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...rmation practices to all applicants or policyholders in connection with insurance transactions as provided below: (1) In the case of an application for insurance, a notice shall be provided no later than one of the following times: (a) At the time of the delivery of the insurance policy or certificate when personal information is collected only from the applicant or from public records; (b) At the time the collect...

...of the Revised Code. (C) Both of the following shall be considered an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance, as defined in section 3901.21 of the Revised Code, and are subject to, in addition to the penalties prescribed in section 3901.22 of the Revised Code, disciplinary action under section 3905.14 of the Revised Code: (1) Offering or selling a travel insurance policy that could neve...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, any person licensed as an agent under this chapter may at any time surrender any or all licenses held by the person. (2) No agent shall surrender the agent's licenses if the superintendent of insurance is investigating any allegation of wrongdoing by the agent or has initiated proceedings under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and notice of an oppo...

...ce except in the case of either of the following: (a) If one hundred per cent of the insured risk is located out of the state in which an insured maintains its principal place of business or principal residence as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section, "home state" means the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated. (b) If more than o...

...ercial purchaser satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The person employs or retains a qualified risk manager to negotiate insurance coverage. (2) The person has paid aggregate nationwide commercial property and casualty insurance premiums in excess of one hundred thousand dollars in the immediately preceding twelve months. (3) The person satisfies at least one of the following criteria: (a) The ...

...urplus lines insurer unless all of the following are met: (1) The domestic insurer possesses minimum capital and surplus of at least fifteen million dollars. (2) The domestic insurer is seeking to become a domestic surplus lines insurer pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of directors. (3) The superintendent of insurance has authorized the designation of the insurer as a domestic surplus lines insurer...

...to the superintendent of insurance the following fees: (A) Each insurance company doing business in this state shall pay: (1) For filing a copy of its charter or deed of settlement, two hundred fifty dollars; (2) For filing each statement, one hundred seventy-five dollars; (3) For each certificate of authority or license, one hundred seventy-five, and for each certified copy thereof, five dollars; (4) For each c...

...very of the vehicle after it has been stolen. "Incidental costs" may include, but are not limited to, insurance policy deductibles, rental vehicle charges, the difference between the actual value of the stolen vehicle at the time of the theft and the cost of a replacement vehicle, sales taxes, registration fees, transaction fees, and mechanical inspection fees. (2) "Vehicle protection product" means a vehicle protec...

...ode. (2) "Consumer goods" means goods sold, leased, assigned, awarded by chance, or transferred to a consumer in a consumer transaction. (3) "Consumer goods service contract" means a contract or agreement to perform or pay for repairs, replacement, or maintenance of consumer goods due to a defect in materials or workmanship, normal wear and tear, power surges, or accidental damage from handling, that is effective f...

... premium on business placed with a controlled insurer by a controlling producer is equal to or greater than five per cent of the admitted assets of the insurer, as reported in the insurer's quarterly statement filed as of the thirtieth day of September of the immediately preceding year, all of the following apply: (1) The controlled insurer shall not accept business from the controlling producer and the controlling ...

...intendent and shall include all of the following: (1) The name and principal business address of the applicant; (2) If the applicant is an individual, the applicant's current occupation; (3) If the applicant is an individual, the applicant's occupation or occupations during the five-year period prior to applying for the license to act as a managing general agent; (4) A copy of the contract between the applica...

... (D) The managing general agent shall hold all funds collected for the account of an insurer in a fiduciary capacity in a bank that is a member of the federal reserve system. The managing general agent shall use this account for all payments on behalf of the insurer. If the managing general agent represents more than one insurer, the managing general agent shall maintain separate accounts for each insurer. The manag...

... A surety bail bond agent that accepts collateral security or other indemnity shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The collateral security or other indemnity shall be reasonable in relation to the amount of the bond. (2) The collateral security or other indemnity shall not be used by the surety bail bond agent for personal benefit or gain and shall be returned in the same condition as received. ...

...All of the following classes of investments may be counted for the purposes specified in section 3906.11 of the Revised Code, whether they are made directly or as a participant in a partnership, joint venture, or limited liability company: (A) Cash, and cash equivalents, in the direct possession of the insurer or on deposit with a financial institution regulated by any federal or state agency of the United St...

