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...intains an office in this state for the payment, processing, adjustment, and settlement of the claims of the arrangement.

...g whether a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program has violated any provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the superintendent of insurance, a member or its employees are deemed "insureds" or "policyholders" as used in Title XXXIX of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-...

...ng: (1) Refuse, without just cause, to pay proper claims arising under coverage provided by the arrangement; (2) Compel, without just cause, employee claimants of members or other persons entitled to the proceeds of the coverage to accept less than the amount due them; (3) Compel, without just cause, employee claimants of members or other persons entitled to the proceeds of the coverage to bring an action against ...

...fine upon a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program, a third-party administrator, or other entity after finding either of the following: (1) The arrangement, third-party administrator, or other entity, through the acts of its officers, directors, board or committee members, employees, agents, or representatives, has engaged in an act in violation of any applicable provision of ...

...All rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

... unless the multiple employer welfare arrangement has a valid certificate of authority from the superintendent of insurance.

...(A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 1739.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 1739.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 1739.27 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. ...