental companies;
 5             (5)  A  $25  application  fee  for the processing of
 6        each request to  take  the  written  examination  for  an
 7        insurance producer license;
 8             (6)  An  annual  registration  fee  of  $500  for an
 9        education provider to register;
10             (7)  A certification fee of $25 for  each  certified
11        prelicensing or continuing education course and an annual
12        fee  of  $10  for renewing the certification of each such
13        course; and
14             (8)  A  license  reinstatement  fee   of   $50   for
15        reinstating a license which lapsed because the annual fee
16        was not received by the due date.
17             (9)  A  registration  fee  of  $15 for reinstating a
18        firm registration that lapsed because the annual fee  was
19        not received by the due date.
20        (b)  Except  as  otherwise provided, all fees paid to and
21    collected by the Director under this Section  shall  be  paid
22    promptly  after  receipt  thereof,  together  with a detailed
23    statement of such fees, into a  special  fund  in  the  State
24    Treasury to be known as the Insurance Producer Administration
25    Fund.   The  monies  deposited  into  the  Insurance Producer
26    Administration Fund shall be used only  for  payment  of  the
27    expenses  of the Department in the execution, administration,
28    and enforcement of the insurance  laws  of  this  State,  and
29    shall  be  appropriated  as otherwise provided by law for the
30    payment of  such  expenses  with  first  priority  being  any
31    expenses  incident  to  or associated with the administration
32    and enforcement of this Article.
33    (Source: P.A.  89-152,  eff.  1-1-97;  90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;
34    90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        (215 ILCS 5/510.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.57-2)
 2        Sec. 510.2.  Exemptions from licensing requirements.  The
 3    provisions  of  Sections  492.2,  494.1, 495.1, 495.2, 496.2,
 4    497.1, 498.1, 499.1, 500.1 and 501.2 shall not apply to:
 5        (a)  any regularly salaried officer  or  employee  of  an
 6    insurance company, who is engaged in the performance of usual
 7    and customary executive, administrative or clerical duties;
 8        (b)  salaried  employees  in  the  office of an insurance
 9    producer, limited insurance representative, limited licensee,
10     or registered firm, who devote their full time  to  clerical
11    and  administrative services, including the incidental taking
12    of insurance applications and  receipt  of  premiums  in  the
13    office  of  their  employer, as long as such employees do not
14    receive  any  commissions  on  such  applications  and  their
15    compensation is not varied by the volume of  applications  or
16    premiums  taken  or  received,  except  as  authorized  under
17    subsection (g) of Section 495.2;
18        (c)  persons  who  secure and furnish information for the
19    purpose of group life insurance, annuities, group or  blanket
20    accident   and  health  insurance,  or  for  the  purpose  of
21    enrolling individuals under such plans, issuing  certificates
22    under such plans or otherwise assisting in administering such
23    plans, where no commission is paid for such service;
24        (d)  advisory organizations, according to Article VIIA of
25    this Code, or persons who furnish information for the purpose
26    of  life  or  accident  and health insurance distributed on a
27    mass merchandise basis and administered by group methods;
28        (e)  employers or their officers  or  employees,  or  the
29    trustees  of any employee trust plan, to the extent that such
30    employers, officers, employees or trustees are engaged in the
31    administration  or  operation  of  any  program  of  employee
32    benefits for their own employees or the  employees  of  their
33    subsidiaries or affiliates, which program involves the use of
34    insurance  issued  by  an  insurance company, as long as such
 
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 1    employers, officers, employees or trustees  are  not  in  any
 2    manner  compensated,  directly  or indirectly, by the company
 3    issuing the contracts; or
 4        (f)  employees of insurance  companies  or  organizations
 5    employed  by  insurance  companies  who  are  engaging in the
 6    inspection, rating or classification  of  risks,  or  in  the
 7    supervision  of  the training of insurance producers, limited
 8    insurance representatives, limited  licensees,  or  temporary
 9    insurance  producers, and who are not individually engaged in
10    the solicitation or negotiation of policies or contracts  for
11    insurance.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-1299.)

13        (215 ILCS 5/504.1 rep.)
14        (215 ILCS 5/508.2 rep.)
15        Section  10.  The  Illinois  Insurance Code is amended by
16    repealing Sections 504.1 and 508.2.

17        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
18    January 1, 2000.

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