2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 215 - INSURANCE › 215 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Insurance Code. › Article XXXIII - Urban Property Insurance

(215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIII heading)
ARTICLE XXXIII.  
		URBAN
PROPERTY INSURANCE
(215 ILCS 5/513b7)
Sec. 513b7. Pharmacy audits.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Audit" means any physical on-site, remote electronic, or concurrent review of a pharmacist or pharmacy service submitted to the pharmacy benefit manager or pharmacy benefit manager affiliate by a pharmacist or pharmacy for payment.
"Auditing entity" means a person or company that performs a pharmacy audit.
"Extrapolation" means the practice of inferring a frequency of dollar amount of overpayments, underpayments, nonvalid claims, or other errors on any portion of claims submitted, based on the frequency of dollar amount of overpayments, underpayments, nonvalid claims, or other errors actually measured in a sample of claims.
"Misfill" means a prescription that was not dispensed; a prescription that was dispensed but was an incorrect dose, amount, or type of medication; a prescription that was dispensed to the wrong person; a prescription in which the prescriber denied the authorization request; or a prescription in which an additional dispensing fee was charged.
"Pharmacy audit" means an audit conducted of any records of a pharmacy for prescriptions dispensed or nonproprietary drugs or pharmacist services provided by a pharmacy or pharmacist to a covered person.
"Pharmacy record" means any record stored electronically or as a hard copy by a pharmacy that relates to the provision of a prescription or pharmacy services or other component of pharmacist care that is included in the practice of pharmacy.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, when conducting a pharmacy audit, an auditing entity shall:
(1) not conduct an on-site audit of a pharmacy at any     time during the first 3 business days of a month or the first 2 weeks and final 2 weeks of the calendar year or during a declared State or federal public health emergency;
(2) notify the pharmacy or its contracting agent no     later than 14 business days before the date of initial on-site audit; the notification to the pharmacy or its contracting agent shall be in writing and delivered either:
(A) by mail or common carrier, return receipt         requested; or
(B) electronically, not including facsimile, with         electronic receipt confirmation and delivered during normal business hours of operation, addressed to the supervising pharmacist and pharmacy corporate office, if applicable, at least 14 business days before the date of an initial on-site audit;
(3) limit the audit period to 24 months after the     date a claim is submitted to or adjudicated by the pharmacy benefit manager;
(4) provide in writing the list of specific     prescription numbers to be included in the audit 14 business days before the on-site audit that may or may not include the final 2 digits of the prescription numbers;
(5) use the written and verifiable records of a     hospital, physician, or other authorized practitioner that are transmitted by any means of communication to validate the pharmacy records in accordance with State and federal law;
(6) limit the number of prescriptions audited to no     more than 100 prescriptions per audit and an entity shall not audit more than 200 prescriptions in any 12-month period, except in cases of fraud or knowing and willful misrepresentation; a refill shall not constitute a separate prescription and a pharmacy shall not be audited more than once every 6 months;
(7) provide the pharmacy or its contracting agent     with a copy of the preliminary audit report within 45 days after the conclusion of the audit;
(8) be allowed to conduct a follow-up audit on site     if a remote or desk audit reveals the necessity for a review of additional claims;
(9) accept invoice audits as validation invoices from     any wholesaler registered with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from which the pharmacy has purchased prescription drugs or, in the case of durable medical equipment or sickroom supplies, invoices from an authorized distributor other than a wholesaler;
(10) provide the pharmacy or its contracting agent     with the ability to provide documentation to address a discrepancy or audit finding if the documentation is received by the pharmacy benefit manager no later than the 45th day after the preliminary audit report was provided to the pharmacy or its contracting agent; the pharmacy benefit manager shall consider a reasonable request from the pharmacy for an extension of time to submit documentation to address or correct any findings in the report;
(11) be required to provide the pharmacy or its     contracting agent with the final audit report no later than 90 days after the initial audit report was provided to the pharmacy or its contracting agent;
(12) conduct the audit in consultation with a     pharmacist in specific cases if the audit involves clinical or professional judgment;
(13) not chargeback, recoup, or collect penalties     from a pharmacy until the time period to file an appeal of the final pharmacy audit report has passed or the appeals process has been exhausted, whichever is later, unless the identified discrepancy is expected to exceed $25,000, in which case the auditing entity may withhold future payments in excess of that amount until the final resolution of the audit;
(14) not compensate the employee or contractor     conducting the audit based on a percentage of the amount claimed or recouped pursuant to the audit;
(15) not use extrapolation to calculate penalties or     amounts to be charged back or recouped unless otherwise required by federal law or regulation; any amount to be charged back or recouped due to overpayment may not exceed the amount the pharmacy was overpaid;
(16) not include dispensing fees in the calculation     of overpayments unless a prescription is considered a misfill, the medication is not delivered to the patient, the prescription is not valid, or the prescriber denies authorizing the prescription; and
(17) conduct a pharmacy audit under the same     standards and parameters as conducted for other similarly situated pharmacies audited by the auditing entity.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by State or federal law, an auditing entity conducting a pharmacy audit may have access to a pharmacy's previous audit report only if the report was prepared by that auditing entity.
