2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 215 - INSURANCE › 215 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Insurance Code. › Article XXV - Fees, Charges And Taxes

(215 ILCS 5/Art. XXV heading)
ARTICLE XXV.  
		FEES, CHARGES AND TAXES
(215 ILCS 5/408) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-75)
Sec. 408. Fees and charges.
(1) The Director shall charge, collect and
give proper acquittances for the payment of the following fees and charges:
(a) For filing all documents submitted for the     incorporation or organization or certification of a domestic company, except for a fraternal benefit society, $2,000.
(b) For filing all documents submitted for the     incorporation or organization of a fraternal benefit society, $500.
(c) For filing amendments to articles of     incorporation and amendments to declaration of organization, except for a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a burial society or a farm mutual, $200.
(d) For filing amendments to articles of     incorporation of a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association or a burial society, $100.
(e) For filing amendments to articles of     incorporation of a farm mutual, $50.
(f) For filing bylaws or amendments thereto, $50.
(g) For filing agreement of merger or consolidation:
(i) for a domestic company, except for a         fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $2,000.
(ii) for a foreign or alien company, except for a         fraternal benefit society, $600.
(iii) for a fraternal benefit society, a mutual         benefit association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $200.
(h) For filing agreements of reinsurance by a     domestic company, $200.
(i) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign     or alien company to be admitted to transact business or accredited as a reinsurer in this State, except for a fraternal benefit society, $5,000.
(j) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign     or alien fraternal benefit society to be admitted to transact business in this State, $500.
(k) For filing declaration of withdrawal of a foreign     or alien company, $50.
(l) For filing annual statement by a domestic     company, except a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $200.
(m) For filing annual statement by a domestic     fraternal benefit society, $100.
(n) For filing annual statement by a farm mutual, a     mutual benefit association, or a burial society, $50.
(o) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal     thereof except to a foreign fraternal benefit society, $400.
(p) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal     thereof to a foreign fraternal benefit society, $200.
(q) For issuing an amended certificate of authority,     $50.
(r) For each certified copy of certificate of     authority, $20.
(s) For each certificate of deposit, or valuation, or     compliance or surety certificate, $20.
(t) For copies of papers or records per page, $1.
(u) For each certification to copies of papers or     records, $10.
(v) For multiple copies of documents or certificates     listed in subparagraphs (r), (s), and (u) of paragraph (1) of this Section, $10 for the first copy of a certificate of any type and $5 for each additional copy of the same certificate requested at the same time, unless, pursuant to paragraph (2) of this Section, the Director finds these additional fees excessive.
(w) For issuing a permit to sell shares or increase     paid-up capital:
(i) in connection with a public stock offering,         $300;
(ii) in any other case, $100.
(x) For issuing any other certificate required or     permissible under the law, $50.
(y) For filing a plan of exchange of the stock of a     domestic stock insurance company, a plan of demutualization of a domestic mutual company, or a plan of reorganization under Article XII, $2,000.
(z) For filing a statement of acquisition of a     domestic company as defined in Section 131.4 of this Code, $2,000.
(aa) For filing an agreement to purchase the business     of an organization authorized under the Dental Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act or of a health maintenance organization or a limited health service organization, $2,000.
(bb) For filing a statement of acquisition of a     foreign or alien insurance company as defined in Section 131.12a of this Code, $1,000.
(cc) For filing a registration statement as required     in Sections 131.13 and 131.14, the notification as required by Sections 131.16, 131.20a, or 141.4, or an agreement or transaction required by Sections 124.2(2), 141, 141a, or 141.1, $200.
(dd) For filing an application for licensing of:
(i) a religious or charitable risk pooling trust         or a workers' compensation pool, $1,000;
(ii) a workers' compensation service company,         $500;
(iii) a self-insured automobile fleet, $200; or
(iv) a renewal of or amendment of any license         issued pursuant to (i), (ii), or (iii) above, $100.
(ee) For filing articles of incorporation for a     syndicate to engage in the business of insurance through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $2,000.
(ff) For filing amended articles of incorporation for     a syndicate engaged in the business of insurance through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $100.
(gg) For filing articles of incorporation for a     limited syndicate to join with other subscribers or limited syndicates to do business through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $1,000.
(hh) For filing amended articles of incorporation for     a limited syndicate to do business through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $100.
(ii) For a permit to solicit subscriptions to a     syndicate or limited syndicate, $100.
(jj) For the filing of each form as required in     Section 143 of this Code, $50 per form. Informational and advertising filings shall be $25 per filing.  The fee for advisory and rating organizations shall be $200 per form.
(i) For the purposes of the form filing fee,         filings made on insert page basis will be considered one form at the time of its original submission. Changes made to a form subsequent to its approval shall be considered a new filing.
(ii) Only one fee shall be charged for a form,         regardless of the number of other forms or policies with which it will be used.
(iii) Fees charged for a policy filed as it will         be issued regardless of the number of forms comprising that policy shall not exceed $1,500. For advisory or rating organizations, fees charged for a policy filed as it will be issued regardless of the number of forms comprising that policy shall not exceed $2,500.
(iv) The Director may by rule exempt forms from         such fees.
(kk) For filing an application for licensing of a     reinsurance intermediary, $500.
(ll) For filing an application for renewal of a     license of a reinsurance intermediary, $200.
(mm)   For filing a plan of division of a domestic     stock company under Article IIB, $10,000.
(nn)   For filing all documents submitted by a     foreign or alien company to be a certified reinsurer in this State, except for a fraternal benefit society, $1,000.
(oo) For filing a renewal by a foreign or alien          company to be a certified reinsurer in this State, except for a fraternal benefit society, $400.
(pp)   For filing all documents submitted by a     reinsurer domiciled in a reciprocal jurisdiction, $1,000.
(qq)   For filing a renewal by a reinsurer domiciled     in a reciprocal jurisdiction, $400.
(rr)   For registering a captive management company     or renewal thereof, $50.
(2) When printed copies or numerous copies of the same paper or records
are furnished or certified, the Director may reduce such fees for copies
if he finds them excessive.  He may, when he considers it in the public
interest, furnish without charge to state insurance departments and persons
other than companies, copies or certified copies of reports of examinations
and of other papers and records.
(3) The expenses incurred in any performance
examination authorized by law shall be paid by the company or person being
examined. The charge shall be reasonably related to the cost of the
examination including but not limited to compensation of examiners,
electronic data processing costs, supervision and preparation of an
examination report and lodging and travel expenses.
All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accord
with the applicable travel regulations as published by the Department of
Central Management Services and approved by the Governor's Travel Control
Board, except that out-of-state lodging and travel expenses related to
examinations authorized under Section 132 shall be in accordance with
travel rates prescribed under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel
Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2, for reimbursement of subsistence expenses
incurred during official travel.  All lodging and travel expenses may be reimbursed directly upon authorization of the
Director. With the exception of the
direct reimbursements authorized by the
Director, all performance examination charges collected by the
Department shall be paid
to the Insurance Producer Administration Fund,
however, the electronic data processing costs
incurred by the Department in the performance of any examination shall be
billed directly to the company being examined for payment to the Technology Management
 Revolving Fund.
(4) At the time of any service of process on the Director
as attorney for such service, the Director shall charge and collect the
sum of $40, which may be recovered as taxable costs by
the party to the suit or action causing such service to be made if he prevails
in such suit or action.
