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... any part of the assets or stock of a domestic or foreign title insurance company if, in advance thereof, a plan or agreement of acquisition has been filed with the superintendent of insurance. The superintendent shall examine the terms and conditions of such plan or agreement of acquisition, and of any exchange of shares or securities pursuant thereto, after holding a hearing at which all persons or parties to whom ...

...o the superintendent of insurance the names of all title insurance agents representing it in this state in accordance with section 3905.20 of the Revised Code. (B) No bank, trust company, bank and trust company, 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 ...

...(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.

...y 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 funds and shall not commingle any such funds with the agent's own funds or with funds held by the agent in any other capac...

...insurance agent or company shall be deposited into an account established under division (A) of this section except funds necessary to pay service charges and other related charges of the bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank that are in excess of earnings on the account. (G) No liability arising out of any negligent act or omission of any title insurance agent or company with respect to...

...er 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.

...No title insurance company and no title insurance agent shall pay or give any applicant for insurance, or to any person, firm, or corporation who is acting as agent, representative, attorney, or employee of the owner, lessee, mortgagee, or of the prospective owner, lessee, or mortgagee of the real property or any interest therein, either directly or indirectly, any commission or any part of its fees or charges, or an...

...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.

... for insurance to provide the data requisite to a judgment of insurability.

...9. and 5310. of the Revised Code, no title insurance company shall write a policy or contract of title insurance that includes any specific reference to any restrictive covenant that appears to apply to the transferred registered land, if any inclusion of the restrictive covenant in a transfer, rental, or lease of housing accommodations, any honoring or exercising of the restrictive covenant, or any attempt to honor ...

...nd loan associations, mortgage brokers, credit unions, or savings banks, that lends money or extends or grants credit and obtains a residential mortgage to assure payment of the debt. (B) A title insurance agent issuing a lender's title insurance policy in conjunction with a residential mortgage loan made simultaneously with the purchase of all or part of the real property securing the loan, where no owner's title i...

...insurance agent shall offer closing or settlement protection to the lender, borrower, and seller of the property, and to any applicant for title insurance. (B) The closing or settlement protection offered pursuant to this section shall indemnify any lender, borrower, seller, and applicant that has requested the protection, both individually and collectively, against the loss of settlement funds resulting from any of...

... agent or agency that handles escrow, settlement, closing, or security deposit accounts shall have an independent review made of its escrow, settlement, closing, and security deposit accounts each year on or before the thirty-first day of December for the twelve-month period ending the preceding thirty-first day of August. The title insurance agent or agency shall provide proof of the annual review to each ...

...under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code setting forth the standards of the review required under this section and the form in which this information is to be provided. (B) Title insurance agencies that are joint ventures shall maintain sufficient records of their affairs, including their escrow operations, escrow trust accounts, and operating accounts so that the superintendent may adequately ensure that the title ...

...(A) No title insurance agent shall do any of the following in connection with a mortgage loan of seventy-five thousand dollars or less: (1) Knowingly coerce or wrongfully instruct the consumer to enter into the loan; (2) Knowingly fail to disclose to the consumer that the consumer does not have to close on the loan; (3) Knowingly make a material misrepresentation to the consumer regarding the terms of the loan. (...

...agency that is a joint venture that is set to dissolve or terminate on a specified date, all members of that joint venture shall be allowed or invited to join any successor joint ventures formed upon dissolution or termination of the original joint venture, and the percentage of ownership in any successor joint venture shall not be based on the percentage of title insurance business referred to the original joint ven...

...ntenance, or repair of any product at a site that is not owned or controlled by either a person who performs that work or a person who hires an independent contractor to perform the work. "Completed operations liability" includes liability for activities that are completed or abandoned before the date of the occurrence giving rise to the liability. (B) "Domicile," for purposes of determining the state in which a pur...

...shall transact business in this state unless both of the following apply: (1) It has capital and surplus in an amount of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, and the superintendent of insurance issues a certificate of authority to transact the business of liability insurance as a risk retention group. Section 3960.03 of the Revised Code applies to the risk retention group only to the extent that ...

... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund pursuant to section 3901.021 of the Revised Code. (B) A risk retention group doing business in this state shall submit to the superintendent all of the following: (1) A copy of its financial statement submitted to the state in which the risk retention group is chartered and domiciled, which shall be certified by an ind...

... policy. (E) Sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code apply to risk retention groups and to their agents and representatives.

...ed by a risk retention group is acceptable to the public agency under the standards of the law that it administers. (C) When a purchasing group obtains insurance covering its members' risks from an insurer not authorized in this state or a risk retention group, the risks are not covered by any insurance guaranty association or similar mechanism in this state. (D) When a purchasing group obtains insurance covering i...

...insurance may require or exempt a risk retention group from participation in any joint underwriting association established under section 3930.03 or in the plan established under section 4509.70 of the Revised Code. Any risk retention group that is required to participate under this division shall submit sufficient information to the superintendent to enable the superintendent to apportion on a nondiscriminatory bas...

... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund pursuant to section 3901.021 of the Revised Code. Division (A)(2) of this section does not apply to a purchasing group to which all of the following apply: (a) It was domiciled in any state before April 1, 1986, and on and after October 27, 1986; (b) It purchased insurance from an insurance carrier licensed in any state...

...hich the purchasing group is located, unless the purchase is effected through an agent or broker licensed in this state to sell surplus lines. (B)(1) A purchasing group that obtains liability insurance from an insurer not admitted in this state or a risk retention group shall inform, as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, each of the members of such group that have a risk resident or located in this state ...