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...overnors may be appealed to the superintendent of insurance within thirty days from the date of the action or the decision. The superintendent shall, after hearing held upon proper notice, issue an order approving or disapproving the action or decision with respect to the matter which is the subject of appeal. All final orders and decisions of the superintendent are subject to judicial review as provided in Chapter 1...

...ion, its members, board of governors, agents, or employees, an insurer or its employees, any licensed agent or broker, or the superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's authorized representatives, their members or employees, for any action taken by them in the performance of their powers and duties under sections 3930.03 to 3930.17 of the Revised Code. Any reports and communications in connection therewith a...

...shall file in the office of the superintendent of insurance, annually on or before the first day of March, a statement that shall contain information with respect to its transactions, conditions, operations, and affairs during the preceding calendar year. Such statement shall contain such matters and information as are prescribed and shall be in such form as is approved by the superintendent.

...ny person designated by him may at any time visit and examine the operation and experience of the association and shall have free access to all the books, records, files, papers, and documents that relate to the operation of the association, and may summon, qualify, and examine as witnesses all persons having knowledge of such operations, including its officers, agents, or employees.

...e subject to examination by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with section 3901.07 of the Revised Code. Section 3901.07 of the Revised Code shall govern every aspect of the examination, including the circumstances under and frequency with which it is conducted, the authority of the superintendent and any examiner or other person appointed by the superintendent, the liability for the assessment of expenses...

...iting association is exempt from all license fees, and income, franchise, premium, and privilege taxes levied or assessed by this state or any political subdivision.

...A commercial insurance policy written by, or on behalf of, the Ohio commercial insurance joint underwriting association under the authority of sections 3930.01 to 3930.18 of the Revised Code may be canceled for reasons established by section 3937.25 of the Revised Code.

...rwriting association shall adopt a written program for decreasing the overall utilization of the association as a source of insurance. The program shall set forth actions that the board shall take to decrease such utilization, including actions intended to reduce the classes of insurance offered by the association, to reduce the number of policies issued, the number of persons insured, and the total amount of insuran...

...ssation of operations for any class of commercial insurance when such insurance is available in the normal market; (2) Establish standards and procedures for the fair and equitable cessation of operations of the Ohio commercial insurance joint underwriting association, including the payment of all current and outstanding claims on policies issued by the association prior to such cessation, if all classes of commerci...

...The Ohio commercial insurance joint underwriting association shall not be a member insurer of the Ohio insurance guaranty association under Chapter 3955. of the Revised Code.

...of another state or territory. (D) "Alien" designates companies organized under the laws of any country other than the United States, or some state, province, or territory of such country. (E) "Surplus" or "net assets" means the funds and assets, invested as required or permitted by the laws of the state, territory, or district where the company is organized, in excess of all liabilities including unearned premium ...

...any may be organized by not less than twenty persons, to carry on the business of mutual insurance and to reinsure and to accept reinsurance as authorized by law and its articles of incorporation. Such persons shall execute articles of incorporation which, if not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state and of the United States, shall be approved by the attorney general and the secretary of state. Th...

...n 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 present and voting at the meeting ...

...ms, until it has filed with the superintendent of insurance its bond, with sureties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful accounting for all funds and property which it may receive or possess, or until it has procured the certificate of the superintendent approving such bond and the sureties thereon. The premiums received on subscriptions for insurance shall be held by the company in trus...

... domestic mutual company has legal existence, subject to the limitations prescribed in sections 3941.01 to 3941.34 of the Revised Code, from the filing of its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The original incorporators may fix and call the first meeting and adopt bylaws which thereupon shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance, and may elect the first officers and directors who shall ...

...er cent of the admitted assets or three times the average risk or one per cent of the insurance in force, whichever is greater, any reinsurance taking effect simultaneously with the policy being deducted in determining the maximum single risk. (C) It shall have collected a premium upon each application, which premium shall be held in cash or securities in which insurance companies are authorized to invest and shall ...

...er while his policy is in force, and is entitled to one vote, and no more.

...of not less than one, nor more than ten times the cash premium in each policy, and may further provide for policies not exceeding on any one risk five per cent of the company's assets, to be issued for cash premiums payable in advance without contingent liability of the policyholder.

...s of a domestic mutual company may be amended at any meeting of the board of directors. Such amendment does not become effective unless it is approved by the superintendent of insurance.

...a cash premium and an additional contingent premium not less than the cash premium, or may be solely a cash premium. No policy shall be issued for a cash premium without an additional contingent premium unless the company has a surplus which is not less in amount than the capital stock required of domestic stock insurance companies transacting the same kind of insurance.

... shall cease with the expiration of the time for which a cash premium has been paid in advance, except for liability incurred during said time.

...herwise than as provided for the investment of assets of domestic insurance companies other than life. In computing the assets, liabilities, and surplus of such company, no contingent liability or unauthorized investments shall be considered.

...tion, the expense of management of any domestic mutual company shall not exceed in any one calendar year forty per cent of its premium income in such year; provided that the income on policies issued on the premium note or assessment plan shall be computed according to the annual basic premium.

...domestic mutual company having a contingent liability which is not possessed of assets above its unearned premium sufficient for the payment of incurred losses and expenses is deemed to be impaired and shall make an assessment for the amount needed to pay such losses and expenses upon its members liable to assessment, in proportion to and within the limits of their several liabilities.

...If the impairment of a domestic mutual company is not more than twenty-five per cent of such company's reinsurance reserve fund, computed according to law, the superintendent of insurance may permit it to continue to issue policies for such period, not exceeding ninety days, as he designates. If such impairment is not restored within the period designated, or exceeds twenty-five percent of such reinsurance reserve, ...