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...ly or indirectly in this state in the business of insurance, or enter into any contracts substantially amounting to insurance, or in any manner aid therein, or engage in the business of guaranteeing against liability, loss, or damage, including 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 ...

... insurer authorized or eligible to do business in this state. (4) "Warranty reimbursement insurance policy" means a policy of insurance issued by an insurer authorized or eligible to do business in this state to the warrantor of a vehicle protection product to pay, on behalf of the warrantor, all covered contractual obligations incurred by the warrantor under the terms and conditions of the vehicle protection produc...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Home service contract" means a contract, however described or denominated by the issuer of the contract, whereby, for a predetermined fee, a person undertakes to repair or replace all or any part of any structural component, appliance, or system of a home necessitated by wear and tear, deterioration, or inherent defect that occurs on or after the effective date of the home service c...

... insurer authorized or eligible to do business in this state to a provider to pay, on behalf of the provider in the event of the provider's nonperformance, all covered contractual obligations incurred by the provider under the terms and conditions of the consumer goods service contract. (8) "Supplier" has the same meaning as in section 1345.01 of the Revised Code. (B) All consumer goods service contracts issued in ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Service provider" means any public or private provider of services, including, but not limited to, all of the following services: (a) Electricity, gas, water, wastewater, solid waste collection, or similar utility; (b) Communications involving the transmission, conveyance, or routing of voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals, through any medium or method no...

...ut affecting the existing paint finish using paintless dent removal techniques but which expressly excludes replacement of vehicle body panels, sanding, bonding, or painting; (iii) Repair to the interior components of a motor vehicle necessitated by wear and tear but which expressly excludes replacement of any part or component of a motor vehicle's interior; (iv) Repair or replacement of tires or wheels damaged b...

... publication or distribution any advertising matter in which insurance business is solicited, unless such advertiser has complied with the laws of this state regulating the business of insurance.

...nder the laws of this state, shall do business in any other state or territory of the United States without being first legally admitted and authorized so to do under the laws of such state or territory. For violation of this section by any such insurance company, the superintendent of insurance may revoke the license or authority of such company doing business in this state and may require such company to pay the ta...

..., or assigned for the purpose of purchasing any funeral or burial goods or services, the insurer shall not pay the benefits of the insurance policy, including the cash surrender value, to any provider of such goods or services, unless the insurer, as a condition to paying the benefits of the insurance policy, receives from the provider a certified copy of the certificate of death of the insured, or other evidenc...

...gned for the purpose of purchasing funeral or burial goods or services, and the contractual obligation to provide the goods or services, are not subject to section 4717.36 of the Revised Code.

...The laws of this state relating to insurance companies organized under the laws of any other state of the United States, apply to any company organized under the laws of the United States for any of the purposes specified in such laws of this state. The laws of this state relating to agents of companies organized under the laws of any state, apply to the agents of such companies organized under the laws of the United...

...le to their employees through a small business health options program; (4) Individual eligibility requirements for medicaid; (5) The use of enrollment forms used in an exchange; (6) Any other topics as required by the superintendent. (C) Agents that complete the training program required under division (A) of this section shall receive continuing education course credit under sections 3905.481 to 3905.486 of t...

...ed by the superintendent. (E)(1) A business entity that acts as an insurance navigator, supervises the activities of individual insurance navigators, or receives funding to provide insurance navigator services shall obtain an insurance navigator business entity certification. (2) Any entity applying for a business entity certification shall: (a) Apply in a form specified, and provide any information required...

...An exchange shall permit an insurer to offer any health benefit plan that the insurer seeks to offer through the exchange, so long as the health benefit plan in question is a qualified health plan under the Affordable Care Act, as approved by the superintendent of insurance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the superintendent of insurance to impose any additional state certification requireme...

...gh an exchange; (2) Individuals and business entities that have been certified by the superintendent as an insurance navigator. (B) An exchange shall make available a list of insurance agents operating near the individual's residence address that are certified to sell a health benefit plan through an exchange and insurance navigators that are certified under section 3905.471 of the Revised Code. An exchange o...

...No person shall act as, perform the duties of, or hold one's self out to be an in-person assister unless that person is either a licensed insurance agent certified to sell insurance through an exchange under section 3905.47 of the Revised Code or an insurance navigator certified under section 3905.471 of the Revised Code.

...Each individual who is issued a resident insurance agent license shall complete at least twenty-four hours of continuing education for each license renewal period. The continuing education shall be offered in a course or program of study approved by the superintendent of insurance and shall include at least three hours of approved ethics training. This section does not apply to any person or class of persons, as det...

...nsurance company admitted to transact business in this state; (2) An accredited college or university; (3) An insurance trade association; (4) An independent program of instruction that is approved by the superintendent; (5) Any institution as defined in section 1713.01 of the Revised Code that holds a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio board of regents under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code or ...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall establish a schedule of fees to be paid to the superintendent by the sponsor of a course or program of study approved in accordance with division (B) of section 3905.484 of the Revised Code. The sponsor shall pay the required fee to the superintendent in accordance with rules adopted by the superintendent. (B) All fees collected by the superintendent under division (A) of th...

...The superintendent of insurance shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 3905.04 and 3905.481 to 3905.486 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section and section 3905.50 of the Revised Code, "independent insurance agent" means an insurance agent who is neither employed nor controlled solely by an insurer, whose agency contract with an insurer provides that upon termination of the contract, the ownership of the property rights of all expiration information vests in the agent or the agent's heirs or assigns, and whose agency contract wi...

...or an exclusive agency contract with, a single insurer or group of insurers under common ownership or control. (3) This section does not apply to an agent whose license has been suspended or revoked by the superintendent of insurance, an agent who has demonstrated gross incompetence, or an agent whose contract has been terminated for insolvency, abandonment, gross or willful misconduct, or failure to pay to the insu...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...nsurance 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.

...(A)(1) Where an insurance agent or an affiliate of an insurance agent receives any compensation from a public entity related to the placement of insurance, or is entitled to receive such compensation from a public entity even if the agent or affiliate waives receipt or collection of that compensation, neither that agent nor the affiliate shall accept or receive any compensation from an insurer or other third party re...