(d) Information collected during a pharmacy audit shall be confidential by law, except that the auditing entity conducting the pharmacy audit may share the information with the health benefit plan for which a pharmacy audit is being conducted and with any regulatory agencies and law enforcement agencies as required by law.
(e) A pharmacy may not be subject to a chargeback or recoupment for a clerical or recordkeeping error in a required document or record, including a typographical error or computer error, unless the pharmacy benefit manager can provide proof of intent to commit fraud or such error results in actual financial harm to the pharmacy benefit manager, a health plan managed by the pharmacy benefit manager, or a consumer.
(f) A pharmacy shall have the right to file a written appeal of a preliminary and final pharmacy audit report in accordance with the procedures established by the entity conducting the pharmacy audit.
(g) No interest shall accrue for any party during the audit period, beginning with the notice of the pharmacy audit and ending with the conclusion of the appeals process.
(h) An auditing entity must provide a copy to the plan sponsor of its claims that were included in the audit, and any recouped money shall be returned to the plan sponsor, unless otherwise contractually agreed upon by the plan sponsor and the pharmacy benefit manager.
(i) The parameters of an audit must comply with manufacturer listings or recommendations, unless otherwise prescribed by the treating provider, and must be covered under the individual's health plan, for the following:
(1) the day supply for eye drops must be calculated     so that the consumer pays only one 30-day copayment if the bottle of eye drops is intended by the manufacturer to be a 30-day supply;
(2) the day supply for insulin must be calculated so     that the highest dose prescribed is used to determine the day supply and consumer copayment; and
(3) the day supply for topical product must be     determined by the judgment of the pharmacist or treating provider upon the treated area.
(j) This Section shall not apply to:
(1) audits in which suspected fraud or knowing and     willful misrepresentation is evidenced by a physical review, review of claims data or statements, or other investigative methods;
(2) audits of claims paid for by federally funded     programs not applicable to health insurance coverage regulated by the Department; or
(3) concurrent reviews or desk audits that occur     within 3 business days after transmission of a claim and in which no chargeback or recoupment is demanded.(Source: P.A. 103-102, eff. 1-1-24.)
(215 ILCS 5/522) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.69)
Sec. 522. 
		Purpose. 
		This article is to make basic property insurance increasingly available
to the citizens of this State, and to deter the insurance industry from
geographically redlining urban areas of this State by requiring the restructuring
of the Industry Placement Facility and administering the FAIR Plan (Fair
Access to Insurance Requirements) to deliver residential property insurance
to all citizens of this State on a reasonable access and marketing basis
by offering homeowners insurance, by requiring immediate binding of eligible
risks, by making use of premium installment payment plans, and by further
establishing reasonable service standards in its plan of operation subject
to the approval and review of the Director; and, to establish a central
operation facility for the equitable distribution of losses and expenses
in the writing of the basic property insurance and homeowners insurance in this State.
(Source: P.A. 80-1365.)
(215 ILCS 5/523) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.70)
Sec. 523. 
		
		Definitions.) (1) "Basic Property Insurance" means the
coverage against direct loss to real or tangible personal property at a
fixed location provided in the Standard Fire Policy and Extended
Coverage Endorsement and such vandalism and malicious mischief or such
other classes of insurance as may be added with respect to the property
by the Industry Placement Facility with the approval of the Director, except
insurance on automobile, farm and manufacturing
risks and it shall include homeowners insurance.
(2) "Homeowners Insurance" means the personal multi-peril property
coverages commonly known as Homeowners Insurance.
