Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 3999.10 | Misrepresentations in advertisement by insurance company.
...No insurance company, corporation, or association authorized to transact business in this state, or an agent thereof, by advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or periodical or by a sign, circular, card, policy of insurance, certificate, or renewal thereof, or otherwise, shall state or represent that funds or assets are in its possession, not actually possessed by it and available for the payment of losses and claim... |
Section 3999.11 | Advertisement at variance with verified statement.
...No insurance company, corporation, or association authorized to transact business in this state shall purport to make known its financial standing by advertisement, public announcement, or by making or issuing a circular or card, which fails to correspond, in all the particulars which it so purports to make known, with the last preceding verified statement made by it to the insurance department of any state. |
Section 3999.12 | Disbursements by domestic life insurance companies.
...No domestic life insurance company making a disbursement of one hundred dollars or more shall fail to have it evidenced by a voucher signed by or on behalf of the person, firm, or corporation receiving the money and correctly describing the consideration thereof; if such expenditure is for both services and disbursements, such company shall not fail to set forth in such voucher, the service rendered and an itemized s... |
Section 3999.13 | Unlawful reinsurance.
...No officer, director, or stockholder of a company organized under the laws of this state to do the business of life, accident, or health insurance, either on the stock, mutual, stipulated premiums, assessment, or fraternal plan, shall violate or consent to a violation of any law governing or forbidding the reinsurance of the risks, or any part thereof, or the consolidation of such company with any other company or as... |
Section 3999.14 | Foreign life insurance companies on the assessment plan.
...No officer or agent of a corporation, company, or association organized under the laws of any other state of the United States to transact the business of life or accident insurance or life and accident insurance on the assessment plan, shall violate or fail to comply with any law relating to such corporation, company, or association. |
Section 3999.15 | Violations by accident insurance companies and officers thereof.
...No company organized under the laws of this state for the special purpose of insuring against accidental personal injury and loss of life sustained while traveling by railroad, steamboat, or other mode of conveyance, against accidental personal injury and loss of life sustained by accident of every description, and against expenses and lost of time occasioned by injury or sickness, on such terms, and for such periods... |
Section 3999.16 | Person with a disability - unfair discrimination.
...No officer, director, trustee, agent, or employee of any insurance company, corporation, or association authorized to transact business in this state shall knowingly use underwriting standards or rates that result in unfair discrimination against any person with a disability. This section does not prevent reasonable classifications of persons with disabilities for determining insurance rates. As used in this sectio... |
Section 3999.18 | Requiring valid certificate of authority.
...(A) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain any entity that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews any policy of sickness and accident insurance or contract for health care services in this state if the entity is required to, but does not, have a valid certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code. (B) No insurance agent, broker, or other person shall advertise, solicit, n... |
Section 3999.21 | Applications and claim form to contain warning against insurance fraud.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Deceptive," "insurer," "policy," and "statement" have the same meanings as in section 2913.47 of the Revised Code. (2) "Defraud" has the same meaning as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (B) All applications for group or individual insurance issued by an insurer and all claim forms issued by an insurer, for use by persons in applying for insurance or submitting a claim for p... |
Section 3999.22 | Health insurance referrals - prohibited activities - exceptions.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Claim" means any attempt to cause a health care insurer to make payment of a health care benefit. (2) "Health care benefit" means the right under a contract or a certificate or policy of insurance to have a payment made by a health care insurer for a specified health care service. (3) "Health care insurer" means any person that is authorized to do the business of sickness and acci... |
Section 3999.31 | Immunity for providing or receiving information relating to suspected fraudulent insurance acts.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fraudulent insurance act" means an act committed by a person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, purported insurer, broker, or any agent thereof, any written statement as part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of, or the rating of a policy ... |
Section 3999.32 | Notice of failure to make required premium payment or contribution.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Certificate holder" means any person whose employment or retirement status is the basis of eligibility for coverage under a group policy of sickness and accident insurance or for enrollment under a group contract of a health insuring corporation. (2) "Health insurer" means any sickness and accident insurer or health insuring corporation. (B) Each person to whom a group policy or c... |
Section 3999.36 | Notice of impairment to be given by chief executive.
