Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1023

  • 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
  • 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 coverage under an insurance policy or certificate subject to this Article. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/1003
  • 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
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    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
  •      Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information about an individual from an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization under false pretenses shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.