Illinois § 359a Application

Illinois Statutes

§ 359a — Application

Illinois § 359a

JurisdictionIllinois

TopicREGULATION

Ch. 215INSURANCE

Act 215 ILCS 5/Illinois Insurance Code.

Art.Article XX - Accident And Health Insurance

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Bluebook

215 Ill. Comp. Stat. 359a (2026).

Text

(1)No policy of insurance except an Industrial Accident and Health Policy provided for by this article shall be issued, except upon the signed application of the person or persons sought to be insured. Any information or statement of the applicant shall plainly appear upon such application in the form of interrogatories by the insurer and answers by the applicant. The insured shall not be bound by any statement made in an application for any policy, including an Industrial Accident and Health Policy, unless a copy of such application is attached to or endorsed on the policy when issued as a part thereof. If any such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall be reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the beneficiary or assignee of such policy shall make wr

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(1) No policy of insurance except an Industrial Accident and Health Policy provided for by this article shall be issued, except upon the signed application of the person or persons sought to be insured. Any information or statement of the applicant shall plainly appear upon such application in the form of interrogatories by the insurer and answers by the applicant. The insured shall not be bound by any statement made in an application for any policy, including an Industrial Accident and Health Policy, unless a copy of such application is attached to or endorsed on the policy when issued as a part thereof. If any such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall be reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the beneficiary or assignee of such policy shall make written request to the insurer for a copy of the application, if any, for such reinstatement or renewal, the insurer shall within fifteen days after the receipt of such request at its home office or any branch office of the insurer, deliver or mail to the person making such request, a copy of such application. If such copy shall not be so delivered or mailed, the insurer shall be precluded from introducing such application as evidence in any action or proceeding based upon or involving such policy or its reinstatement or renewal. (2) No alteration of any written application for any such policy shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer, for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the applicant. (3) The falsity of any statement in the application for any policy covered by this act may not bar the right to recovery thereunder unless such false statement materially affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer.