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...t is authorized to do a title insurance business in this state shall comply with sections 3929.30 and 3953.29 of the Revised Code.

...Every title insurance company incorporated or admitted in this state after December 12, 1967, shall have a minimum capital and surplus as required by section 3925.12 of the Revised Code.

... trust company organized and engaged in business in this state under sections 1735.01 to 1735.04 of the Revised Code, as of August 6, 1941, which has on deposit with the treasurer of state the sum of fifty thousand dollars, as provided in section 1735.03 of the Revised Code, may in addition to its other powers, write title insurance without making an additional deposit therefor.

...No policy or contract of title insurance shall be written unless it is based upon a reasonable examination of the title unless a determination of insurability of title has been made in accordance with sound underwriting practices for title insurance companies and unless, on and after the effective date of this amendment, section 3953.29 of the Revised Code is complied with in connection with registered land. Evidence...

...Revised Code, and may provide any other services related to the land title business.

...surance company shall not engage in the business of guaranteeing the payment of the principal or the interest of notes, bonds, or other obligations secured by mortgages upon real property. A title insurance company shall not engage in the business of guaranteeing the completion of improvements in this state. Notwithstanding section 1735.01 of the Revised Code, a title guarantee and trust company may not guarantee the...

...ot transact any other form of insurance business in this state. No company may be organized or admitted in this state after December 12, 1967, to transact, underwrite, or issue title insurance if it engages in any form of insurance business other than title insurance.

...red to be made by this section shall be tax free and shall be made and held in trust exclusively for the benefit and protection of holders of policies of the depositor covering titles to property situated in this state. So long as any company depositing such reserves continues solvent and complies with the laws of this state, the superintendent shall permit it to collect the interest, or dividends or distributions, o...

...(A) Each title insurance company shall at all times establish and maintain, in addition to other reserves, a reserve: (1) Against unpaid losses; (2) Against loss expense, and shall calculate such reserves by making a careful estimate in each case of the loss expense likely to be incurred, by reason of every claim presented, pursuant to notice from or on behalf of the insured, of a title defect in or lien or adverse...

...s in this state shall pay to this state taxes required on all business taxable within this state and reinsured, as provided in this section, with any foreign company authorized to do business within this state. Issuance of contracts of reinsurance by a title insurance company not authorized to engage in the business of title insurance in this state, but authorized to engage in the business of title insurance in any o...

...gement, and control of a title plant to service the needs of all such companies or such companies may hold stock of a corporation owning and operating a title plant for such purposes; provided that each of the companies participating in the ownership, management, and control of such jointly owned title plant shall keep the sum of one hundred thousand dollars invested as above set forth. (C) Any title insurance comp...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the unearned premium reserve of a title insurance company shall be invested in accordance with sections 3925.05 to 3925.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) A title insurance company may seek permission from the superintendent of insurance to invest funds under Chapter 3906. of the Revised Code and may invest funds under that chapter if such permissio...

...es which also have powers to do a trust business, trust funds or assets held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested in accordance with the statutes of this state governing trust companies.

... licensed to transact a title insurance business within this state only if such company is and remains of the same standard of solvency and complies with other requirements fixed by the laws of this state for title insurance companies organized and authorized to transact the business of title insurance pursuant to the laws of this state.

... this state, but authorized to transact business herein, shall make, write, place, or cause to be made, written, or placed any policy or contract of insurance covering real property in this state, except; (A) Through a title insurance agent as defined in Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code; (B) Through a subsidiary title insurance company; (C) Through a bona fide branch office located in this state and under the dir...

...ubstantially reduce the security of and services to be rendered to policyholders of the domestic title insurance company in this state or elsewhere. (2) Where such merger or consolidation involves a parent company absorbing a wholly owned subsidiary, the superintendent may, in his discretion, dispense with the holding of a hearing. (B) No director, officer, agent, or employee of any title insurance company party to...

...ubstantially reduce the security of and services to be rendered to policyholders of the domestic title insurance company in this state or elsewhere. (B) No director, officer, agent, or employee of any title insurance company party to such acquisition shall receive any fee, commission, compensation, or other valuable consideration whatsoever for in any manner aiding, promoting, or assisting therein, except as set for...

... or other lending institution, mortgage service, brokerage, mortgage guaranty company, escrow company, real estate company or any subsidiaries thereof or any individuals so engaged shall be permitted to act as an agent for a title insurance company.

...(A) Title insurance agents shall be licensed in the manner provided for agents of insurance companies in Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code. (B) A title insurance agent shall not be required to take an examination for such license if application for the original issuance of his license was filed with the superintendent of insurance on or before June 12, 1968.

...d record and vouchers pertaining to the business of title insurance in such manner that the title insurance company may readily ascertain from time to time whether the agent has complied with this chapter. (B) A title insurance agent may engage in the business of handling escrows of real property transactions provided that the agent shall maintain a separate record of all receipts and disbursements of escrow fund...

...urer of state, and if requested, to the Ohio access to justice foundation, and the title insurance agent or company, a statement showing the name of the title insurance agent or company for whom the remittance is sent, the rate of interest applied, the accounting period, the net amount remitted to the treasurer of state for each account, the total remitted, the average account balance for each month of the period for...

...After December 12, 1967, no agent for a title insurance company shall adopt a firm name containing the words, "title insurance," "title guaranty," or "title guarantee."

...A title insurance company may pay a commission only to a title insurance agent as defined in division (H) of section 3953.01 of the Revised Code.

...r its agent of a fee to an attorney for services rendered in the examination of title or certification thereof.

...Nothing in this chapter prohibits the division of fees and charges between or among two or more title insurance companies or between or among one or more title insurance companies and one or more title insurance agents, between or among two or more title insurance agents, provided such division of fees and charges does not constitute an unlawful rebate or is not in payment of a forwarding fee or finder's fee.