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...Any life insurance company, organized or licensed to do business under the laws of this state, may hold the proceeds of any life or endowment insurance or annuity contract issued by it upon such terms and restrictions as to revocation by the insured and control by beneficiaries, with such exemptions from legal process and the claims of creditors of beneficiaries other than the insured, and upon such other terms and c...

...discount from the sum to be paid upon a policy on the basis of race, or by failing to furnish information required under section 3904.10 or 3911.16 of the Revised Code. This section does not require a life insurance company, or an agent thereof, to take or receive an application for insurance from any person.

...s beneficiary and the company issuing a policy upon such application, be considered the agent of the company and not the agent of the insured.

...ed upon by a mutual insurance company's policyholders at a policyholders' meeting. A policyholder is entitled to cast only one vote, in person or by proxy, on the reorganization plan regardless of the number of policies or contracts that the policyholder may own or hold. Only proxies specifically related to the reorganization plan shall be used in determining whether the reorganization plan is approved pursuant to d...

...This chapter does not apply to annuities except as provided in sections 3915.051, 3915.073, 3915.14, and 3915.21 to 3915.24 of the Revised Code, industrial policies except as provided in sections 3915.07 and 3915.071 of the Revised Code, fraternal benefit societies, corporations or associations operating on the assessment plan, or corporations or associations which have been organized under sections 3919.01 to 3919.1...

...ry annuity benefits; or (3) As other policy benefits additional to life insurance, endowment and annuity benefits, and considerations for all such additional benefits shall be disregarded in ascertaining the minimum nonforfeiture amounts, paid-up annuity, cash surrender, and death benefits that may be required by this section. The inclusion of such additional benefits shall not be required in any paid-up benefit...

... ascertaining the indebtedness due upon policy or premium loans, the interest, if not paid when due, shall be added to the principal of such loans and shall bear interest at the rate specified in the note or loan agreement.

...de shall include the form number of the policy or contract with which the indorsement or rider may be used.

...he accelerated benefits provided by any policy subject to this chapter are life insurance benefits and are calculated primarily on the basis of mortality risks rather than morbidity risks.

...(A) Except as provided in division (H) of this section, an applicant for a license as a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker shall submit an application for the license in a manner prescribed by the superintendent of insurance. The application shall be accompanied by a fee established by the superintendent by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) A license issue...

...(A) A person shall not use a viatical settlement contract form or provide a disclosure statement form to a viator in this state unless the viatical settlement contract form or the disclosure statement form is filed with and approved by the superintendent of insurance. The superintendent shall disapprove a viatical settlement contract form or a disclosure statement form if, in the superintendent's opinion, the viatica...

...d, transferred, or pledged a viaticated policy to a person that the licensee knew or should have known was not one of the following: (a) A viatical settlement provider licensed in this state; (b) A viatical settlement purchaser; (c) A qualified institutional buyer; (d) A financing entity; (e) A special purpose entity; (f) A related provider trust. (9) The licensee or any officer, partner, member, key ma...

...Trusts or other persons that are created to give the appearance of insurable interest and are used to initiate one or more policies for investors violate insurable interest laws and the prohibition against wagering on life.

...he debtor is disabled as defined in the policy. (D) "Creditor" means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, property, rights, or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction or any successor to the right, title, or interest of any such lender, vendor, or lessor, and an affiliated, associate, or subsidiary of any of them or any director, officer, or employee of any of th...

...All policies of credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state only by an insurer authorized to do an insurance business in this state.

...ent of the claim is due pursuant to the policy provisions, or upon direction of such claimant to one specified. (C) No plan or arrangement shall be used whereby any person, firm, or corporation other than the insurer or its designated claim representative shall be authorized to settle or adjust claims. The creditor shall not be designated as claim representative for the insurer in adjusting claims; provided, that a ...

...The certificate of authority issued under section 3919.22 of the Revised Code shall be revoked whenever the superintendent of insurance on investigation or examination finds that such corporation, company, or association is not paying the maximum amount named in its policies or certificates in full, that such corporation, company, or association is transacting business fraudulently or illegally, or that the statement...

...Any corporation, company, or association described in section 3919.21 of the Revised Code which is transacting business in this state is subject only to sections 3919.01 to 3919.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which provide for the organization of mutual protective associations, and may transact in this state the business of life or accident or life and accident insurance on the assessment plan, for the purpose o...

...A company organized under section 3919.31 of the Revised Code, before engaging in business, must execute a bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars to the state, with security to the acceptance and approval of the superintendent of insurance, for the use and benefit of all persons holding policies or certificates in such company. Said bond shall be conditioned that any such company shall credit upon its books ...

...y him for the benefit and protection of policyholders or certificate holders.

...embership application or certificate or policy application. (C) This section is applicable only to new business written by a fraternal benefit society after the effective date of this section.

...(A) In the case of certificates that are delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1997, but prior to January 1, 1998, the value of every paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and the amount of any cash surrender value, loan, or other option granted shall comply with the requirements that would have applied under the laws in effect on December 31, 1996. (B) In the case of certificates that are de...

... and procedures relating to investment policy, investment advisory services, selection of certified public accountants, and selection of a committee to manage the business and affairs of the account; (3) Issue contracts on a variable basis to which divisions (B) and (D) of section 3921.19 of the Revised Code do not apply.

...(A) The standards of valuation for certificates that are delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1997, but prior to January 1, 1998, shall be those standards that would have applied under the laws in effect on December 31, 1996. (B) The minimum standards of valuation for certificates of life insurance, annuity and pure endowment certificates, total and permanent disability benefit certi...

...The provisions of this section apply only to external reviews that involve an experimental or investigational treatment. (A) A covered person may request an external review of an adverse benefit determination based on the conclusion that a requested health care service is experimental or investigational, except when the requested health care service is explicitly listed as an excluded benefit under the covere...