(3) "Inspection Bureau(s)" means the organization or organizations
designated by the Industry Placement Facility with the approval of the
Director to make inspections to determine the condition of the
properties for which basic property insurance is sought and to perform
such other duties as may be authorized by the Industry Placement
Facility;
(4) "Industry Placement Facility" or "Facility" means the
organization formed by insurers licensed to write and engaged in writing
basic property insurance (including multi-peril policies)
within the State of Illinois to assist applicants in urban areas in
securing basic property insurance and to formulate and administer a
program for the equitable apportionment among such insurers of such
basic property insurance.
(5) "Urban Area" means any community having a blighted, deteriorated
or deteriorating area which the Facility has designated with the
approval of the Director, or which the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development has approved for an urban renewal
project after a local public agency has been formed in the community to
avail itself of a U.S. Housing and Urban Renewal Program, or which the
Director of Insurance has designated.
(6) "Premiums Written" means the gross direct premiums charged with
respect to property in this State on all policies of basic property
insurance and the basic property insurance premium components of all
multi-peril policies less return premiums, dividends paid or credited to
policyholders, or the unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits.
(Source: P.A. 80-1365.)
(215 ILCS 5/524) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.71)
Sec. 524. 
		FAIR Plan Procedure. 
		(1) Any person having an insurable
interest in real or tangible personal property at a fixed location in an
urban area who, after diligent effort has been unable to obtain basic
property insurance, as evidenced by 3 attempts to procure such insurance,
is entitled upon application to the Facility to an
inspection and evaluation of the property by representatives of the
Inspection Bureau.
(2) Any person who is an owner-resident of a one to four family
dwelling unit at a fixed location in an urban area and whose residential
real property insurance coverage has been nonrenewed through the
voluntary insurance market shall be entitled to submit a binding
application of coverage to the Facility for such period of time as is
required by the Facility to conduct a reasonable inspection of the
residential real property.
(3) The manner and scope of the inspection and evaluation report
for nonresidential property shall be prescribed by the Facility with
the approval of the Director. The
inspection must include, but need not be limited to, pertinent
structural and occupancy features as well as the general condition of
the building and surrounding structures. A representative photograph of
the property may be taken as part of the inspection.
(4) Promptly after the request for inspection is received an
inspection must be made and an inspection report filed with the company
or companies designated by the Facility. A copy of the completed
inspection and evaluation report must be sent to the Facility and made
available to the
applicant and to insurers in the voluntary insurance market upon request.
(5) If the Inspection Bureau finds that the residential property meets
the reasonable underwriting standards established under Section 525, the
applicant shall be so informed in writing. If the residential property does
not meet the criteria, the applicant shall be informed, in writing, of the
reasons for the failure of the residential property to meet the criteria.
(6) If, at any time, the applicant makes improvements in the residential
property or its condition which he or she believes are sufficient to make
the residential property meet the criteria, a representative of the Inspection
Bureau shall reinspect the residential property upon request. In any case,
the applicant for residential property insurance shall be eligible for one
reinspection any time
beginning 60 days after his or
her initial Fair plan inspection. If upon reinspection the residential property
meets the reasonable underwriting standards established under Section 525,
the applicant shall be so informed in writing.
(Source: P.A. 81-1430.)
(215 ILCS 5/525) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72)
Sec. 525. 
		
		Industry Placement Program.)
(1) Within 30 days after the
effective date of this Article, all insurers engaged in writing in this
State, on a direct basis, basic property insurance or any property
insurance component in multi-peril policies, other than local district,
county and township mutual companies, must establish an Industry
Placement Facility to formulate and administer a Program for the
equitable apportionment among such insurers of basic property insurance
which may be afforded applicants in urban areas whose property is
insurable in accordance with reasonable underwriting standards, but
who, after diligent efforts, are unable to procure such insurance through
normal channels, as evidenced by 3 attempts to procure such insurance.
The Program may also provide, with the approval of the
Director, for the use of deductibles, percentage participation clauses
and other underwriting devices and for assessment of all members in
amounts sufficient to operate the Facility, and may establish maximum
limits of liability to be placed through the Program,
commissions to be paid to the license producer designated by the
applicant and for relieving any company from accepting referrals under
the FAIR Plan, in whole or in part, for reasonable cause.  The Program
may also provide that the Facility issue policies in its own name.  The
Program shall establish reasonable underwriting standards for determining
insurability of a risk, subject to the approval of the Director.
