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...An insurance company that is required by division (B) of section 3929.01 or section 3953.06 of the Revised Code to deposit fifty thousand dollars of bonds with the superintendent of insurance may, in lieu of that deposit, make a deposit of one hundred thousand dollars, in securities in which the company may invest its assets by the laws of the state in which it is incorporated, with the superintendent of insurance or...

...When any insurance company organized under the laws of this state is required by the retaliatory or other laws of any other state or district to make a deposit with the superintendent of insurance of this state, for the benefit of its policyholders, as a condition to the right of such company to transact business in such other state or district, the superintendent shall receive such deposit in the amount that is requ...

...No company organized under the laws of this state to transact the business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, who are required to, or in their trust capacity do, receive, hold, control, or disburse public or private property, and to transact the business of guaranteeing the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, or of executing or guaranteeing bonds or ...

...No guaranty company mentioned in section 3929.10 of the Revised Code organized under the laws of another state, territory, district, or country shall be licensed to transact such business in this state unless at least two hundred thousand dollars of its assets are invested in the securities permitted by sections 3925.05 to 3925.08 of the Revised Code, or in securities permitted by the laws of the state, district, or ...

...(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...

... or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any paid employment or contract for services of any kind, or any special advantage in the date of the policy or date of its issue, or any valuable consideration or inducement not plainly specified in the policy or contract of insurance or agreement of indemnity, or give, receive, sell, or purchase, or offer to give, receive, sell, or purchase, as ...

...nt because of any workers' compensation benefits payable as a result of the same injury or death. (F) Any policy of insurance that includes uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages may, without regard to any premiums involved, include terms and conditions that preclude any and all stacking of such coverages, including but not limited to: (1...

...a) A brief description of the principal benefits provided under the policy for which a premium is charged; (b) A brief description of the principal exclusions, provided under the policy; (c) A statement of the loss valuation methods provided under the policy; (d) The following notice, or a substantially similar notice, prominently displayed in conjunction with the policy summary: "You should read your insuran...

...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, ...

...If the directors by authority of statute make an assessment or call on the members for money, or vote that there exists a necessity for such assessment or call, they or any person interested in the company as an officer, policyholder, or creditor may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction by a petition in the nature of a bill in equity, praying for the court to examine such assessment or call, the necessity there...

...Every mutual fire insurance company created by or organized under a general or special law of this state, and doing business in this state upon or without the premium note plan, which by its policy, bylaws, or public statements of its financial affairs claims the benefit of the guarantee fund or the contingent liability of its policyholders as provided for in sections 3941.01 to 3941.34, inclusive, of the Revised Cod...

...A domestic mutual fire insurance company, for the protection of all its policies, may deposit with the superintendent of insurance, securities of the kind described in this section, in such sum as is necessary to enable such company to transact business in any other state under the laws of said state. Said securities shall consist of United States bonds, bonds of this state, or bonds of county or city of this state,...

...No part of the securities deposited in compliance with section 3941.30 of the Revised Code shall be surrendered by the superintendent of insurance to the depositing company until liability has terminated on all policies for whose benefit the securities have been deposited. When liability on all such policies has terminated, the depositing company may apply to the superintendent for the surrender of the deposited secu...

... member without reasonably compensating benefits or advantages; (3) The proposed merger or consolidation will reduce service to the policyholders of the domestic company or companies or the protection of existing insurance policies of the domestic company or companies; (4) As to any line of insurance in any state, the merger or consolidation may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. Disapp...

...ay provide for a denial or reduction of benefits under such policy for such emergency services or any resulting emergency admission directly from a hospital emergency room when such services and resulting admission are provided at or by a hospital which does not have a contractual relationship with such mutual insurance company. Reimbursement for such services shall continue so long as the attending physician reasona...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Title insurance" means insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying owners of real property or others interested in real property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defect in, or the unmarketability of the title to the real property, guaranteeing, warranting, or otherwise insuring by a title insurance company the correctness of searches relating to the ...

...(A) The unearned premium reserve of every title company shall consist of: (1) The amount of the unearned premium reserve held as of December 12, 1967, pursuant to or under permission granted by any prior statutes of this state or the voluntary unearned premium reserves held by any domestic title guarantee and trust company or domestic title guarantee company as of December 31, 1966; (2) The amount of all additions ...

...Sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code apply to all kinds of direct insurance, except: (A) Title insurance; (B) Fidelity or surety bonds, or any other bonding obligations; (C) Credit insurance, vendors' single interest insurance, collateral protection insurance, or any similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction; (D) Mortgage guaranty, financial g...

...n of member insurers, is created to pay benefits and to continue coverages, as limited in this chapter. Members of the association are subject to assessment to provide funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter.

...(A) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to reduce the liability for unpaid assessments of the insureds or enrollees of an impaired or insolvent insurer operating under a plan with assessment liability. (B) Records shall be kept of all resolutions adopted by the Ohio life and health guaranty association in carrying out its powers and duties under section 3956.08 of the Revised Code. The records shall be made ...

...(A) Any license issued under sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code may be suspended for a period not to exceed two years, revoked, or not renewed by the superintendent of insurance after notice to the licensee and hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The superintendent may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license if upon investigation and proof the superintendent finds that the ...

...No health plan issuer, pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator shall prohibit a pharmacy from mailing or delivering drugs to patients as an ancillary service.

...(A) Sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to risk retention groups. No risk retention group shall be required or permitted to join or contribute financially to the Ohio insurance guaranty association or similar mechanism in this state. No risk retention group, or its insureds or claimants against its insureds, shall receive any benefit from any such association or mechanism for claims arising u...

...l services and the right to receive the benefits of a discount medical plan. (H) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, any similar entity, or any combination of these entities. (I) "Provider" means any health care professional or facility that has contracted, directly or indirectly, with a discount medical plan or...

...llowing conditions: (i) Quantify the benefits and guarantees, and the funding, associated with the contracts and their risks at a level of conservatism that reflects conditions that include unfavorable events that have a reasonable probability of occurring during the lifetime of the contracts. For policies or contracts with significant tail risk, reflects conditions appropriately adverse to quantify the tail risk....