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...(A) The superintendent of insurance may receive documents and information, including otherwise confidential or privileged documents and information, from local, state, federal, and international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, from local, state, and federal prosecutors, and from the national association of insurance commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries, provided that the superintendent maintains...

...(A) Documents, materials, or other information, including the corporate governance annual disclosure, in the possession or control of the department of insurance that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the superintendent or any other person under sections 3901.072 to 3901.078 of the Revised Code are recognized by this state as being proprietary and to contain trade secrets. (B) The documents, materials, ...

...oration or any other federal government agency; (c) Is not guaranteed by the depository institution, and, when applicable, that the insurance is not guaranteed by an affiliate of the depository institution or by any person that is soliciting, selling, advertising, or offering insurance; (d) Involves investment risk including the possible loss of value, where this disclosure is appropriate. (2) A depository institu...

... that an insurance company or insurance agency not employ the person or permit the person to serve as a director, consultant, or in any other capacity for such time as the superintendent determines would serve the public interest. No application for termination of such an order for an indefinite time shall be filed within two years of its effective date. (3) The superintendent may order the person to return any pa...

...oration. "Insurer" does not include any agency, authority, or instrumentality of the United States, its possessions and territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or a state or political subdivision of a state. (H) "Internationally active insurance group" means an insurance holding company system that includes an insurer registered under section 3901.33 of the Revised Code and that meet...

...(A)(1) Documents, materials, or other information in the possession or control of the department of insurance that are obtained by or disclosed to the superintendent of insurance or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to section 3901.35 of the Revised Code, all information reported pursuant to divisions (C)(2), (3), and (5) of section 3901.321 of the Revised Code, and all i...

...ember; (2) At the request of a federal agency; (3) At the request of an international supervisor; (4) If the insurer has risk-based capital for a company action level event as set forth in section 3903.83 of the Revised Code, meets one or more of the standards set out in section 3903.09 or 3903.71 of the Revised Code, or otherwise exhibits qualities of a troubled insurer as determined by the superintendent. ...

...(A) Documents, materials, or other information, including the own risk and solvency assessment summary report, in the possession or control of the department of insurance that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the superintendent of insurance, or any other person under sections 3901.371 to 3901.378 of the Revised Code, are recognized by this state as being proprietary and to contain trade secrets. (...

...on, federal, state, or local government agency, or person for any services rendered unless the hospital is licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code. "Hospital" as used in this section means only those institutions included within the definition of that term contained in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, and the prohibitions in this section do not apply to facilities excluded from that definition.

...cal subdivision of the state, or by any agency or instrumentality of the state or any political subdivision of the state.

...ty in which the company or its general agency is located. After such publication, the superintendent shall deliver to the company or association its securities held by the superintendent, if the superintendent is satisfied on an exhibition of its books and papers, and on an examination made by the superintendent or by some competent, disinterested person appointed by the superintendent, and upon the oath of the...

...ents of any federal law, regulation, or agency interpretation; any policy language required by any collectively bargained agreement; any medical terminology; any words that are defined in the policy; and any policy language required by law or regulation; provided however, the insurer identifies the language or terminology excepted by this paragraph and certifies, in writing, that the language or terminology is entitl...

...o the requirements of any law, rule, or agency interpretation.

...nsurer in any way as an incident to any agency or brokerage arrangement that may exist or has existed between the insurer and the agent or broker, in any action on or incident to the obligation; (2) The person served is a reinsurer who has at any time written a policy of reinsurance for an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, or is an agent or broker ...

...ties association; a securities clearing agency; a contract market designated under the "Commodity Exchange Act," 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq., as amended; a derivatives transaction execution facility, including a swap execution facility, registered under the "Commodity Exchange Act," 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq., as amended; a security-based swap execution facility registered under the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 15 U.S.C. ...

... does not apply to a consumer reporting agency.

... persons; (M) By a consumer reporting agency, provided the disclosure is to a person other than an insurance institution or agent; (N) To a group policyholder for the purpose of reporting claims experience or conducting an audit of the insurance institution's or agent's operations or services, provided the information disclosed is reasonably necessary for the group policyholder to conduct the review or audit; (...

...g in the capacity of a special agent or agency supervisor, provided the activities of the officer, director, or employee are limited to providing technical advice and assistance to licensed insurance agents and do not include the sale, solicitation, or negotiation of insurance. (3) Any person who secures and furnishes information for purposes of group life insurance, group property and casualty insurance, group annu...

...As used in sections 3905.064 to 3905.0611 of the Revised Code: (A) "Aggregator site" means a web site that provides access to information regarding insurance products from more than one insurer, including product and insurer information, for use in comparison shopping. (B) "Blanket travel insurance" means a policy of travel insurance issued to any eligible group providing coverage for specific classes of person...

...r type of consideration to an insurance agency or to any person who does not sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in this state, unless the payment or assignment is prohibited by division (B)(7) of section 3901.211 or by section 3911.20, 3933.01, or 3999.22 of the Revised Code. (D) No insurer or insurance agent shall pay a commission, referral fee, or other compensation to an unlicensed person for any referral unle...

...ter than thirty days after the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted, whichever is earlier. The notice of appointment shall be provided in the manner prescribed by the superintendent. Each insurer shall pay to the superintendent a fee pursuant to division (A) of section 3905.40 of the Revised Code for every such appointment when issued and for each continuance ther...

...(A) In the absence of actual malice, an insurer, the authorized representative of an insurer, an insurance agent, the superintendent of insurance, or any organization of which the superintendent is a member, which organization compiles the information provided pursuant to section 3905.21 of the Revised Code and makes it available to other insurance commissioners or to regulatory or law enforcement agencies, is immune...

...jurisdiction or by another governmental agency having professional, occupational, or financial licensing authority within thirty days after the final disposition of the matter. The notice shall include a copy of the order, consent to order, or any other relevant legal document. (B) An insurance agent shall provide notice to the superintendent of any criminal prosecution of the agent by any jurisdiction, other than m...

...oducts are subject to regulation by an agency of the United States; (7) A political subdivision or any combination or consortium of two or more political subdivisions. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Political subdivision" means any county; municipal corporation; township; township police district; township fire district; joint fire district; joint ambulance district; joint emergency medical services distri...

...hed in a county of this state where an agency of the company is located. After the publication of the notice, no agent of the company shall procure applications for insurance or issue policies. In the event of the failure of any agent within the time fixed to pay the amount of fees charged against the agent's account in accordance with the monthly statement rendered by the superintendent, the agent's license m...