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...Life insurance policies may provide for not more than one year preliminary term insurance by incorporation therein of the following clause immediately preceding the "change of beneficiary" clause: "The first year's insurance under this policy is term insurance." If the premium charged for term insurance under a limited payment life or endowment preliminary term policy, providing for the payment of all premiu...

...No policy of life insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state or be issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state unless such policy contains: (A) A provision that all premiums shall be payable in advance, either at the home office of the company or to an agent of the company, upon delivery of a receipt signed by one or more of the officers named in the policy; (B) A provision...

...more premiums that were not paid to the life insurer as they fell due. (3) "Policyholder" includes the owner of the policy or the person designated to pay premiums as shown on the records of the life insurer. (4) "Policy" includes life insurance policies, certificates issued by a fraternal benefit society, and annuity contracts which provide for policy loans. (5) The restrictions on the rate of interest which appl...

... On and after January 1, 1993, any life insurance company authorized to do business in this state shall pay interest, in accordance with division (B) of this section and subject to division (C) of this section, on any proceeds that become due pursuant to the terms of a life insurance policy other than a credit life insurance policy. (B) The interest payable pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be computed ...

...tion shall apply to any individual life insurance policy insuring the life of a reservist, as defined in section 3923.381 of the Revised Code, who is on active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of the congress of the United States, or section 5919.29 or 5923.21 of the Revised Code, if the life insurance policy meets both of the following conditions: (a) The policy has...

...h benefit shall be a stipulated form of insurance, the net value of which shall be at least equal to the reserve at the date of default on the policy and on any dividend additions thereto, less a sum not more than two and one half per cent of the amount insured by the policy and of any existing dividend additions thereto, and less any existing indebtedness to the company on the policy. The policy shall specify the mo...

...r such policies, no such policy of life insurance, except as set forth in division (G) of this section, shall be issued or delivered in this state unless such policy contains in substance the following provisions or corresponding provisions which in the opinion of the superintendent of insurance are at least as favorable to the defaulting or surrendering policyholder: (1) That in the event of default in any premium ...

... is effective. (B) No policy of life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state, on or after January 1, 1989, or the operative date (not before January 1, 1983) applicable to such policy, as permitted by division (P) of this section, unless it contains in substance the provisions set out in this division which are applicable to the plan of insurance or corresponding provisions which, i...

...ection applies to all policies of life insurance, not excluded by division (N) of section 3915.071 of the Revised Code, that are delivered, or issued for delivery, in this state on or after January 1, 1989. (A) Upon default in payment of the premium due on a policy anniversary, the cash surrender value shall not differ by more than two-tenths of one per cent of the amount of insurance from the sum of the grea...

...ct provision, both annuity benefits and life insurance benefits that are in excess of the greater of cash surrender benefits or a return of the gross considerations with interest, the minimum nonforfeiture benefit shall be equal to the sum of the minimum nonforfeiture benefits for the annuity portion and the minimum nonforfeiture benefits, if any, for the life insurance portion computed as if each portion were a sepa...

...Except in the case of policies to which the second paragraph of this section applies, the loan value referred to in division (G) of section 3915.05 of the Revised Code shall be the reserve at the end of the current policy year on the policy and on any dividend additions thereto, less a sum of not more than two and one-half per cent of the amount insured by the policy and of any dividend additions thereto. The policy ...

...No policy of life insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state, or be issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state, if it contains any of the following: (A) A provision for forfeiture of the policy for failure to repay any loan on the policy or to pay interest on such loan while the total indebtedness on the policy is less than its loan value; or any provision for forfeiture for ...

...A life insurance company may enter into subsequent agreements in writing with the insured, 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 ex...

...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.

...Any life insurance company, at the request of the policyholder, may exchange, alter, or convert any policy of life or endowment insurance or any annuity issued by it for or into a policy of another plan of insurance or annuity as of a date not prior to the effective date of the original policy or annuity. If such newly written policy or annuity is issued as of a date prior to the date of the application for exchange,...

...No life insurance company nor any of its agents shall knowingly make, issue, or deliver in this state any policy or contract of life insurance which purports to be issued or to take effect as of a date more than six months before the application therefor was made, if thereby the premium on such policy or contract is reduced below the premium which would be payable thereon, as determined by the nearest birthday of the...

...(A) No policy of life insurance, nor any indorsement, rider, or application which becomes or is designed to become a part of any such policy, shall be delivered, issued for delivery, or used in this state, or be issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state, until thirty days after the form of said policy, indorsement, rider, or application has been filed with the superintendent of insuran...

...In the case of an indorsement or rider that provides accelerated benefits in accordance with sections 3915.21 to 3915.24 of the Revised Code, the filing of the form of the indorsement or rider as required by section 3915.14 of the Revised Code shall include the form number of the policy or contract with which the indorsement or rider may be used.

...The policies of a life insurance company, not organized under the laws of this state, may contain any provision which the law of the state, territory, district, or country under which the company is organized prescribes shall be in such policies when they are issued in this state, and the policies of a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state, when issued or delivered in any other state, territor...

...sumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income and long-term care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under the Compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review of insurance products covered under the Compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do busi...

...ed for delivery in this state by a life insurance company. (C) "Qualifying event" means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) A medical condition that drastically reduces the potential life span of the insured to a period of time that is within the period of time specified in the policy; (2) A medical condition that requires the use of extensive or extraordinary medical care or treatment, including a major o...

...irectly or supplementing long-term care insurance as defined in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code.

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

... of this section, the superintendent of insurance shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 3915.21 to 3915.24 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include criteria for the payment of accelerated benefits, disclosure requirements, and actuarial standards.

...r other contract or arrangement of life insurance affecting the rights of a resident of this state or bearing a reasonable relation to this state, regardless of whether delivered or issued for delivery in this state. (K) "Related provider trust" means a titling trust or any other trust established by a licensed viatical settlement provider or a financing entity for the sole purpose of holding ownership or benefici...