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91_HB1344

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Illinois Insurance Code by changing
 2    Section 155.28.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Insurance Code is amended by
 6    changing Section 155.28 as follows:

 7        (215 ILCS 5/155.28) (from Ch. 73, par. 767.28)
 8        Sec. 155.28.  Oral estimate of premium charges.
 9        (a)  Any individual who is a potential  applicant  for  a
10    policy   of  personal  automobile  insurance  as  defined  in
11    subsection (a) of  Section  143.13  of  this  Code  shall  be
12    provided  an  oral  estimate  of premium charges based on the
13    information provided to an insurance producer  or  designated
14    representative   who   maintains   an   office   within   any
15    municipality  with  500,000  or  more  inhabitants.   Such an
16    estimate shall be given by any  such  insurance  producer  or
17    designated  representative  of  an  insurer  but shall not be
18    binding.
19        (b)  No such insurer, insurance  producer  or  designated
20    representative  shall require that an individual described in
21    subsection (a) of this Section shall be present in person  in
22    order to obtain the estimate described in subsection (a).
23        (c)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
24    prohibit   an   insurer,  insurance  producer  or  designated
25    representative from requiring that an individual  be  present
26    in  person  to  complete  a final application for a policy of
27    personal automobile insurance as defined in subsection (a) of
28    Section 143.13 of this Code.
29    (Source: P.A. 86-1408.)

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