- a) A claim shall not be denied on the basis of failure to exhibit property unless there is documentation of breach of the policy provisions in the claim file.
- b) No company shall make any statement, written or oral, requiring a liability claimant to complete a proof of loss form, accident description, or release of claim for damages, which indicates that the claimant's rights may be impaired if such forms are not completed within a specified time, unless such statement is given for the purpose of notifying the claimant of the provisions of the statute of limitations.
- c) No company shall advise liability claimants to make claims under their own policies in cases where liability is reasonably clear.
- d) No company shall fail to effect settlement on first party claims on the basis that responsibility for payment should be assumed by other persons or insurers.
- e) No company issuing a motor vehicle insurance policy covering damages to a motor vehicle shall abandon the salvage of a motor vehicle to a towing service and/or storage yard service in lieu of the towing and storage charges, without the agreed permission of the towing service or storage yard service.
- f) No company shall deny a claim for storage charges on actual cash value fire and extended coverage losses when the personal property limits have been exhausted, if coverage exists under additional living expense.
(Source: Amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 1204, effective January 11, 1989)