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...n the business of property and casualty insurance in this state under Chapter 3925., 3929., or 3941. of the Revised Code, and no reinsurer authorized to do business in this state, shall incur on any single risk, on behalf of or on account of any one person, a liability for either of the following amounts: (1) With respect to any stock company, an amount greater than one-tenth of its paid-up capital and surplus; (2)...

...mployer under any contract or policy of insurance against loss or damage resulting to said employer from the injury or death of an employee while in the service of such employer, whether the person, partnership, or corporation contracting with said employer or issuing such policy of insurance has been made a party to the action for damages sustained or not.

...In case of the death of any employee by reason of the wrongful or negligent acts of the employee's employer, or negligence or wrongful acts for which said employer is liable, the personal representative of the deceased employee has all the rights and remedies that the employee would have had under section 3929.03 of the Revised Code had death not resulted.

... of a casualty covered by a contract of insurance made between an insurance company and any person, firm, or corporation, by which contract such person, firm, or corporation is insured against loss or damage on account of the bodily injury or death by accident of any person for which loss or damage such person, firm, or corporation is responsible, the liability of the insurance company is absolute, and the payment of...

...e judgment debtor's policy of liability insurance applied to the satisfaction of the final judgment. (2) If, within thirty days after the entry of the final judgment referred to in division (A)(1) of this section, the insurer that issued the policy of liability insurance has not paid the judgment creditor an amount equal to the remaining limit of liability coverage provided in that policy, the judgment creditor may ...

...An insurance company that is required by division (B) of section 3929.01 or section 3953.06 of the Revised Code to deposit fifty thousand dollars of bonds with the superintendent of insurance may, in lieu of that deposit, make a deposit of one hundred thousand dollars, in securities in which the company may invest its assets by the laws of the state in which it is incorporated, with the superintendent of insurance or...

...When any insurance company organized under the laws of this state is required by the retaliatory or other laws of any other state or district to make a deposit with the superintendent of insurance of this state, for the benefit of its policyholders, as a condition to the right of such company to transact business in such other state or district, the superintendent shall receive such deposit in the amount that is requ...

... the company when the superintendent of insurance, upon examination of the books of the company, affidavits of its principal officers, and other evidence, is satisfied and certifies that all the obligations and liabilities which the deposit was made to secure have been paid or extinguished.

...the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, or of executing or guaranteeing bonds or undertakings required or permitted in actions or proceedings, or allowed by law, shall commence business until it has deposited with the superintendent of insurance two hundred thousand dollars in the securities permitted by sections 3925.05 to 3925.08 of the Revised Code, which shall be held for the benefit and secur...

...re deposited with the superintendent of insurance in this state, or the superintendent of insurance or other officer of another state, district, or territory designated by the laws thereof to receive them. If such securities are deposited with said officer of another state, the superintendent of insurance of this state, before such company is licensed to transact such business in this state, shall be furnished with a...

...A company which executes a bond as surety under sections 3929.10 and 3929.11 of the Revised Code shall, in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it has assumed to incur, be estopped to deny its corporate power to execute such instrument or assume such liability.

...the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, and to execute and guarantee bonds and undertakings in actions or proceedings or allowed by law. When a bond, recognizance, or undertaking is so executed and guaranteed by such a company, it is a full compliance with every requirement of law, ordinance, rule, or regulation that such bond or recognizance must be executed and guaranteed by one surety or two or...

...(A) Any domestic or foreign insurance company that is authorized to transact surety business pursuant to division (A)(19) or (20) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code, may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars with respect to each of any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automobile club or association by filing with the superintendent of insurance an ...

...A judge, court, or officer, whose duty it is to pass upon the account of an assignee, trustee, receiver, guardian, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, required by law to give bond, whenever such fiduciary has given bond with a surety company as surety thereon in the settlement of his account as such fiduciary, shall allow a reasonable sum to be paid to such a company authorized under the laws of this state t...

...e officer, except the superintendent of insurance, and of any county, township, or municipal officer. Such company may be accepted by the officers required to approve such bond, in lieu of the sureties required by law.

...The premium of any licensed surety company on the bond of any public officer, deputy, or employee shall be allowed and paid by the state, county, township, municipal corporation, or other subdivision, or board of education, of which such person giving the bond is such officer, deputy, or employee.

...Any building insured by a mutual company must be pledged to such company, together with the right and title of the insured in the land upon which it is situated, to the amount of the premium note or contingent liability, and the company shall have a lien on such building and land to the amount of such note or liability. Such lien shall not take effect until the company files, with the county recorder of the cou...

...A fire insurance company doing business under the laws of this state, which issues policies of insurance covering property located in this state, and on such policies receives from the persons insured either cash payments of premium, or notes subject to assessment for payment of losses, or notes for the installments of premium, shall insert in every such policy issued an obligation to cancel it, upon the written requ...

...When a policy issued on the cash plan is canceled, in accordance with section 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy may retain customary short rates, as established and charged by companies doing a cash business, for the time the policy has been in force, and return to the insured the unearned premium on the policy for the unexpired time.

...When a policy issued on the mutual plan is canceled in accordance with section 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy must surrender to the insured the note received from him for premium or payment of losses. Such policy shall first be sent to the secretary or agent of the company, and, within sixty days after receipt thereof for cancellation, the premium note shall be returned. The insured shal...

...ates to be computed on the full term of insurance mentioned in the policy as charged by such company. On receipt of such short rates, it must return all installment notes then unpaid and refund to the insured any premium collected in excess of the short rates.

... the knowledge of the superintendent of insurance, or an officer having charge of the division of insurance, that any one of sections 3929.19 to 3929.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, has been violated, he shall at once make a thorough investigation in regard to it, and on sufficient proof of such violation, shall revoke the certificate of authority of the company guilty of such violation.

...hall be paid. However, if the policy of insurance requires actual repair or replacement of the building or structure to be completed in order for the policyholder to be paid the cost of such repair or replacement, without deduction for depreciation or obsolescence, up to the limits of the policy, then the amount to be paid shall be as prescribed by the policy. The cellar and foundation walls shall not be considered ...

...When there are two or more insurance policies upon the same property, each policy shall contribute to the payment of the whole or of the partial loss in proportion to the amount of insurance mentioned in each policy. In no case shall the insurer be required to pay more than the amount mentioned in its policy.

...A person who solicits insurance and procures the application therefor shall be considered as the agent of the party, company, or association thereafter issuing a policy upon such application or a renewal thereof, despite any contrary provisions in the application or policy.