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...ntalities, any county, township, school district, or other political subdivisions and any of its instrumentalities, and any municipal corporation and any of its instrumentalities, which provides payment for health care benefits for any of its employees resident in this state, which benefits are not provided by contract with an insurer qualified to provide sickness and accident insurance, or a health insuring corporat...

...ntalities, any county, township, school district, or other political subdivision and any of its instrumentalities, and any municipal corporation and any of its instrumentalities that provides payment for health care benefits for any of its employees resident in this state, which benefits are not provided by contract with an insurer qualified to provide sickness and accident insurance or a health insuring corporation,...

...An insurance company which, by its charter, is required to have its official bonds approved by a judge of the court of common pleas may at its option have such bonds approved by the probate judge of the county in which the office of the company is located.

...(A) Any foreign insurance company that transacts any business in this state shall have and maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a company may be served. The agent may be a natural person residing in this state or may be a corporation holding a license under the laws of this state that is authorized by...

...An insurance company incorporated by or organized under the laws of a foreign government shall deposit with the superintendent of insurance, for the benefit and security of its policyholders residing in the United States, a sum of not less than one hundred thousand dollars in stocks or bonds of the United States, of this state, or of a municipal corporation or county of this state, which shall not be received by the ...

... A company of another state, territory, district, or country admitted to transact the fidelity or surety insurance business, in addition to any other deposit required by this state, shall deposit with the superintendent of insurance, for the benefit and security of all of its policyholders, fifty thousand dollars in bonds of the United States or of this state, or of a county, township, or municipal corporation in thi...

...Sections 3929.14 and 3929.15 of the Revised Code authorize such a guaranty company as is described therein to become surety upon the bond required by law of any state officer, except the superintendent of insurance, and of any county, township, or municipal officer. Such company may be accepted by the officers required to approve such bond, in lieu of the sureties required by law.

...The premium of any licensed surety company on the bond of any public officer, deputy, or employee shall be allowed and paid by the state, county, township, municipal corporation, or other subdivision, or board of education, of which such person giving the bond is such officer, deputy, or employee.

...No fire insurance company organized under the laws of this state, or admitted to do business in this state, shall include in a statement of assets in any public advertisement, card, or circular, any item of value of a class or character not admitted by the superintendent of insurance in the annual report of such company. Every such advertisement, card, or circular, containing such a statement of assets of said compan...

...Thirty per cent of all mine subsidence insurance premiums collected by each insurer for policies delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in a county designated for optional coverage in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 3929.56 of the Revised Code, excluding premiums collected under such policies for mine subsidence insurance coverage which is not reinsured by the mine subsidence insurance underwriting ass...

...Action on any contract of indemnity made by an attorney under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code, actions to recover taxes, and all other actions, may be brought against the attorney in the county in which the cause of action arises, or in which the claimant resides. In any such action against such attorney summons and process shall be served on the superintendent of insurance and must be made in duplicate; when so ...

...No corporation and no officer, agent, solicitor, or other person shall violate sections 3933.01 to 3933.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Fines levied and collected for the violation of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the schools as provided in sections 3315.31 and 3315.32 of the Revised Code.

...After the superintendent of insurance makes an order, he shall, not later than the day following the issuance thereof, serve a certified copy of such order upon the parties, together with a statement of the time and method by which an appeal may be perfected. A copy of such order shall be mailed to attorneys of record representing the parties. Any insurer, advisory organization, or rating bureau, aggrieved by any or...

...Persons forming an association under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code shall make and subscribe a certificate setting forth therein: (A) The name by which the association is to be known; (B) The place which is regarded as its center or business office; (C) The object of the association, which shall only be one or more of the objects set forth in section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, and the enforcement of any con...

...Any mutual fire insurance association organized under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, which is doing business and which has the number of policies and amount of insurance in force, and the amount of assets required, in order to organize a mutual fire insurance company, may reorganize as a mutual fire insurance company in the following manner: (A) The board of trustees of such association shall give notice of it...

...The articles of incorporation of a domestic mutual company may be amended at any meeting of members, thirty days' notice of which, and of the business to come before it, has been given by a majority of the directors in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county where the company's principal place of business is located. Such amendment, if adopted by at least three-fifths vote of the members presen...

...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,...

...(A) Domestic mutual companies shall approve the agreement by a vote of a majority of the directors, and by the votes of at least two-thirds of the members voting, in person or by proxy, at a regular or special meeting not less than thirty days prior to which members shall have been given notice that the merger will be considered at that meeting. The notice may be given by publication once a week for two successive we...

...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)(1) Subject to any conditions imposed as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association may do either of the following with respect to an impaired member insurer: (a) Guarantee, assume, reissue, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, reissued, or reinsured, any or all of the policies or contracts of the impaired insurer; (b) Provide the moneys, ...

...(A) For the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, the board of directors shall assess the member insurers, separately for each subaccount or account, at such time and for such amounts as the board finds necessary. Assessments shall be due not less than thirty days after prior written notice to the member insurers and sha...

... assets held in trust, shall not be consolidated with or included in the estate of a counterparty in any delinquency proceeding against the counterparty, pursuant to the provisions of this section, for any purpose, including distribution to creditors of the counterparty.

...No person for himself or as an officer, director, agent, solicitor, or representative of any insurance company, except fire insurance companies or associations or fraternal benefit societies, doing business in this state, shall issue, circulate, or cause or permit to be issued or circulated any estimate, illustration, circular, or statement of any sort misrepresenting the terms of the policy issued or to be issued by...

...(A) The board of building standards, established by section 3781.07 of the Revised Code, shall: (1) Formulate rules governing the design, construction, and installation of power, refrigerating, hydraulic, heating, and liquefied petroleum gas, oxygen, and other gaseous piping systems. Such rules shall prescribe uniform minimum standards necessary for the protection of the public health and safety and shall include ru...

...The inspection of elevators shall be made by the inspectors authorized in sections 4105.03 and 4105.04 of the Revised Code, under the supervision of the superintendent of industrial compliance, and the superintendent shall enforce this chapter and any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Every inspector shall forward to the superintendent a full and complete report of each inspection made of any elevator and shall...