Hearings, Witnesses, Appearances, Production of Books and Service of Process. (A) Whenever the Director has reason to believe that an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in conduct in this State which violates this Article, or if the Director believes that an insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in conduct outside this State which has an effect on a person residing in this State and violates this Article, the Director shall issue and serve upon such insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization a statement of charges and notice of hearing to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice. Such hearing shall be conducted pursuant to Sections 401, 402 and 403 of this Act, and any applicable rules of the Department.
     (B) At the time and place fixed for such hearing the insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization charged shall have an opportunity to answer the charges against it and present evidence on its behalf. Upon good cause shown, the Director shall permit any adversely affected person to intervene, appear and be heard at such hearing by counsel or in person.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1016

  • 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
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Director: means the Director of Insurance. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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-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
  • Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership or other legal entity. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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