Full Text of SB3826 97th General Assembly
SB3826 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB3826 Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 215 ILCS 5/457 | from Ch. 73, par. 1065.4 | 215 ILCS 5/458 | from Ch. 73, par. 1065.5 | 215 ILCS 5/459 | from Ch. 73, par. 1065.6 | 215 ILCS 5/459a new | | 215 ILCS 5/461 | from Ch. 73, par. 1065.8 | 215 ILCS 5/462 | from Ch. 73, par. 1065.9 | 215 ILCS 5/463 | from Ch. 73, par. 1065.10 |
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code in the Article concerning workers' compensation and employer's liability insurance rates. Creates the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau as a quasi-governmental entity. In the provisions concerning rate filings, disapproval of filings, appeal
by minority, information that is to be furnished to insureds and hearings and appeals of
insureds, and advisory organizations, replaces references of licensed rating organizations with that of the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau. Provides that the Director of Insurance shall have oversight over the Bureau only as established by law. Provides that every insurer that writes, amends, delivers, issues, or renews any policy of insurance specified under the Article concerning workers' compensation and employer's liability insurance rates has membership in the Bureau. Sets forth the purposes of the Bureau. Provides that the Bureau shall be governed by the Rating Committee. Provides that the Rating Committee shall establish bylaws for the operation of the Bureau which, with amendments thereto, shall be filed with and approved by the Director before they are effective. Deletes certain provisions concerning filings and cooperation among rating organizations and sets forth provisions concerning membership, services, and the furnishing of information.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning insurance.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 457, 458, 459, 461, 462, and 463 and by | 6 | | adding Section 459a as follows:
| 7 | | (215 ILCS 5/457) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.4)
| 8 | | Sec. 457. Rate filings. | 9 | | (1) Beginning January 1, 1983, every company
shall file | 10 | | with the Director every manual of classifications, every manual
| 11 | | of rules and rates, every rating plan and every modification of | 12 | | the foregoing
which it intends to use. Such filings shall be | 13 | | made not later than 30 days
after they become effective.
A | 14 | | company may satisfy its obligation to make such filings by | 15 | | adopting the
filing of the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau | 16 | | a licensed rating organization of which it is a member or | 17 | | subscriber,
filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, | 18 | | in total or by notifying
the Director in what respects it | 19 | | intends to deviate from such filing. Any
company adopting a | 20 | | pure premium filed by the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau a | 21 | | rating organization pursuant to subsection
(2) must file with | 22 | | the Director the modification factor it is using for
expenses | 23 | | and profit so that the final rates in use by such company can |
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| 1 | | be determined.
| 2 | | (2) Beginning January 1, 1983, the Illinois Compensation | 3 | | Rating Bureau each licensed rating organization must
file with | 4 | | the Director every manual of classification, every manual of | 5 | | rules
and advisory rates, every pure premium which has been | 6 | | fully adjusted and
fully developed, every rating plan and every | 7 | | modification of any of the
foregoing which it intends to | 8 | | recommend for use to its members and subscribers,
not later | 9 | | than 30 days after such manual, premium, plan or modification
| 10 | | thereof takes effect. The Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau | 11 | | Every licensed rating organization shall also file
with the | 12 | | Director the rate classification system, all rating rules, | 13 | | rating
plans, policy forms, underwriting rules or similar | 14 | | materials, and each modification
of any of the foregoing which | 15 | | it requires its members and subscribers to
adhere to not later | 16 | | than 30 days before such filings or modifications thereof
are | 17 | | to take effect. Every such filing shall state the proposed | 18 | | effective
date thereof and shall indicate the character and | 19 | | extent of the coverage contemplated.
| 20 | | (3) A filing and any supporting information made pursuant | 21 | | to this Section
shall be open to public inspection after the | 22 | | filing becomes effective.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 82-939.)
