Ohio Revised Code Search

... to transact the business of life or accident or life and accident insurance on the assessment plan, as a condition precedent to transacting business in this state, shall deposit with the superintendent of insurance the following: (A) A certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation; (B) A certificate from the insurance commissioner or superintendent of its own state, showing its authority to do such bu...

...Each corporation, company, or association described in section 3919.21 of the Revised Code annually after its admittance to transact business in this state, on or before the first day of March, shall make and file in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement, in the form required by the superintendent, of its business for the twelve months next preceding the thirty-first day of December of the precedi...

...Annually, before the first day of March, every corporation, company, or association referred to in section 3919.31 of the Revised Code shall file with the superintendent of insurance a statement under the oath of its officers showing its transactions for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December preceding, and its condition on that day, in the form prescribed by the superintendent.

...Sections 3919.16 to 3919.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to any association of religious or secret societies, or to any class of mechanics, express, telegraph, or railroad employees, or of ex-union soldiers, formed for the mutual benefit of the member thereof and their families or blood relatives exclusively, or for purely charitable purposes.

...(A) A fraternal benefit society may provide any of the following contractual benefits in any form: (1) Death benefits; (2) Endowment benefits; (3) Annuity benefits; (4) Temporary or permanent disability benefits; (5) Hospital, medical, or nursing benefits; (6) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members; (7) Any other benefit that may be provided by a life insurer and that is not inconsist...

...e specifying the amount of benefits provided under the contract. The certificate, together with any riders or endorsements attached to the certificate, the laws of the society, the application for membership, the application for insurance and declaration of insurability, if any, signed by the applicant, and all amendments to each such document, constitute the benefit contract, as of the date of issuance, between the ...

...division (C) of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund created under section 3901.021 of the Revised Code.

...estimate or statement concerning the dividends or shares of surplus paid or to be paid by any society on any insurance contract; (3) Any incomplete comparison of an insurance contract of one society with an insurance contract of another society or insurer for the purpose of inducing the lapse, forfeiture, or surrender of any insurance contract. A comparison of insurance contracts is incomplete if either of the follo...

...tments; (b) A determination of an individual's eligibility for individual health insurance coverage, including coverage offered to individuals through a nonemployer group, to participate in a plan or health insurance coverage; (c) A determination that a health care service is not a covered benefit; (d) The imposition of an exclusion, including exclusions for pre-existing conditions, source of injury, network,...

...uer based on a contractual issue that did not involve a medical judgment or any medical information, pursuant to section 3922.11 of the Revised Code. (C) For an adverse benefit determination in which emergency medical services have been determined to be not medically necessary or appropriate after an external review pursuant to division (A) of this section, the health plan issuer shall afford the covered pers...

...The superintendent may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of this chapter and shall prescribe forms relating to notices, appeals, and requests for external review under this chapter.

...vices under a policy of sickness and accident insurance or a public employee benefit plan. (4) "Emergency service" has the same meaning as in section 1753.28 of the Revised Code. (5) "Fraudulent or materially incorrect information" means any type of intentional deception or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in some unauthorized benefit to the covered person in que...

...Blanket sickness and accident insurance is that form of sickness and accident insurance covering special groups of persons as enumerated in one of the following divisions: (A) Under a policy issued to any common carrier, which shall be deemed the policyholder, covering a group defined as all persons who may become passengers on such common carrier; (B) Under a policy issued to an employer, who shall be deemed the p...

...ven under any policy of sickness and accident insurance, or the furnishing by him of forms for filing proofs of loss, or his acceptance of such proofs, or his investigation of any claim thereunder, shall not operate as a waiver of any of the rights of the insurer in defense of any claim arising under such policy.

...ecting the insured against loss where said insured has secured a judgment against a party for bodily injury or death as a result of a motor vehicle accident and where said judgment remains unsatisfied. (3) Any policy of motor vehicle liability insurance with supplementary coverage which insures against the hazards which arise out of a motor vehicle accident as defined in section 4509.01 (J) of the Revised Code. (B)...

...r pursuant to any group sickness and accident insurance policy delivered, issued, renewed, or used, in or outside this state, on or after January 1, 1985, and notwithstanding any provision of any policy of insurance delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or used, in or outside this state, on or after January 1, 1985, whenever the policy or certificate is subject to the jurisdiction of this state and provides for re...

