Section 625 ILCS 57/10 - [Section Scheduled to be Repealed 9/1/2028] Insurance(a) Transportation network companies and participating TNC drivers shall comply with the automobile liability insurance requirements of this Section as required.(b) The following automobile liability insurance requirements shall apply from the moment a participating TNC driver logs on to the transportation network company's digital network or software application until the TNC driver accepts a request to transport a passenger, and from the moment the TNC driver completes the transaction on the digital network or software application or the ride is complete, whichever is later, until the TNC driver either accepts another ride request on the digital network or software application or logs off the digital network or software application: (1) Automobile liability insurance shall be in the amount of at least $50,000 for death and personal injury per person, $100,000 for death and personal injury per incident, and $25,000 for property damage.(2) Contingent automobile liability insurance in the amounts required in paragraph (1) of this subsection (b) shall be maintained by a transportation network company and provide coverage in the event a participating TNC driver's own automobile liability policy excludes coverage according to its policy terms or does not provide at least the limits of coverage required in paragraph (1) of this subsection (b).(c) The following automobile liability insurance requirements shall apply from the moment a TNC driver accepts a ride request on the transportation network company's digital network or software application until the TNC driver completes the transaction on the digital network or software application or until the ride is complete, whichever is later: (1) Automobile liability insurance shall be primary and in the amount of $1,000,000 for death, personal injury, and property damage. The requirements for the coverage required by this paragraph (1) may be satisfied by any of the following:(A) automobile liability insurance maintained by a participating TNC driver;(B) automobile liability company insurance maintained by a transportation network company; or(C) any combination of subparagraphs (A) and (B).(2) Insurance coverage provided under this subsection (c) shall also provide for uninsured motorist coverage and underinsured motorist coverage in the amount of $50,000 from the moment a passenger enters the vehicle of a participating TNC driver until the passenger exits the vehicle.(3) The insurer, in the case of insurance coverage provided under this subsection (c), shall have the duty to defend and indemnify the insured.(4) Coverage under an automobile liability insurance policy required under this subsection (c) shall not be dependent on a personal automobile insurance policy first denying a claim nor shall a personal automobile insurance policy be required to first deny a claim.(d) In every instance when automobile liability insurance maintained by a participating TNC driver to fulfill the insurance obligations of this Section has lapsed or ceased to exist, the transportation network company shall provide the coverage required by this Section beginning with the first dollar of a claim.(e) This Section shall not limit the liability of a transportation network company arising out of an automobile crash involving a participating TNC driver in any action for damages against a transportation network company for an amount above the required insurance coverage.(f) The transportation network company shall disclose in writing to TNC drivers, as part of its agreement with those TNC drivers, the following: (1) the insurance coverage and limits of liability that the transportation network company provides while the TNC driver uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's digital network or software application; and(2) that the TNC driver's own insurance policy may not provide coverage while the TNC driver uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company digital network depending on its terms.(g) An insurance policy required by this Section may be placed with an admitted Illinois insurer, or with an authorized surplus line insurer under Section 445 of the Illinois Insurance Code; and is not subject to any restriction or limitation on the issuance of a policy contained in Section 445a of the Illinois Insurance Code.(h) Any insurance policy required by this Section shall satisfy the financial responsibility requirement for a motor vehicle under Sections 7-203 and 7-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.(i) If a transportation network company's insurer makes a payment for a claim covered under comprehensive coverage or collision coverage, the transportation network company shall cause its insurer to issue the payment directly to the business repairing the vehicle, or jointly to the owner of the vehicle and the primary lienholder on the covered vehicle. Amended by P.A. 102-0982,§ 120, eff. 7/1/2023.Reenacted by P.A. 101-0660,§ 15, eff. 4/2/2021.Amended by P.A. 099-0056,§ 5, eff. 7/16/2015.Added by P.A. 098-1173,§ 10, eff. 6/1/2015.