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...Upon the filing of its annual statement by an association organized under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance, annually, shall issue to such association a renewal of the certificate issued under section 3939.07 of the Revised Code, if he finds that such association has complied with the law. For each such certificate and renewal every association shall pay five dollars to the superint...

...icies, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of such, precisely as if they were original members thereof, without any exchange of policies or contracts. After such change in the plan of insurance by such association and the organization of such mutual fire insurance company, policies thereafter issued shall be in the name and by the authority of the newly organized company, and the policies previously in force, ...

...In determining the financial capacity of a mutual protective association organized under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance may take into consideration factors that include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (A) Any reinsurance arrangements of the association with authorized insurers in this state; (B) The amount of contracts or policies of insurance of the association ...

...No domestic mutual company shall solicit applications for insurance, or accept premiums, until it has filed with the superintendent of insurance its bond, with sureties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful accounting for all funds and property which it may receive or possess, or until it has procured the certificate of the superintendent approving such bond and the sureties thereon. The ...

...No domestic mutual company shall issue policies or effect insurance until the superintendent of insurance has licensed it to do so; nor shall the license be issued or renewed unless the company complies, as to each kind of insurance that it effects, with the following conditions: (A) It shall hold bona fide applications for insurance upon which it shall issue simultaneously, or it shall have in force, at least twent...

...If the impairment of a domestic mutual company is not more than twenty-five per cent of such company's reinsurance reserve fund, computed according to law, the superintendent of insurance may permit it to continue to issue policies for such period, not exceeding ninety days, as he designates. If such impairment is not restored within the period designated, or exceeds twenty-five percent of such reinsurance reserve, ...

...Any mutual company which neglects to make and forward to the superintendent of insurance an annual report of its affairs, as required by law, or refuses to allow him free access to its books and papers, and to investigate its financial standing if organized under the laws of this state, shall forfeit its charter, and the superintendent shall proceed without delay to bring its affairs to a close.

...On or before the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the superintendent shall file with the secretary of state one of the copies of the agreement on file with him, with the notice of effective date. Within fifteen days after the effective date of the merger or consolidation, a copy of the agreement certified by the superintendent shall be filed by the resulting or surviving company in any public office whe...

...The superintendent of insurance shall issue certificates of authority to any person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation making application therefor who is trustworthy and competent to act as a public insurance adjuster in such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public and who has complied with the prerequisites herein described. A certificate of authority issued to a firm, association, partnership...

...The superintendent of insurance shall, in order to determine the trustworthiness and competency of any applicant for a certificate of authority to act as a public insurance adjuster, require such applicant or in the case of a firm, association, partnership, or corporation, such of its employees, members, officers, or directors, who are to be individually authorized to act under its certificate of authority, to submit...

...Every title insurance company, prior to the issuance of any policy of title insurance in this state, shall deposit with the superintendent of insurance, for the security and protection of its policyholders in this state, fifty thousand dollars in bonds of the United States or of this state, or of a county, township, or municipal corporation in this state, which bonds shall not be received by the superintendent at a r...

...(A) Except as provided in Chapter 3953. of the Revised Code the investments of a title insurance company shall be governed by sections 3925.05 to 3925.21 of the Revised Code. (B) Provided it shall at all times keep at least one hundred thousand dollars invested in the classes of securities authorized for the investment of capital other than title plant and real estate as provided in division (C) of this section, a ...

...(A)(1) Each title insurance agent or title insurance company shall establish and maintain an interest-bearing trust account for the deposit of all non-directed escrow funds that meet the requirements of sections 1349.20 to 1349.22 of the Revised Code. (2) The account shall be established and maintained in any federally insured bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank that is authorized to t...

...(A) At the time an order is placed with a title insurance company for issuance of a title insurance policy, the title insurance company or the title insurance agent shall offer closing or settlement protection to the lender, borrower, and seller of the property, and to any applicant for title insurance. (B) The closing or settlement protection offered pursuant to this section shall indemnify any lender, borrower, se...

...There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, any member insurer or its agents or employees, the Ohio life and health guaranty association or its agents or employees, the board of directors or any member of the board, or the superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's representatives, for any action or omission by them pursuant to the purposes and provis...

...(A) An administrator shall file with the superintendent of insurance an application for a license on a form prescribed by the superintendent. (B) All applications for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee of two hundred dollars per application made payable to the department of insurance. (C) All fees collected under this section and under section 3959.10 of the Revised Code shall be paid into...

