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...(A)(1) Every insurer that offers basic property and homeowners insurance insuring on a direct basis a structure located in the counties of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Stark, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, and Washington shall include mine subsidence coverage ...

...All companies authorized to write basic property insurance in this state shall enter into a reinsurance agreement with the Ohio mine subsidence insurance underwriting association in which each company agrees to cede one hundred per cent, up to three hundred thousand dollars, of any subsidence insurance underwritten to the association and, in consideration of the ceding commission retained by the company, agrees to un...

...Thirty per cent of all mine subsidence insurance premiums collected by each insurer for policies delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in a county designated for optional coverage in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 3929.56 of the Revised Code, excluding premiums collected under such policies for mine subsidence insurance coverage which is not reinsured by the mine subsidence insurance underwriting ass...

...Every mine subsidence insurance underwriting association member shall report at times designated by the superintendent of insurance the amounts of mine subsidence insurance premiums collected by such member.

...Except in case of fraud by the company, the Ohio mine subsidence insurance underwriting association shall have no right of recourse against the company.

...As used in sections 3929.62 to 3929.70 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant to those sections: (A) "Applicant" means any licensed physician, podiatrist, or hospital, as those terms are defined in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code, or any certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner. (B) "Medical liability underwriting association" means a nonprofit unincorpo...

...(A) A medical liability underwriting association for medical liability insurance may be created for one or more classes of insurance by rule of the superintendent of insurance pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code upon a finding by the superintendent that both of the following circumstances exist: (1) A substantial number of applicants for such class or classes of medical liability insurance have not been pl...

...(A) In the event the superintendent of insurance creates the medical liability underwriting association under section 3929.63 of the Revised Code or reactivates the medical liability underwriting association under section 3929.632 of the Revised Code, the superintendent also shall create a stabilization reserve fund for the medical liability underwriting association under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The stabili...

...(A) The medical liability underwriting association created under section 3929.63 of the Revised Code may be dissolved, or its operations may be suspended, by rule of the superintendent of insurance adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, upon a finding by the superintendent that the circumstances described in division (A) of section 3929.63 of the Revised Code no longer exist, or if the superintendent f...

...(A)(1) A board of governors consisting of nine members shall govern the medical liability underwriting association. The members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice of the superintendent of insurance. Five shall be selected from insurers licensed to write and writing liability insurance in this state, at least two of which insurers must write medical liability insurance in this state. One shall be a lic...

...(A)(1) Within forty-five days after the creation or a reactivation of the medical liability underwriting association, the board of governors of the medical liability underwriting association shall submit to the superintendent of insurance, for the superintendent's review, a proposed plan of operation consistent with sections 3929.62 to 3929.70 of the Revised Code. The superintendent may adopt this plan by rule promul...

...(A) Any applicant practicing or operating in this state seeking to purchase medical liability insurance being offered by the medical liability underwriting association, on or after the effective date of the medical liability underwriting association's plan of operation, may apply to the medical liability underwriting association for medical liability insurance. The application may be made on behalf of an applicant by...

...The medical liability underwriting association may offer policyholders the option of being liable as a co-insurer on sums paid out by way of settlement or judgment against the policyholder on any claim made under the policy. The medical liability underwriting association has sole authority to settle any claim subject to the co-insurance option without the consent of the insured. The plan of operation shall set forth ...

...(A) A medical liability insurance policy that insures a physician, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, written by or on behalf of the medical liability underwriting association pursuant to sections 3929.62 to 3929.70 of the Revised Code, may be cancelled only during the term of the policy for one of the following reasons: (1) Nonpayment of premiums; (2) The license of the insured to practice medi...

...(A) There shall be no liability imposed on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature arises against, the medical liability underwriting association or the stabilization reserve fund, its board of governors, directors, agents, or employees, an insurer or its employees, any licensed agent or broker, or the superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's authorized representatives and employees, for any acti...

...Any insurer or other person aggrieved by any action or decision of the medical liability underwriting association may appeal to the board of governors. The decision of the board of governors may be appealed to the superintendent of insurance within thirty days from the date of the action or the decision. The superintendent shall, after a hearing held upon proper notice, issue an order approving or disapproving the ac...

...A medical liability fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The medical liability fund shall be used for the purposes of funding the medical liability underwriting association that is created in accordance with sections 3929.62 to 3929.70 of the Revised Code or for funding another medical malpractice initiative with the approval of the general assembly.

...(A) Annually on or before the first day of March, the medical liability underwriting association and the stabilization reserve fund shall file in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement or statements containing information with respect to their transactions, condition, operations, and affairs during the preceding year. The statement or statements shall contain such matters and information as are pre...

...The medical liability underwriting association and the stabilization reserve fund are exempt from all license fees, and income, franchise, premium, and privilege taxes levied or assessed by this state or any of its political subdivisions.

...No insurer licensed to carry on the business of insurance in this state that is required by law to contribute to or participate in, or that can be assessed by the Ohio insurance guaranty association pursuant to sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code, or by the plan for apportionment of applicants for motor vehicle insurance pursuant to section 4509.70 of the Revised Code, or by the Ohio fair plan underwritin...

...(A) No insurance company doing business in this state shall pay a claim of a named insured for fire damage to a structure located within a municipal corporation or township in this state where the amount recoverable for the fire loss to the structure under all policies exceeds five thousand dollars, unless the company is furnished with a certificate pursuant to division (B) of this section, and unless there is compli...

...Within ninety days of the occurrence of a fire loss in excess of five thousand dollars to real or personal property, the state fire marshal or any other person authorized to make an investigation pursuant to section 3737.24 of the Revised Code shall determine, to the extent practicable and in a manner consistent with accepted standards of investigation, whether such loss was caused by arson.

...owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal, shall abandon such animal.

...fer, ass, ox, swine, dog, cat, or other domestic animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in an official capacity.

... swine, dog, cat, poultry, or any other domestic animal that is the property of another; and no person shall, willfully and without consent of the owner, place any poisoned food where it may be easily found and eaten by any of such animals, either upon his own lands or the lands of another.