| 24 | | (215 ILCS 5/458) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.5)
| 25 | | Sec. 458. Disapproval of filings. |
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| 1 | | (1) If within thirty days of any filing the Director
finds | 2 | | that such filing does not meet the requirements of this | 3 | | Article, he
shall send to the company or the Illinois | 4 | | Compensation Rating Bureau rating organization which made such | 5 | | filing a
written notice of disapproval of such filing, | 6 | | specifying therein in what
respects he finds that such filing | 7 | | fails to meet the requirements of this
Article and stating | 8 | | when, within a reasonable period thereafter, such
filing shall | 9 | | be deemed no longer effective. If the company or the Illinois | 10 | | Compensation Rating Bureau rating
organization making the | 11 | | filing shall, prior to the expiration of the period
prescribed | 12 | | in the notice, request a hearing, such filings shall be
| 13 | | effective until the expiration of a reasonable period specified | 14 | | in any
order entered thereon. If the rate resulting from such | 15 | | filing be unfairly
discriminatory or materially inadequate, | 16 | | and the difference
between such rate and the approved rate | 17 | | equals or exceeds the cost of
making an adjustment, the | 18 | | Director shall in such notice or order direct an
adjustment of | 19 | | the premium to be made with the policyholder either by refund
| 20 | | or collection of additional premium. If the policyholder does | 21 | | not accept
the increased rate, cancellation shall be made on a | 22 | | pro rata basis. Any
policy issued pursuant to this subsection | 23 | | shall contain a provision that
the premium thereon shall be | 24 | | subject to adjustment upon the basis of the
filing finally | 25 | | approved.
| 26 | | (2) If at any time subsequent to the applicable review |
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| 1 | | period provided
for in subsection (1) of this Section, the | 2 | | Director finds that a
filing does not meet the requirements of | 3 | | this Article, he shall, after a
hearing held upon not less than | 4 | | ten days written notice, specifying the
matters to be | 5 | | considered at such hearing, to every company and the Illinois | 6 | | Compensation Rating Bureau rating
organization which made such | 7 | | filing, issue an order specifying in what
respects he finds | 8 | | that such filing fails to meet the requirements of this
| 9 | | Article, and stating when, within a reasonable period | 10 | | thereafter, such
filings shall be deemed no longer effective. | 11 | | Copies of said order shall be
sent to every such company and | 12 | | rating organization. Said order shall not
affect any contract | 13 | | or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the
period | 14 | | set forth in said order.
| 15 | | (3) Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to | 16 | | any filing
which is in effect may make written application to | 17 | | the Director for a
hearing thereon, provided, however, that the | 18 | | company or the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau rating | 19 | | organization
that made the filing shall not be authorized to | 20 | | proceed under this
subsection. Such application shall specify | 21 | | the grounds to be relied upon by
the applicant. If the Director | 22 | | shall find that the application is made in
good faith, that the | 23 | | applicant would be so aggrieved if his grounds are
established, | 24 | | and that such grounds otherwise justify holding such a
hearing, | 25 | | he shall, within thirty days after receipt of such application,
| 26 | | hold a hearing upon not less than ten days written notice to |
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| 1 | | the applicant
and to every company and rating organization | 2 | | which made such filing.
| 3 | | If, after such hearing, the Director finds that the filing | 4 | | does not meet
the requirements of this Article, he shall issue | 5 | | an order specifying in
what respects he finds that such filing | 6 | | fails to meet the requirements of
this Article, and stating | 7 | | when, within a reasonable period thereafter, such
filing shall | 8 | | be deemed no longer effective. Copies of said order shall be
| 9 | | sent to the applicant and to every such company and rating | 10 | | organization.
Said order shall not affect any contract or | 11 | | policy made or issued prior to
the expiration of the period set | 12 | | forth in said order.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 82-939.)
