215 ILCS 5/401.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 215 - INSURANCE|215 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Insurance Code.|Article XXIV - Director Of Insurance, Hearings And Review

 (from Ch. 73, par. 1013.1)Sec. 401.1.         (1) This Section applies to all companies and persons subject to  examination by the Director, or purporting to do insurance business in  this State, or in the process of organization with intent to do such  business therein, or for whom a Certificate of Authority is required for  the transaction of business, or whose Certificate of Authority is  revoked or suspended.(2) Whenever it appears to the Director that any person or company  subject to this Code is conducting its business and affairs in such a  manner as to threaten to render it insolvent, or that it is in a  hazardous condition, or is conducting its business and affairs in a  manner which is hazardous to its policyholders, creditors or the public,  or that it has committed or engaged in, or is committing or engaging in,  any unlawful act, or any act, practice or transaction which under any  provision of this Code would constitute ground rendering the person  subject to conservation, liquidation or rehabilitation proceedings and  that irreparable loss and injury to the property and business of a  person or company has occurred or may occur unless the Director acts  immediately, the Director may, without notice, and before hearing, issue  and cause to be served upon such person or company an order requiring  such person or company to forthwith cease and desist from engaging  further in the acts, practices or transactions which are causing such  conduct, condition or ground to exist.(3) At the same time an order is served pursuant to paragraph (2) of  this Section, the Director must issue and also serve upon the person or  company a notice of hearing to be held at a time and place fixed therein  which may not be less than 20 or more than 30 days after the service  thereof. The notice must contain a statement of the conduct, condition  or ground which the Director deems violative of the provisions of this  Section.(4) If, after hearing as provided by paragraph (3) of this Section,  any of the statements as to conduct, conditions or grounds in the notice  are found to be true, the Director may make such order or orders as may  be reasonably necessary to correct, eliminate or remedy such conduct,  conditions or grounds.(5) Any person or company subject to an order pursuant  to this Article is entitled to judicial review of the order in accordance  with the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.(6) If any person or company violates or fails to comply with any  order of the Director or any part thereof which as to such person has  become final and is still in effect, the Director may, after a hearing  and notice at which it is determined that a violation of such order has  been committed, further order that:(a) Such person shall forfeit and pay to the State of Illinois a sum  not to exceed $100 per day for each and every day that such violation or  failure to comply shall continue, but in no event to exceed a maximum  amount of $5,000. Such liability shall be enforced in an action brought  in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Director in the name of  the people of the State of Illinois; and(b) Proceedings be commenced to revoke or suspend any license or  Certificate of Authority held by such person under this Code, in  accordance with the procedures provided therefor.(7) The powers vested in the Director by this Section are additional  to any and all other powers and remedies vested in the Director by law,  and nothing herein shall be construed as requiring that the Director  shall employ the powers conferred herein instead of or as a condition  precedent to the exercise of any other power or remedy vested in the  Director.(8) Any order or notice of the Director hereunder may be served on  any person, in the same manner and with the same effect as provided for  in civil actions in a Circuit Court of this State.    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)