...tion 3906.11 of the Revised Code, the following limitations on classes of investments shall apply: (1) For investments authorized by division (B) of section 3906.07 of the Revised Code and investments authorized by division (G) of section 3906.07 of the Revised Code that are of the types described in division (B) of section 3906.07 of the Revised Code the following limitations shall apply: (a) The aggregate ...

.... (2) "Individual risk" includes any policy, annuity, or contract issued pursuant to section 3907.15 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a domestic life insurance company shall not reinsure, by agreement or modification to an existing agreement, either of the following without the prior approval of the superintendent of insurance: (1) More than eighty per cent of an indi...

...rance company may invest in any of the following securities, subject to any applicable limitations contained in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance: (1) Securities offered and sold pursuant to 15 U.S.C.A. section 77d(5); (2) Mortgage related securities described in 15 U.S.C.A. section 78c(a)(41); (3) Securities issued or guaranteed by the federal home loan mortgage corporation or the federal national ...

...2) At any time prior to the mailing to policyholders of the notice pursuant to division (B) of section 3913.27 of the Revised Code, which notice includes a summary of the reorganization plan, a mutual insurance company's board of directors may amend the reorganization plan by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the board of directors. At any time before a reorganization plan has received the approval...

...oved by the mutual insurance company's policyholders under section 3913.27 of the Revised Code until the reorganization plan has been reviewed by, and has received the approval of, the superintendent of insurance, and the articles of incorporation for the mutual insurance holding company and the reorganized stock company, and, if applicable, for an intermediate holding company, have been examined and approved by the ...

...t broker, as applicable, if all of the following apply: (1) Regarding an application for a license as a viatical settlement provider, the applicant provides all of the following: (a) A detailed plan of operation; (b) Proof of financial responsibility pursuant to division (D) of this section; (c) A general description of the method the applicant will use to determine life expectancies, including a description ...

...(A)(1) If any employee of a political subdivision or district of this state, or of an institution supported in whole or in part by public funds, authorizes in writing the proper officer of the political subdivision, district, or institution, of which the individual is an employee to deduct from the employee's salary or wages the premium or portion of the premium agreed to be paid by the employee to an insurer a...

...te applicable to life insurers issuing policies containing like benefits based upon such tables.

...applicable to life insurers that issue policies containing like benefits. (C) The superintendent of insurance may, in the superintendent's discretion, accept other standards for valuation if the superintendent finds that the reserves produced by such standards will not be less in the aggregate than reserves computed in accordance with the minimum valuation standards prescribed in this section. The superintendent may...

...ce prior to January 1, 1997. (B) The following persons shall not be required to be licensed in accordance with division (A) of this section: (1) Any regularly salaried officer, employee, or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of the person's services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of any s...

...deemed exhausted based on de minimis violations that do not cause, and are not likely to cause, prejudice or harm to the covered person so long as the health plan issuer demonstrates that the violation was for good cause or due to matters beyond the control of the health plan issuer and that the violation occurred in the context of an ongoing, good faith exchange of information between the health plan issuer an...

...(A) The board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund shall designate a person who is a licensed state retirement system investment officer to be the chief investment officer for the police and fire pension fund. The board shall notify the division of securities of the department of commerce in writing of its designation and of any change in its designation within ten calendar days of the designation or chang...

...The Ohio police and fire pension fund board of trustees shall appoint a committee to oversee the selection of an internal auditor. The committee shall select one or more persons for employment as an internal auditor. The board shall employ the person or persons selected by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following board members: one retirant member, one employee member, and one other member. The co...

...s of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 742.59 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and ...

...The Ohio police and fire pension fund shall make no investments through or purchases from, or otherwise do any business with, any individual who is, or any partnership, association, or corporation that is owned or controlled by, a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, an officer of, or a board member of the fund, or in which a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, an offi...

..., a fiduciary shall not cause the Ohio police and fire pension fund to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the fund and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the fund and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facil...

...e of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board nor as such, directly or indirectly, receive any pay or annual emolument for the trustee's or employee's services. No trustee or employee of said board shall, directly or indirectly, for self or as an agent or partner of others, borrow any funds o...

