Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) Every title insurance 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 t...

...(A) For a title insurance agency that is a joint venture, the annual review required under section 3953.33 of the Revised Code shall demonstrate that all members of the joint venture received revenue during the year in question from the title agency commensurate to their ownership interest in the title agency. The superintendent of insurance shall promulgate rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code setting forth ...

...(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. (...

...not be based on the percentage of title insurance business referred to the original joint venture.

...aim. For purposes of this division, all claims arising out of bodily injury or death to any one person shall constitute a single claim regardless of the number of insurance policies issued or the number of derivative claims made, including, but not limited to, claims for loss of consortium, for injury to the relationship, for survivorship, or arising out of wrongful death. (c) Due any reinsurer, insurer, insurance p...

...e Revised Code may be cited as the Ohio insurance guaranty association act.

...payment of covered claims under certain insurance policies, avoid excessive delay in payment and reduce financial loss to claimants or policyholders because of the insolvency of an insurer, assist in the detection and prevention of insurer insolvencies, and provide an association to assess the cost of such protection among insurers.

...Sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose stated under section 3955.03 of the Revised Code, which shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation.

...vised Code apply to all kinds of direct insurance, except: (A) Title insurance; (B) Fidelity or surety bonds, or any other bonding obligations; (C) Credit insurance, vendors' single interest insurance, collateral protection insurance, or any similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction; (D) Mortgage guaranty, financial guaranty, residual value, or other for...

...fit association to be known as the Ohio insurance guaranty association. All member insurers, as defined in division (D) of section 3955.01 of the Revised Code, shall be and remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this state. The association shall perform its functions under a plan of operation established and approved under section 3955.09 of the Revised Code...

... to be filed with the superintendent of insurance under this chapter unless otherwise prohibited from release by law.

...(A) The board of directors of the Ohio insurance guaranty association shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine persons serving terms as established in the plan of operation. The members of the board shall be selected by member insurers, subject to the approval of the superintendent. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the remaining period of the term by the unanimous vote of the remaining directo...

... obligated to the extent of the covered claims existing prior to the determination that an insolvent insurer exists and arising within thirty days after such determination, or before the policy expiration date if less than thirty days after the determination, or before the insured replaces the policy or on request effects cancellation, if he does so within thirty days after the determination. In no event shall the as...

...Code; (4) Establish procedures whereby claims may be filed with the association, hearings and appeals may be had, and acceptable forms of proof of claims may be prescribed. Notice of claims to the receiver or liquidator appointed in this state of an insolvent insurer shall be deemed notice to the association or its agent. A list of such claims shall be periodically submitted to an association or similar organization...

...f any servicing facility when he finds claims are being handled unsatisfactorily. (C) Any final action or order of the superintendent under sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code is subject to judicial review under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...e insured event, except for first-party claims for property damage to an insured's property that is permanently located in this state; (b) Any person that is an affiliate of the insolvent insurer. (2) The association has the right to recover from any insured of an insolvent insurer for any sums the association has paid out as the result of an error. (C) The receiver, liquidator, or statutory successor of an insolv...

...ery is also presently possible under an insurance policy written by another insurer shall be required first to exhaust his rights under such other policy. Any amount payable on a covered claim under sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code shall be reduced by the amount of such recovery. (B) Any person having a claim which may be recovered against more than one insurance guaranty association or its equivalent...

...ssociation was obligated to pay covered claims, the board may prepare a report, based on the information available to the association, on the history and causes of the insolvency. The board shall submit to the superintendent any report prepared pursuant to this division.

...The Ohio insurance guaranty association is subject to examination and regulation by the superintendent of insurance. The association shall submit in a form approved by the superintendent, not later than the thirtieth day of March of each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year.

...The Ohio insurance guaranty association is exempt from payment of all fees and taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions.

...to recover any amounts paid to the Ohio insurance guaranty association by a member insurer as an assessment under division (A)(3) of section 3955.08 of the Revised Code from sources other than such fund. (B) The rates subject to section 3935.03 or 3937.02 of the Revised Code may include an amount necessary to recoup assessments paid or payable to the Ohio insurance guaranty association made pursuant to division (A)(...

...se against any member insurer, the Ohio insurance guaranty association or its agents or employees, the board of directors, or the superintendent of insurance or his representatives, including the office of the deputy liquidator and its employees, for any act or omission in the performance of their powers and duties under sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code.

... whichever is later. As to any covered claims arising from any judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding based on a default or stipulation of the insolvent insurer or its insured, the association, either on its own behalf or on behalf of the insured, may apply to the court to have its judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding vacated. The court shall grant the application, and the association shall be perm...

...similar health or sickness and accident insurance policy or contract. "Health benefit plan" does not include: (1) Accident only insurance; (2) Credit insurance; (3) Dental only insurance; (4) Vision only insurance; (5) Medicare supplement insurance; (6) Benefits for long-term care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination thereof; (7) Disability income insurance; (8) Coverage for on-...

...ay be cited as the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association act.