Insurance Consumer Fact Sheets

• Contact The Proper Agency - Where to File Medicare, Medicaid and Other Health Plan Complaints
• Understanding the Complaint Process
• Travel Insurance
• College Students
• Workers' Compensation Insurance
• Credit Information - How Insurers Use it
• Finding a Reputable Insurance Company - Using Financial Rating Agencies
• Beware of Fraudulent Insurance Companies
• Insurance Guaranty Associations

Disasters

• When Disaster Strikes - What to Do After an Insured Homeowners Loss
• Disasters - Who Can You Contact?
• Disaster Brochure

Auto Insurance

• Shopping Guide
• Credit Information - How Insurers Use it
• Definitions
• Teen Drivers
• If Your Automobile Insurance is Canceled
• If Your Automobile Insurance is Nonrenewed
• Filing an Auto Claim with Your Insurance Company
• Filing an Auto Claim with Another Driver's Insurance Company
• Total Loss Auto Claims with Your Insurance Company (Rule 919 Exhibit A - Rights of Recourse)
• Driving into Mexico

Health Insurance

• Acronyms
• Birth Control
• Cancer
• Continuation Rights - COBRA
• Continuation Rights - Illinois Law
• Continuation Rights - Illinois Spousal Law
• Continuation Rights - Dependent Children (July 1, 2004)
• Continuation Rights - Municipal Employee
• Coordination of Benefits (COB)
• Diabetes
• Disability Income Insurance
• HIPAA - Preexisting Conditions
• Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
• Individual Accident and Health Insurance - Frequently Asked Questions
• Individual Major Medical Insurance
• Infertility Treatment
• Managed Care Reform
• Mandated Benefits
• Maternity Benefits
• Medical Necessity
• Newborn Children
• Prompt Pay Law
• Small Employers
• Small Employer Health Insurance Rating Act
• Uninsured Ombudsman Program
• Usual and Customary Fees
• Women's Health Care Issues

Senior Health Insurance

• Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
• Getting Off to a Good Start with Medicare (What you need to know and do as you near your 65th birthday)

Homeowners Insurance

• Shopping Guide
• Credit Information - How Insurers Use it
• Definitions
• When Disaster Strikes - What to Do After an Insured Homeowners Loss
• Disasters - Who Can You Contact?
• Disaster Brochure
• If Your Homeowners Insurance Policy is Canceled
• If Your Homeowners Insurance Policy is Nonrenewed
• Mold Facts and Homeowners Insurance

Life Insurance and Annuities

• Guide to Equity-Indexed Annuities
• Acronyms
• Viatical Settlements and Accelerated Death Benefits
• Individual Life Insurance - Frequently Asked Questions
• Buying Life Insurance
• Replacing Life Insurance Policies or Annuities

Illinois Licensed Insurance Producer Database

• Producer Licensing Record    Check the license status of Illinois Producers (If you have problems accessing this application, please see the Producer Licensing Record Application Help page or contact licensing@ins.state.il.us.)

Resident/Non-resident Licensing Information

• How Non-Residents Apply On-Line for a New License
  (National Insurance Producer Registry)
• How to Become a Non-Resident Licensed Producer or Business Entity
  (National Insurance Producer Registry)
• How to Become a Resident Licensed Producer
• How to Obtain a Certification/Clearance Letter
• Producers Moving to Illinois

Licensing Forms

• Insurance Producer Forms
• Producer License/Business Entity Address Change
• Request a Producers Moving to Illinois Information Kit
• All Other Licensing Forms
• Employee Leasing Companies

Education

• Pre-licensing and Continuing Education Requirements
• Long-Term Care Training Information
• Search for Pre-licensing and Continuing Education Providers

Education Provider Information

• How to Become an Education Provider
• Education Provider Rule 3119
• Request for Certification of a Pre-Licensing Course (PDF Format)    IL446-0211 Rev. 07/04
• Request for Certification of a Continuing Education Course (PDF Format)     IL446-0210 Rev. 07/04
• Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project

Laws, Rules and Company Bulletins

• Laws, Rules, Freedom of Information Requests, and Company Bulletins
• Part 3113 - Premium Fund Trust Account