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...(A) A company shall establish reserves using a principle-based valuation that meets the following conditions for policies or contracts as specified in the valuation manual: (1) The principle-based valuation shall quantify the benefits and guarantees, and the funding, associated with the contracts and their risks at a level of conservatism that reflects conditions that include unfavorable events that have a rea...

...ons; (6) Territorial limitations; (7) Policy cancellation provisions; (8) The maximum policy period. (H) The insurer may cancel or refuse to renew any policy of insurance subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (I) If the contract permits the managing general agent to settle claims on behalf of the insurer, all of the following apply: (1) The managing general agent shall report every claim to the in...

...sessing the effectiveness of investment policy and strategies. (3) Management's performance is assessed in meeting the stated objectives within the investment policy through periodic presentations to the board of directors. (4) Appropriate analyses are undertaken on the degree to which asset cash flows are adequate to meet liability cash flows under different economic environments. These analyses shall be cond...

... an investment portfolio or investment policy is prudent. (B) The superintendent shall consider the factors listed in division (C) of this section prior to making a determination that an insurer's investment portfolio or investment policy is not prudent. (C) Insurers and the superintendent shall consider the following factors according to divisions (A) and (B) of this section: (1) General economic conditio...

...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...

...e. (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 ind...

...ing received three annual premiums on a policy issued on the life of any person in this state, all companies are estopped from defending upon any ground other than fraud against any claim arising upon such policy by reason of errors, omissions, or misstatements of the insured in an application made by him on which the policy was issued, except as to age.

...A policy of insurance on the life of any person, or any interest therein, assigned, transferred, or made payable to a married person, or to any person, firm, or corporation in trust for such married person or for such married person's benefit, whether such transfer is made by the spouse of such married person or by another person, shall inure to the benefit of such married person independently of the spouse of such m...

...r children, in being at the date of the policy or born thereafter, for their use, or to their guardian if they are under age, or to any person, firm, or corporation in trust for them for their benefit, as provided in the policy of insurance. If there are no children or other designated beneficiary or assignee, upon the death of the spouse, such policy shall revert to and become the property of the party whose life is...

...e, any rebate of premium payable on the policy, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any special advantage in the date of a policy or date of the issue thereof, or any valuable consideration or other inducement. No such person shall give, receive, sell, or purchase, or offer to give, receive, sell, or purchase, as inducements to insurance or in connection therewit...

...rt which misrepresents the terms of any policy issued or to be issued by it or any other company, or the benefits or advantages promised thereby, or makes any misleading estimate of the dividends or shares of surplus to be received thereon; nor shall such organization or person use any name or title of any policy or class of policies which misrepresents the true nature thereof. No such life insurance company or offi...

... the transfer is not in the interest of policyholders of this state. (B) Any domestic insurer, upon the approval of the superintendent, may transfer its domicile to any other state in which it is admitted to transact the business of insurance. Upon such a transfer, the insurer shall cease to be a domestic insurer, and shall be admitted to this state if qualified as a foreign insurer. The superintendent shall appro...

...No policy of life insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state, and no policy of life insurance of a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state shall be issued, unless it meets the requirements of this chapter.

...ured, which need not be attached to the policy, to extend the time for the payment of any premium, or part thereof, upon the condition that failure to comply with the terms of such agreement shall lapse the policy. Subject to any lien that may be created to secure any indebtedness contracted by the insured in consideration of such extension, said agreement shall not impair any right existing under the policy.

...of insurance and, if the owner of the policy to be viaticated is not a resident of this state, from the comparable official of the state of residence of the owner if that state issues licenses for viatical settlement providers or viatical settlement brokers. (B)(1) If there is more than one owner on a single policy and the owners are residents of different states, the viatical settlement cont...

...ase agreements, underwriting documents, policy forms, and applications from the date of the proposal, offer, or execution of the contract or purchase agreement, whichever is later; (b) All checks, drafts, or other evidence and documentation related to the payment, transfer, deposit, or release of funds from the date of the transaction; (c) All other records and documents related to the requirements of this chapter....

...(A) Each licensee under this chapter shall file with the superintendent of insurance, on or before the first day of March of each year, an annual statement verified under oath by two officers in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The annual statement for a viatical settlement provider shall include the following information about the viatical settlement provider's transactions: (1) Aggregate ...

...n a group basis, would not qualify as a policy of group life insurance under divisions (A) to (H) of section 3917.01 of the Revised Code, the insurer shall distribute a written notice to prospective insureds that compensation will or may be paid, if compensation of any kind will or may be paid, to one of the following persons: (1) A policyholder, or sponsoring or endorsing entity, in the case of a group policy; (2)...

...nstallments is secured by an individual policy of credit life insurance the amount of insurance shall at no time exceed the scheduled amount of indebtedness and, where secured by a group policy of credit life insurance, shall at no time exceed the amount of unpaid indebtedness. (B) The total amount of indemnity payable by credit accident and health insurance in the event of disability, as defined in the policy, shal...

...t for the protection of its members and policyholders, of the character specified in sections 3907.14 and 3907.15 of the Revised Code. Said deposit shall be held by the superintendent in trust for the benefit and security of all of the members and policyholders of such company or association. All contracts and certificates issued prior to the amendment of the articles of incorporation and constitution and bylaws, as ...

...No company or association transacting the business of life insurance on the assessment plan, other than fraternal beneficiary associations, shall do business within this state, except those companies which, as of August 9, 1913, are authorized to do business within this state and which value their assessment policies or certificates of membership as yearly renewable term policies, according to the standard of valuati...

...ies or certificates; (F) A copy of its policy or certificate, application, and bylaws, which must show that the liabilities of the assured or members are not limited to fixed or artificial premiums; (G) Evidence satisfactory to such superintendent that the corporation, company, or association has accumulated and maintained a fund securely invested in securities permitted by the law of its incorporation, not less in...

...If a corporation, company, or association referred to in section 3919.31 of the Revised Code at any time causes all of its unexpired policies or certificates to be paid, canceled, or reinsured, and all its liabilities under such policies or certificates to be extinguished thereby, or to be assumed by some other responsible company authorized to do business in this state, the superintendent of insurance shall deliver ...

...under the terms of the covered person's policy, contract, certificate, or agreement, except that the superintendent shall not conduct a review under this section unless the covered person has exhausted the health plan issuer's internal appeal process, pursuant to sections 3922.03 and 3922.04 of the Revised Code. The health plan issuer and covered person shall provide the superintendent with any information required b...

...As used in this chapter, "policy of sickness and accident insurance" includes any policy, contract, or certificate of insurance against loss or expense resulting from the sickness of the insured, or from the bodily injury or death of the insured by accident, or both, that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or used in this state on or after the date occurring six months after the effective date of this ...