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...cation, submits a written request to an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization for access to recorded personal information about the individual that is reasonably described by the individual and reasonably locatable and retrievable by the insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization, the insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization, within thirty business...

...he individual within its possession, an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization shall do one of the following: (1) Correct, amend, or delete the portion of the recorded personal information in dispute; (2) Notify the individual of all of the following: (a) Its refusal to make such correction, amendment or deletion; (b) The reasons for the refusal; (c) The individual's right to file a stat...

...f an adverse underwriting decision, the insurance institution or agent responsible for the decision shall provide the applicant, policyholder, or individual proposed for coverage with the specific reason or reasons for the adverse underwriting decision in writing, or advise such person that upon written request he may receive the specific reason or reasons in writing. The institution or agent shall also provide the a...

...No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization may seek information in connection with an insurance transaction concerning any previous adverse underwriting decision experienced by an individual, unless such inquiry also requests the reasons for any previous adverse underwriting decision.

...No insurance institution or agent may base an adverse underwriting decision in whole or in part on either of the following: (A) On the fact of a previous adverse underwriting decision. However, an insurance institution or agent may base an adverse underwriting decision on further information obtained from an insurance institution or agent responsible for a previous adverse underwriting decision. (B) On personal inf...

...No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization shall disclose any personal or privileged information about an individual collected or received in connection with an insurance transaction, unless the disclosure is made pursuant to any of the following: (A) With the written authorization of the individual, provided: (1) If such authorization is submitted by another insurance institution, agent, ...

...e pretenses about an individual from an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance institution or agent doing business in this state to determine whether the insurance institution or agent has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent may examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance support organization ac...

...(A) Whenever the superintendent of insurance has reason to believe that an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization has been or is engaged in conduct in this state that violates sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code, or if the superintendent believes that an insurance support organization has been or is engaged in conduct outside this state that has an effect on a person residing in t...

...4.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code, an insurance support organization transacting business outside this state that has an effect on a person residing in this state is deemed to have appointed the superintendent of insurance to accept service of process on its behalf, provided the superintendent causes a copy of such service to be mailed forthwith by registered mail to the insurance support organization at its last k...

...the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance determines that the insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization charged has engaged in conduct or practices in violation of sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall reduce his findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be served upon such insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization a copy o...

...the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance may, in addition to the issuance of a cease and desist order as prescribed in section 3904.18 of the Revised Code, order payment of a monetary penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation but not to exceed ten thousand dollars in the aggregate for multiple violations. (B) Any person who violates a cease and desist order of the superintendent under...

...ct to an order of the superintendent of insurance under section 3904.19 of the Revised Code, or any person whose rights under sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code were allegedly violated, may obtain a review of any order or report of the superintendent by filing in the appropriate common pleas court, within thirty days from the date of the service of such order or report, a written petition requesting that...

...(A) If any insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization fails to comply with section 3904.08, 3904.09, or 3904.10 of the Revised Code with respect to the rights granted under such section, any person whose rights are violated may apply to the appropriate common pleas court, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, for appropriate equitable relief. (B) An insurance institution, agent, or insur...

...ersonal or privileged information to an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization. However, this section provides no immunity for disclosing or furnishing false information with purpose to injure any person.

...ted line credit insurance" means credit life, credit disability, credit property, credit unemployment, involuntary unemployment, mortgage life, mortgage guaranty, mortgage disability, guaranteed automobile protection insurance, or any other form of insurance offered in connection with an extension of credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing that credit obligation and that is designated by the super...

...erson shall sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in this state unless the person is licensed for that line of authority in accordance with this chapter.

...ishes information for purposes of group life insurance, group property and casualty insurance, group annuities, or group or blanket accident and health insurance, or for purposes of enrolling individuals under plans, issuing certificates under plans, or otherwise assisting in administering plans, or who performs administrative services related to mass marketed property and casualty insurance, provided that no commiss...

..., a resident individual applying for an insurance agent license for any of the lines of authority described in division (B) of this section shall take and pass a written examination prior to application for licensure. The examination shall test the knowledge of the individual with respect to the lines of authority for which application will be made, the duties and responsibilities of an insurance agent, and the insur...

... 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 chapter and i...

...nsurance agent license with a variable life-variable annuity line of authority shall include in the person's application the person's individual central registration depository number. The applicant shall also consent to a criminal records check pursuant to section 3905.051 of the Revised Code. (B) A business entity acting as an insurance agent shall apply for a resident insurance agent license by submitting t...

...llowing: (i) A resident license as an insurance agent or surety bail bond agent; (ii) An additional line of authority under an existing resident insurance agent license if a criminal records check has not been obtained within the last twelve months for insurance license purposes. (b) "Applicant" includes a natural person who is the president, secretary, treasurer, or other officer or person who directs or contr...

...(e) Any applicant applying for variable life-variable annuity line of authority is registered with the financial industry regulatory authority (FINRA) as a registered representative after having passed at least one of the following examinations administered by the FINRA: the series 6 examination, the series 7 examination, the series 63 examination, the series 66 examination, or any other FINRA examination approved by...

...(A) If a person licensed as an insurance agent under section 3905.06 of the Revised Code changes the person's address within the state, the person shall, within thirty days after making that change, file a change of address with the superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's designee. (B)(1) If a person licensed as an insurance agent under section 3905.06 of the Revised Code changes the person's home ...

...s coverage under a portable electronics insurance policy issued to a vendor of portable electronics by an insurer. (3) "Endorsee" means an employee or authorized representative of a vendor authorized to sell or offer portable electronics insurance. (4) "Location" means any physical location in this state or any web site, call center site, or similar location directed to residents of this state. (5) "Portable el...