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...(A) An insurance agent shall not act as an agent of an insurer unless the insurance agent is appointed as an agent of the insurer. An insurance agent who does not act as an agent of an insurer shall not be required to be appointed as an agent of the insurer. For purposes of this division, an insurance agent acts as an agent of an insurer when the insurance agent sells, solicits, or negotiates any product of t...

...(A) Each insurer that sells, solicits, or negotiates any form of limited line credit insurance shall provide a program of instruction to each insurance agent whose duties will include selling, soliciting, or negotiating limited line credit insurance. The program of instruction shall be provided to the insurance agent prior to the agent's appointment by the insurer. (B) The superintendent may require prior review and...

...loyment, contract, or other insurance business relationship with an insurance agent shall notify the superintendent of insurance, in the manner prescribed by the superintendent, within thirty days after the effective date of the termination. The insurer shall provide any additional information, documents, records, or other data relating to the termination or activity of the insurance agent that the superintendent req...

...(A) In the absence of actual malice, an insurer, the authorized representative of an insurer, an insurance agent, the superintendent of insurance, or any organization of which the superintendent is a member, which organization compiles the information provided pursuant to section 3905.21 of the Revised Code and makes it available to other insurance commissioners or to regulatory or law enforcement agencies, is immune...

...The superintendent of insurance may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend or revoke the certificate of authority or license of any person that fails to comply with section 3905.21 of the Revised Code or that has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have made the statements or provided the information required under that section with actual malice. Any such person is also subject ...

...sional, occupational, or financial licensing authority within thirty days after the final disposition of the matter. The notice shall include a copy of the order, consent to order, or any other relevant legal document. (B) An insurance agent shall provide notice to the superintendent of any criminal prosecution of the agent by any jurisdiction, other than misdemeanor traffic, within thirty days after the agent's ini...

...he basis of any recognized privilege arising under any other section of the Revised Code or the common law. (H) Employees or agents of the department of insurance shall not be required by any court in this state to testify in a civil action, if the testimony concerns any matter related to records or other information considered confidential under this section of which they have knowledge.

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may participate, in whole or in part, with the NAIC or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, in a centralized agent license registry in which insurance agent licenses and appointments are centrally or simultaneously effected for all states that require an insurance agent license and that participate in the registry. (B) The superintendent may adopt rules in accordance with Chapte...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 3905.01 to 3905.28 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 3905.01 to 3905.28 of the Revised Code do not apply to associations organized and operating under sections 3939.01 to 3939.11 of the Revised Code.

...ured maintains its principal place of business or, in the case of an individual, the individual's principal residence except in the case of either of the following: (a) If one hundred per cent of the insured risk is located out of the state in which an insured maintains its principal place of business or principal residence as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section, "home state" means the state to which the...

...roperty and casualty agent may place business with an agent licensed under section 3905.30 of the Revised Code and may accept compensation therefor, if such insurance is written in conformity with the insurance laws of this state. (B) This section does not apply to any selling, soliciting, or negotiating of unauthorized insurance by a surplus lines broker that takes place in an insured's home state if the ho...

...For each initial license issued under section 3905.30 of the Revised Code and renewal of that license, the superintendent of insurance shall collect one hundred dollars.

...s procuring insurance from a risk purchasing group or risk retention group as provided in Chapter 3960. of the Revised Code. (4) An insurance agent or surplus lines broker is exempt from the due diligence requirements of this section if the agent or surplus lines broker is seeking to procure or place unauthorized insurance for a person that qualifies as an exempt commercial purchaser under section 3905.331 of the Re...

...(A) A person purchasing commercial insurance qualifies as an exempt commercial purchaser if, at the time of placement, the exempt commercial purchaser satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The person employs or retains a qualified risk manager to negotiate insurance coverage. (2) The person has paid aggregate nationwide commercial property and casualty insurance premiums in excess of one hundred t...

...lines insurer shall not engage in the business of insurance in this state on an admitted basis. (F) Surplus lines insurance written by a domestic surplus lines insurer is subject to the tax on premiums as required in section 3905.36 of the Revised Code and is exempt from the tax on premiums required in section 5725.18 of the Revised Code. (G) A domestic surplus lines insurer shall be considered a nonadmitted insu...

... shall keep a separate account of the business done under the person's license. On or before the thirty-first day of March or when required under the compact entered into by the superintendent of insurance as authorized by division (D) of section 3905.33 of the Revised Code, each surplus lines broker shall file details of the business done during the preceding calendar year in the format prescribed by the super...

...ompany authorized to transact surety business in this state, be on a form prescribed by the superintendent, and be deposited with the superintendent and kept in the superintendent's office.

...ter, or Lloyd's, not authorized to do business in this state, whereby the insured shall procure, continue, or renew contracts of insurance with such unauthorized insurance company, association, individual, firm, underwriter, or Lloyd's, for which insurance there is a gross premium, shall file the details of the transaction annually, on or before the thirty-first day of March, and shall at the same time pay to t...

...No person, company, association, or corporation shall fail to make the report required in section 3905.36 of the Revised Code and to furnish all the information that is required to determine the amount due under that section.

...(A) Sections 3905.30 to 3905.37 of the Revised Code do not apply where this state is not the home state of the insured. (B) Sections 3905.36 to 3905.38 of the Revised Code do not extend to private citizens, firms, or corporations, residents of this state, who seek to provide indemnity among themselves, from fire loss or other casualty, by exchange of private contracts for protection only and not for profit, n...

...ttorneys" organized or admitted to do business under the laws relating to insurance companies, may, in the discretion of the superintendent, and at the request of the company or such "attorney" and the payment of the required fees and the furnishing of such information and supporting data as the superintendent may require, be continued in force past the thirtieth day of June next after they are issued and after the t...

...es: (A) Each insurance company doing business in this state shall pay: (1) For filing a copy of its charter or deed of settlement, two hundred fifty dollars; (2) For filing each statement, one hundred seventy-five dollars; (3) For each certificate of authority or license, one hundred seventy-five, and for each certified copy thereof, five dollars; (4) For each copy of a paper filed in the superintendent's office...

...The valuation fee specified in division (B) of section 3905.40 of the Revised Code does not apply to reinsurance ceded to affiliated domestic companies.

...e with sections 3905.20, 3905.40, 3919.26, and 3931.03 of the Revised Code, and other statutes imposing fees. The statutory fee for each service requested shall be charged against the proper account immediately upon the rendition of the service. Not later than the tenth day of each calendar month the superintendent shall render an itemized statement to each company or agent whose account has been charged duri...