(5) (a) The costs incurred by the Department of Insurance
in conducting any hearing authorized by law shall be assessed against the
parties to the hearing in such proportion as the Director of Insurance may
determine upon consideration of all relevant circumstances including:  (1)
the nature of the hearing; (2) whether the hearing was instigated by, or
for the benefit of a particular party or parties; (3) whether there is a
successful party on the merits of the proceeding; and (4) the relative levels
of participation by the parties.
(b) For purposes of this subsection (5) costs incurred shall
mean the hearing officer fees, court reporter fees, and travel expenses
of Department of Insurance officers and employees; provided however, that
costs incurred shall not include hearing officer fees or court reporter
fees unless the Department has retained the services of independent
contractors or outside experts to perform such functions.
(c) The Director shall make the assessment of costs incurred as part of
the final order or decision arising out of the proceeding; provided, however,
that such order or decision shall include findings and conclusions in support
of the assessment of costs.  This subsection (5) shall not be construed as
permitting the payment of travel expenses unless calculated in accordance
with the applicable travel regulations of the Department
of Central Management Services, as approved by the Governor's Travel Control
Board.  The Director as part of such order or decision shall require all
assessments for hearing officer fees and court reporter fees, if any, to
be paid directly to the hearing officer or court reporter by the party(s)
assessed for such costs. The assessments for travel expenses of Department
officers and employees shall be reimbursable to the
Director of Insurance for
deposit to the fund out of which those expenses had been paid.
(d) The provisions of this subsection (5) shall apply in the case of any
hearing conducted by the Director of Insurance not otherwise specifically
provided for by law.
(6) The Director shall charge and collect an annual financial
regulation fee from every domestic company for examination and analysis of
its financial condition and to fund the internal costs and expenses of the
Interstate Insurance Receivership Commission as may be allocated to the State
of Illinois and companies doing an insurance business in this State pursuant to
Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact.  The fee shall be
the greater fixed amount based upon
the combination of nationwide direct premium income and
nationwide reinsurance
assumed premium
income or upon admitted assets calculated under this subsection as follows:
(a) Combination of nationwide direct premium income     and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium.
(i) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000         and there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
(ii) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more,         but less than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance assumed premium; or if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is less than $10,000,000;
(iii) $3,750, if the premium is less than         $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is $10,000,000 or more;
(iv) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or         more, but less than $10,000,000;
(v) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or         more, but less than $25,000,000;
(vi) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or         more, but less than $50,000,000;
(vii) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or         more, but less than $100,000,000;
(viii) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or         more.
(b) Admitted assets.
(i) $150, if admitted assets are less than         $1,000,000;
(ii) $750, if admitted assets are $1,000,000 or         more, but less than $5,000,000;
(iii) $3,750, if admitted assets are $5,000,000         or more, but less than $25,000,000;
(iv) $7,500, if admitted assets are $25,000,000         or more, but less than $50,000,000;
(v) $18,000, if admitted assets are $50,000,000         or more, but less than $100,000,000;
(vi) $22,500, if admitted assets are $100,000,000         or more, but less than $500,000,000;
(vii) $30,000, if admitted assets are         $500,000,000 or more, but less than $1,000,000,000;
(viii) $37,500, if admitted assets are         $1,000,000,000 or more.
(c) The sum of financial regulation fees charged to     the domestic companies of the same affiliated group shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in any single year and shall be billed by the Director to the member company designated by the group.
(7) The Director shall charge and collect an annual financial regulation
fee from every foreign or alien company, except fraternal benefit
societies, for the
examination and analysis of its financial condition and to fund the internal
costs and expenses of the Interstate Insurance Receivership Commission as may
be allocated to the State of Illinois and companies doing an insurance business
in this State pursuant to Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership
Compact.
The fee shall be a fixed amount based upon Illinois direct premium income
and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium income in accordance with the
following schedule:
(a) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000 and     there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
(b) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more, but     less than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance assumed premium; or if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is less than $10,000,000;
(c) $3,750, if the premium is less than $5,000,000     and the reinsurance assumed premium is $10,000,000 or more;
(d) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or more, but     less than $10,000,000;
(e) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more,     but less than $25,000,000;
(f) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or more,     but less than $50,000,000;
(g) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or more,     but less than $100,000,000;
(h) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or more.
The sum of financial regulation fees under this subsection (7)
charged to the foreign or alien companies within the same affiliated group
shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in any single year
and shall be
billed by the Director to the member company designated by the group.
(8) Beginning January 1, 1992, the financial regulation fees imposed
under subsections (6) and (7)
of this Section shall be paid by each company or domestic affiliated group
annually.  After January
1, 1994, the fee shall be billed by Department invoice
based upon the company's
premium income or admitted assets as shown in its annual statement for the
preceding calendar year.  The invoice is due upon
receipt and must be paid no later than June 30 of each calendar year.  All
financial
regulation fees collected by the Department shall be paid to the Insurance
Financial Regulation Fund.  The Department may not collect financial
examiner per diem charges from companies subject to subsections (6) and (7)
of this Section undergoing financial examination
after June 30, 1992.
(9) In addition to the financial regulation fee required by this
Section, a company undergoing any financial examination authorized by law
shall pay the following costs and expenses incurred by the Department:
electronic data processing costs, the expenses authorized under Section 131.21
and
subsection (d) of Section 132.4 of this Code, and lodging and travel expenses.
Electronic data processing costs incurred by the Department in the
performance of any examination shall be billed directly to the company
undergoing examination for payment to the Technology Management Revolving
Fund.  Except for direct reimbursements authorized by the Director or
direct payments made under Section 131.21 or subsection (d) of Section
132.4 of this Code, all financial regulation fees and all financial
examination charges collected by the Department shall be paid to the
Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accordance with applicable
travel regulations published by the Department of Central Management
Services and approved by the Governor's Travel Control Board, except that
out-of-state lodging and travel expenses related to examinations authorized
under Sections 132.1 through 132.7 shall be in accordance
with travel rates prescribed
under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2,
for reimbursement of subsistence expenses incurred during official travel.
All lodging and travel expenses may be
reimbursed directly upon the authorization of the Director.
In the case of an organization or person not subject to the financial
regulation fee, the expenses incurred in any financial examination authorized
by law shall be paid by the organization or person being examined.  The charge
shall be reasonably related to the cost of the examination including, but not
limited to, compensation of examiners and other costs described in this
subsection.
(10) Any company, person, or entity failing to make any payment of $150
or more as required under this Section shall be subject to the penalty and
interest provisions provided for in subsections (4) and (7)
of Section 412.
(11) Unless otherwise specified, all of the fees collected under this
Section shall be paid into the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
(12) For purposes of this Section:
(a) "Domestic company" means a company as defined in     Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized under the laws of this State, and in addition includes a not-for-profit corporation authorized under the Dental Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, a health maintenance organization, and a limited health service organization.
(b) "Foreign company" means a company as defined in     Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any state of the United States other than this State and in addition includes a health maintenance organization and a limited health service organization which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any state of the United States other than this State.
(c) "Alien company" means a company as defined in     Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any country other than the United States.
(d) "Fraternal benefit society" means a corporation,     society, order, lodge or voluntary association as defined in Section 282.1 of this Code.
(e) "Mutual benefit association" means a company,     association or corporation authorized by the Director to do business in this State under the provisions of Article XVIII of this Code.
