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...(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Applicant" means a natural person applying for either of the following: (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 natu...

...(A)(1) Where an insurance agent or an affiliate of an insurance agent receives any compensation from a public entity related to the placement of insurance, or is entitled to receive such compensation from a public entity even if the agent or affiliate waives receipt or collection of that compensation, neither that agent nor the affiliate shall accept or receive any compensation from an insurer or other third party re...

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise established in accordance with divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, the amount of the minimum financial security benchmark for an insurer shall be the greatest of the following: (a) The authorized control level risk-based capital applicable to the insurer, as defined and set forth by sections 1753.31 to 1753.43 or 3903.81 to 3903.93 of the Revised Code, less the asset valuation re...

...The capital, surplus, and all accumulations of every domestic life insurance company shall be invested as follows: (A) A domestic company may acquire, hold, and convey real estate: (1) Which has been acquired or is acquired for its principal offices, or which is used in connection therewith, provided that it shall not invest more than five per cent of its admitted assets on the preceding thirty-first day of ...

...No person, for himself or as officer, agent, solicitor, employee, or representative of a life insurance company doing business in this state, shall make or permit a distinction or discrimination in favor of individuals between any insured persons of the same class and of equal expectation of life in the amount or payment of premiums or in rates charged for policies of life or endowment insurance, or in the dividends ...

...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...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Published monthly average" means: (a) "Moody's corporate bond yield average -- monthly average corporates" as published by Moody's investors service, inc., or any successor thereto; or (b) In the event that "Moody's corporate bond yield average -- monthly average corporates" is no longer published, a substantially similar average, established by rule promulgated by the superintend...

...(A)(1) An independent review organization assigned pursuant to sections 3922.08, 3922.09, or 3922.10 of the Revised Code to conduct an external review shall maintain written records in accordance with the associated rules established by the superintendent, in the aggregate by state, and by the health plan issuer, on all external reviews requested and conducted during a calendar year. Each independent review ...

...Medicare supplement policies shall return to policyholders benefits that are reasonable in relation to the premium charged. The superintendent of insurance shall issue reasonable rules to establish minimum standards for loss ratios of medicare supplement policies on the basis of incurred claims experience, or incurred health care expenses where coverage is provided by a health insuring corporation on a service rather...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 2721 of the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1955, 42 U.S.C.A. 300gg-21, as amended, the following conditions apply to all group policies of sickness and accident insurance that are sold in connection with an employment-related group health plan and that are not subject to section 3924.03 of the Revised Code: (A) Any...

...(A) Each insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews individual or group sickness and accident insurance policies providing dental benefits, and that bases payment for those benefits on a usual and customary fee charged by dentists, and each administrator of a self-insured dental plan that bases payment for dental benefits on a usual and customary fee charged by dentists, shall disclose all of the following...

.... (E) "Dependent" means the spouse or child of an eligible employee, subject to applicable terms of the health benefits plan covering the employee. (F) "Eligible employee" means an employee who works a normal work week of thirty or more hours. "Eligible employee" does not include a temporary or substitute employee, or a seasonal employee who works only part of the calendar year on the basis of natural or suitable...

...A mutual insurance company which has merged or consolidated with a hospital service association shall not terminate its contract entered into under Chapter 1739. of the Revised Code with a hospital based upon such hospital's charges in relation to the charges of other hospitals operating in the same geographical area, where such hospital is the only osteopathic hospital operating in a county in this state. For ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Title insurance" means insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying owners of real property or others interested in real property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defect in, or the unmarketability of the title to the real property, guaranteeing, warranting, or otherwise insuring by a title insurance company the correctness of searches relating to the ...

...No title insurance company and no title insurance agent shall pay or give any applicant for insurance, or to any person, firm, or corporation who is acting as agent, representative, attorney, or employee of the owner, lessee, mortgagee, or of the prospective owner, lessee, or mortgagee of the real property or any interest therein, either directly or indirectly, any commission or any part of its fees or charges, or an...

...All of the following apply to risk retention groups chartered and licensed in states other than this state, that seek to do business as a risk retention group in this state: (A) No risk retention group shall offer insurance in this state unless it has submitted to the superintendent of insurance, in a form satisfactory to the superintendent, all of the following: (1) A statement identifying the state or state...

...(A) No employer shall give employment to a minor, without agreeing with him as to the wages or compensation he shall receive for each day, week, month, or year; or per piece, for work performed. The employer shall furnish the minor with written evidence of the agreement and, on or before each payday, with a statement of the earnings due and the amount to be paid to him. No employer shall reduce the wages or compensa...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value, subject to the deductions, charges, or allowances permitted by rules of the director of commerce under section 4111.05 of the Revised Code. "Wage" includes an employee's commissions of which the employee'...

...(A) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Establish and maintain a principal office in the city of Columbus and any other offices within the state that it considers necessary; (2) Appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and be its principal administrative officer. The executive director shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code....

...(A) It is an unfair labor practice for a public employer, its agents, or representatives to: (1) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code or an employee organization in the selection of its representative for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances; (2) Initiate, create, dominate, or interfere with...

...(A) There is hereby created the industrial commission nominating council consisting of five employer representatives, four labor representatives, one representative from the Ohio association for justice, and two members of the public, each of a different political party, who are appointed by the governor. The nominating council shall make recommendations to the governor for the appointment of members to ...

...When an application for compensation or benefits or an application for further compensation or benefits is filed with the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation under section 4123.75 of the Revised Code against an employer who has not complied with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code, the bureau shall make and file for record in the office of the county recorder in the counties where the e...

...If any employer fails to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code in accordance with the rules of the administrator of workers' compensation, the administrator shall file with the county recorder of any counties in which the employer's property is located, its certificate of the amount of premium due from the employer, and that amount shall be a lien from the date of filing against the real property and ...

...(A) There is hereby created an unemployment compensation fund to be administered by the state without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into the fund and earned by the fund. The unemployment compensation fund shall consist of all contributions, payments in lieu of contributions described in sections 4141.241 and 4141.242 of the Revised Code, reimbursements of the federal share of extended ben...

...(A)(1) The director of job and family services shall maintain a separate account for each employer and, except as otherwise provided in division (B) of section 4141.25 of the Revised Code respecting mutualized contributions, shall credit such employer's account with all the contributions, or payments in lieu of contributions, which the employer has paid on the employer's own behalf. (2) If, as of the computation da...