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.... The annual statement for a viatical settlement provider shall include the following information about the viatical settlement provider's transactions: (1) Aggregate total of the value of unsettled viatical settlement contracts that have been signed by the viator but have not been settled as of the date of the report categorized by the number of days since the viator signed the contract; (2) Number of...

...tted or required by law, a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement broker, insurance company, insurance agent, insurance broker, information bureau, rating agency or company, or any other person with actual knowledge of a viator or an insured's identity, shall not disclose that identity, including the viator or insured's name and individual identification data, or the viator or insured's financial or...

...he money into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund created by section 3901.021 of the Revised Code.

... to renew the license of a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker, if the superintendent finds that any of the following apply: (1) There was a material misrepresentation in the application for the license. (2) The applicant or licensee or any officer, partner, member, key management personnel, or designee of the applicant or licensee has been convicted of fraudulent or dishonest practices, is...

...ment, or decree on the application of a creditor of the viator and adjudicates the viator bankrupt or insolvent or approves a petition seeking reorganization of the viator or appointing a receiver, trustee, or liquidator to all or a substantial part of the viator's assets. (g) The sole beneficiary of the policy is a family member of the viator and the beneficiary dies. (4) The viator enters into a viatical settle...

...audience to consult the licensee's web site or contact the department of insurance to find out if the state in which the advertisement appears requires licensing and, if it does, whether the person is licensed. (L) An advertisement shall not create the impression that the viatical settlement provider, its financial condition or status, the payment of its claims, or the merits, desirability, or advisabil...

... conversion of moneys, funds, premiums, credits, or other property of a viatical settlement provider, insurer, insured, viator, policyowner, or any other person engaged in the business of viatical settlements or insurance; (6) Employing any plan, financial structure, device, scheme, or artifice to defraud in the business of viatical settlements; (7) Misrepresenting the state of residence or facilitating the chang...

...t, or agreement is void and unenforceable.

...eated to give the appearance of insurable interest and are used to initiate one or more policies for investors violate insurable interest laws and the prohibition against wagering on life.

...lish the order on the department's web site, and shall notify each insurance company licensed in this state that the person has been adjudicated as having participated in one or more stranger-originated life insurance transactions. (b) If the person is not licensed or regulated by the department the superintendent shall provide the superintendent's findings to the appropriate licensing or regulatory authority...

...ay seek an injunction in a court of competent jurisdiction and may apply for any temporary or permanent order that the superintendent determines is necessary to restrain the person from committing the violation. (B) Any person damaged by any act of a person in violation of any provision of this chapter may bring a civil action against the person committing the violation in a court of competent jurisdiction. A civ...

...esponsibilities of insurers, viatical settlement providers, and viatical settlement brokers during the viatication of a policy. (B) Establish standards for evaluating the reasonableness of payments under viatical settlement contracts for persons who are terminally or chronically ill. This authority includes, but is not limited to, the regulation of discount rates used to determine the amount paid in exchang...

...nsurance under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3916.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3916.171 of the Revised Code is guilty of a violation of section 2913.02 of the Revised Code.

...; (C) Insurance for which no identifiable charge is made to the debtor; (D) Insurance on accounts receivable.

...fic loan or other credit transaction while the debtor is disabled as defined in the policy. (D) "Creditor" means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, property, rights, or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction or any successor to the right, title, or interest of any such lender, vendor, or lessor, and an affiliated, associate, or subsidiary of any of them or any...

...Credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance shall be issued only in the following forms: (A) Individual policies of life insurance issued to debtors on the term plan; (B) Individual policies of accident and health insurance issued to debtors on a term plan including individual policies issued on a franchise plan, as defined in section 3923.11 of the Revised Code, or disability benefit provisions ...

...btedness. Where an indebtedness repayable in substantially equal installments is secured by an individual policy of credit life insurance the amount of insurance shall at no time exceed the scheduled amount of indebtedness and, where secured by a group policy of credit life insurance, shall at no time exceed the amount of unpaid indebtedness. (B) The total amount of indemnity payable by credit accident and health i...

...more than fifteen days beyond the scheduled maturity date of the indebtedness except when extended without additional cost to the debtor. If the indebtedness is discharged due to renewal or refinancing prior to the scheduled maturity date, the insurance in force shall be terminated before any new insurance may be issued in connection with the renewed or refinanced indebtedness. In all cases of termination prior to sc...

...ess, that any such excess shall be payable to a beneficiary, other than the creditor, named by the debtor or to his estate. (C) Said individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the insured debtor at the time the indebtedness is incurred, except as provided in division (D) of this section. (D) If said individual policy or group certificate of insurance is not delivered to the debtor at...

...nt gives his prior written approval thereto. (D) The superintendent may, at any time after a hearing held not less than twenty days after written notice to the insurer withdraw his approval of any such form on any ground set forth in division (B) of this section. The written notice of such hearing shall state the reasons for the proposed withdrawal. (E) The insurer shall not issue such forms or use them after the e...

...or which the premium rate exceeds that determined by the schedules of such insurer as then on file with the superintendent. The superintendent may require the filing of the schedule of premium rates for use in connection with and as a part of the specific policy filings as provided by section 3918.07 of the Revised Code. (B) Each individual policy, group certificate, or notice of proposed insurance shall provide tha...

...All policies of credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state only by an insurer authorized to do an insurance business in this state.

...horized to settle or adjust claims. The creditor shall not be designated as claim representative for the insurer in adjusting claims; provided, that a group policyholder may, by arrangement with the group insurer, draw drafts or checks in payment of claims due to the group policyholder subject to audit and review by the insurer.

...g policies of insurance owned or controlled by him or of procuring and furnishing the required coverage through any insurer authorized to transact an insurance business within this state.