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...have engaged in an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code. (F) This section does not apply with respect to any expense fee charged by a surety bail bond agent to cover the costs incurred by the surety bail bond agent in executing the bail bond.

...s relating to insurance in the state of Ohio. (B) When an insurance agent or affiliate is acting as a public servant, the agent's or affiliate's acceptance of compensation from an insurer or the other third party exclusively related to the placement of insurance with the public entity shall not constitute a violation of division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code if the insurance agent or affiliate complies ...

...urer" means any person licensed to transact a property and casualty insurance business in this state. "Insurer" does not mean any of the following: (1) Any risk retention group as defined in section 3960.01 of the Revised Code, the "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1613, 42 U.S.C.A. 9671, or the "Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 949, 15 U.S.C.A. 3901, as amended...

...(A) Sections 3905.61 to 3905.65 of the Revised Code apply to insurers either domiciled in this state or in a state that is not an accredited state and does not have in effect a substantially similar law. (B) Sections 3901.32 to 3901.37 of the Revised Code, to the extent they are not superseded by sections 3905.61 to 3905.65 of the Revised Code, apply to all persons within holding company systems that are subject to ...

...nt, the insurer's independent certified public accountants, and an independent casualty actuary, or other independent loss reserves specialist acceptable to the superintendent of insurance, to review the adequacy of the insurer's loss reserves. (3) On or before the first day of April, the controlled insurer shall annually file with the superintendent, in addition to any other required loss reserve certification, the...

...ducer shall retain the statement in his records.

...the superintendent may maintain a civil action or intervene in any action brought by or on behalf of the insurer or policyholder for recovery of compensatory damages for the benefit of the insurer or policyholder or other appropriate relief. (B) If an order for liquidation or rehabilitation of the controlled insurer has been entered pursuant to Chapter 3903. of the Revised Code and the receiver appointed under that ...

...1 to 3905.79 of the Revised Code: (A) "Actuary" means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries. (B) "Insurer" means any person licensed to do business in this state under Chapter 1751. or 1761. of the Revised Code or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code. (C) "Laws of this state relating to insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3901.04 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) "Managing ...

...ll be sworn or affirmed before a notary public or other person empowered to administer oaths. The application shall be kept on file by the superintendent and shall include all of the following: (1) The name and principal business address of the applicant; (2) If the applicant is an individual, the applicant's current occupation; (3) If the applicant is an individual, the applicant's occupation or occupations du...

...g general agent shall maintain separate records of business written by the managing general agent. The insurer shall have access to and the right to copy, in a form usable by the insurer, all accounts and records related to its business. The superintendent of insurance shall have access to and the right to copy, in a form usable to the superintendent, all books, bank accounts, records, contracts, and other documents,...

...) An insurer shall review its books and records each quarter to determine if any producer has become a managing general agent. If the insurer determines that a producer has become a managing general agent, the insurer, within sixty days, shall provide written notice of the determination to the producer and the superintendent. The insurer and producer shall comply with sections 3905.72 to 3905.75 of the Revised Code w...

...(A) The acts of a managing general agent are deemed to be the acts of the insurer on whose behalf it is acting. (B) A managing general agent may be examined pursuant to section 3901.07 of the Revised Code as if it were the insurer. The managing general agent shall pay the expenses incurred in the conduct of the examination in accordance with section 3901.07 of the Revised Code.

...No managing general agent, insurer, or other person shall violate, or fail to comply with, any provision of section 3905.72, 3905.73, 3905.74, or 3905.75 of the Revised Code.

...agent of the managing general agent who actually benefited from the violation, for any losses incurred by the insurer that were caused by the violation. (B) All civil penalties collected pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund. (C) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the superintendent to impose any ot...

...hose behalf a managing general agent is acting, or of auditors, accountants, examiners, or other persons that conduct examinations of insurers.

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement sections 3905.71 to 3905.79 of the Revised Code.

...tment, or underwriting office, and that acts as an agent of the reinsurer whether known as a reinsurance intermediary-manager, manager, or similar term. (b) "Reinsurance intermediary-manager" does not include: (i) An employee of the reinsurer; (ii) A United States manager of the United States branch of an alien reinsurer; (iii) An underwriting manager that, pursuant to contract, manages all of the reinsurance...

...the superintendent of insurance to transact surety business in this state. (B) "Managing general agent" means any person that is appointed or employed by an insurer to supervise or otherwise manage the bail bond business written in this state by surety bail bond agents appointed by the insurer. (C) "Surety" means an insurer that agrees to be responsible for the fulfillment of the obligation of a principal if the pr...

...No person shall act in the capacity of a surety bail bond agent, or perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for surety bail bond agents under sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code, unless that person is qualified, licensed, and appointed as provided in those sections.

...ersons or classes of persons shall not act as surety bail bond agents or employees of a surety bail bond agent or bail bond business and shall not directly or indirectly receive any benefits from the execution of a bail bond, except as a principal: (A) Jailers or other persons employed in a detention facility, as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code; (B) Prisoners incarcerated in any jail, prison, o...

...(c) The applicant has not committed any act that is grounds for the refusal to issue, suspension of, or revocation of a license under section 3905.14 of the Revised Code. (d) The applicant is a United States citizen or has provided proof of having legal authorization to work in the United States. (e) The applicant has successfully completed the educational requirements set forth in section 3905.04 of the Revised ...

...A surety bail bond agent qualified, licensed, and appointed in accordance with sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code shall not be required to pay any licensing fee imposed by a political subdivision of this state to perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for surety bail bond agents under those sections.

... bond agent shall not represent to the public that the agent has authority to represent a particular insurer until the insurer has acknowledged that authority by appointment of the agent in accordance with this section.

