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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.)