| 14 | | (215 ILCS 5/459) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.6)
| 15 | | Sec. 459. Rating bureau organizations . | 16 | | (1) The Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau is created as a | 17 | | quasi-governmental entity. The Director shall have oversight | 18 | | over the Bureau only as established by law. Every insurer that | 19 | | writes, amends, delivers, issues, or renews any policy of | 20 | | insurance specified under Article XXIX of this Code has | 21 | | membership in the Bureau. | 22 | | (1.5) The Bureau has the following purposes: | 23 | | (a) to establish, maintain, and administer rules, | 24 | | regulations, classifications, rates, and rating plans to | 25 | | govern the transaction of insurance included in Article |
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| 1 | | XXIX of this Code; | 2 | | (b) to cooperate with other rate service organizations | 3 | | and with insurers in the development of rules, rates, and | 4 | | rating plans and insurance policies and forms; | 5 | | (c) to secure and analyze statistical and other data | 6 | | required to accomplish the purposes set forth in this | 7 | | subsection (1.5); | 8 | | (d) to inspect and classify risks; | 9 | | (e) to file with the Director on behalf of its members | 10 | | every manual of classifications, rules, and rates and every | 11 | | rating plan and rating plan modification proposed for use | 12 | | in this State; | 13 | | (f) to assist the Director and insurers in the | 14 | | promotion of safety in industry; and | 15 | | (g) to assist in any matter necessary for the | 16 | | accomplishment of these purposes. | 17 | | A corporation, an unincorporated association, a | 18 | | partnership or an
individual, whether located within or outside | 19 | | this state, may make
application to the Director for license as | 20 | | a rating organization for such
kinds of insurance or | 21 | | subdivisions thereof as are specified in its
application and | 22 | | shall file therewith (a) a copy of its constitution, its
| 23 | | articles of agreement or association or its certificate of | 24 | | incorporation,
and of its bylaws, rules and regulations | 25 | | governing the conduct of its
business, (b) a list of its | 26 | | members and subscribers, (c) the name and
address of a resident |
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| 1 | | of this state upon whom notices or orders of the
Director or | 2 | | process affecting such rating organization may be served and
| 3 | | (d) a statement of its qualifications as a rating organization. | 4 | | If the
Director finds that the applicant is competent, | 5 | | trustworthy and otherwise
qualified to act as a rating | 6 | | organization and that its constitution,
articles of agreement | 7 | | or association or certificate of incorporation, and
its bylaws, | 8 | | rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business
| 9 | | conform to the requirements of law, he shall issue a license | 10 | | specifying the
kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof for | 11 | | which the applicant is
authorized to act as a rating | 12 | | organization. Every such application shall be
granted or denied | 13 | | in whole or in part by the Director within sixty days of
the | 14 | | date of its filing with him. Licenses issued pursuant to this | 15 | | Section
shall remain in effect for three years unless sooner | 16 | | suspended or revoked
by the Director. The fee for said license | 17 | | shall be twenty-five dollars.
Licenses issued pursuant to this | 18 | | Section may be suspended or revoked by the
Director, after | 19 | | hearing upon notice, in the event the rating organization
| 20 | | ceases to meet the requirements of this subsection. Every | 21 | | rating
organization shall notify the Director promptly of every | 22 | | change in (a) its
constitution, its articles of agreement or | 23 | | association or its certificate
of incorporation, and its | 24 | | bylaws, rules and regulations governing the
conduct of its | 25 | | business, (b) its list of members and subscribers and (c)
the | 26 | | name and address of the resident of this state designated by it |
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| 1 | | upon
whom notices or orders of the Director or process | 2 | | affecting such rating
organization may be served.
| 3 | | (2) (Blank). Subject to rules and regulations which have | 4 | | been approved by the
Director as reasonable, each rating | 5 | | organization shall permit any company,
not a member, to be a | 6 | | subscriber to its rating services for any kind of
insurance or | 7 | | subdivision thereof for which it is authorized to act as a
| 8 | | rating organization. Notice of proposed changes in such rules | 9 | | and
regulations shall be given to subscribers. Each rating | 10 | | organization shall
furnish its rating services without | 11 | | discrimination to its members and
subscribers. The | 12 | | reasonableness of any rule or regulation in its
application to | 13 | | subscribers, or the refusal of any rating organization to
admit | 14 | | a company as a subscriber, shall, at the request of any | 15 | | subscriber or
any such company, be reviewed by the Director at | 16 | | a hearing held upon at
least ten days' written notice to such | 17 | | rating organization and to such
subscriber or company. If the | 18 | | Director finds that such rule or regulation
is unreasonable in | 19 | | its application to subscribers, he shall order that such
rule | 20 | | or regulation shall not be applicable to subscribers. If the | 21 | | rating
organization fails to grant or reject a company's | 22 | | application for
subscribership within thirty days after it was | 23 | | made, the company may
request a review by the Director as if | 24 | | the application had been rejected.
If the Director finds that | 25 | | the company has been refused admittance to the
rating | 26 | | organization as a subscriber without justification, he shall |
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| 1 | | order
the rating organization to admit the company as a | 2 | | subscriber. If he finds
that the action of the rating | 3 | | organization was justified, he shall make an
order affirming | 4 | | its action.
| 5 | | (3) The Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau No rating | 6 | | organization shall not adopt any rule the effect of which
would | 7 | | be to prohibit or regulate the payment of dividends, savings or
| 8 | | unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by companies to | 9 | | their
policyholders, members or subscribers.