...The superintendent of insurance shall act on all applications submitted for a license within thirty days after receipt.

...Upon approval of the application for an administrators license and payment of appropriate filing fees, the applicant shall be granted a license by the superintendent of insurance and an appropriate certificate of authority to operate as an administrator will be issued to the applicant. The license shall be issued, effective on the date the application is approved by the superintendent or board, or both, for a term ex...

...Any person who, while licensed as an administrator, is convicted of a felony, shall report the conviction to the superintendent of insurance within thirty days of the entry date of the judgment of conviction. Within that thirty-day period, the person shall also provide the superintendent with a copy of the judgment, the commitment order or the order imposing a community control sanction, and any other relevant docu...

...The superintendent of insurance, after notice and an opportunity for hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may do all of the following: (A) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authority of a risk retention group that violates any provision of sections 3960.01 to 3960.13 of the Revised Code for which a specific sanction is not imposed by the law applicable to liability insurance companies...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliated company" means any company in the same corporate system as a parent, or a member organization by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. (B) "Captive insurance company" means any insurer that insures only the risks of its parent or affiliated companies of its parent. "Captive insurance company" includes any protected cell captive insurance compan...

...(A) The owners of a protected cell captive insurance company, shall not, by virtue of being owners of the protected cell captive insurance company, be the owners or participants of any protected cell of the protected cell captive insurance company. (B) The participants of a protected cell shall not, by virtue of being such participants, be the owners of the protected cell captive insurance company or partici...

...(A) If a protected cell captive insurance company enters into a transaction with respect to a particular protected cell, or incurs a liability arising from an activity or asset of a particular protected cell, a claim by any person in connection with the transaction or liability extends only to the cell assets of the protected cell. (B) If a protected cell captive insurance company enters into a transaction i...

...(A) A licensee is exempt from the requirements of section 3965.02 of the Revised Code if it meets any of the following criteria: (1) The licensee has fewer than twenty employees. (2) The licensee has less than five million dollars in gross annual revenue. (3) The licensee has less than ten million dollars in assets, measured at the end of the licensee's fiscal year. (B)(1) A licensee subject to and in complia...

... or to be issued by such company or the benefits or advantages promised thereby or the dividends or shares or surplus to be received thereon. No person shall use any name or title of any policy or class of policies misrepresenting the true nature thereof, or make, circulate, use, or cause to be made, circulated, or used, any illustration, circular, or statement, whether written or oral, misrepresenting the terms of a...

...A trust company may do any of the following: (A) Collectively invest assets it holds in any fiduciary capacity in any investment authorized by the superintendent of financial institutions, subject to all of the following conditions that apply: (1) The collective investment is not prohibited by the instrument, judgment, decree, or order creating the fiduciary relationship for any of the following reasons: (a)...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliate" means any individual or entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a family trust company. (B) "Business entity" means a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity. (C) "Control" means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a business entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, ...

...(A) A mutual holding company may establish a subsidiary holding company as a direct subsidiary to hold one hundred per cent of the stock of its subsidiary stock state bank, provided the subsidiary holding company is not formed and operated as a means of evading or frustrating the purposes of this chapter. Subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, the subsidiary holding company may be es...

...(A) To be licensed to operate an agency or branch in this state, a foreign bank shall pledge assets to the superintendent of financial institutions, of the kinds, in an amount, and in the manner prescribed by the superintendent, by placing the assets with a qualified custodian for safekeeping. The assets pledged are for the benefit of the agency's or branch's unaffiliated creditors. (B)(1) The value of the assets pl...

...(A)(1) If the superintendent of financial institutions determines, after notice and an opportunity for hearing in accordance with sections 1121.37 and 1121.38 of the Revised Code, any of the following conditions exists, the superintendent may revoke any license the foreign bank has to operate a representative office, agency, or branch in this state: (a) The existence of the foreign bank or its authority to transact ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provisions of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (E) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions shall, by rule, grant state banks and trust companies doing business under authority granted by the superintendent any right, power, privilege, or benefit possessed, by virtue of statute, rule, regulation, interpretation, or judicial decision, by any of the following...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may issue and serve a notice of charges and intent to remove a regulated person from office or prohibit a regulated person from further participation in the conduct of the affairs of a bank or trust company, or both, if, in the opinion of the superintendent, all of the following apply: (1) The regulated person has, directly or indirectly, done any of the following: (...