(f) "Burial society" means a person, firm,     corporation, society or association of individuals authorized by the Director to do business in this State under the provisions of Article XIX of this Code.
(g) "Farm mutual" means a district, county and     township mutual insurance company authorized by the Director to do business in this State under the provisions of the Farm Mutual Insurance Company Act of 1986.
(Source: P.A. 102-775, eff. 5-13-22.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-75)
Sec. 408. Fees and charges.
(1) The Director shall charge, collect and
give proper acquittances for the payment of the following fees and charges:
(a) For filing all documents submitted for the     incorporation or organization or certification of a domestic company, except for a fraternal benefit society, $2,000.
(b) For filing all documents submitted for the     incorporation or organization of a fraternal benefit society, $500.
(c) For filing amendments to articles of     incorporation and amendments to declaration of organization, except for a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a burial society or a farm mutual, $200.
(d) For filing amendments to articles of     incorporation of a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association or a burial society, $100.
(e) For filing amendments to articles of     incorporation of a farm mutual, $50.
(f) For filing bylaws or amendments thereto, $50.
(g) For filing agreement of merger or consolidation:
(i) for a domestic company, except for a         fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $2,000.
(ii) for a foreign or alien company, except for a         fraternal benefit society, $600.
(iii) for a fraternal benefit society, a mutual         benefit association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $200.
(h) For filing agreements of reinsurance by a     domestic company, $200.
(i) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign     or alien company to be admitted to transact business or accredited as a reinsurer in this State, except for a fraternal benefit society, $5,000.
(j) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign     or alien fraternal benefit society to be admitted to transact business in this State, $500.
(k) For filing declaration of withdrawal of a foreign     or alien company, $50.
(l) For filing annual statement by a domestic     company, except a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $200.
(m) For filing annual statement by a domestic     fraternal benefit society, $100.
(n) For filing annual statement by a farm mutual, a     mutual benefit association, or a burial society, $50.
(o) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal     thereof except to a foreign fraternal benefit society, $400.
(p) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal     thereof to a foreign fraternal benefit society, $200.
(q) For issuing an amended certificate of authority,     $50.
(r) For each certified copy of certificate of     authority, $20.
(s) For each certificate of deposit, or valuation, or     compliance or surety certificate, $20.
(t) For copies of papers or records per page, $1.
(u) For each certification to copies of papers or     records, $10.
(v) For multiple copies of documents or certificates     listed in subparagraphs (r), (s), and (u) of paragraph (1) of this Section, $10 for the first copy of a certificate of any type and $5 for each additional copy of the same certificate requested at the same time, unless, pursuant to paragraph (2) of this Section, the Director finds these additional fees excessive.
(w) For issuing a permit to sell shares or increase     paid-up capital:
(i) in connection with a public stock offering,         $300;
(ii) in any other case, $100.
(x) For issuing any other certificate required or     permissible under the law, $50.
(y) For filing a plan of exchange of the stock of a     domestic stock insurance company, a plan of demutualization of a domestic mutual company, or a plan of reorganization under Article XII, $2,000.
(z) For filing a statement of acquisition of a     domestic company as defined in Section 131.4 of this Code, $2,000.
(aa) For filing an agreement to purchase the business     of an organization authorized under the Dental Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act or of a health maintenance organization or a limited health service organization, $2,000.
(bb) For filing a statement of acquisition of a     foreign or alien insurance company as defined in Section 131.12a of this Code, $1,000.
(cc) For filing a registration statement as required     in Sections 131.13 and 131.14, the notification as required by Sections 131.16, 131.20a, or 141.4, or an agreement or transaction required by Sections 124.2(2), 141, 141a, or 141.1, $200.
(dd) For filing an application for licensing of:
(i) a religious or charitable risk pooling trust         or a workers' compensation pool, $1,000;
(ii) a workers' compensation service company,         $500;
(iii) a self-insured automobile fleet, $200; or
(iv) a renewal of or amendment of any license         issued pursuant to (i), (ii), or (iii) above, $100.
(ee) For filing articles of incorporation for a     syndicate to engage in the business of insurance through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $2,000.
(ff) For filing amended articles of incorporation for     a syndicate engaged in the business of insurance through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $100.
(gg) For filing articles of incorporation for a     limited syndicate to join with other subscribers or limited syndicates to do business through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $1,000.
(hh) For filing amended articles of incorporation for     a limited syndicate to do business through the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $100.
(ii) For a permit to solicit subscriptions to a     syndicate or limited syndicate, $100.
(jj) For the filing of each form as required in     Section 143 of this Code, $50 per form. Informational and advertising filings shall be $25 per filing.  The fee for advisory and rating organizations shall be $200 per form.
(i) For the purposes of the form filing fee,         filings made on insert page basis will be considered one form at the time of its original submission. Changes made to a form subsequent to its approval shall be considered a new filing.
(ii) Only one fee shall be charged for a form,         regardless of the number of other forms or policies with which it will be used.
(iii) Fees charged for a policy filed as it will         be issued regardless of the number of forms comprising that policy shall not exceed $1,500. For advisory or rating organizations, fees charged for a policy filed as it will be issued regardless of the number of forms comprising that policy shall not exceed $2,500.
(iv) The Director may by rule exempt forms from         such fees.
(kk) For filing an application for licensing of a     reinsurance intermediary, $500.
(ll) For filing an application for renewal of a     license of a reinsurance intermediary, $200.
(mm)   For filing a plan of division of a domestic     stock company under Article IIB, $10,000.
(nn)   For filing all documents submitted by a     foreign or alien company to be a certified reinsurer in this State, except for a fraternal benefit society, $1,000.
(oo) For filing a renewal by a foreign or alien          company to be a certified reinsurer in this State, except for a fraternal benefit society, $400.
(pp)   For filing all documents submitted by a     reinsurer domiciled in a reciprocal jurisdiction, $1,000.
(qq)   For filing a renewal by a reinsurer domiciled     in a reciprocal jurisdiction, $400.
(rr)   For registering a captive management company     or renewal thereof, $50.
(ss) For filing an insurance business transfer plan     under Article XLVII, $25,000.
(2) When printed copies or numerous copies of the same paper or records
are furnished or certified, the Director may reduce such fees for copies
if he finds them excessive.  He may, when he considers it in the public
interest, furnish without charge to state insurance departments and persons
other than companies, copies or certified copies of reports of examinations
and of other papers and records.
(3) The expenses incurred in any performance
examination authorized by law shall be paid by the company or person being
examined. The charge shall be reasonably related to the cost of the
examination including but not limited to compensation of examiners,
electronic data processing costs, supervision and preparation of an
examination report and lodging and travel expenses.
All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accord
with the applicable travel regulations as published by the Department of
Central Management Services and approved by the Governor's Travel Control
Board, except that out-of-state lodging and travel expenses related to
examinations authorized under Section 132 shall be in accordance with
travel rates prescribed under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel
Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2, for reimbursement of subsistence expenses
incurred during official travel.  All lodging and travel expenses may be reimbursed directly upon authorization of the
Director. With the exception of the
direct reimbursements authorized by the
Director, all performance examination charges collected by the
Department shall be paid
to the Insurance Producer Administration Fund,
however, the electronic data processing costs
incurred by the Department in the performance of any examination shall be
billed directly to the company being examined for payment to the Technology Management
 Revolving Fund.
