Illinois Code § 1303

§ 1303.

Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this Article: "Consolidation" means any transaction in which a financial institution makes its premium collection services available to its mortgage debtors in connection with a particular insurer's ("new insurer") offer of mortgage insurance, which offer is made to debtors who, immediately prior to the offer, had mortgage insurance with another insurer ("old insurer") and were paying premiums for that insurance with their monthly mortgage payments. "Financial institution" or "servicer" means any entity or organization that services mortgage loans by collecting and accounting for monthly mortgage insurance premiums as part of the debtor's monthly mortgage payment for one or more insurers. "Insured" means the individual loan customer or certificate holder. "Loan transfer" means a transaction in which the servicing of a block of mortgage loans is transferred from one servicer to another servicer. This shall include, but not be limited to, mergers or acquisitions. "Loan transfer consolidation" means a consolidation in which coverage is limited to insureds whose mortgage loans have been sold or transferred in the secondary market from one servicer to another. "Group-to-group consolidation" means a consolidation in which coverages under both the old plan and the new plan is provided under group policies. "Mortgage insurance" means mortgage life insurance (term or ordinary), mortgage disability insurance, mortgage accidental death insurance, or any combination thereof, including both individual and group policies, and any certificates issued thereunder, on credit transactions of more than 10 years duration and written in connection with a credit transaction that is secured by a first mortgage or deed of trust and made to finance the purchase of real property or the construction of a dwelling thereon or to refinance a prior credit transaction made for such a purpose. "New coverage" or "new plan" means the mortgage insurance coverage or plan for which a financial institution collects premium beginning on the effective date of a consolidation. "New insurer" means any insurer who offers mortgage insurance coverage to borrowers of the financial institution who can no longer remit monthly premiums for the old insurer along with their monthly mortgage payment. "Old coverage" or "old plan" means the mortgage insurance coverage or plan for which a financial institution collects premiums immediately prior to a consolidation. "Old insurer" means any insurer for whom a financial institution will no longer make its premium collection facilities available for all or some of the insurer's policyholders or certificate holders. (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)