| 10 | | (4) (Blank). Cooperation among rating organizations or | 11 | | among rating organizations
and companies in matters within the | 12 | | scope of this
Article is hereby authorized, provided the | 13 | | filings resulting from such
cooperation are subject to all the | 14 | | provisions of this Article which are
applicable to filings | 15 | | generally. The Director may review such cooperative
activities | 16 | | and practices and if, after a hearing, he finds that any such
| 17 | | activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise | 18 | | inconsistent
with the provisions of this Article, he may issue | 19 | | a written order
specifying in what respects such activity or | 20 | | practice is unfair or
unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent | 21 | | with the provisions of this Article,
and requiring the | 22 | | discontinuance of such activity or practice.
| 23 | | (5) The Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau A rating | 24 | | organization may require members and subscribers to adhere
to a | 25 | | rate classification system, rating rules, rating plans, policy | 26 | | forms,
and underwriting rules or similar materials; however, no |
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| 1 | | insurer may agree
with any other insurer or with a rating | 2 | | organization to adhere to or use
any rate or schedule rating | 3 | | plan. For the purposes of this Article, "rate"
means the charge | 4 | | for insurance per unit of exposure, prior to any application
of | 5 | | individual risk variations based on loss or expense | 6 | | considerations, or
a consideration of both, and does not | 7 | | include minimum premiums.
| 8 | | (6) Two or more insurers having a common ownership or | 9 | | operating in this
State under common management or control may | 10 | | act in concert between or among
themselves with respect to | 11 | | those activities authorized in this Article as
if they were a | 12 | | single insurer.
| 13 | | (7) The fact that 2 or more insurers consistently or | 14 | | intermittently
use the same rates is not sufficient in itself | 15 | | to support a finding that
an illegal agreement exists, and may | 16 | | be used only for the purpose of supplementing
or explaining | 17 | | other direct evidence of the existence of any such agreement.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 82-939.)
| 19 | | (215 ILCS 5/459a new) | 20 | | Sec. 459a. Operation and control of the Illinois | 21 | | Compensation Rating Bureau. | 22 | | (1) The Bureau shall be governed by the Rating Committee. | 23 | | The Rating Committee shall establish bylaws for the operation | 24 | | of the Bureau that, with amendments thereto, shall be filed | 25 | | with and approved by the Director before they are effective. |
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| 1 | | (2) The Rating Committee shall consist of 10 members. Two | 2 | | members of the Rating Committee shall represent self-insured | 3 | | employer interests and shall be appointed by and serve at the | 4 | | pleasure of the Governor. Of the remaining 8 members, 4 shall | 5 | | be chosen by a majority vote of the members of the Bureau who | 6 | | are stock insurers and 4 shall be chosen by a majority vote of | 7 | | the members of the Bureau who are mutual insurers. Both stock | 8 | | and mutual insurers shall be represented equally on all other | 9 | | committees, including any managing committee. Each member of a | 10 | | committee shall have one vote, with the Director of Insurance | 11 | | deciding the matter in the event of a tie. | 12 | | (3) The services of the Bureau shall be supplied to members | 13 | | without discrimination. Each member of the Bureau shall pay an | 14 | | equitable share of the cost of operating the Bureau. | 15 | | (4) Upon demand, the Bureau shall furnish to any employer | 16 | | upon whose risk a survey has been made and to any insurer full | 17 | | information about the survey. | 18 | | (5) The Bureau shall, within a reasonable time after | 19 | | receiving a written request and upon payment of a reasonable | 20 | | charge, furnish information as to any rate to the insured | 21 | | affected by it or to an authorized representative.
| 22 | | (215 ILCS 5/461) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.8)
| 23 | | Sec. 461. Appeal
by minority. Any member of or subscriber | 24 | | to the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau a rating | 25 | | organization may appeal to the
Director from the action or |
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| 1 | | decision of such rating organization in
approving or rejecting | 2 | | any proposed change in or addition to the filings of
such | 3 | | rating organization and the Director shall, after a hearing | 4 | | held upon
not less than ten days' written notice to the | 5 | | appellant and to such rating
organization, issue an order | 6 | | approving the action or decision of such
rating organization or | 7 | | directing it to give further consideration to such
proposal, | 8 | | or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating
| 9 | | organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, | 10 | | he may, in
the event he finds that such action or decision was | 11 | | unreasonable, issue an
order directing the rating organization | 12 | | to make an addition to its filings,
on behalf of its members | 13 | | and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his
findings, | 14 | | within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.