(4) At the time of any service of process on the Director
as attorney for such service, the Director shall charge and collect the
sum of $40, which may be recovered as taxable costs by
the party to the suit or action causing such service to be made if he prevails
in such suit or action.
(5) (a) The costs incurred by the Department of Insurance
in conducting any hearing authorized by law shall be assessed against the
parties to the hearing in such proportion as the Director of Insurance may
determine upon consideration of all relevant circumstances including:  (1)
the nature of the hearing; (2) whether the hearing was instigated by, or
for the benefit of a particular party or parties; (3) whether there is a
successful party on the merits of the proceeding; and (4) the relative levels
of participation by the parties.
(b) For purposes of this subsection (5) costs incurred shall
mean the hearing officer fees, court reporter fees, and travel expenses
of Department of Insurance officers and employees; provided however, that
costs incurred shall not include hearing officer fees or court reporter
fees unless the Department has retained the services of independent
contractors or outside experts to perform such functions.
(c) The Director shall make the assessment of costs incurred as part of
the final order or decision arising out of the proceeding; provided, however,
that such order or decision shall include findings and conclusions in support
of the assessment of costs.  This subsection (5) shall not be construed as
permitting the payment of travel expenses unless calculated in accordance
with the applicable travel regulations of the Department
of Central Management Services, as approved by the Governor's Travel Control
Board.  The Director as part of such order or decision shall require all
assessments for hearing officer fees and court reporter fees, if any, to
be paid directly to the hearing officer or court reporter by the party(s)
assessed for such costs. The assessments for travel expenses of Department
officers and employees shall be reimbursable to the
Director of Insurance for
deposit to the fund out of which those expenses had been paid.
(d) The provisions of this subsection (5) shall apply in the case of any
hearing conducted by the Director of Insurance not otherwise specifically
provided for by law.
(6) The Director shall charge and collect an annual financial
regulation fee from every domestic company for examination and analysis of
its financial condition and to fund the internal costs and expenses of the
Interstate Insurance Receivership Commission as may be allocated to the State
of Illinois and companies doing an insurance business in this State pursuant to
Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact.  The fee shall be
the greater fixed amount based upon
the combination of nationwide direct premium income and
nationwide reinsurance
assumed premium
income or upon admitted assets calculated under this subsection as follows:
(a) Combination of nationwide direct premium income     and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium.
(i) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000         and there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
(ii) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more,         but less than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance assumed premium; or if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is less than $10,000,000;
(iii) $3,750, if the premium is less than         $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is $10,000,000 or more;
(iv) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or         more, but less than $10,000,000;
(v) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or         more, but less than $25,000,000;
(vi) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or         more, but less than $50,000,000;
(vii) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or         more, but less than $100,000,000;
(viii) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or         more.
(b) Admitted assets.
(i) $150, if admitted assets are less than         $1,000,000;
(ii) $750, if admitted assets are $1,000,000 or         more, but less than $5,000,000;
(iii) $3,750, if admitted assets are $5,000,000         or more, but less than $25,000,000;
(iv) $7,500, if admitted assets are $25,000,000         or more, but less than $50,000,000;
(v) $18,000, if admitted assets are $50,000,000         or more, but less than $100,000,000;
(vi) $22,500, if admitted assets are $100,000,000         or more, but less than $500,000,000;
(vii) $30,000, if admitted assets are         $500,000,000 or more, but less than $1,000,000,000;
(viii) $37,500, if admitted assets are         $1,000,000,000 or more.
(c) The sum of financial regulation fees charged to     the domestic companies of the same affiliated group shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in any single year and shall be billed by the Director to the member company designated by the group.
(7) The Director shall charge and collect an annual financial regulation
fee from every foreign or alien company, except fraternal benefit
societies, for the
examination and analysis of its financial condition and to fund the internal
costs and expenses of the Interstate Insurance Receivership Commission as may
be allocated to the State of Illinois and companies doing an insurance business
in this State pursuant to Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership
Compact.
The fee shall be a fixed amount based upon Illinois direct premium income
and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium income in accordance with the
following schedule:
(a) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000 and     there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
(b) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more, but     less than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance assumed premium; or if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is less than $10,000,000;
(c) $3,750, if the premium is less than $5,000,000     and the reinsurance assumed premium is $10,000,000 or more;
(d) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or more, but     less than $10,000,000;
(e) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more,     but less than $25,000,000;
(f) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or more,     but less than $50,000,000;
(g) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or more,     but less than $100,000,000;
(h) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or more.
The sum of financial regulation fees under this subsection (7)
charged to the foreign or alien companies within the same affiliated group
shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in any single year
and shall be
billed by the Director to the member company designated by the group.
(8) Beginning January 1, 1992, the financial regulation fees imposed
under subsections (6) and (7)
of this Section shall be paid by each company or domestic affiliated group
annually.  After January
1, 1994, the fee shall be billed by Department invoice
based upon the company's
premium income or admitted assets as shown in its annual statement for the
preceding calendar year.  The invoice is due upon
receipt and must be paid no later than June 30 of each calendar year.  All
financial
regulation fees collected by the Department shall be paid to the Insurance
Financial Regulation Fund.  The Department may not collect financial
examiner per diem charges from companies subject to subsections (6) and (7)
of this Section undergoing financial examination
after June 30, 1992.
(9) In addition to the financial regulation fee required by this
Section, a company undergoing any financial examination authorized by law
shall pay the following costs and expenses incurred by the Department:
electronic data processing costs, the expenses authorized under Section 131.21
and
subsection (d) of Section 132.4 of this Code, and lodging and travel expenses.
Electronic data processing costs incurred by the Department in the
performance of any examination shall be billed directly to the company
undergoing examination for payment to the Technology Management Revolving
Fund.  Except for direct reimbursements authorized by the Director or
direct payments made under Section 131.21 or subsection (d) of Section
132.4 of this Code, all financial regulation fees and all financial
examination charges collected by the Department shall be paid to the
Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accordance with applicable
travel regulations published by the Department of Central Management
Services and approved by the Governor's Travel Control Board, except that
out-of-state lodging and travel expenses related to examinations authorized
under Sections 132.1 through 132.7 shall be in accordance
with travel rates prescribed
under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2,
for reimbursement of subsistence expenses incurred during official travel.
All lodging and travel expenses may be
reimbursed directly upon the authorization of the Director.
In the case of an organization or person not subject to the financial
regulation fee, the expenses incurred in any financial examination authorized
by law shall be paid by the organization or person being examined.  The charge
shall be reasonably related to the cost of the examination including, but not
limited to, compensation of examiners and other costs described in this
subsection.
(10) Any company, person, or entity failing to make any payment of $150
or more as required under this Section shall be subject to the penalty and
interest provisions provided for in subsections (4) and (7)
of Section 412.
(11) Unless otherwise specified, all of the fees collected under this
Section shall be paid into the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
(12) For purposes of this Section:
(a) "Domestic company" means a company as defined in     Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized under the laws of this State, and in addition includes a not-for-profit corporation authorized under the Dental Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, a health maintenance organization, and a limited health service organization.
(b) "Foreign company" means a company as defined in     Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any state of the United States other than this State and in addition includes a health maintenance organization and a limited health service organization which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any state of the United States other than this State.
(c) "Alien company" means a company as defined in     Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any country other than the United States.
(d) "Fraternal benefit society" means a corporation,     society, order, lodge or voluntary association as defined in Section 282.1 of this Code.