(2) The Industry Placement Program, through its plan of operation,
shall provide reasonable access and marketing procedures for (a)
immediate binding of eligible risks; (b) premium installment payment
plans; and, (c) establishing adequate marketing and service facilities
in all designated urban areas of this State.
(3) Homeowners insurance coverage shall become part of the Industry
Placement Program of basic property insurance. The Facility shall
develop, with the consultation of the Director, a homeowners insurance
contract(s) for urban areas. Such Program of homeowners insurance will
be implemented through a plan of operation specifically entitling owner
residents who have been nonrenewed through normal insurance channels of
immediate binding coverage pending a reasonable period of time for the
Facility to conduct an inspection of the premises to determine whether
the premises comply with underwriting requirements set out in the Program.
(4) Each insurer, as a condition of its authority to transact such
kinds of insurance in this State, must participate in the Industry
Placement Program in accordance with this Article and such a plan of
operation as may be established by a Governing Committee of 6 insurers
elected annually in a manner provided in a membership agreement to be
executed by each participating insurer, 4 members who are not
employees of or otherwise affiliated with the
insurance industry appointed by the Director to represent the
interest of insurance consumers, and one member who is an Illinois licensed
insurance producer appointed by the Director, who shall serve
for terms consistent with the terms served by
their counterparts from the insurance industry.
(Source: P.A. 88-667, eff. 9-16-94.)
(215 ILCS 5/525.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72-1)
Sec. 525.1. 
		
		Centralized Operations Authorized.)  (1)  The Industry
Placement Facility is authorized, for FAIR Plan purposes only, to issue
policies of insurance and endorsements thereto in its own name or a
trade name duly adopted for that purpose, and to act on behalf of all
participating insurers in connection with said policies and otherwise in
any manner necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Article,
including but not limited to collection of premiums, issuance of
cancellations, and payment of commissions, losses, judgments and
expenses.
(2) The participating insurers shall be liable to the Facility as
provided in this Article, the Program and any related Articles of
Agreement for the expenses and liabilities so incurred by the Facility,
and the Governing Committee shall make assessments against the
participating insurers as required to meet such expenses and
liabilities. In connection with any policy issued by the Facility: (a)
the name and percentage participation of each participating insurer
shall be made available to the insured upon request to the Facility;
(b) service of any notice, proof of loss, legal process or other
communication with respect to the policy may and shall be made upon the
Facility; and (c) any action by the insured constituting a claim under
the policy shall be brought only against the Facility, and the Facility
shall be the proper party for all purposes in any action brought under
or in connection with any such policy.  The foregoing requirements shall
be set forth in any policy issued by the Facility and the form and
content of any such policy shall be subject to the approval of the
Director of Insurance.
(3) The Facility is authorized to assume and cede reinsurance in
conformity with the Program.
(4) (a)  Each insurer must participate in the writings, expenses,
profits and losses of the Facility in the proportion that its premiums written,
with respect to each fund, bear to the aggregate premiums written by all
insurers, with respect to each said fund, excluding that portion of the
premiums written attributable to the operation of the Facility except
as otherwise provided in this Section.
(b) The Director of Insurance shall by rule establish procedures for
determining the net level of participation required of each insurer, which
shall include the following elements:
(i) The designation of one or more contiguous ZIP CODE areas within
this State wherein the insurers writing new policies upon risks which they
do not insure prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act may receive
credit against
their obligation for FAIR Plan risks;
(ii) The minimum level of participation required of all insurers regardless of
the amount of credit allowed but which in no case shall be less than 50%
of that level of participation that would be required as defined in paragraph
(a) above;
(iii) A designation of the type of risks for which credit may be allowed,
provided that credit shall not apply to commercial risks where the annual
premium for the policy exceeds $2,000 for each fixed location;
(iv) The maximum level of participation required of all insurers regardless
of the amount of credit allowed.
(c) The procedures for determining levels of participation and all designations,
formulas, minima and maxima required by this Section shall be reasonably
designed to effect the intent of this Article without exempting any insurer
from the participation requirement.
(5) Voting on administrative questions of the Facility shall be
weighted in accordance with each insurers' premium written during the
second preceding calendar year as disclosed in the reports filed by the
insurer with the Director.
(6) The Facility may on its own initiative or at the request of the
Director, amend its rules or Program, subject to approval by the
Director.