| 15 | | If such appeal is based upon the failure of the rating | 16 | | organization to
make a filing on behalf of such member or | 17 | | subscriber which is based on a
system of expense provisions | 18 | | which differs, in accordance with the right
granted in | 19 | | subdivision (b) of subsection (1) of Section 456, from the
| 20 | | system of expense provisions included in a filing made by the | 21 | | rating
organization, the Director shall, if he grants the | 22 | | appeal, order the rating
organization to make the requested | 23 | | filing for use by the appellant. In
deciding such appeal the | 24 | | Director shall apply the standards set forth in
Section 456.
| 25 | | (Source: Laws 1947, p. 1098.)
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| 1 | | (215 ILCS 5/462) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.9)
| 2 | | Sec. 462. Information to be furnished insureds - Hearings | 3 | | and appeals of
insureds. The Illinois Compensation Rating | 4 | | Bureau Every rating organization , and every company which does
| 5 | | not adopt the rates of the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau | 6 | | a rating organization ,
shall, within a reasonable time after | 7 | | receiving written request therefor, furnish to
any insured | 8 | | affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized
| 9 | | representative of such insured, in readily understandable | 10 | | language,
all pertinent information as to such rate as | 11 | | specified in rules adopted
by the Department.
| 12 | | The Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau Every rating | 13 | | organization , and every company which does not adopt
the rates | 14 | | of the Illinois Compensation Rating Bureau a rating | 15 | | organization ,
shall provide within this state reasonable means | 16 | | whereby any person
aggrieved by the application of its rating | 17 | | system may be heard, in
person or by his authorized | 18 | | representative, on his written request to
review the manner in | 19 | | which such rating system has been applied in
connection with | 20 | | the insurance afforded him. If the Illinois Compensation Rating | 21 | | Bureau rating organization
or company fails to grant or reject | 22 | | such request within thirty days
after it is made, the applicant | 23 | | may proceed in the same manner as if his
application had been | 24 | | rejected. Any party affected by the action of the Illinois | 25 | | Compensation Rating Bureau such
rating organization or such | 26 | | company on such request may, within thirty
days after written |
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| 1 | | notice of such action, appeal to the Director, who,
after a | 2 | | hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the
| 3 | | appellant and to such rating organization or company, may | 4 | | affirm or
reverse such action.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 82-939.)
| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/463) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.10)
| 7 | | Sec. 463. Advisory organizations. | 8 | | (1) Every group, association or other organization of | 9 | | companies whether
located within or outside this state, which | 10 | | assists companies which make
their own filings or the Illinois | 11 | | Compensation Rating Bureau rating organizations in rate | 12 | | making, by the collection
and furnishing of loss or expense | 13 | | statistics, or by the submission of
recommendations, but which | 14 | | does not make filings under this Article, shall
be known as an | 15 | | advisory organization.
| 16 | | (2) Every advisory organization shall file with the | 17 | | Director (a) a copy
of its constitution, its articles of | 18 | | agreement or association or its
certificate of incorporation | 19 | | and of its by-laws, rules and regulations
governing its | 20 | | activities, (b) a list of its members, (c) the name and
address | 21 | | of a resident of this state upon whom notices or orders of the
| 22 | | Director or process issued at his direction may be served, and | 23 | | (d) an
agreement that the Director may examine such advisory | 24 | | organization in
accordance with the provisions of Section 465 | 25 | | of this Article.
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| 1 | | (3) If, after a hearing, the Director finds that the | 2 | | furnishing of such
information or assistance involves any act | 3 | | or practice which is unfair or
unreasonable or otherwise | 4 | | inconsistent with the provisions of this Article,
he may issue | 5 | | a written order specifying in what respects such act or
| 6 | | practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent | 7 | | with the
provisions of this Article, and requiring the | 8 | | discontinuance of such act or
practice.
| 9 | | (4) No company which makes its own filings nor any rating | 10 | | organization
shall support its filings by statistics or adopt | 11 | | rate making
recommendations, furnished to it by an advisory | 12 | | organization which has not
complied with this Section or with | 13 | | an order of the Director involving such
statistics or | 14 | | recommendations issued under subsection (3) of this Section.
If | 15 | | the Director finds such company or rating organization to be in
| 16 | | violation of this subsection he may issue an order requiring | 17 | | the
discontinuance of such violation.
| 18 | | (Source: Laws 1947, p. 1098.)
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