(e) "Mutual benefit association" means a company,     association or corporation authorized by the Director to do business in this State under the provisions of Article XVIII of this Code.
(f) "Burial society" means a person, firm,     corporation, society or association of individuals authorized by the Director to do business in this State under the provisions of Article XIX of this Code.
(g) "Farm mutual" means a district, county and     township mutual insurance company authorized by the Director to do business in this State under the provisions of the Farm Mutual Insurance Company Act of 1986.
(Source: P.A. 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 103-75, eff. 1-1-25.)
(215 ILCS 5/408.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020.1)
Sec. 408.1. 
		Fee for valuation of life insurance policies. 
		Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998, all actions to
collect life insurance policy valuation fees or to transfer such fees to the
General Revenue Fund from any protest account established under the State
Officers and Employees Money Disposition Act shall cease and any such protested
life insurance policy valuation fee payments shall be returned to the taxpayer
who initiated the protest.
(Source: P.A. 90-583, eff. 5-29-98.)
(215 ILCS 5/408.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020.2)
Sec. 408.2. Statistical services. Any public record, or any data obtained
by the Department of Insurance, which is subject to public inspection or
copying and which is maintained on a computer processible medium, may be
furnished in a computer processed or computer processible medium upon the
written request of any applicant and the payment of a reasonable fee
established by the Director sufficient to cover the total cost of the
Department for processing, maintaining and generating such computer
processible records or data, except to the extent of any salaries or
compensation of Department officers or employees.
The Director of Insurance is specifically authorized to contract with
members of the public at large, enter waiver agreements, or otherwise enter
written agreements for the purpose of assuring public access to the
Department's computer processible records or data, or for the purpose of
restricting, controlling or limiting such access where necessary to protect
the confidentiality of individuals, companies or other entities identified
by such documents.
All fees collected by the Director under this Section 408.2 shall be
deposited in the Technology Management Revolving Fund and credited to the
account of the Department of Insurance.  Any surplus funds remaining in
such account at the close of any fiscal year shall be delivered to the
State Treasurer for deposit in the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
(215 ILCS 5/408.3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1020.3)
Sec. 408.3. Insurance Financial Regulation Fund; uses. The monies
deposited into the Insurance Financial
Regulation Fund shall be used only for (i) payment of the expenses of the
Department, including related administrative expenses, incurred in
analyzing, investigating and examining the financial condition or control
of insurance companies and other entities licensed or seeking to be
licensed by the Department, including the collection, analysis and
distribution of information on insurance premiums, other income, costs and
expenses, and (ii) to pay internal costs and expenses of the Interstate
Insurance Receivership Commission allocated to this State and authorized and
admitted companies doing an insurance business in this State under Article X of
the Interstate Receivership Compact.  All distributions and payments from the
Insurance Financial Regulation Fund shall be subject to appropriation as
otherwise provided by law for
payment of such expenses.
Sums appropriated under clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall be
deemed to satisfy, pro tanto, the obligations of insurers doing business in
this
State under Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact.
Nothing in this Code shall prohibit the General Assembly from
appropriating funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department for the
purpose of administering this Code.
No fees collected pursuant to Section 408 of this Code shall be used
for the regulation of pension funds or activities by the Department in the
performance of its duties under Article 22 of the Illinois Pension Code.
If at the end of a fiscal year the balance in the Insurance Financial
Regulation Fund which remains unexpended or unobligated exceeds the amount
of funds that the Director may certify is needed for the purposes
enumerated in this Section, then the General Assembly may appropriate that
excess amount for purposes other than those enumerated in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-609, eff. 1-1-14.)
(215 ILCS 5/408.4)
Sec. 408.4. 
		Receipt and use grants.
(a) The Department is authorized to accept, receive, and use, for and in
behalf of the State, any grant of money given to further the purposes of the
insurance laws of this State by the federal government as may be offered
unconditionally or under conditions, agreements, covenants, or terms that, in
the judgment of the Department, are proper and consistent with the provisions
of subsection (b).  All moneys so received shall be deposited into the
Insurance Producer Administration Fund.
(b) The moneys deposited into the Insurance Producer Administration Fund
under
this Section shall be accounted for separately and shall be expended, pursuant
to appropriation, only in accordance with the conditions, agreements,
covenants, or terms, if any, under which they were accepted and must be used to
disseminate and provide insurance related information or assistance to senior
citizens.
(Source: P.A. 88-313.)
(215 ILCS 5/409) (from Ch. 73, par. 1021)
Sec. 409. Annual privilege tax payable by
companies.
(1) As of January 1, 1999 for all health maintenance organization premiums
written; as of July 1, 1998 for all premiums written as accident and health
business, voluntary health service plan business, dental service plan business,
or limited health service organization business; and as of January 1, 1998
for all other types of insurance premiums written, every company doing any form
of insurance business in this
State, including, but not limited to, every risk retention group, and excluding
all fraternal benefit societies, all farm mutual companies, all religious
charitable risk pooling trusts, and excluding all statutory residual market and
special purpose entities in which companies are statutorily required to
participate, whether incorporated or otherwise, shall pay, for the privilege of
doing business in this State, to the Director for the State treasury a State
tax equal to 0.5% of the net taxable premium written, together with any amounts
due under Section 444 of this Code, except that the tax to be paid on any
premium derived from any accident and health insurance or on any insurance
business written by any company operating as a health maintenance organization,
voluntary health service plan, dental service plan, or limited health service
organization shall be equal to 0.4% of such net taxable premium written,
together with any amounts due under Section 444.  Upon the failure of any
company to pay any such tax due, the Director may, by order, revoke or
suspend the company's certificate of authority after giving 20 days written
notice to the company, or commence proceedings for the suspension of business
in this State under the procedures set forth by Section 401.1 of this Code.
The gross taxable premium written shall be the gross amount of premiums
received on direct business during the calendar year on contracts covering
risks in this State, except premiums on annuities, premiums on which State
premium taxes are prohibited by federal law, premiums paid by the State for
health care coverage for Medicaid eligible insureds as described in Section
5-2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, premiums paid for health care services
included as an element of tuition charges at any university or college owned
and operated by the State of Illinois, premiums on group insurance contracts
under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, and except premiums for
deferred compensation plans for employees of the State, units of local
government, or school districts.  The net taxable premium shall be the gross
taxable premium written reduced only by the following:
(a) the amount of premiums returned thereon which     shall be limited to premiums returned during the same preceding calendar year and shall not include the return of cash surrender values or death benefits on life policies including annuities;
(b) dividends on such direct business that have been     paid in cash, applied in reduction of premiums or left to accumulate to the credit of policyholders or annuitants.  In the case of life insurance, no deduction shall be made for the payment of deferred dividends paid in cash to policyholders on maturing policies; dividends left to accumulate to the credit of policyholders or annuitants shall be included as gross taxable premium written when such dividend accumulations are applied to purchase paid-up insurance or to shorten the endowment or premium paying period.
(2) The annual privilege tax payment due from a company under subsection (4)
of
this Section may be reduced by: (a) the excess amount, if any, by which the
aggregate income taxes paid by the company, on a cash basis, for the preceding
calendar year under Sections 601 and 803 of the Illinois
Income Tax Act exceed 1.5% of the company's net taxable premium written for
that prior calendar year, as determined under subsection (1) of this Section;
and (b) the amount of any fire department taxes paid by the company during the
preceding calendar year under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
Any deductible amount or offset allowed under items (a) and (b) of this
subsection for any calendar year will not be allowed as a deduction or offset
against the company's privilege tax liability for any other taxing period or
calendar year.
