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...(A)(1) It is a violation of this chapter for any person to enter into a viatical settlement contract prior to the application for or issuance of a policy that is the subject of the viatical settlement contract. (2) It is a violation of this chapter for any person to issue, solicit, market, or otherwise promote the purchase of a policy for the purpose of or with an emphasis on selling the policy. (B) It is a viol...

...(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...

...All consumer credit insurance issued or sold in connection with loans or other credit transactions for personal, family, or household purposes is subject to sections 3918.01 to 3918.13 of the Revised Code, except for all of the following: (A) Insurance written in connection with a credit transaction that is secured by a first mortgage or deed of trust and is made to finance the purchase of real property, or the cons...

...Every association transacting business under sections 3919.02 to 3919.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall hold and maintain, upon every contract of insurance issued on and after January 1, 1926, assets in excess of other liabilities, to provide for reserves of not less than the minimum reserves prescribed in such sections. The basis for minimum reserves under such sections is the American experience table of m...

...(A) The officers and members of the supreme governing body or any subordinate body of a fraternal benefit society are not personally liable for any benefits provided by a society. (B)(1) A person may be indemnified and reimbursed by a society for expenses reasonably incurred by, and liabilities imposed upon, the person in connection with or arising out of any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action,...

...(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Administrative expense" means the amount resulting from the following: the amount of premiums earned by the insurer for sickness and accident insurance business plus the amount of losses recovered from reinsurance coverage minus the sum of the amount of claims for losses paid; the amount of losses incurred but not reported; the amount incurred for state fees, federal and state ta...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Association" means a voluntary unincorporated association of insurers formed for the sole purpose of enabling cooperative action to provide health coverage in accordance with this section. (2) "Insurer" includes any insurance company authorized to do the business of sickness and accident insurance in this state and any health insuring corporation holding a certificate of authority ...

...er or certificate holder the option of purchasing a nonforfeiture benefit. (2) An insurer's offer of a nonforfeiture benefit pursuant to this section may be in the form of a rider that is attached to the policy. (3) If the policyholder or certificate holder declines the nonforfeiture benefit offered pursuant to this section, the insurer shall provide a contingent benefit upon lapse that shall be available fo...

...(A)(1) No agent shall sell, solicit, or negotiate long-term care insurance without first completing an initial eight-hour partnership program training course as described in division (B) of this section. (2)(a) Any agent that sells, solicits, or negotiates any long-term care insurance shall complete at least four hours of continuing education in every license renewal period beginning with the first license renewal...

...Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, every individual policy of sickness and accident insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state is subject to the following conditions, as applicable: (A) Pre-existing conditions provisions shall not exclude or limit coverage for a period beyond twelve months following the policyholder's effective date of coverage and may only relate to cond...

...The superintendent of insurance shall prepare and periodically revise a brochure that clearly and concisely explains the operation of medical savings accounts authorized under sections 3924.61 to 3924.74 of the Revised Code, and that describes how an employer's or individual's use of a medical savings account may affect the employer's or individual's purchase of policies, plans, and contracts of health coverage. The ...

...No insurance company organized under any law of this state for the purpose provided in section 3925.01 of the Revised Code shall invest its capital, or any part thereof, otherwise than in the following securities: (A) Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or those for which the faith of the United States is pledged to provide payment of the interest and principal; (B) Bonds of this or of...

...(A) Any applicant practicing or operating in this state seeking to purchase medical liability insurance being offered by the medical liability underwriting association, on or after the effective date of the medical liability underwriting association's plan of operation, may apply to the medical liability underwriting association for medical liability insurance. The application may be made on behalf of an applicant by...

...A corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, or an individual, whether located within or outside this state, may make application to the superintendent of insurance for license as a rating bureau for such kinds of insurance, or subdivision or class of risk or a part or combination thereof, as are specified in its application and shall file the following therewith: (A) A copy of its constitution, of ...

...(A) Any policy of insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state that insures against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death suffered by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, may, but is not required to, include uninsured motorist coverage, underinsure...

...(A)(1) Each transportation network company driver shall be covered by a primary automobile insurance policy that recognizes that the driver is a transportation network company driver or otherwise uses a vehicle to transport passengers for compensation and provides coverage during both of the following periods of time: (a) While the driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network; (b) Whi...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Account" means either of the two accounts created under section 3956.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "Authorized assessment," or "authorized," in the context of assessments, means a resolution by the board of directors has been passed whereby an assessment will be called immediately or in the future from member insurers for a specified amount. An assessment is authorized when the resolut...

...ices administration organization, group purchasing organization, or another contracting agent. (C) "Drug product reimbursement" means the amount paid by a pharmacy benefit manager to a contracted pharmacy for the cost of the drug dispensed to a patient and does not include a dispensing or professional fee. (D) "Fiscal year," "plan," "plan sponsor," and "self-insurance program" have the same meanings as in sectio...

...t management services provided to group purchasing organizations. (F) A pharmacy benefit manager shall disclose, in writing, to the plan sponsor any activity, policy, practice, contract, or arrangement of the pharmacy benefit manager that directly or indirectly presents any conflict of interest concerning the pharmacy benefit manager's relationship with or obligation to the plan sponsor. (G) Divisions (A) to (F) ...

...applicable to risk retention groups and purchasing groups, except those that are specifically preempted by the federal "Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 949, 15 U.S.C.A. 3901, as amended by the federal "Risk Retention Amendments of 1986," 100 Stat. 3170, 15 U.S.C.A. 3901, as amended. (B) The authority of the superintendent under division (A) of this section includes, but is not limited to, the...

...(A) A captive insurance company may apply for authority to insure only the following lines of insurance: (1) Commercial multiple peril; (2) Ocean marine; (3) Inland marine; (4) Medical malpractice; (5) Workers' compensation, to the extent permitted by law, but only for the purpose of indemnification of a self-insuring employer pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 4123.82 of the Revised Code; (6) Commerci...

...(A) As used in sections 3964.19 to 3964.194 of the Revised Code: (1) "Counterparty" means a special purpose financial captive insurance company's parent or an affiliated entity that is an insurer domiciled in this state that cedes life insurance risks to the special purpose financial captive insurance company pursuant to a special purpose financial captive insurance company contract. (2) "Insolvency" or "insolven...

... insurer. "Licensee" does not include a purchasing group or a risk retention group chartered and licensed in another state or a licensee that is acting as an assuming insurer that is domiciled in another state or jurisdiction. (N) "Multifactor authentication" means authentication through verification of at least two of the following types of authentication factors: (1) Knowledge factors, such as a password; (2)...

...No person, having accepted a premium note in payment of the purchase price of a policy of insurance, shall sell or assign such note prior to the delivery and acceptance of such policy.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit" means the right granted by a creditor to a person to defer payment of a debt, to incur debt and defer its payment, or to purchase property or services and defer payment for the property or services. (2) "Creditor" means any person who regularly extends, renews, or continues credit, any person who regularly arranges for the extension, renewal, or continuation of credit, o...