(Source: P.A. 81-1426.)
(215 ILCS 5/525.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72-2)
Sec. 525.2. 
		Premium financing.
In the event the Industry Placement Facility accepts premium payments
from licensed premium financing companies and whenever a financed FAIR Plan
insurance contract is cancelled in accordance with Section 521 of the
Illinois Insurance Code, the insurer or Industry Placement Facility shall
return whatever gross unearned premium is due under the insurance contract
to the premium finance company effecting the cancellation for the account
of the insured or insureds less the proportionate amount of the commissions
paid by it to the producers of such FAIR Plan risk, prorated as to the
unearned portion of the premium, which amount such producers shall return
to the premium finance company. In the event of cancellation as set forth
above the Industry Placement Facility may deduct and retain from the return
premium a reasonable amount as a service charge.
(Source: P.A. 77-1561.)
(215 ILCS 5/525.3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72-3)
Sec. 525.3. 
		Approval of Rates. 
		In the event that the Industry Placement
Facility proposes to issue policies of insurance or endorsements thereto
pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 525.1, the Facility shall file for
approval with the Director the proposed rates and supplemental rate information
to be used in connection with the issuance of such policies or endorsements.
Within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rates, the Director shall enter
an order either approving or disapproving, in whole or in part, the rate
plan filed.  The Director may, upon notice to the Industry Placement Facility,
extend the period for entering an order under this Section an additional
30 days.  No such policies or endorsements shall be issued until such time
as the Director approves the rates to be applied to the policy or endorsement.
An order disapproving a rate shall state the grounds for the disapproval
and the findings in support thereof.
(Source: P.A. 81-1426.)
(215 ILCS 5/525.4) (from Ch. 73, par. 1965.72-4)
Sec. 525.4. 
		Application for Coverage of Risks by the Facility. 
		(1) In the
event that the Industry Placement Facility proposes to issue policies of
insurance or endorsements thereto pursuant to subsection (1) of Section
525.1, the Facility shall require a written application for such
policies or endorsements.  All applications shall be incorporated into the
policy or endorsement for which application was made.
(2) Applications for coverage of risks on property which is held in a
land trust, except applications for policies described in subsection (b)
of Section 143.13, shall disclose all beneficial interests in the property
in accordance with "An Act to require disclosure, under certification of
perjury, of all beneficial interests in real property held in a land trust,
in certain cases", approved September 21, 1973, as amended.  Changes, which
result in an aggregate of 25%, in beneficial interest in the property subsequent
to the verification made in the application shall be reported by the
applicant or policy holder to the Facility no later than 10 days after the
change in beneficial interest occurs.
This shall not apply to transfer of beneficial interest to members of the
immediate family including spouse, children and grandchildren and their
spouses, parents, sisters and brothers.  Changes in beneficial interest
which result in an aggregate of less than 25% shall be reported at the time
of renewal of the policy. Disclosure of the beneficial interests in such
property is deemed material
to the application for new coverage or the continuation of existing coverage
and failure to disclose all beneficial interests, including any changes
therein, renders the contract of insurance voidable at the option of the
Facility.  Upon being notified of any change in beneficial interest, the
Facility shall reevaluate its risk of loss as if the risk were a new application
for coverage.  When a policy subject to this Section is issued or applied
for, the Facility shall give written notice as to the requirements of this Section
to the named insured or applicant and all beneficiaries disclosed in the application.
(3) Applications for policies or endorsements covering real property,
except applications for policies described in subsection (b) of Section
143.13, shall include the following information:
(a) name and address of the applicant;
(b) name and address of all parties with any financial interest in the
property to be insured and the nature and extent of such interest, including mortgages;
(c) all purchases and sales of the property to be insured during the last
five years, including all parties involved in such transactions, with their
names and addresses;
(d) the value the insured claims for the insurable interest and the method
utilized to derive that value;
(e) all income from the property to be insured during the current year
and the last calendar and tax years, if known;
(f) occupancy and use during the preceding two years, including percentage
of occupancy if a nonowner occupied dwelling, if known;
(g) prior loss history of the applicant and the property to be insured;
(h) all tax liens and other legal encumbrances affecting the property
to be insured; and
(i) all violations of building construction and maintenance ordinances
concerning the property to be insured which have been cited in a legal notice
from an ordinance enforcement authority and which violations have not been
certified as remedied by the enforcement authority, and for which an enforcement
action is pending.