(3) If a company survives or was formed by a merger, consolidation,
reorganization, or reincorporation, the premiums received and amounts returned
or paid by all companies party to the merger, consolidation, reorganization,
or reincorporation shall, for purposes of determining the amount of the tax
imposed by this Section, be regarded as received, returned, or paid by the
surviving
or new company.
(4)(a) All companies subject to the provisions of this Section shall make an
annual return for the preceding calendar year on or before March 15 setting
forth such information on such forms as the Director may reasonably require.
Payments of quarterly installments of the taxpayer's total estimated tax for
the current calendar year shall be due on or before April 15, June 15,
September 15, and December 15 of such year, except that all companies
transacting insurance in this State whose annual tax for the immediately
preceding calendar year was less than $5,000 shall make only an annual return.
 Failure of a company to make the annual payment, or to make the quarterly
payments, if required, of at least 25% of either (i) the total tax paid during
the
previous calendar year or (ii) 80% of the actual tax for the current calendar
year shall subject it to the penalty provisions set forth in Section 412 of
this Code.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no annual return shall be
required or made on March 15, 1998, under this subsection.  For the calendar
year 1998:
(i) each health maintenance organization shall have     no estimated tax installments;
(ii) all companies subject to the tax as of July 1,     1998 as set forth in subsection (1) shall have estimated tax installments due on September 15 and December 15 of 1998 which installments shall each amount to no less than one-half of 80% of the actual tax on its net taxable premium written during the period July 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998; and
(iii) all other companies shall have estimated tax     installments due on June 15, September 15, and December 15 of 1998 which installments shall each amount to no less than one-third of 80% of the actual tax on its net taxable premium written during the calendar year 1998.
In the year 1999 and thereafter all companies shall make annual and
quarterly installments of their estimated tax as provided by paragraph (a) of
this subsection.
(5) In addition to the authority specifically granted under Article XXV of
this Code, the Director shall have such authority to adopt rules and establish
forms as may be reasonably necessary
for purposes of determining the allocation of Illinois corporate income taxes
paid under subsections (a) through (d) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act amongst members of a business group that files an Illinois corporate
income tax return on a unitary basis, for purposes of regulating the amendment
of tax returns, for purposes of defining terms, and for purposes of enforcing
the provisions of
Article XXV of
this Code.  The Director shall also have authority to defer, waive, or abate
the tax
imposed by this Section if in his opinion the company's solvency and ability to
meet its insured obligations would be immediately threatened by payment of the
tax due.
(6) This Section is subject to the provisions of Section 10 of the New Markets Development Program Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-1169, eff. 1-9-15.)
(215 ILCS 5/410) (from Ch. 73, par. 1022)
Sec. 410. 
		
		Reports
and statements for purpose of auditing retaliatory and privilege tax returns.
(1) For the purpose of enabling the Director to audit the retaliatory and
privilege tax
calculation of a company liable for such tax under the provisions of
Sections 409, 444 and 444.1, every such company, in addition to all other
statements and
reports required by law, shall file a report in writing with the Director
not later than March 1 of each year, in the form prescribed by the
Director, signed and sworn to by its president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer or manager.
(2) In every such return the reporting of premiums for tax purposes
shall be on a written basis or on a paid for basis, consistent with the
basis required by the annual statement of the insurer filed with the
Director pursuant to Section 136.
(3) The Director may require at any time verified supplemental
statements with reference to any matter pertinent to the proper calculation
of the tax.
(Source: P.A. 82-767.)
(215 ILCS 5/412) (from Ch. 73, par. 1024)
Sec. 412. Refunds; penalties; collection.
(1)(a) Whenever it appears to
the satisfaction of the Director that because of some mistake of fact,
error in calculation, or erroneous interpretation of a statute of this
or any other state, any authorized company, surplus line producer, or industrial insured has paid to him, pursuant to
any provision of law, taxes, fees, or other charges
in excess of the
amount legally chargeable against it, during the 6 year period
immediately preceding the discovery of such overpayment, he shall have
power to refund to such company, surplus line producer, or industrial insured the amount of the excess or excesses by
applying the amount or amounts thereof toward
the payment of taxes, fees, or other charges already due, or which may
thereafter become due from that company until such excess or excesses have been
fully
refunded, or upon a written request from the authorized company, surplus line producer, or industrial insured, the
Director shall provide a cash refund within
120 days after receipt of the written request if all necessary information has
been filed with the Department in order for it to perform an audit of the
tax report for the transaction or period or annual return for the year in which the overpayment occurred or within 120 days
after the date the Department receives all the necessary information to perform
such audit.  The Director shall not provide a cash refund if there are
insufficient funds in the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund to provide a cash
refund, if the amount of the overpayment is less than $100, or if the amount of
the overpayment can be fully offset against the taxpayer's estimated liability
for the year following the year of the cash refund request.  Any cash refund
shall be paid from the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund, a special fund hereby
created in the
State treasury.
(b) As determined by the Director pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Department shall deposit an amount of cash refunds approved by the Director for payment as a result of overpayment of tax liability
 collected under Sections 121-2.08, 409, 444, 444.1, and 445 of
this
Code into the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund.
(c) Beginning July 1, 1999, moneys in the Insurance Premium Tax Refund
Fund
shall be expended exclusively for the purpose of paying cash refunds resulting
from overpayment of tax liability under Sections 121-2.08, 409, 444, 444.1, and 445 of this
Code
as
determined by the Director pursuant to subsection 1(a) of this Section.  Cash
refunds made in accordance with this Section may be made from the Insurance
Premium Tax Refund Fund only to the extent that amounts have been deposited and
retained in the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund.
(d) This Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
appropriation from the Insurance Premium Tax Refund Fund for the purpose of
paying cash refunds pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
(2)(a) When any insurance company fails to
file any tax return required under Sections 408.1, 409, 444, and 444.1 of
this Code or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act  on the date
prescribed, including any extensions, there shall be added as a penalty
$400 or 10% of the amount of such tax, whichever is
greater, for each month
or part of a month of failure to file, the entire penalty not to exceed
$2,000 or 50% of the tax due, whichever is greater.
(b) When any industrial insured or surplus line producer fails to file any tax return or report required under Sections 121-2.08 and 445 of this Code or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act on the date prescribed, including any extensions, there shall be added:
(i) as a late fee, if the return or report is     received at least one day but not more than 15 days after the prescribed due date, $50 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is greater, the entire fee not to exceed $1,000;
(ii) as a late fee, if the return or report is     received at least 16 days but not more than 30 days after the prescribed due date, $100 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is greater, the entire fee not to exceed $2,000; or
(iii) as a penalty, if the return or report is     received more than 30 days after the prescribed due date, $100 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is greater, for each month or part of a month of failure to file, the entire penalty not to exceed $500 or 30% of the tax due, whichever is greater.
A tax return or report shall be deemed received as of the date mailed as evidenced by a postmark, proof of mailing on a recognized United States Postal Service form or a form acceptable to the United States Postal Service or other commercial mail delivery service, or other evidence acceptable to the Director.
