215 ILCS 5/177

The provisions of section 170 applicable to the transfer of deposits of legal reserves on policies of merged or consolidated companies shall apply to the transfer of deposits of such reserves of a ceding company in the case of a reinsurance agreement, and for the purposes of determining the conditions and requirements for such transfer the assuming company shall be regarded as a surviving or new company and the ceding company shall be regarded as a company that has been merged or consolidated.