40 ILCS 5/1A-101

There is created in the Department of Insurance a Public Pension Division which, under the supervision and direction of the Director of Insurance, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions prescribed under this Code. The Division shall consist of an administrator, a supervisor, a technical staff trained in the fundamentals of public pension fund planning, operations, administration, and investment of public pension funds, and such other personnel as may be necessary properly and effectively to discharge the functions of the Division.