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...(A) A surety bail bond agent that accepts collateral security or other indemnity shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The collateral security or other indemnity shall be reasonable in relation to the amount of the bond. (2) The collateral security or other indemnity shall not be used by the surety bail bond agent for personal benefit or gain and shall be returned in the same condition as receive...

...A surety bail bond agent or insurer shall not do any of the following: (A) Suggest or advise the employment of, or name for employment, any particular attorney to represent its principal; (B) Solicit business in, or on the property or grounds of, a detention facility, as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code, or in, or on the property or grounds of, any court. For purposes of this division, "solicit"...

...(A) Whoever violates section 3905.182 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (B) Whoever violates section 3905.31 or 3905.33 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (C) Whoever violates section 3905.37 or 390...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Annual financial statement" means an insurer's statutorily required financial statement under the insurer's respective authorizing chapter of the Revised Code. (B) "Authorized control level risked-based capital" means authorized control level RBC as defined in sections 1753.31 and 3903.81 of the Revised Code. (C) "Cash equivalent" means a short-term, highly liquid investment tha...

...In acquiring, investing, exchanging, holding, selling, and managing investments under this chapter, an insurer shall establish and follow a written investment policy that shall be reviewed and approved by the insurer's board of directors on at least an annual basis. The content and format of an insurer's investment policy are at the insurer's discretion, but shall include written guidelines appropriate to the i...

...All of the following classes of investments may be counted for the purposes specified in section 3906.11 of the Revised Code, whether they are made directly or as a participant in a partnership, joint venture, or limited liability company: (A) Cash, and cash equivalents, in the direct possession of the insurer or on deposit with a financial institution regulated by any federal or state agency of the United St...

...(A) An insurer investing under this chapter shall maintain assets in an amount equivalent to the sum of its liabilities and its minimum financial security benchmark at all times. (B) Assets invested under this chapter may be counted toward satisfaction of the minimum asset requirement only so far as they are invested in compliance with this chapter and any applicable rules adopted, or orders issued, by the su...

...(A) Prior to an insurer entering into derivative transactions, the board of directors of the insurer investing under this chapter shall approve a derivative use plan. (B) An insurer shall notify the superintendent of insurance in writing within three days after identifying either of the following: (1) Any event or occurrence related to an insurer's derivatives use that may lead to a material change to the i...

...The capital, surplus, and all accumulations of every domestic life insurance company shall be invested as follows: (A) A domestic company may acquire, hold, and convey real estate: (1) Which has been acquired or is acquired for its principal offices, or which is used in connection therewith, provided that it shall not invest more than five per cent of its admitted assets on the preceding thirty-first day of ...

...(A) A domestic life insurance company may, subject to section 3911.011 of the Revised Code, issue policies, annuities, or other contracts, whether on an individual or group basis, providing benefits or other contractual payments payable in fixed or variable dollar amounts, or both, and allocate to one or more separate accounts any amounts which are to be applied to provide such benefits and contractual payments. The ...

...The president or vice-president, and the secretary or actuary, or a majority of the directors of each insurance company organized under the laws of this state, annually on the first day of January, or within sixty days thereafter, shall prepare under oath and deposit in the office of the superintendent of insurance, a statement showing the condition of the company on the thirty-first day of the December next precedin...

...(A) Any life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States that transacts any business of insurance in this state shall have and maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a company may be served. The agent may be a natural person residing in this sta...

...Sec. 3911.091. (A) As used in this section, "employer" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or any other entity that is doing business in this state. "Employer" also includes all entities or persons that are controlled by or affiliated with any such individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity. Whether ...

...(A) A domestic mutual life insurance company may become a stock life insurance company, pursuant to sections 3913.11 to 3913.13 of the Revised Code, provided that the company have unassigned surplus at least equal to the capital and surplus required under section 3907.05 of the Revised Code for a life insurance company to commence business in this state, that such conversion will benefit the company, that adequate pr...

...(A) A domestic mutual insurance company other than life may become a stock insurance corporation other than life, pursuant to sections 3913.20 to 3913.23 of the Revised Code, provided that such conversion will benefit the company, that adequate provision for protection of the policyholders' interests is made, and that such conversion is not inequitable, unreasonable, or contrary to law. (B) The board of directors of...

...As used in sections 3913.25 to 3913.38 of the Revised Code: (A) "Intermediate holding company" means a stock corporation that owns all of the shares of voting stock of one or more reorganized stock companies after a reorganization under sections 3913.25 to 3913.38 of the Revised Code. "Intermediate holding company" also means a stock corporation that is the parent or subsidiary of another intermediate holding compan...

...(A) A mutual insurance company, by itself or together with one or more other mutual insurance companies acting pursuant to a joint reorganization plan, may reorganize in accordance with the requirements of sections 3913.25 to 3913.38 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A mutual insurance company may adopt a reorganization plan that is consistent with the requirements of sections 3913.25 to 3913.38 of the Revised Code. Such ...

...(A) A reorganization plan adopted by a mutual insurance company's board of directors pursuant to section 3913.26 of the Revised Code shall be voted upon by a mutual insurance company's policyholders at a policyholders' meeting. A policyholder is entitled to cast only one vote, in person or by proxy, on the reorganization plan regardless of the number of policies or contracts that the policyholder may own or hold. On...

...(A) A mutual insurance company shall not proceed with a reorganization plan approved by the mutual insurance company's policyholders under section 3913.27 of the Revised Code until the reorganization plan has been reviewed by, and has received the approval of, the superintendent of insurance, and the articles of incorporation for the mutual insurance holding company and the reorganized stock company, and, if applicab...

...(A) Sections 3913.11 to 3913.13 and 3913.20 to 3913.23 of the Revised Code shall apply to a mutual insurance holding company as if the mutual insurance holding company were a domestic mutual insurance company. The members of the mutual insurance holding company are deemed to be members of a domestic mutual insurance company for all purposes of such sections. (B) A reorganization of a domestic mutual life insur...

...(A) Any insurer, including any fraternal benefit society, that is organized under the laws of another state and is admitted to transact the business of insurance in this state may become a domestic insurer by complying with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization and licensing of a domestic insurer of the same type and by designating its principal place of business at a place in this state. Such a...

...No policy of life insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state or be issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state unless such policy contains: (A) A provision that all premiums shall be payable in advance, either at the home office of the company or to an agent of the company, upon delivery of a receipt signed by one or more of the officers named in the policy; (B) A provision...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Published monthly average" means: (a) "Moody's corporate bond yield average -- monthly average corporates" as published by Moody's investors service, inc., or any successor thereto; or (b) In the event that "Moody's corporate bond yield average -- monthly average corporates" is no longer published, a substantially similar average, established by rule promulgated by the superintend...

...This section applies to all policies of life insurance, not excluded by division (N) of section 3915.071 of the Revised Code, that are delivered, or issued for delivery, in this state on or after January 1, 1989. (A) Upon default in payment of the premium due on a policy anniversary, the cash surrender value shall not differ by more than two-tenths of one per cent of the amount of insurance from the sum of th...

...As used in sections 3915.21 to 3915.24 of the Revised Code: (A) "Accelerated benefits" means the benefits that are payable under a policy and that meet all of the following criteria: (1) The benefits are payable to the policyholder or certificate holder during the lifetime of the insured and upon the occurrence of a qualifying event. (2) The benefits are payable in amounts that are fixed at the time of the acceler...