...An insurer that appoints a surety bail bond agent who is a member of a business entity shall require that all other surety bail bond agents who are members of the same business entity be appointed to represent that insurer.

...not engage or attempt to engage in any activity requiring such an appointment. However, an insurer that cancels the appointment of a surety bail bond agent may authorize the agent to continue to attempt the arrest and surrender of a defendant for whom a bail bond had been written prior to the cancellation and to seek discharge of forfeitures and judgments.

...The board of county commissioners of any county having a children's home, and the joint boards of county commissioners of district children's homes, shall make annual assessments of taxes sufficient to support and defray all necessary expenses of such home.

...When any person donates or bequeaths the person's real or personal estate, or any part thereof, to the use and benefit of a district children's home, the board of trustees of the home may accept and use such donation or bequest as they deem for the best interests of the institution, and consistent with the conditions of such bequest. The facilities or services to be established or maintained through any such gift sha...

...evised Code, or as soon thereafter as practicable, such joint board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of five trustees, which shall hold office and perform it duties until the first annual meeting after the choice of an established site and buildings or after the selection and purchase of a building site, at which time such joint board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of five trustees, one of...

...sation for their services, except their actual traveling expenses, which, when properly certified, shall be allowed and paid.

...the custody of its property, files, and records. The children to be admitted for care in such home, the period during which they shall be cared for in the home, and the removal and transfer of children from such home shall be determined by the executive secretaries of the respective counties, subject to the terms of the agreement, surrender, or commitment respecting any particular child.

...District children's homes shall be established, operated, maintained, and managed in the same manner so far as applicable as county children's homes and shall be subject to the requirements of sections 5103.05 and 5103.051 of the Revised Code.

...nmates, such site shall be as near as practicable to the geographical center of the district. When only two counties form such district the site shall be as near as practicable to the dividing line between such counties.

...eetings of the board of trustees, shall act as an executive committee in the discharge of all business pertaining to the home.

...The joint board of county commissioners organized under section 5153.36 of the Revised Code may remove any trustee appointed under section 5153.39 of the Revised Code, but no such removal shall be made on account of the religious or political opinion of such trustee. The trustee appointed to fill any vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

...ard of trustees in payment of such contracts, purchases, or other expenses necessary to the wants or requirements of the home, which are not otherwise provided for. The board of trustees shall make a complete settlement with the joint board of county commissioners once each six months, or quarterly if required, and shall make a full report of the condition of the home and inmates, as provided by section 5153.14 of th...

...The choice of an established site and buildings, or the purchase of a site, stock, implements, and general farm equipment, should there be a farm, the erection of buildings, and the completion and furnishing of the district children's home for occupancy, shall be in the hands of the joint board of county commissioners organized under section 5153.36 of the Revised Code. Such joint board of county commissioners may de...

...When an established site and buildings are used for a district children's home the joint board of county commissioners organized under section 5153.36 of the Revised Code shall cause the value of such site and buildings to be properly appraised. This appraisal value, or in case of the purchase of a site, the purchase price and the cost of all betterments and additions thereto, shall be paid by the counties comprising...

...ict may, upon the recommendation of the public children services agency, and subject to the approval of the department of children and youth, withdraw from such district and dispose of its interest in such home by selling or leasing its right, title, and interest in the site, buildings, furniture, and equipment to any counties in the district, at such price and on such terms as are agreed upon among the boards of cou...

... months, to adjust accounts and to transact such other duties in connection with the institution as pertain to the business of their office.

...Members of the board of county commissioners who meet by appointment to consider the organization of a district children's home, shall, upon presentation of properly certified accounts, be paid their necessary expenses upon a warrant drawn by the county auditor of their county.

...The board of county commissioners of any county which has no county children's home may aid an incorporated children's home or other unincorporated society, whose object is the care, aid, and education of neglected or destitute children, by contributing toward the purchase of land for such home or society, the erection of buildings by it, or of additions to existing buildings, or other improvements, to an amount not ...

...The public children services agency may purchase, operate, and maintain buses to be used for educational purposes. The operation and maintenance of such buses shall be according to the law relating to school buses.

...l district, educational service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities where the license holder works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the child.

...r administrator of the county home is a public employee, the superintendent or administrator is the county home's appointing authority and may employ an administrative assistant and additional necessary personnel, at rates of wages to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, as may not be found available on the part of the residents of the facility. (2) If the superintendent or administrator is not a public em...

...ans a board of county hospital trustees acting under an agreement, or pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners, as provided in this section. (B) The board of county commissioners may transfer operational control of the county home to the board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital located in the county by either of the following means: (1) By adopting a resolution to transfer...

...ioners may enter into a contract with a public or private entity to aid the board in the execution of its powers and duties for the management and good government of the county home. Pursuant to such a contract, the board may authorize a public or private entity to select a superintendent or administrator for the county home. A superintendent or administrator may not be selected pursuant to a contract without the ...

...hall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection. The operator shall keep a record of its transactions regarding the county home in the manner provided in sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code. The record shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

...ised Code, enter into a contract with a public or private entity that agrees to select a superintendent or administrator with the advice and consent of the board. (B) The superintendent or administrator may reside on the premises of the county home or another building contiguous to the county home. The superintendent or administrator and any administrative assistant shall each be allowed actual necessary expenses in...

...ed Code and by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, endorsed on it, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.

...nistrator, if he believes it is for the public welfare that such resident should be returned to the home, may pursue and retake such resident. However, if the resident contends that the public welfare will not be furthered by his return, the superintendent or administrator shall file an affidavit, in the court of common pleas of the county in which such home is located in which he shall set forth the name and reside...