Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2842 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 04/16/2024

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1  AN ACT concerning regulation.
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 155.22 and 424 and by adding Section 143.13b
6  as follows:
7  (215 ILCS 5/143.13b new)
8  Sec. 143.13b. Coverage for motor vehicle theft. Any policy
9  of automobile insurance that carries comprehensive coverage
10  may not exclude theft coverage for lack of evidence of
11  forcible entry or for the insured leaving the vehicle unlocked
12  or leaving a key or key fob in the motor vehicle.
13  (215 ILCS 5/155.22) (from Ch. 73, par. 767.22)
14  Sec. 155.22.  No company authorized to transact in this
15  State the kinds of business described in Classes 2 and 3 of
16  Section 4, and no officer, director, agent, clerk, employee or
17  broker of such company shall upon proper application refuse to
18  provide insurance solely on the basis of the specific
19  geographic location of the risk sought to be insured unless
20  such refusal is for a business purpose which is not a mere
21  pretext for unfair discrimination.
22  (Source: P.A. 84-1431.)

 

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1  (215 ILCS 5/424) (from Ch. 73, par. 1031)
2  Sec. 424. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or
3  deceptive acts or practices defined.  The following are hereby
4  defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and
5  deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance:
6  (1) The commission by any person of any one or more of
7  the acts defined or prohibited by Sections 134, 143.24c,
8  147, 148, 149, 151, 155.22, 155.22a, 155.42, 236, 237,
9  364, 469, and 513b1 of this Code.
10  (2) Entering into any agreement to commit, or by any
11  concerted action committing, any act of boycott, coercion
12  or intimidation resulting in or tending to result in
13  unreasonable restraint of, or monopoly in, the business of
14  insurance.
15  (3) Making or permitting, in the case of insurance of
16  the types enumerated in Classes 1, 2, and 3 of Section 4,
17  any unfair discrimination between individuals or risks of
18  the same class or of essentially the same hazard and
19  expense element because of the race, color, religion, or
20  national origin, or geographic location of such insurance
21  risks or applicants. The application of this Article to
22  the types of insurance enumerated in Class 1 of Section 4
23  shall in no way limit, reduce, or impair the protections
24  and remedies already provided for by Sections 236 and 364
25  of this Code or any other provision of this Code.

 

 

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1  (4) Engaging in any of the acts or practices defined
2  in or prohibited by Sections 154.5 through 154.8 of this
3  Code.
4  (5) Making or charging any rate for insurance against
5  losses arising from the use or ownership of a motor
6  vehicle which requires a higher premium of any person by
7  reason of his physical disability, race, color, religion,
8  or national origin.
9  (6) Failing to meet any requirement of the Unclaimed
10  Life Insurance Benefits Act with such frequency as to
11  constitute a general business practice.
12  (Source: P.A. 102-778, eff. 7-1-22.)
13  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 60 days
14  after becoming law.

 

 

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