...es or investment advisory services and solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with clients. (B) The board of trustees of the fund shall, for the purposes of this section, designate an agent as an Ohio-qualified agent if the agent meets all of the following requirements: (1) The agent is subject to taxation under Chapter 5725., 5726., 5733., 5747., or 5751. of the Revised Code; (2) The agent is authoriz...

...(A) The Ohio police and fire pension fund shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described i...

...he investment manager meets all of the following requirements: (1) The investment manager is subject to taxation under Chapter 5725., 5726., 5733., 5747., or 5751. of the Revised Code; (2) The investment manager meets one of the following requirements: (a) Has its corporate headquarters or principal place of business in this state; (b) Employs at least five hundred individuals in this state; (c) Has a principal ...

...d by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund from any taxing district of the state shall be in the denomination required by the board in its resolution of purchase, or the board may by its resolution require that all bonds of any series of bonds purchased by it from any taxing district of the state be consolidated and issued as one bond, the principal amount of which is equal to the aggregate a...

...d by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. The board shall not change the date of maturity of any part of the principal or interest of any bond issue, nor shall it require a bond of any issue to be of a larger denomination, nor any partial payment of principal to be of greater amount than the aggregate amount of such issue falling due at any date.

...(A) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall have prepared triennially by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the Ohio police and fire pension fund as established pursuant to sections 742.01 to 742.61 of the Revised Code. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial stan...

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall collect and keep in convenient form such data as are necessary for the preparation of the required mortality and service tables and for the compilation of such other information as is required for the actuarial evaluations provided for by section 742.14 of the Revised Code.

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall establish a period of not more than thirty years to amortize the Ohio police and fire pension fund's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liabilities. The board shall adopt a plan that specifies how it proposes to meet the thirty-year amortization period not later than December 31, 2006. If the period necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial...

...Following the actuarial investigation required by division (B) of section 742.14 of the Revised Code due on November 1, 2017, and following each quinquennial actuarial investigation thereafter, if, in consultation with its actuary, the Ohio police and fire pension fund board of trustees determines that an adjustment to the age and years of service credit required to receive a pension or benefit under division (...

...chapter shall be submitted to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in the form and manner specified by the fund. The fund shall determine whether an application or election is complete and properly submitted. Its determination is final. If the fund determines that an application or election is incomplete or not properly submitted, it may give the person who submitted the application or election the opportunity to ...

...e of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. (2) "Military service credit" means credit for service in the armed forces of the United States purchased or obtained from the fund, the Cincinnati retirement system, or a non-uniform retirement system. (3) "Non-uniform retirement system" or "non-uniform system" means the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, ...

...213 of the Revised Code if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The Cincinnati city council and the board of trustees of the Cincinnati retirement system take all actions, including the adoption of any ordinance or resolution, necessary to authorize the transfer of service credit and contributions between the system and the fund. (2) The Ohio police and fire pension fund and Cincinnati retirement system, t...

...sed Code are met, a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the fund and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the fund who has contributions on deposit with the Ci...

... a member or former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the fund elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the fund or purchased or obtained as military service credit, the fund shall transfer the amounts specified in division (B) or (C) of this section to ...

...ced the employment covered by the Ohio police and fire pension fund for which the member is currently contributing to the fund. (B) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a non-uniform retirement system, and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan establishe...

...ving disability benefits from the Ohio police and fire pension fund and is restored to active duty as a member of a police or fire department shall, in computing years of service under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, be given service credit for the time the member was receiving such disability benefits. On restoration to active duty as a member of a police or fire department, the member shall make cont...

...A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who, during the period of employment as a member of a police or fire department, is removed from active pay status due to pregnancy or a medical disability leave not exceeding one year for each such leave and who is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of active service ...

... of the fund who is an employee of the police department of a municipal corporation, who has resigned or has been honorably discharged from membership in the fire department of the same municipal corporation, and who is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of service in the police department under section 742.37 or 742....

...ably discharged from membership in the police department of the same municipal corporation, and who is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of service in the fire department under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, be given full credit for the time served in such police department, provided the member has pai...