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...de, may file with the superintendent of insurance notice thereof in writing, signed by its president and attested by its secretary. Thereupon such association or class shall become subject to such sections. The superintendent immediately must provide such an association or class with proper blanks for furnishing the statement of its condition required by section 3919.16 of the Revised Code, and it shall make such rep...

...The treasurer of any association or class described in section 3919.39 of the Revised Code which avails itself of the benefits of sections 3919.16 to 3919.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall give bond in the manner provided for treasurers of mutual benefit companies, such bond to be conditioned, approved, and renewed as by such treasurer.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Benefit contract" means an agreement, as described in division (A) of section 3921.19 of the Revised Code, under which a fraternal benefit society agrees to provide any benefit set forth in division (A) of section 3921.16 of the Revised Code. (B) "Benefit member" means an adult member of a fraternal benefit society who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be eligible fo...

...Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under division (A)(2) of section 3921.37 of the Revised Code whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and providing benefits in accordance wi...

...(A) For purposes of section 3921.02 of the Revised Code, a society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules, and ritual. The subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the ...

...For purposes of section 3921.02 of the Revised Code, a fraternal benefit society has a representative form of government if all of the following apply: (A) The society has a supreme governing body constituted in either of the following ways: (1) As an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other d...

...(A) A fraternal benefit society shall operate for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries by providing any of the benefits set forth in section 3921.16 of the Revised Code, and by operating for social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious purposes for the benefit of its members and any other persons as determined by the society. Such purposes may be c...

... right to vote on the management of the insurance affairs of the society. (B) A society may admit social members who have no voice or vote in the management of the insurance affairs of the society. (C) Membership rights in a society are personal to the member and are not assignable.

...(A) The principal office of any domestic fraternal benefit society shall be located in this state. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any state, district, province, or territory in which the society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in any other location determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at such meetings is as valid in all respects as if the meetings wer...

...(C) A society may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who served or is serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the society, or who served or is serving, at the request of the society, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of any other firm, corporation, or organization, against any liability imposed upon, or expenses incurred by, the person in that capacity or arising out of tha...

...The laws of a fraternal benefit society may provide that no subordinate body, nor any of its subordinate officers or members, shall have the power or authority to waive any of the provisions of the laws of the society. Such provision shall be binding on the society and every member and beneficiary of a member.

...ely resemble the name of any society or insurance company as to be misleading or confusing; (2) The purposes for which it is being formed and the mode in which its corporate powers are to be exercised. Such purposes shall not include more liberal powers than are granted by this chapter. (3) The names and residences of the incorporators and the names, residences, and official titles of all the officers, truste...

...(A)(1) On and after January 1, 2016, a fraternal benefit society that provides the contractual benefits listed in division (A)(1) of section 3921.16 of the Revised Code in this state in a benefit amount of greater than ten thousand dollars shall have and maintain a surplus of two million five hundred thousand dollars for all lines written. (2) On and after January 1, 2016, a fraternal benefit society that pr...

... shall present to the superintendent of insurance a plan to protect the interests of the society members not later than forty-five days following such an event. The plan shall provide for the transfer of all members, certificates, and other assets and liabilities of the society to another fraternal benefit society or other insurer through merger, consolidation, assumption, or any other means. The plan shall designate...

...nless approved by the superintendent of insurance, who shall approve the amendment if the superintendent finds that it has been duly adopted and is not inconsistent with any requirement of the laws of this state or with the character, objects, and purposes of the society. Unless the superintendent disapproves an amendment within sixty days after its filing, the amendment shall be considered to be approved. The approv...

...(A) A fraternal benefit society may create, maintain, and operate charitable, benevolent, or educational institutions for the benefit of its members and their families and dependents and for the benefit of children insured by the society. For such purpose it may own, hold, or lease personal property or real property located within or without this state, with necessary buildings. The property shall be reported in ever...

... fraternal benefit society may, by a reinsurance agreement, cede any individual risk or risks in whole or in part to an insurer, other than another fraternal benefit society, having the power to make such reinsurance and authorized to do business in this state, or if not so authorized, one which is approved by the superintendent of insurance; however, no society may reinsure substantially all of its insurance i...

...he following with the superintendent of insurance: (1) A certified copy of the written contract containing in full the terms and conditions of the consolidation or merger; (2) A sworn statement by the president and secretary or corresponding officers of each society showing the society's financial condition on a date fixed by the superintendent but not earlier than the thirty-first day of December next preceding th...

...converted and licensed as a mutual life insurance company by compliance with all the applicable requirements of Chapter 3913. of the Revised Code, if the plan of conversion has been approved by the superintendent of insurance. If the society's supreme governing body is constituted as an assembly, the plan shall be prepared in writing by the board of directors and shall set forth in full the terms and conditions of th...

...prior approval of the superintendent of insurance. (B) A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits set forth in division (A) of this section, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may, upon application of an adult member, provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership.

...(A) The owner of a benefit contract may at any time change the beneficiary in accordance with the laws or rules of the fraternal benefit society unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide that no revocable beneficiary shall have or obtai...

...No money or other benefit, charity, relief, or aid to be paid, provided, or rendered by any fraternal benefit society, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, or shall be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right, either before or after payment by ...

...ion for membership, the application for insurance and declaration of insurability, if any, signed by the applicant, and all amendments to each such document, constitute the benefit contract, as of the date of issuance, between the society and the owner, and the certificate shall so state. A copy of the application for insurance and declaration of insurability, if any, shall be endorsed upon or attached to the certifi...

...(A) A fraternal benefit society shall provide an applicant for contractual benefits a disclosure statement at the time of sale substantially as follows: "__________ (Name of the fraternal benefit society) IS LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AS A ________ (not-for-profit, tax-exempt, self-governing, or membership organization), FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE OHIO GUARANTY ASSO...

...(A) In the case of certificates that are delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1997, but prior to January 1, 1998, the value of every paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and the amount of any cash surrender value, loan, or other option granted shall comply with the requirements that would have applied under the laws in effect on December 31, 1996. (B) In the case of certificates that are de...