Illinois Department of Insurance
Public Act 93-0333
Slave Era Insurance Policies Registry

Pursuant to Public Act 93-0333, every licensed insurer must report to the Director information regarding policies issued to slaveholders for death or damage of their slaves that it wrote either directly or through a predecessor corporation during the slavery era. A consolidated report may be submitted by the reporting insurer's holding company on behalf of all members of the holding company required to file the report. A consolidated report shall designate one insurer as the reporting insurer for purposes of compliance with the Act and shall specify which insurers are included in the report.

The report shall be submitted on letterhead of the reporting insurer with paragraphs numbered as follows:

(1) Insurer Identification

This paragraph shall state the name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, NAIC number and website URL, if any, for the main office of the insurer making the report. For consolidated reports, this section shall also contain the names, addresses, telephone numbers and website URLs of all insurers included in the report.

(2) Contact Person

This paragraph shall state the name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address for the insurer's Contact Person responsible for compiling the report and to whom questions may be directed.

(3) Research methodology

This section of the report shall include a description of the methods employed by the insurer to identify and compile the records and information that are responsive to the Act. This section shall include a description of the research which was conducted at the insurer's own facility as well as a description of research which was conducted at other facilities known to the insurer, if any. This section shall state whether or not the insurer found data responsive to this Act.

(4) Names of Slaves & Slaveholders:

Insurers who found data responsive to the Act shall submit information regarding the names of slaves, names of slaveholders, beneficiary and/or policyholder, county (or parish), state, and any other identifying information, such as policy numbers and dates of policies, in an electronic spreadsheet contained on the Department's website at www.ins.state.il.us under the current issues section at the bottom of the Welcome Page.

Time for Submission

Sections (1), (2) and (3) must be submitted by mail, fax or email no later than April 15, 2004 to:

Mary Petersen, Insurance Compliance Analyst
Illinois Department of Insurance
320 W. Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62767
(217) 785-5987(phone)
(217) 558-2083 (fax)
Mary_Petersen@ins.state.il.us

Section (4) must be submitted in the electronic spreadsheet located on the Department's website at www.ins.state.il.us under the current issues section at the bottom of the Welcome Page. This information shall be emailed to Mary_Petersen@ins.state.il.us no later than June 15, 2004.

Questions regarding this report may be directed to Mary Petersen at the phone number, fax number or email address listed above.