(A) Within 30 business days from the date of receipt of a written request from an individual to correct, amend or delete any recorded personal information about the individual within its possession, an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization shall either: (1) correct, amend or delete the portion of the recorded personal information in dispute; or
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1010
Agent: means an individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation who is involved in the solicitation, negotiation or binding of coverages for or on applications or policies of insurance, covering property or risks located in this State. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Individual: means any natural person who: (1) in the case of property or casualty insurance, is
a past, present or proposed named insured or certificateholder;
(2) in the case of life, health or disability
insurance, is a past, present or proposed principal insured or certificateholder;
(3) is a past, present or proposed policyowner; (4) is a past or present applicant; (5) is a past or present claimant; or (6) derived, derives or is proposed to derive
Insurance institution: means any corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyd's insurer, fraternal benefit society or other person engaged in the business of insurance, health maintenance organizations as defined in § 2 of the Health Maintenance Organization Act, voluntary health services plans as defined in § 2 of the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and dental service plans as defined in § 4 of the Dental Service Plan Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
Insurance transaction: means any transaction involving insurance primarily for personal, family or household needs rather than business or professional needs which entails: (1) the determination of an individual's eligibility
Insurance-support organization: means : (1) any person who regularly engages, in whole or in
part, in the practice of assembling or collecting information about natural persons for the primary purpose of providing the information to an insurance institution or agent for insurance transactions, including:
(a) the furnishing of consumer reports or
investigative consumer reports to an insurance institution or agent for use in connection with an insurance transaction, or
(b) the collection of personal information from
insurance institutions, agents or other insurance-support organizations for the purpose of detecting or preventing fraud, material misrepresentation or material nondisclosure in connection with insurance underwriting or insurance claim activity. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
Personal information: includes an individual's name and address and "medical-record information" but does not include "privileged information". See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
(2) notify the individual of: (a) its refusal to make such correction, amendment or deletion, (b) the reasons for the refusal, and (c) the individual’s right to file a statement as provided in subsection (C). (B) If the insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization corrects, amends or deletes recorded personal information in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (A) above, the insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization shall so notify the individual in writing and furnish the correction, amendment or fact of deletion to: (1) any person specifically designated by the individual who may have, within the preceding 2 years, received such recorded personal information; (2) any insurance-support organization whose primary source of personal information is insurance institutions, if the insurance-support organization has systematically received such recorded personal information from the insurance institution within the preceding 7 years; provided, however, that the correction, amendment or fact of deletion need not be furnished if the insurance-support organization no longer maintains recorded personal information about the individual; and (3) any insurance-support organization that furnished the personal information that has been corrected, amended or deleted. (C) Whenever an individual disagrees with an insurance institution’s, agent’s or insurance-support organization’s refusal to correct, amend or delete recorded personal information, the individual shall be permitted to file with the insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization: (1) a concise statement setting forth what the individual thinks is the correct, relevant or fair information, and (2) a concise statement of the reasons why the individual disagrees with the insurance institution’s, agent’s or insurance-support organization’s refusal to correct, amend or delete recorded personal information. (D) In the event an individual files either statement as described in subsection (C) above, the insurance institution, agent or support organization shall: (1) file the statement with the disputed personal information and provide a means by which anyone reviewing the disputed personal information will be made aware of the individual’s statement and have access to it, and (2) in any subsequent disclosure by the insurance institution, agent or support organization of the recorded personal information that is the subject of disagreement, clearly identify the matter or matters in dispute and provide the individual’s statement along with the recorded personal information being disclosed; and (3) furnish the statement to the persons and in the manner specified in subsection (B) above. (E) The rights granted to individuals in this Section shall extend to all natural persons to the extent information about them is collected and maintained by an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization in connection with an insurance transaction. The rights granted to all natural persons by this subsection shall not extend to information about them that relates to and is collected in connection with or in reasonable anticipation of a claim or civil or criminal proceeding involving them. (F) For purposes of this Section, the term “insurance-support organization” does not include “consumer reporting agency”.
