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... permission from the superintendent of insurance to invest funds under Chapter 3906. of the Revised Code and may invest funds under that chapter if such permission is granted.

...(A) A fraternal benefit society shall hold, invest, and disburse all assets for the use and benefit of the society. No member or beneficiary shall have or acquire individual rights to the assets, or be entitled to any apportionment on the surrender of any part of the assets, except as provided in the benefit contract. (B) A society may create, maintain, invest, disburse, and apply any special fund or funds ne...

...exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state, not only in governmental relations with the state, but for every other purpose. No law shall apply to societies unless they are expressly designated in the law.

...Every fraternal benefit society organized or licensed under this chapter is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds are exempt from all state, county, district, municipal, and school taxes other than franchise taxes and taxes on real estate.

...s of valuation for certificates of life insurance, annuity and pure endowment certificates, total and permanent disability benefit certificates, accidental death benefit certificates, and noncancelable accident and health benefit certificates, that are delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1998, shall comply with the valuation methods and standards, including interest assumptions, that...

...nnually file with the superintendent of insurance a true statement of its financial condition, transactions, and affairs for the preceding calendar year. The statement shall be filed on or before the first day of March. The statement shall be in general form and content as approved by the national association of insurance commissioners for fraternal benefit societies, and as supplemented by additional information req...

...society shall pay the superintendent of insurance a fee of twenty-five dollars. A duly certified copy or duplicate of such license is prima facie evidence that the licensee is a fraternal benefit society within the meaning of this chapter.

...to examination by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with section 3901.07 of the Revised Code. Section 3901.07 of the Revised Code shall govern every aspect of the examination, including the circumstances under and frequency with which it is conducted, and the authority of the superintendent and any examiner or other person appointed by the superintendent. (2)(a) A domestic fraternal benefit society sha...

...icense issued by the superintendent of insurance. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state upon filing all of the following with the superintendent: (A) A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation; (B) A copy of its bylaws certified by its secretary or corresponding officer; (C) A written appointment of an agent as prescribed in section 3921.35 of the Revised Code; (D) ...

...If the superintendent of insurance finds, upon investigation, that a domestic fraternal benefit society has exceeded its powers, has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith, has a membership of less than four hundred after an existence of one year or more, or is conducting business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members, creditors, the pub...

...If the superintendent of insurance finds, upon investigation, that a foreign or alien fraternal benefit society transacting or applying to transact business in this state has exceeded its powers, has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith, or is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public, the...

...e following: (a) That any terms of an insurance policy or certificate providing for the maintenance of the society's solvency or subjecting the policy or certificate to the bylaws of the society are null and void; (b) Such other changes determined by the liquidator to be necessary to effectuate the transfer. The assuming insurer shall endorse the policy or certificate accordingly. (3) Any transfer shall cons...

...ed in the manner provided for agents of insurance companies in Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code, and shall be required to complete continuing education as set forth in section 3905.481 of the Revised Code starting with the twenty-four-month period commencing on the first day of January of 1999. However, no written or other examination shall be required of any person whose application for the original issuance ...

...the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...tive act or practice in the business of insurance, continue on and after January 1, 1997, to apply to every fraternal benefit society authorized to do business in this state. However, nothing in any of those sections or provisions shall be construed as applying to or otherwise affecting either the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership or the offering of benefits exclusively to...

...agent is not required to be a licensed insurance agent. (B) The written appointment of an agent shall be in the form the superintendent of insurance prescribes and may include a consent to service of process. The appointment shall set forth the name and complete address of the agent. The agent shall reside or maintain a business address within this state. (C) The superintendent shall keep a record of the frat...

...enefits, or advantages of any fraternal insurance contract now issued or to be issued in this state, or the financial condition of any fraternal benefit society; (2) Any false or misleading estimate or statement concerning the dividends or shares of surplus paid or to be paid by any society on any insurance contract; (3) Any incomplete comparison of an insurance contract of one society with an insurance contract of...

...testability. (D) The superintendent of insurance may require from any society or association, by examination or otherwise, such information as will enable the superintendent to determine whether the society or association is exempt from the requirements of this chapter. (E) Societies that, pursuant to division (A) of this section, are exempt from the requirements of this chapter shall also be exempt from all other ...

...s and findings of the superintendent of insurance made under the provisions of this chapter are subject to review by the proper proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3921.36 of the Revised Code or knowingly receives any compensation or commission by or in consequence of such violation, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall in addition be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of three times the sum received by the violator as compensation or commission, which penalty may be sued for and recovered by any person or ...

...al's eligibility for individual health insurance coverage, including coverage offered to individuals through a nonemployer group, to participate in a plan or health insurance coverage; (c) A determination that a health care service is not a covered benefit; (d) The imposition of an exclusion, including exclusions for pre-existing conditions, source of injury, network, or any other limitation on benefits that ...

...(A) A covered person may make a request for an external review of an adverse benefit determination. (B) All requests for external review shall be made in writing, including by electronic means, by the covered person to the health plan issuer within one hundred eighty days of the date of the final adverse benefit determination. However, in the case of an expedited external review under section 3922.09 of the ...

...lity of any applicable office of health insurance assistance, ombudsman program, or other similar program in this state to assist consumers.

...plan issuers offering individual health insurance coverage, including coverage offered to individuals through nonemployer groups shall not require more than one level of internal appeal before the individual may request an external review.

...xternal review by the superintendent of insurance for an adverse benefit determination by the health plan issuer based on a contractual issue that did not involve a medical judgment or any medical information, pursuant to section 3922.11 of the Revised Code. (C) For an adverse benefit determination in which emergency medical services have been determined to be not medically necessary or appropriate after an ex...