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...No life insurance company doing business in this state, or an agent thereof, shall make a contract of insurance, or an agreement as to such contract, other than is plainly expressed in the policy issued thereon.

...insurance, a rebate of the premium payable on a policy, or a special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or a paid employment or contract for services of any kind, or any valuable consideration or inducement not specified in the policy of insurance, or give, sell, or purchase, or offer to give, sell, or purchase, as an inducement for insurance, any stocks, bonds, or securities of ...

...No person, having accepted a premium note in payment of the purchase price of a policy of insurance, shall sell or assign such note prior to the delivery and acceptance of such policy.

...eon. No person shall use any name or title of any policy or class of policies misrepresenting the true nature thereof, or make, circulate, use, or cause to be made, circulated, or used, any illustration, circular, or statement, whether written or oral, misrepresenting the terms of any policy issued by any such corporation, or the benefits or advantages promised thereby, or any misleading estimate of the dividends or ...

...or cause the same to be done, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, printing, publishing, distributing, or circulating of, any pamphlet, circular, article, literature, or statement of any kind which is defamatory of any insurance company doing business in this state, or which contains any false and malicious criticism or false and malicious statement calculated to injure such company in its reputation or business. N...

... the protection of its policyholders or creditors, or advertise a subscribed capital not actually paid up in cash.

...No insurance company, corporation, or association authorized to transact business in this state shall purport to make known its financial standing by advertisement, public announcement, or by making or issuing a circular or card, which fails to correspond, in all the particulars which it so purports to make known, with the last preceding verified statement made by it to the insurance department of any state.

...nnection with a matter pending before a legislative or public body or a department or officer of any state or government, in addition to the foregoing information, such corporation shall not fail to describe correctly in such voucher the nature of the matter and of the interest of such company therein. If such voucher cannot be obtained, such expenditures must be evidenced by an affidavit describing the character an...

...the assumption of reinsurance of the whole or any portion of the risks of another company by such company.

...No officer or agent of a corporation, company, or association organized under the laws of any other state of the United States to transact the business of life or accident insurance or life and accident insurance on the assessment plan, shall violate or fail to comply with any law relating to such corporation, company, or association.

...al injury and loss of life sustained while traveling by railroad, steamboat, or other mode of conveyance, against accidental personal injury and loss of life sustained by accident of every description, and against expenses and lost of time occasioned by injury or sickness, on such terms, and for such periods of time, and confined to such countries and localities and to such persons as from time to time may be provide...

...tions of persons with disabilities for determining insurance rates. As used in this section, "disability" means a medically diagnosable, abnormal condition which is expected to continue for a considerable length of time, whether correctable or uncorrectable by good medical practice, which can reasonably be expected to limit the person's functional ability, including but not limited to seeing, hearing, thinking, amb...

... of authority under Chapter 1751. or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code. (B) No insurance agent, broker, or other person shall advertise, solicit, negotiate, collect a premium on, or sell any policy of sickness and accident insurance or contract for health care services in this state unless the entity that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews the policy or contract is subject to and has complied with division (A) o...

...he form and satisfies the requirements set forth in that division. (D) The absence of a warning as described in division (B) of this section does not constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation of section 2913.47 or any other section of the Revised Code.

...ly or covertly, in cash or in kind, in return for referring an individual for the furnishing of health care services or goods for which whole or partial reimbursement is or may be made by a health care insurer, except as authorized by the health care or health insurance contract, policy, or plan. This division does not apply to any of the following: (1) Deductibles, copayments, or similar amounts owed by the person ...

...mation concerning any fact material thereto, or conceals, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto. "Fraudulent insurance act" also includes any such written statement, claim, or concealment in relation to such an insurance policy or contract that constitutes a criminal offense under Title XXIX or XXXIX of the Revised Code. (2) "Person" includes, but is not limited to, the supe...

...y a health insurer shall make a reasonable effort to notify every certificate holder, or certificate holder's designee, who is covered under that policy or contract whenever the person fails to make a required premium payment or contribution on behalf of the certificate holder and that failure results in the termination of coverage. The person shall mail or present the notice to the certificate holder or certificate...

...ial situation in which the insurer's assets are less than the sum of the insurer's minimum required capital, minimum required surplus, and all liabilities, as determined in accordance with the requirements for the preparation and filing of the insurer's annual financial statement. (3) "Chief executive officer" means the person, irrespective of the person's title, designated by the board of directors or trustees of a...

...ustee, or other officer of a court entitled to its possession; (E) Give, obtain, or receive anything of value for acting or forbearing to act in any judicial proceeding, if the act results in or contributes to the impairment or insolvency of any insurer.

...No insurer shall knowingly declare or pay any dividend whenever the insurer is impaired. For purposes of this section, "insurer" also includes any person doing the business of insurance in this state.

... division (A) of this section within ninety days after obtaining its license to transact business within this state or within ninety days after beginning to engage in the business of insurance within this state and shall thereafter maintain such a written plan. (2) An insurer engaged in the business of insurance within this state on the effective date of this section shall develop a written plan required by division...

... reasonable belief that a person is perpetrating or facilitating an insurance fraud, as established by section 2913.47 of the Revised Code, or has done so, the insurer shall notify the department of insurance. (B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department of insurance. (C) Division (A) of this section does not require notification of t...

... of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars. (F) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3999.32, division (B) of section 3999.36, or section 3999.37 or 3999.38 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (G) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3999.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (H) Whoever violates division...

... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial relations operating fund created in section 4101.021 of the Revised Code. (B) Piping is exempt from the requirements for submission of applications and inspections and the necessity to obtain permits, as required under this section and section 4101.084 of the Revised Code, or under rules adopted pursuant to those sections, for power, refrigerating, hyd...

...nters thereof, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, shall adopt and use methods and processes, follow and obey orders, and prescribe hours of labor reasonably adequate to render such employment and places of employment safe, and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees and frequenters.