(4) Within 60 days of receipt of an application submitted pursuant to
subsection (3), the Facility shall conduct an on-site inspection of the
property to be insured so as to determine the nature of the risk presented
and the availability of coverage by the Facility.  Any policy or endorsement
issued on an application submitted pursuant to subsection (3) may be cancelled
by the Facility within 60 days of the issuance thereof.
(Source: P.A. 81-1426.)
(215 ILCS 5/527) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.74)
Sec. 527. 
		
		Right
to appeal.
(1) Any applicant or affected insurer has the right of appeal to the
Governing Committee. A decision of the Committee may be appealed to the
Director within 30 days after such decision.
(2) All orders or decisions of the Director made pursuant to this
Article are subject to judicial review
in accordance with the
Administrative Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
(215 ILCS 5/528) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.75)
Sec. 528. 
		Inspection reports.
There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action against
insurers, the Inspection Bureau, the Facility, the Association, the
Governing Committee, their agents or employees, or the Director or his
authorized representatives, with respect to any inspections required to be
undertaken by this Article or for any acts or omissions in connection
therewith, or for any statements made in any report and communication
concerning the insurability of the property, or in the findings required by
the provisions of this Article, or at the hearings conducted in connection
with such inspections. The reports and communications of the Inspection
Bureau, the Facility, the Association, and the records of the Governing
Committee are not considered public documents.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 15.)
(215 ILCS 5/529) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76)
Sec. 529. 
		Illinois Insurance Development Fund.
(a) A trust fund is created to be known as the "Illinois Insurance
Development Fund" to be administered by the State Treasurer as a special
trust fund. The purpose is to provide financial back-up for the Facility
and the Association in order to enable companies to qualify for riot and
civil disorder reinsurance under the National Insurance Development
Corporation Act of 1968 or any other act of the United States which will
similarly provide reinsurance or financial back-up to accomplish the
purpose of this Article.
(b) The Fund shall consist of all payments made to the Fund by companies
in accordance with the provisions of this Article, any securities acquired
by and through use of monies belonging to the Fund, any monies appropriated
to the Fund, and any interest and accretions earned on assets of the Fund.
The State Treasurer shall have the same power to enforce the collection of
the assessments provided hereunder as any other obligation due the State.
(Source: P.A. 76-714.)
(215 ILCS 5/529.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-1)
Sec. 529.1. 
		Reimbursement of the Secretary. 
		
		The Fund shall reimburse the Secretary of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as "the Secretary") under the
provisions of Section 1223(a) (1) of the Urban Property Protection and
Reinsurance Act of 1968 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") for losses
reinsured by the Secretary and occurring in this State on or after August
1, 1968, provided that the total amount of reimbursement in any one year
shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the aggregate property insurance
premiums earned in this State during the preceding calendar year on those
lines of insurance reinsured by the Secretary in this State during the
calendar year.
(Source: P.A. 76-714.)
(215 ILCS 5/529.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-2)
Sec. 529.2. 
		Making of assessments. 
		
		Whenever the Secretary shall, in accordance with the Act, present to the
State a request for reimbursement under the Act, the Fund shall immediately
assess all companies which, during the calendar year with respect to which
reimbursement is requested by the Secretary, are engaged in writing
property insurance in this State. The amount of each such company's
assessment shall be calculated by multiplying the amount of the
reimbursement requested by the Secretary by a fraction the numerator of
which is the company's direct property insurance premiums earned in this
State and the denominator of which is the aggregate of such premiums for
all companies. Within 30 days following the end of each full calendar
quarter, each company shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to one-twelfth
of the company's assessment.
(Source: P.A. 76-714.)
(215 ILCS 5/529.3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-3)
Sec. 529.3. 
		Insolvency. 
		In the event any company fails, by reason of insolvency, to pay any
assessment, the Fund shall cause the reimbursement ratios, computed
under Section 529.2, to be immediately recalculated, excluding therefrom the
amount of the insolvent company's assessment determined by the Director
of Insurance to be uncollectible, so that such uncollectible amount is,
in effect, assumed and redistributed among the remaining companies.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
(215 ILCS 5/529.4) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-4)
Sec. 529.4. 
