Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5 Illinois Insurance Code. Section 123B-3

    (215 ILCS 5/123B-3) (from Ch. 73, par. 735B-3)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)

    Sec. 123B-3. Risk retention groups organized in this State.

    A. A risk retention group shall either:

        (1) pursuant to the provisions of Articles II or III,

    be organized to write only liability insurance and, except as provided elsewhere in this Article, must comply with all of the laws, rules, regulations and requirements applicable to such insurers organized in this State and with Section 123B-4 of this Article to the extent such requirements are not a limitation on laws, rules, regulations or requirements of this State; or

        (2) pursuant to the provisions of Article VIIC, be

    organized to write only liability insurance as a captive insurance company and, except as provided elsewhere in this Article, must comply with all of the laws, rules, regulations and requirements applicable to such insurers organized in this State and with Section 123B-4 of this Article to the extent such requirements are not a limitation on laws, rules, regulations or requirements of this State.

    Except that, as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, a new risk retention group must qualify under paragraph (1) of this subsection, and any risk retention group presently organized in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection shall amend its articles of incorporation and comply with paragraph (1) of this subsection within 6 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 or cease operating under this Article.

    B. Before it may offer insurance in any state, each risk retention group shall also submit for approval to the Director a plan of operation or a feasibility study and revisions of such plan or study if the group intends to offer any additional lines of liability insurance. In the event of any subsequent material change in any item of its plan or study, such risk retention group shall submit an appropriate revision to the Director within 10 days of any such change for approval by the Director. The group shall not offer any additional kinds of liability insurance, in this State or in any other state, until a revision of such plan or study is approved by the Director.

    C. At the time of filing its application for organization, the risk retention group shall provide to the Director in summary form the following information: the identity of the initial members of the group, the identity of those individuals who organized the group or who will provide administrative services or otherwise influence or control the activities of the group, the amount and nature of initial capitalization, the coverages to be afforded, and the states in which the group intends to operate.

    D. The name under which a risk retention group may be organized and licensed shall include the phrase "Risk Retention Group".

    E. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, all risk retention groups chartered in this State shall file an annual statement with the Department and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The annual statement shall be in a form prescribed by the Director. The statement may be required to be in diskette form. The statement shall be completed in accordance with the annual statement instructions and the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual.

(Source: P.A. 89-97, eff. 7-7-95.)

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