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...ip dividends by participating or mutual insurance companies, but no such dividend shall be declared to an amount in excess of profits, or be paid except from profits, after reserving all sums provided in such section, including the whole amount of premiums on unexpired risks. As used in this section "profits" of a mutual insurance company are that portion of its cash funds not required for payment of losses and expe...

...In its bylaws any insurance company organized under sections 3925.01 to 3925.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may provide for the accumulation of a permanent fund, by reserving a portion of its net profits, to be invested and be a reserve for the security of the insured. Such permanent fund in the sum determined by the board of directors shall be separate from such surplus as may be accumulated in the discretion o...

...No insurance company organized under Chapter 3925. of the Revised Code, shall purchase, hold, or convey real estate, except for the folowing purposes and in the following manner: (A) Real estate requisite for its convenient accommodation in the transaction of its business; (B) Real estate mortgaged to it in good faith, by way of security for loans previously contracted, or for money due; (C) Real estate conveyed t...

... certificate from the superintendent of insurance that its interests will suffer materially by a forced sale of the real estate. The sale then may be postponed for such period as the superintendent directs in the certificate.

...No mutual insurance company shall borrow money or create a debt, except for necessary office buildings, which is to continue beyond the period when an assessment may be collected and applied to the payment thereof, and no member of such a company shall be assessed for liabilities incurred prior to his membership.

...If a member of a mutual insurance company neglects for thirty days after the publication of notice by the directors, and after demand for payment, to pay the sum assessed upon him as his proportion of any loss, the directors may sue for and recover the whole amount of contingent liability, with costs of the suit. Execution shall only issue for assessments and costs as they accrue, and every such execution must be ac...

...evied by the directors of a mutual fire insurance company, or for money due on the liability of the members of such a company, the official statement of its president or secretary, under seal and sworn to, shall be received in court as evidence of the facts essential for making it, and as evidence that the assessment for which an action is commenced was duly levied, and notice thereof given.

...r mode of conveyance; (B) Making every insurance connected with accidental loss of life, or with personal injury caused by accident of any description; (C) Insuring against expenses and loss of time occasioned by sickness or other disability, on such terms and conditions, for such periods of time, and confined to such countries, localities, and persons, as may be provided for in the bylaws of the company.

...er of this state, the superintendent of insurance shall receive such deposit and issue therefor to the company a receipt, giving a pertinent description of the securities and a certificate of their market value. Such company may exchange these securities for other like securities, in whole or in part, as far as its business requires, and it may wholly withdraw them if it discontinues business in such other state.

...When a joint stock fire and marine insurance company determines by a vote of the holders of two thirds of its stock to consolidate and make joint stock with another like company, engaged in or incorporated for like business, and each agrees by such vote to the consolidation, the companies, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the stock so consolidated, may determine under which corporate organization or articles...

...Upon filing with the superintendent of insurance a certificate of the consolidation authorized by section 3925.27 of the Revised Code, the companies thenceforth shall be consolidated under the corporate organization or articles of association and the corporate name chosen. All franchises, rights, equities, property, and estate, of whatever name or nature, belonging to or vested in either of the consolidating companie...

...Upon a consolidation of insurance companies authorized by section 3925.27 of the Revised Code, the true value of each outstanding share of the capital stock of each of the consolidating companies shall be ascertained by their respective directors through a suitable valuation of all the assets and liabilities thereof at the time of the consolidation, and new shares of the consolidated company shall be apportioned to e...

...Immediately upon the consolidation of insurance companies authorized by section 3925.27 of the Revised Code, the directors of the consolidating companies shall elect from their members the directors for the consolidated company, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

... thirty days after any consolidation of insurance companies authorized by section 3925.27 of the Revised Code, a certificate shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, setting forth the fact of such consolidation and the name and organization adopted thereby.

...An insurance company which, by its charter, is required to have its official bonds approved by a judge of the court of common pleas may at its option have such bonds approved by the probate judge of the county in which the office of the company is located.

...accident, plate-glass, boiler, or other insurance company organized or existing under the laws of this state, with the approval of the superintendent of insurance, may reinsure all risks undertaken by it in any company authorized to transact a similar class of insurance business in this state. This section does not prevent such a company from reinsuring any risks or fractional parts thereof, not situated in this stat...

...ct to chattel mortgage, and to effect reinsurance of any risk taken, but not including loss or damage by risk of bodily injury to the person.

...the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, and to execute and guarantee bonds required or permitted in all actions or proceedings, a company, association, or partnership which is incorporated, organized, or associated under the laws of another state or of a foreign government, for any purpose mentioned in Chapter 3925., 3927., 3929., 3931., or 3933. of the Revised Code which does a banking or other k...

...hall take risks or transact business of insurance in this state, directly or indirectly, unless it possesses the amount of actual capital and the minimum surplus required by similar companies formed under Chapters 3925., 3927., 3929., and 3931. of the Revised Code, nor unless the capital stock of the company is paid up and invested as required by the laws of the state where it was organized, and, if a livestock insur...

...(A) Any foreign insurance company that transacts any business in this state shall have and maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a company may be served. The agent may be a natural person residing in this state or may be a corporation holding a license under the laws of this state that is authorized by...

...Every foreign insurance company, association, or partnership desiring to transact business in this state shall file with the superintendent of insurance a certified copy of its charter or deed of settlement, together with a statement, under the oath of its president, vice-president, or other chief officer, and the secretary of the company, stating the name of the company, the place where it is located, and the amount...

...If any foreign insurance company, association, or partnership doing business in this state enters into any compact or combination with other insurance companies, or requires its agents to enter into any compact or combination with other insurance agents or companies, for the purpose of controlling the rates charged for fire insurance on property in this state, or of controlling the per cent of commission or compensat...

...An insurance company incorporated by or organized under the laws of a foreign government shall deposit with the superintendent of insurance, for the benefit and security of its policyholders residing in the United States, a sum of not less than one hundred thousand dollars in stocks or bonds of the United States, of this state, or of a municipal corporation or county of this state, which shall not be received by the ...

...capital of a foreign company doing fire insurance business in this state is the aggregate value of its deposits with the insurance or other departments of this state, and of the other states of the United States, for the benefit of policyholders in the United States, plus its assets and investments in the United States certified according to the provisions of Chapters 3925., 3927., 3929., 3931., and 3933. of the Revi...

...Every insurance company other than a life insurance company, organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state or government, annually, at the time and in the form and manner required of similar companies organized under the laws of this state, shall file a statement of its condition and affairs in the office of the superintendent of insurance. A company organized under or incorporated by a foreign gove...