(3)(a) When any insurance company
fails to pay the full amount due under the provisions of this Section,
Sections 408.1, 409, 444, or 444.1 of this Code, or Section 12 of the
Fire Investigation Act, there shall be added to the amount due as a penalty
an amount equal to 10% of the deficiency.
(a-5) When any industrial insured or surplus line producer fails to pay the full amount due under the provisions of this Section, Sections 121-2.08 or 445 of this Code, or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation Act on the date prescribed, there shall be added:
(i) as a late fee, if the payment is received at     least one day but not more than 7 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due, the entire fee not to exceed $1,000;
(ii) as a late fee, if the payment is received at     least 8 days but not more than 14 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due, the entire fee not to exceed $1,500;
(iii) as a late fee, if the payment is received at     least 15 days but not more than 21 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due, the entire fee not to exceed $2,000; or
(iv) as a penalty, if the return or report is     received more than 21 days after the prescribed due date, 10% of the tax due.
A tax payment shall be deemed received as of the date mailed as evidenced by a postmark, proof of mailing on a recognized United States Postal Service form or a form acceptable to the United States Postal Service or other commercial mail delivery service, or other evidence acceptable to the Director.
(b) If such failure to pay is determined by the Director to be wilful,
after a hearing under Sections 402 and 403, there shall be added to the tax
as a penalty an amount equal to the greater of 50% of the
deficiency or 10%
of the amount due and unpaid for each month or part of a month that the
deficiency remains unpaid commencing with the date that the amount becomes
due. Such amount shall be in lieu of any determined under paragraph (a) or (a-5).
(4) Any insurance company, industrial insured, or surplus line producer that
fails to pay the full amount due under this Section or Sections 121-2.08, 408.1, 409,
444, 444.1, or 445 of this Code, or Section 12 of the Fire Investigation
Act  is liable, in addition to the tax and any late fees and penalties, for interest
on such deficiency at the rate of 12% per annum, or at such higher adjusted
rates as are or may be established under subsection (b) of Section 6621
of the Internal Revenue Code, from the date that payment of any such tax
was due, determined without regard to any extensions, to the date of payment
of such amount.
(5) The Director, through the Attorney
General, may institute an action in the name of the People of the State
of Illinois, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the recovery of
the amount of such taxes, fees, and penalties due, and prosecute the same to
final judgment, and take such steps as are necessary to collect the same.
(6) In the event that the certificate of authority of a foreign or
alien company is revoked for any cause or the company withdraws from
this State prior to the renewal date of the certificate of authority as
provided in Section 114, the company may recover the amount of any such
tax paid in advance. Except as provided in this subsection, no
revocation or withdrawal excuses payment of or constitutes grounds for
the recovery of any taxes or penalties imposed by this Code.
(7) When an insurance company or domestic affiliated group fails to pay
the full amount of any fee of $200 or more due under
Section 408 of this Code, there shall be added to the amount due as
a penalty the greater of $100 or an amount equal to 10%
of the deficiency for
each month or part of
a month that the deficiency remains unpaid.
(8) The Department shall have a lien for the taxes, fees, charges, fines, penalties,  interest, other charges, or any portion thereof, imposed or assessed pursuant to this Code, upon all the real and personal property of any company or person to whom the assessment or final order has been issued or whenever a tax return is filed without payment of the tax or penalty shown therein to be due, including all such property of the  company or person acquired after receipt of the assessment, issuance of the order, or filing of the return. The company or person is liable for the filing fee incurred by the Department for filing the lien and the filing fee incurred by the Department to file the release of that lien. The filing fees shall be paid to the Department in addition to payment of the tax, fee, charge, fine, penalty, interest, other charges, or any portion thereof, included in the amount of the lien. However, where the lien arises because of the issuance of a final order of the Director or tax assessment by the Department, the lien shall not attach and the notice referred to in this Section shall not be filed until all administrative proceedings or proceedings in court for review of the final order or assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted.
Upon the granting of Department review after a lien has attached, the lien shall remain in full force except to the extent to which the final assessment may be reduced by a revised final assessment following the rehearing or review. The lien created by the issuance of a final assessment shall terminate, unless a notice of lien is filed, within 3 years after the date all proceedings in court for the review of the final assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted, or (in the case of a revised final assessment issued pursuant to a rehearing or  review by the Department) within 3 years after the date all proceedings in court for the review of such revised final assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted. Where the lien results from the filing of a tax return without payment of the tax or penalty shown therein to be due, the lien shall terminate, unless a notice of lien is filed, within 3 years after the date when the return is filed with the Department.
The time limitation period on the Department's right to file a notice of lien shall not run during any period of time in which the order of any court has the effect of enjoining or restraining the Department from filing such notice of lien. If the Department finds that a  company or person is about to depart from the State, to conceal himself or his property, or to do any other act tending to prejudice or to render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect the amount due and owing to the Department unless such proceedings are brought without delay, or if the Department finds that the collection of the amount due from any company or person will be jeopardized by delay, the Department shall give the company or person notice of such findings and shall make demand for immediate return and payment of the amount, whereupon the amount shall become immediately due and payable. If the company or person, within 5 days after the notice (or within such extension of time as the Department may grant), does not comply with the notice or show to the Department that the findings in the notice are erroneous, the Department may file a notice of jeopardy assessment lien in the office of the recorder of the county in which any property of the company or person may be located and shall notify the company or person of the filing. The jeopardy assessment lien shall have the same scope and effect as the statutory lien provided for in this Section. If the company or person believes that the company or person does not owe some or all of the tax for which the jeopardy assessment lien against the company or person has been filed, or that no jeopardy to the revenue in fact exists, the company or person may protest within 20 days after being notified by the Department of the filing of the jeopardy assessment lien and request a hearing, whereupon the Department shall hold a hearing in conformity with the provisions of this Code and, pursuant thereto, shall notify the company or person of its findings as to whether or not the jeopardy assessment lien will be released. If not, and if the company or person is aggrieved by this decision, the company or person may file an action for judicial review of the final determination of the Department in accordance with the Administrative Review Law. If, pursuant to such hearing (or after an independent determination of the facts by the Department without a hearing), the Department determines that some or all of the amount due covered by the jeopardy assessment lien is not owed by the company or person, or that no jeopardy to the revenue exists, or if on judicial review the final judgment of the court is that the company or person does not owe some or all of the amount due covered by the jeopardy assessment lien against them, or that no jeopardy to the revenue exists, the Department shall release its jeopardy assessment lien to the extent of such finding of nonliability for the amount, or to the extent of such finding of no jeopardy to the revenue. The Department shall also release its jeopardy assessment lien against the company or person whenever the amount due and owing covered by the lien, plus any interest which may be due, are paid and the company or person has paid the Department in cash or by guaranteed remittance an amount representing the filing fee for the lien and the filing fee for the release of that lien. The Department shall file that release of lien with the recorder of the county where that lien was filed.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to give the Department a preference over the rights of any bona fide purchaser, holder of a security interest, mechanics lienholder, mortgagee, or judgment lien creditor arising prior to the filing of a regular notice of lien or a notice of jeopardy assessment lien in the office of the recorder in the county in which the property subject to the lien is located. For purposes of this Section, "bona fide" shall not include any mortgage of real or personal property or any other credit transaction that results in the mortgagee or the holder of the security acting as trustee for unsecured creditors of the company or person mentioned in the notice of lien who executed such chattel or real property mortgage or the document evidencing such credit transaction. The lien shall be inferior to the lien of general taxes, special assessments, and special taxes levied by any political subdivision of this State. In case title to land to be affected by the notice of lien or notice of jeopardy assessment lien is registered under the provisions of the Registered Titles (Torrens) Act, such notice shall be filed in the office of the Registrar of Titles of the county within which the property subject to the lien is situated and shall be entered upon the register of titles as a memorial or charge upon each folium of the register of titles affected by such notice, and the Department shall not have a preference over the rights of any bona fide purchaser, mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienholder arising prior to the registration of such notice. The regular lien or jeopardy assessment lien shall not be effective against any purchaser with respect to any item in a retailer's stock in trade purchased from the retailer in the usual course of the retailer's business.
