Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/74

  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • attorney-in-fact: shall mean the representative of the subscribers. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/61
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • reciprocal: shall mean the organization or group of all the subscribers. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/61
     A domestic reciprocal subject to the provisions of this Article shall make and maintain with the Director, for the protection of all creditors, policyholders and policy obligations of the reciprocal, a deposit of securities that are authorized investments under Section 126.11A(1), 126.11A(2), 126.24A(1), or 126.24A(2), having a fair market value equal to the surplus required to be maintained under Section 66. The Director may release the required deposit of securities upon receipt of an order of a court having proper jurisdiction or upon: (i) certification by the reciprocal company that it has no outstanding creditors, policyholders, or policy obligations in effect and no plans to engage in the business of insurance; (ii) receipt of a lawful resolution of the governing body of the reciprocal’s attorney-in-fact effecting the surrender of its certificate of authority and declaration of organization for administrative dissolution by the Director; and (iii) receipt of the name and forwarding address for each of the final officers and directors of the reciprocal’s attorney-in-fact, together with a plan of dissolution approved by the Director.