		
		
		Whenever the fund shall assess insurers in accordance with this Section,
each insurer may charge an additional premium on every property insurance
policy issued by it insuring property in this state, the effective date of
which policy is within the 3 year period commencing 90 days after the date
of assessment by the Fund. The amount of the additional premium shall be
calculated on the basis of a uniform percentage of the premium on such
policies equal to 1/3 of the ratio of the amount of an insurer's assessment
to the amount of its direct earned premiums for the calendar year
immediately preceding the year in which the assessment is made, such that
over the period of 3 years the aggregate of all such additional premium
charges by an insurer shall be equal to the amount of the assessment of
such insurer. The minimum additional premium charged on a policy may be
$1.00 and any other additional premium charged may be rounded to the
nearest dollar.
(Source: P.A. 76-714.)
(215 ILCS 5/529.5) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-5)
Sec. 529.5. 
		
		The Industry Placement Facility shall compile an annual
operating report, and publish such report in at least 2 newspapers having
widespread circulation in the State, which report shall include:
(1) a description of the origin and purpose of the Illinois Fair Plan
and its relationship to the property and casualty insurance industry in
Illinois;
(2) a financial statement specifying the amount of profit or loss incurred
by the Facility for its financial year; and
(3) a disclosure as to the amount of subsidization per type of policy
written by the Facility, which is provided by the property and casualty
insurance companies operating in Illinois, if any.
This annual report shall be a matter of public record to be made available
to any person requesting a copy from the Facility at a fee not to exceed
$10 per copy.  A copy shall be available for inspection at the
Department of Insurance.
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
(215 ILCS 5/530) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.77)
Sec. 530. 
		
		Powers of the Director.)  In addition to any powers
conferred upon him by this or any other law, the Director is charged
with the authority to supervise the Inspection Bureau, the Facility and
the Association.  In addition the Director or any person designated by
him has the power:
(1) to examine the operation of the Facility and Association through
free access to all the books, records, files, papers and documents
relating to their operation and may summon, qualify and examine as
witnesses all persons having knowledge of such operations including
officers, agents or employees thereof;
(2) to do all things necessary to enable the State of Illinois and
any insurer participating in any Program approved by the Director to
fully participate in any federal program of reinsurance which may be
enacted for purposes similar to the purposes of this Article;
(3) to require such reports from insurers concerning risks insured
under any Program approved pursuant to this Article as he may deem
necessary;
(4) to approve a homeowners policy form(s) for the Industry Placement Program.
(5) To require the Insurance Placement Program to develop marketing programs
which will deter urban redlining and other unfairly discriminatory geographic
underwriting programs by making readily available basic property insurance.
(6) to permit modification of the Standard Fire Policy issued by the
facility for non owner-occupied residences exceeding four units, after the
director has conducted a public hearing which establishes that such modifications:
1) will provide for equitable settlements of loss;
2) will discourage arson for profit; and
3) will encourage neighborhood revitalization, while maintaining the interests
of the insured and the facility.  The Director shall confer with the facility
to establish criteria by which it can be determined whether such modification
of the Standard Fire Policy is accomplishing its objectives.  The Director
shall conduct, within two years of any modification of the Standard Fire
Policy, a public hearing to determine whether such modification has accomplished
the three preceding objectives.  In the event that such public hearing does
not establish that such objectives are being accomplished, then the Director
shall rescind the modification of the Standard Fire Policy, or further modify
such policy to accomplish the objectives.
(Source: P.A. 82-499.)
(215 ILCS 5/530a) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.77a)
Sec. 530a. 
		
		The Director of Insurance shall form a task force to review
the policy forms and endorsements issued by the Industry Placement Facility
on residential property of 5 or more dwelling units.  The task force shall
consider the coverage, perils and settlement provisions and make their recommendations
to the Director by January 15, 1981, on proposed policy forms and endorsements
which will provide for equitable settlement of loss, discourage arson for
profit and encourage neighborhood revitalization.  Any recommendation of
the task force shall consider the impact on the continuous goal of depopulation
of the Facility.
The Task force shall be comprised of members of the insurance industry,
general public and 4 members of the General Assembly, 2 to be appointed
by the President of the Senate and 2 by the Speaker of the House with equal
representation from the majority and minority parties.
The Director shall hold public hearings on the task force recommendations
and promulgate a rule to adopt such policy forms and endorsements as minimum
standards for the Industry Placement Facility.
(Source: P.A. 81-1432.)