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...The following are hereby defined as unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance: (A) Making, issuing, circulating, or causing or permitting to be made, issued, or circulated, or preparing with intent to so use, any estimate, illustration, circular, or statement misrepresenting the terms of any policy issued or to be issued or the benefits or advantages promised thereby or the dividends or s...

...(A) Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise, by any such unauthorized foreign or alien insurer; (1) the issuance or delivery of contracts or insurance to residents of this state, (2) the solicitation of applications for such contracts, (3) the collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments, or other considerations for such contracts, or (4) any other transaction of insurance busin...

...(A) Except as provided in sections 3901.63 and 3901.64 of the Revised Code, a domestic ceding insurer that is authorized to do any insurance business in this state may take credit for any reinsurance ceded as either an asset or a reduction of liability only if one of the following applies: (1) The reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that is authorized to do any insurance or reinsurance business in this sta...

...Any person may advance to a domestic insurance company or a health insuring corporation any sum of money necessary for the purpose of the insurance company's or health insuring corporation's business, or to enable the insurance company or health insuring corporation to comply with any law, or as a cash guarantee fund. Such money, and interest agreed upon, shall not be a liability or claim against the insurance compan...

...(A) If a domiciliary liquidator has not been appointed, the superintendent of insurance may file a complaint in the court of common pleas for an order directing him to act as conservator to conserve the property of an alien insurer not domiciled in this state or a foreign insurer on any one or more of the following grounds: (1) Any of the grounds in section 3903.12 of the Revised Code; (2) That any of its property...

...(A) If no domiciliary liquidator has been appointed, the superintendent of insurance may file a complaint in the court of common pleas for an order directing him to liquidate the assets found in this state of a foreign insurer or an alien insurer not domiciled in this state, on any of the following grounds: (1) Any of the grounds in section 3903.12 or 3903.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Any of the grounds specified in...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affordable Care Act" means the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119, 42 U.S.C. 18031 (2011). (B) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity. (C) "Home state" means the state or territory of the United States, including the District of Columbia, in which an insur...

...(A)(1) An individual who applies for a resident insurance agent license in this state within ninety days after establishing a principal place of residence or principal place of business in this state shall not be required under section 3905.04 of the Revised Code to complete a program of insurance education or to pass a written examination if the individual has paid all applicable fees required under this chap...

...(A) A travel insurer shall pay premium tax, as provided in Chapters 5725. and 5729. of the Revised Code, on travel insurance premiums paid by any of the following: (1) An individual primary policyholder who is a resident of this state; (2) A primary certificate holder who is a resident of this state who elects coverage under a group travel insurance policy; (3)(a) A blanket travel insurance policyholder, when ...

...(A) As used in sections 3905.14 to 3905.16 of the Revised Code: (1) "Insurance agent" includes a limited lines insurance agent, surety bail bond agent, and surplus line broker. (2) "Refusal to issue or renew" means the decision of the superintendent of insurance not to process either the initial application for a license as an agent or the renewal of such a license. (3) "Revocation" means the permanent terminat...

...As used in sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code: (A) "Insurer" means any domestic, foreign, or alien insurance company that has been issued a certificate of authority by the superintendent of insurance to transact surety business in this state. (B) "Managing general agent" means any person that is appointed or employed by an insurer to supervise or otherwise manage the bail bond business written in this ...

...Each person licensed under sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code shall notify in writing the appropriate insurer or managing general agent, and the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the licensee is registered, within thirty days after a change in the licensee's principal business address or telephone number. This notification requirement is in addition to the notification req...

...(A) 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 receive...

...(A) Any life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States that transacts any business of insurance in this state shall have and maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a company may be served. The agent may be a natural person residing in this sta...

...Any domestic stock life insurance corporation, incorporated under a general law, may become a mutual life insurance corporation, and to that end may carry out a plan for the acquisition of shares of its capital stock, provided such plan: (A) Has been adopted by a vote of a majority of the directors of such corporation; (B) Has been approved by a vote of stockholders representing a majority of the capital sto...

...If a stockholder of any domestic stock life insurance corporation planning to become a mutual life insurance corporation under section 3913.01 of the Revised Code files with the corporation, prior to or at the meeting of the stockholders at which the plan is submitted to a vote, a written objection to such plan and does not vote in favor of it, and such stockholder, within twenty days after the plan is approved by su...

...(A) A domestic mutual insurance company other than life may become a stock insurance corporation other than life, pursuant to sections 3913.20 to 3913.23 of the Revised Code, provided that such conversion will benefit the company, that adequate provision for protection of the policyholders' interests is made, and that such conversion is not inequitable, unreasonable, or contrary to law. (B) The board of directors of...

...In 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.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Advertising" means any written, electronic, or printed communication or any communication by means of recorded telephone messages or transmitted on radio, television, the internet, or similar communications media, including, but not limited to, film strips, motion pictures, and videos, that is published, disseminated, circulated, or placed directly or indirectly before the public in t...

...(A) No person shall commit a fraudulent viatical settlement act. (B) All of the following acts are fraudulent viatical settlement acts when committed by any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud and for the purpose of depriving another of property or for pecuniary gain, commits, or permits any of its employees or its agents to commit them: (1) Presenting, causing to be presented, or preparing with know...

...(A) Any fraternal benefit society authorized to transact business in this state shall have and maintain an agent upon whom may be served any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a society. The agent required under this section may be a natural person residing in this state or a corporation holding a license under the laws of this state that is authorized by its articles of...

...(A) Any foreign insurance company that transacts any business in this state shall have and maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a company may be served. The agent may be a natural person residing in this state or may be a corporation holding a license under the laws of this state that is authorized by...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Personal lines policy of insurance" means a policy of property and casualty insurance issued to a natural person primarily for personal or family protection for personal automobile, homeowner's, tenant's, mobile-homeowner's, non-commercial dwelling fire or personal umbrella coverage. (2) "Customer" has the same meaning as in section 3901.19 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) An ins...

...A title insurance company shall not engage in the business of guaranteeing the payment of the principal or the interest of notes, bonds, or other obligations secured by mortgages upon real property. A title insurance company shall not engage in the business of guaranteeing the completion of improvements in this state. Notwithstanding section 1735.01 of the Revised Code, a title guarantee and trust company may not gua...

...No person shall solicit a plan or sponsor of a plan to act as an administrator for, or provide administrative services to, a plan or sponsor of a plan that is either domiciled in this state or has its principal headquarters or principal administrative office in this state unless the person is duly licensed under sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code.