...(A) As used in this section and sections 3999.37 and 3999.38 of the Revised Code: (1) "Insurer" means any person that is authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, any health insuring corporation, or any other person engaging either directly or indirectly in this state in the business of insurance or entering into contracts substantially amounting to insura... |
Section 3999.37 | Prohibiting fraudulent acts concerning impairment or insolvency of insurer.
...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Conceal any property belonging to an insurer; (B) Transfer or conceal his own property or property belonging to an insurer in contemplation of a proceeding under Chapter 3903. of the Revised Code; (C) Conceal, destroy, multilate, alter, or make a false entry in any document that affects or relates to the property of an insurer; (D) Withhold any document that affects or... |
Section 3999.38 | Prohibiting payment of dividend when insurer is impaired.
...No insurer shall knowingly declare or pay any dividend whenever the insurer is impaired. For purposes of this section, "insurer" also includes any person doing the business of insurance in this state. |
Section 3999.41 | Insurer to adopt antifraud program.
...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, every insurer, as defined in division (A) of section 3999.36 of the Revised Code, shall adopt an antifraud program and shall specify in a written plan the procedures it will follow when instances of insurance fraud or suspected insurance fraud are brought to its attention. The insurer shall identify in the written plan the person or persons responsible for the ... |
Section 3999.42 | Insurer to notify department of insurance fraud.
...(A) If an insurer, as defined in division (A) of section 3999.36 of the Revised Code, has a reasonable belief that a person is perpetrating or facilitating an insurance fraud, as established by section 2913.47 of the Revised Code, or has done so, the insurer shall notify the department of insurance. (B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the de... |
Section 3999.99 | Penalty.
...9.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3999.03, 3999.07, 3999.13, 3999.14, or 3999.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3999.04, 3999.05, 3999.08, or 3999.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (D) Whoever violates section 3999.10 or 3999.11 of the Revised ... |
Section 4399.02 | Liability of owner or lessee for injuries caused by intoxicated person.
...The owner of a building or premises, and the person renting or leasing them, if the owner or person knows that intoxicating liquors are to be sold in the building or premises in violation of law is severally or jointly liable with the person selling the intoxicating liquors for all damages sustained, as well as exemplary damages. |
Section 4399.03 | Unlawful sale or gift of intoxicating liquors forfeits lease.
...The unlawful sale or gift of intoxicating liquors shall forfeit all rights of the lessee or tenant under any lease or contract of rent upon premises where such unlawful sale or gift takes place. |
Section 4399.04 | Fines, costs, and damages lien upon the real estate.
...Fines, costs, and damages assessed against a person in consequence of the sale of intoxicating liquors, as provided in sections 4399.02 to 4399.08 of the Revised Code, and the penal statutes relating to the sale, shall be a lien upon the real estate of the person. The real estate and personal property of the person shall be liable to execution for the fines, costs, and damages without exception or exemption, except... |
Section 4399.05 | Liability of owner of building or premises for fines, costs, and damages.
...As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law t... |
Section 4399.06 | Lease void where premises used for sale of intoxicating liquors contrary to law.
...All contracts whereby any building or premises are rented, leased, used, or occupied shall become void when such building or premises are used, in whole or in part, for the sale of intoxicating liquors contrary to law, and the lessor, on and after the sale or gift of intoxicating liquors, shall be held to be in possession of such building or premises. |
Section 4399.07 | Damages recovered by a minor.
...All damages recovered by a minor under sections 4399.02 to 4399.08 of the Revised Code shall be paid either to the minor, or to the minor's parent, guardian, or next friend, as the court directs. |
Section 4399.08 | Suit for damages.
...A suit for damages under sections 4399.02 to 4399.08 of the Revised Code shall be by a civil action in any court having jurisdiction over the action. |