...d any of its instrumentalities that provides payment for health care benefits for any of its employees resident in this state, which benefits are not provided by contract with an insurer qualified to provide sickness and accident insurance or a health insuring corporation, and that includes reimbursement for any service that may be legally performed by an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid ...

...(A) Every individual family sickness and accident insurance policy that provides hospital, surgical, and medical expense benefits or hospital confinement indemnity benefits, and that is delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1981, shall provide covered family members the right to continue such coverage upon the death of the named insured and upon the divorce, the annulment or dissolutio...

...(A) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of medicare supplement policies, no medicare supplement policy or certificate shall be delivered in this state, unless an outline of coverage is delivered to the applicant at the time application is made. (B) The superintendent of insurance shall prescribe the format and content of the outline of coverage required by division (A) of this section. For p...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no insurer shall deliver or issue for delivery a long-term care insurance policy or certificate in this state without offering the policyholder or certificate holder the option of purchasing a nonforfeiture benefit. (2) An insurer's offer of a nonforfeiture benefit pursuant to this section may be in the form of a rider that is attached to the policy. ...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 2721 of the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1955, 42 U.S.C.A. 300gg-21, as amended, health benefit plans covering small employers are subject to the following conditions, as applicable: (A)(1) Pre-existing conditions provisions shall not exclude or limit coverage for a period beyond twelve months, or eighteen months...

...e recorded and copied in the manner provided for life insurance companies, and a copy thereof to be deposited with the superintendent of insurance. He shall withhold from the company the certificate of authority if its name is so similar to that of any other company as to mislead the public.

...The persons named in the articles of incorporation of a company formed for the purpose of insurance other than life, or a majority of such persons, shall be commissioners to open books for the subscription of stock in the company, at such times and places as they deem proper, and shall keep the books open until the full amount specified in the articles is subscribed.

...s the capital stock of the company is paid up and invested as required by the laws of the state where it was organized, and, if a livestock insurance company, until it has deposited in such state or in this state, for the benefit of its policyholders, securities approved by the insurance department of such state in an amount equal to one fourth of its entire capital stock. If the company is a mutual fire insurance co...

... oath of the manager of such company residing in the United States, which shall comprise a report of its business and affairs in the United States, as required from companies organized in this state, together with any other information that may be required by the superintendent. If such annual statement is satisfactory evidence to the superintendent of the solvency and ability of the company to meet all its engagemen...

...0 to 164.27 of the Revised Code may provide up to seventy-five per cent of the estimated cost of a project. Matching funds from a grant recipient may consist of contributions of money by any person, any local political subdivision, or the federal government or of contributions in-kind by such entities through the purchase or donation of equipment, land, easements, interest in land, labor, or materials necessary to co...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Genocide" means an internationally recognized crime where the following acts are committed against a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group's members with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the group: (1) Killing; (2) Causing serious bodily or mental harm; (3) Deliberately inflicting life conditions calculated to bring about physical destruction, in whole or in par...

...s hereby created the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission.

...(A) The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall consist of fifteen members as follows: (1) Two members shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the governor after consultation with the speaker of the house of representatives, with one member being from the majority party and one member being from the minority party, to serve a term of the remainder of the general assembl...

...(A) The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall meet not less than six times during a calendar year. (B) On the first meeting, the commission shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and other officers from the voting members. (C) The commission shall adopt rules governing the commission.

...oting members of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission constitute a quorum of the commission. No action of the commission shall be taken without the affirmative vote of eight voting members.

...Members of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.

...The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall do the following: (A) Gather and disseminate Holocaust and genocide information throughout this state; (B) Take inventory of current statewide Holocaust and genocide memorial and education programs and initiatives, and propose programming to fill program and initiative gaps; (C) Secure appropriate recognition of the accomplishments and contribut...

...s hereby created the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office to serve the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission.

...The director of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission. The director shall, with the commission's approval, appoint employees as necessary to carry out the duties of the office. The employees shall serve at the director's pleasure.

