Exams / Illinois Life Insurance Producer License / 215 ILCS 5/233

215 ILCS 5/233 — what it says, and how the exam tests it

This section is cited by 2 of our practice questions and is tested on 5 exams including the Illinois Life Insurance Producer License.

The text

215 ILCS 5/233. (from Ch. 73, par. 845) Sec. 233. Participating and non-participating policies. After the calendar year during which this Code becomes effective, no life company authorized to do business in this State shall issue both participating and non-participating policies unless at least ninety per centum of the profits on its participating policies shall inure to the benefit of the participating policyholders. Any company having in force both participating and non-participating policies shall keep a separate accounting for each class of business and shall make and include in the annual statement to be filed with the Director each year a separate statement showing the gains, losses and expenses properly attributable to each of such classes and also showing the manner in which any general outlay of expense of the company has been apportioned to each except that this provision shall not apply to any company in which ninety per centum or more of the business in force is either participating or non-participating. This section shall not apply to business done by such life company outside this state, nor to paid-up, or temporary insurance or pure endowment benefits issued or granted pursuant to the non-forfeiture provision prescribed in clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 224 nor to annuities or policies of reinsurance. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 607.)

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How it comes up on the exam

Practice questions written from this section — answers and explanations are in the drill.

  1. Under Section 233, when a company issues both participating and non-participating policies, at least what percentage of the profits on participating policies must inure to the benefit of participating policyholders?
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  2. A life insurance company issues both participating and non-participating policies in Illinois. Under Section 233, what minimum percentage of profits on its participating policies must inure to the benefit of participating policyholders?
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Exams that test this section