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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 155.22b. Rating, claims handling, and underwriting decisions.
(a) No company issuing a policy of property and casualty insurance may use the fact that an applicant or insured incurred bodily injury as a result of a battery or other violent act committed against him or her by a spouse or person in the same household as a sole reason for a rating, underwriting, or claims handling decision.
(b) If a policy excludes property coverage for intentional acts, the insurer may not deny payment to an innocent co-insured who did not cooperate in or contribute to the creation of the loss if the loss arose out of a pattern of criminal domestic violence and the perpetrator of the loss is criminally prosecuted for the act causing the loss. Payment to the innocent co-insured may be limited to his or her ownership interest in the property as reduced by any payments to a mortgagor or other secured interest.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 215. Insurance § 5/155.22b. Rating, claims handling, and underwriting decisions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-215-insurance/il-st-sect-215-5-155-22b/
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