...The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office shall do the following: (A) Advise and provide information to the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission on statewide programs and new opportunities to further Holocaust and genocide memorial and education; (B) Serve as a clearinghouse to review, comment on, and propose initiatives submitted to the office that meet Holocaust and genocide m...

..."Fiduciary," as used in Chapters 2101. to 2131. of the Revised Code, means any person, other than an assignee or trustee for an insolvent debtor or a guardian under sections 5905.01 to 5905.19 of the Revised Code, appointed by and accountable to the probate court and acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, or charged with duties in relation to any property, interest, trust, or estate for the benefit of another...

...Every fiduciary, before entering upon the execution of a trust, shall receive letters of appointment from a probate court having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the trust. The duties of a fiduciary shall be those required by law, and such additional duties as the court orders. Letters of appointment shall not issue until a fiduciary has executed a written acceptance of the fiduciary's duties, acknowledg...

...etters of appointment are issued to a fiduciary, the court shall accept filings by mail in matters of estates, guardianships, or trusts, unless the court in writing notifies the fiduciary or attorney of record that a personal appearance is necessary, or a personal appearance is otherwise required by law. The court shall reject an improper or incomplete filing and shall return it to the sender.

...At the time of the appointment of a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in the probate court the name of the attorney, if any, who will represent the fiduciary in matters relating to the trust. After the name of an attorney has been filed, notices sent to that fiduciary in the fiduciary's official capacity shall also be sent by the court to that attorney who may sign waiver of service of any or all of the notic...

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, order, or local rule, every fiduciary, prior to the issuance of the fiduciary's letters as provided by section 2109.02 of the Revised Code, shall file in the probate court in which the letters are to be issued a bond with a penal sum in an amount that is fixed by the court, but in no event less than double the probable value of the personal property and of the annual rea...

...When considered necessary by the probate court and not otherwise directed in the will, a bond, as provided by sections 2109.01 to 2109.58 of the Revised Code, shall be required in all trusts created by will and not fully discharged, on the petition of an interested person and after notice to the trustee. If the trustee fails to give bond within the time ordered by the court, the court shall remove the trustee ...

...The probate court that appoints a fiduciary may, on its own motion or on the application of any interested party, and after notice to the fiduciary, require a new bond or sureties or an additional bond or sureties whenever, in the opinion of the court, the interests of the trust demand it. Immediately upon the filing of the inventory by a fiduciary, the court shall determine whether the amount of the bond of t...

...(A) The bond required of an administrator by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code shall not be required in either of the following cases: (1) It shall not be required of a surviving spouse to administer the deceased spouse's estate if the surviving spouse is entitled to the entire net proceeds of the estate. (2) It shall not be required of an administrator to administer an estate if there is no will, if the ad...

...The bond required by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of a special administrator shall be conditioned as follows: (A) To file with the probate court within three months an inventory of the tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased that has or may come to the special administrator's possession or knowledge; (B) To account for the tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased and for th...

...(A) Unless the testator has specified otherwise in the will, the bond required of an executor by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code shall not be required of the executor to administer an estate in accordance with the will of the testator if the executor is the next of kin and if the executor is entitled to the entire net proceeds of the estate. (B) The bond otherwise required of an executor by section 2109.0...

...n executor or administrator is sole residuary legatee or distributee and if division (A) of section 2109.07 or division (A) of section 2109.09 of the Revised Code does not apply, instead of giving the bond prescribed by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code, the executor or administrator may give a bond to the satisfaction of the probate court conditioned as follows: (A) To pay the costs of administration and a...

...The bond required by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of a testamentary trustee shall be conditioned as follows: (A) To make and return to the probate court within the time required by section 2109.58 of the Revised Code a true inventory of all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the trust that come to the trustee's possession or knowledge; (B) To administer an...

...Any bond required by or pursuant to section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of a guardian shall be conditioned as follows: (A) If applicable, to make and return to the probate court within the time required by section 2111.14 of the Revised Code a true inventory of all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the ward that come to the guardian's possession or knowledge; (B...

...s required by the probate court from a fiduciary and the value of the estate or fund is such that the court deems it inexpedient to require security in the full amount prescribed by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code, the court may direct the deposit of any suitable personal property belonging to the estate or fund with a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust company incorporated ...