(Source: P.A. 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23.)
(215 ILCS 5/413) (from Ch. 73, par. 1025)
Sec. 413. 
		
		Privilege
Tax Payable on Admission of Foreign or Alien Company.
(1) Every foreign or alien company applying for a certificate of
authority to transact business in this State shall pay to the Director a
tax for the privilege of transacting business in this State in accordance
with Section 409.
(2) If during all or any part of the 3 year period next preceding the
date of application for a certificate of authority the company had a
certificate of authority to transact business in this State, or if it
survives or was formed by a merger, consolidation, reorganization or
reincorporation, and one or more of the parties thereto was a foreign or
alien company authorized to transact business in this State during all or
any part of such 3 year period, then the tax shall be determined in
accordance with Section 409 on the basis of the last entire calendar year
during which the company or any one of the foreign or alien companies
parties to the merger, consolidation, reorganization or reincorporation was
authorized to transact business in this State, or if none was authorized
during any entire calendar year, then on the basis of the last partial
calendar year during which any of such companies were authorized to
transact business in this State.
(Source: P.A. 77-2087.)
(215 ILCS 5/414a) (from Ch. 73, par. 1026a)
Sec. 414a. 
		
		Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, the
tax authorized by Section 414 of this Act shall not be imposed after January
1, 1979; provided that this Section shall not prohibit the collection after
January 1, 1979 of any taxes levied under Section 414 prior to January
1, 1979, on property subject to assessment and taxation under Section 414
of this Act prior to January 1, 1979.  For the purpose of replacing the revenue
lost by taxing districts, as defined in Section 1-150 of the Property Tax
Code, as a result of the abolition of ad
valorem taxes on personal property after January 1, 1979, there shall be
imposed the taxes described in Section 201(c) and (d) of the Illinois
Income Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Messages Tax Act,
Section 2a.1 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of
the Public Utilities Revenue Act, and Section 1 of the Water Company Invested
Capital Tax Act.  Such replacement taxes owed
within one year of the effective date of the taxes established by
this amendatory Act of 1979 shall replace the personal property tax levies of
1979.  The replacement taxes owed in each succeeding year shall replace the
personal property tax that could have been levied in each succeeding year.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(215 ILCS 5/415) (from Ch. 73, par. 1027)
Sec. 415. 
		No taxes to be imposed by political subdivisions. 
		
The fees, charges and taxes provided for by this Article
shall be in lieu of all license fees or privilege or occupation taxes or
other fees levied or assessed by any municipality, county or other political
subdivision of this State, and no municipality, county or other political
subdivision of this State shall impose any license fee or privilege or
occupation tax or fee upon any domestic, foreign or alien company, or upon any
of its agents, for the privilege of doing an insurance business therein, except
the tax authorized by Division 10 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
as heretofore and hereafter amended.  This Section shall not be construed to
prohibit the levy and collection of:
(a) State, county or municipal taxes upon the real     and personal property of such a company, including the tax imposed by Section 414 of this Code, and
(b) taxes for the purpose of maintaining the Office     of the State Fire Marshal and paying the expenses incident thereto.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(215 ILCS 5/416)
Sec. 416. Illinois Workers' Compensation

Commission Operations Fund Surcharge.
(a) As of July 30, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-840), every company licensed or
authorized by the Illinois Department of Insurance and insuring employers'
liabilities arising under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act shall remit to the Director a surcharge based upon
the annual direct written premium, as reported under Section 136 of this Act,
of the company in the manner provided in this
Section.  Such
proceeds shall
be deposited into the Illinois Workers' Compensation

Commission Operations Fund as
established in
the Workers' Compensation Act. If a company
survives or
was formed by a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or reincorporation, the
direct
written premiums of all companies party to the merger, consolidation,
reorganization, or
reincorporation shall, for purposes of determining the amount of the fee
imposed by this
Section, be regarded as those of the surviving or new company.
(b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) of this Section, beginning on
July 30, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-840) and on July 1 of each year thereafter,
the
Director shall
charge an annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge from every
company subject to subsection (a) of this Section equal to 1.01% of its direct
written
premium for insuring employers' liabilities arising under the Workers'
Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act as reported in each
company's
annual
statement filed for the previous year as required by Section 136. The
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge shall be collected by companies
subject to subsection (a) of this Section as a separately stated surcharge on
insured employers at the rate of 1.01% of direct written premium.  The
Illinois Workers'   Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge shall not be collected by companies
subject to subsection (a) of this Section from any employer that self-insures its liabilities arising under the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, provided that the employer has paid the Illinois Workers'   Compensation Commission Operations Fund Fee pursuant to Section 4d of the Workers' Compensation Act. All sums
collected by
the Department of Insurance under the provisions of this Section shall be paid
promptly
after the receipt of the same, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof,
into the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund in the State treasury.
(b)(2) The surcharge due pursuant to Public Act 93-840 shall be collected instead of the surcharge due on July 1, 2004 under Public Act 93-32. Payment of the surcharge due under Public Act 93-840 shall discharge the employer's obligations due on July 1, 2004.
(c) In addition to the authority specifically granted under Article XXV of
this
Code, the Director shall have such authority to adopt rules or establish forms
as may be
reasonably necessary for purposes of enforcing this Section. The Director shall
also have
authority to defer, waive, or abate the surcharge or any penalties imposed by
this
Section if in
the Director's opinion the company's solvency and ability to meet its insured
obligations
would be immediately threatened by payment of the surcharge due.
(d) When a company fails to pay the full amount of any annual
Illinois Workers' Compensation

Commission Operations Fund Surcharge of $100 or more due under this Section,
there
shall be
added to the amount due as a penalty an amount equal
to 10% of
the deficiency for each month or part of a month that the deficiency remains
unpaid.
(e) The Department of Insurance may enforce the collection of any delinquent
payment, penalty, or portion thereof by legal action or in any other manner by
which the
collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be enforced under the laws of
this State.
(f) Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Director that a company
has
paid
pursuant to this Act an Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge in
an amount
in excess of the amount legally collectable from the company, the Director
shall issue a
credit memorandum for an amount equal to the amount of such overpayment. A
credit
memorandum may be applied for the 2-year period from the date of issuance,
against the
payment of any amount due during that period under the surcharge imposed by
this
Section or,
subject to reasonable rule of the Department of Insurance including requirement
of
notification, may be assigned to any other company subject to regulation under
this Act.
Any application of credit memoranda after the period provided for in this
Section is void.
(g) Annually, the Governor may direct a transfer of up to 2% of all moneys
collected under this Section to the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
(Source: P.A. 102-775, eff. 5-13-22.)