...The superintendent of financial institutions may take possession of the property and business of a state bank if the superintendent finds any one or more of the following conditions: (A) The bank is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue the business of banking. (B) The bank is insolvent, in that it has ceased to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, it is incapable of paying its debts as they ma...

...m to qualify for the federal income tax benefits or treatment provided under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code or rules adopted thereunder; (5) Impose and collect administrative fees and service charges in connection with any agreement or transaction relating to the program; (6) Develop marketing plans and promotional materials to publicize the program; (7) Establish the procedures by which funds held in p...

...(A) Nothing in sections 113.50 to 113.56 of the Revised Code creates any obligation of the treasurer of state, the state, or any state agency to guarantee for the benefit of any account owner or designated beneficiary any of the following: (1) Return of principal; (2) Rate of interest or other return on any program account; (3) Payment of interest or other return on any program account. (B) Every contract, applic...

...include costs for employee salaries and benefits, any other labor costs, materials, freight, fuel, hauling, overhead expense, workers' compensation premiums, and all other items of cost and expense, including a reasonable allowance for the use of all tools and equipment used on or in connection with such work and for the depreciation on the tools and equipment. (2) Make the form available to public offices by any c...

...not limited to, final judgments, fringe benefits payments due and payable, amounts due and payable to persons and other governmental entities, and any interest and penalties on those judgments, payments, or amounts. Accounts that are due and payable do not include any account, or portion of any account, that is being contested in good faith.

...not limited to, final judgments, fringe benefits payments due and payable, and amounts due and payable to persons and other governmental entities and including any interest and penalties thereon, less the year-end balance in the general fund, exceeded one-sixth of the general fund budget for that year, or in which all accounts that, at the end of its preceding fiscal year, were due and payable from all funds of the m...

...ast due and payable payroll and fringe benefits to be taken into account under section 118.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Restoring to construction funds or other restricted funds any money applied from such funds to uses not within the purposes of such funds and which could not be transferred to such use under section 5705.14 of the Revised Code; (3) Eliminating deficit balances in all deficit funds, including ...

...(A) As used in this section, "consumer finance company" means any person required to be licensed or registered under Chapter 1321., 1322., 4712., 4727., or 4728. or sections 1315.21 to 1315.30 of the Revised Code. (B) Neither the superintendent of financial institutions nor any other employee of the division of financial institutions shall do any of the following: have a business or investment interest, directly or ...

...ity or entitlement of any individual to benefits; (3) A prevailing eligible party was represented in an adjudication hearing by an attorney who was paid pursuant to an appropriation by the federal or state government or a local government; (4) An adjudication hearing was conducted by the state personnel board of review pursuant to authority conferred by section 124.03 of the Revised Code, or by the state employ...

...As used in sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Legal aid society" means a nonprofit corporation that satisfies all of the following: (1) It is chartered to provide general legal services to the poor, it is incorporated and operated exclusively in this state, its primary purpose or function is to provide civil legal services, without charge, to indigents, and, in addition to providing civil legal ser...

...The director of each department shall, with the approval of the governor, maintain a central office at a location in the state that the director finds necessary for the efficient performance of the department. The central office of a department shall not be relocated from Columbus to another location in this state until the director of the department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the relocation and provide...

...Any instrument by which a department acquires an interest in real property, including any deed, transfer, grant, reservation, agreement creating an easement, or lease, shall identify the department for whose use and benefit the interest in real property is acquired, as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, ...

... enterprises in a way that commercially benefits both entities and serves the purpose of the EDGE program; (D) Establish processes by which an EDGE business enterprise may apply for contract assistance, financial and bonding assistance, management and technical assistance, and mentoring opportunities.

..., the taxpayer shall be entitled to all benefits and bound by all obligations contained in the agreement and all requirements described in this section. When an agreement includes multiple taxpayers, each taxpayer shall be entitled to a direct payment permit as authorized in division (I) of this section.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Facility" means all real property and interests in real property owned by either of the following: (a) A landlord and leased to a tenant pursuant to a project that is the subject of an agreement under this section; (b) The United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. (2) "Full-time employee" has the same meaning as under section 122.17 of the ...

...(A) The Ohio river commission may do all of the following, subject to available funding through appropriations made directly by the general assembly or the controlling board to the commission: (1) Employ an executive director who shall have appropriate experience as determined by the commission, and a secretary-treasurer and other employees that the commission considers appropriate. The commission may fix the compe...

...The exercise of the powers granted by sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of commerce and prosperity, improvement of employment conditions, and will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions.