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...All companies organized under any law of this state shall continue to be corporations for the purpose for which they were chartered, but they shall be subject to all the provisions, requirements, and penalties imposed on companies organized under sections 3907.01 to 3907.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of such sections and sections 3911.01 to 3911.24, inclu...

...No life insurance company organized by act of congress, or under the laws of any other state of the United States, shall transact any business of insurance defined in section 3911.01 of the Revised Code, on the capital stock or mutual plan, in this state, until it procures from the superintendent of insurance a certificate of authority to do so. No person, directly or indirectly, shall act as agent in this state for ...

...No life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States shall take risks or transact any business of insurance in this state, unless it is possessed of the amount of paid-in capital, contributed surplus, and other surplus funds required of similar companies organized in this state under sections 3907.01 to 3907.21 of the Revised Code, or unless the entire capital...

...No life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States shall transact any business of insurance in this state unless at least one hundred thousand dollars of its assets are invested in the interest paying bonds or stocks of the United States, or of this state, or of any municipal corporation or county of this state, or in farm loan bonds issued under the act of ...

... Every life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States 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 the president, vice-president, or other chief officer or manager, and the secretary of the company, stating the name of the company, the place where it is l...

...(A) Any life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States that transacts any business of insurance 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 sta...

...Every life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States doing business in this state, annually shall file a statement of its condition and affairs in the office of the superintendent of insurance, and such statement shall be filed on the forms adopted by the superintendent pursuant to section 3901.77 of the Revised Code.

...Every life insurance company organized by act of congress or under the laws of another state of the United States, after the payment of the first premium, and not more than sixty nor less than ten days prior to the maturity of every subsequent premium, shall give notice in writing of the time of payment of such premium to the person whose life is insured or to any other person who is the assignee or the owner of the ...

...If the annual statement required by section 3909.06 of the Revised Code is satisfactory evidence to the superintendent of insurance of the solvency and ability of the company to meet all its engagements at maturity, and that the deposit is maintained as required by section 3909.03 of the Revised Code, he shall issue renewal certificates of authority to the agents of the company, certified copies of which must be file...

...No person shall act in this state as agent, or otherwise, in receiving or procuring applications for life insurance, nor in any manner aid in transacting the business of any company, partnership, or association incorporated by or organized under the laws of any foreign government, until such company, partnership, or association completes the following acts: (A) Deposits with the superintendent of insurance, for the ...

...Every company, partnership, or association described in section 3909.09 of the Revised Code shall file a statement of its condition and affairs in the office of the superintendent of insurance, in the form and manner required for the annual statements of similar companies organized under the laws of this state, and annually, on the first day of January, or within sixty days thereafter, shall file with the superintend...

...No person, directly or indirectly, shall act as agent for any company, partnership, or association described in section 3909.09 of the Revised Code, either in procuring applications for insurance, taking risks, or in any manner aiding in the transaction of the business of life insurance in this state, until it procures from the superintendent of insurance a certificate of authority, which shall be renewable annually,...

...If the annual statement required by section 3909.10 of the Revised Code is satisfactory evidence to the superintendent of insurance of the solvency and ability of the company, partnership, or association to meet all its engagements at maturity, he shall issue renewal certficates of authority to the agents thereof, certified copies of which must be filed-by said agents in the county recorder's office of the county whe...

...If a company, partnership, or association, organized without this state, neglects or refuses to make annual statements, all persons acting in this state as its agents, or otherwise, in transacting the business of insurance, shall be subject to the penalties provided by law in case of the failure of an insurance company organized under the laws of this state to make an annual statement.

...All licenses granted by the superintendent of insurance under sections 3907.01 to 3907.21, inclusive, and 3909.01 to 3909.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall continue in force, unless suspended or revoked, until the first day of April next after the date of their issuance.

...If a company, partnership, or association, organized under the laws of any other state or government, ceases to transact the business of life insurance in this state according to law, the statutory agent last designated by or acting for it is deemed to continue as agent for it, unless a new statutory agent is appointed, for the purpose of serving process, and for commencing actions upon any policy or liability iss...

...Sections 3909.01 to 3909.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not prevent a company, partnership, or association mentioned in such sections from collecting the interest on any securities deposited by it, so long as it continues solvent and complies with such sections, nor do such sections prevent any such company, partnership, or association from exchanging them for other securities of equal value of the kind named ...

...No life insurance company, organized under the laws of this state, shall undertake any business or risk except as provided in this section, and no company, partnership, or association, organized or incorporated by act of congress, or under the laws of this or any other state of the United States, or by any foreign government, transacting the business of life insurance in this state, shall be permitted to take any kin...

...(A) No policy, annuity, or other contract providing variable or fixed and variable benefits or contractual payments shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state except by a life insurance company, organized under the laws of this state, or a company, partnership, or association, organized or incorporated, by an act of congress, or under the laws of this or any other state of the United States, or any forei...

...(A) Each life insurance company authorized to transact business in this state shall maintain reserves, with respect to any line of sickness and accident insurance that it writes, in at least all of the following amounts: (1) An amount that equals the unearned portions of the gross premiums charged on unexpired or unterminated risks and policies; (2) An amount that is estimated to be sufficient to provide for the ul...

...Every life insurance company doing business in this state, and issuing policies on both the participating and nonparticipating plans, shall file with the superintendent of insurance separate annual statements of profits and losses with reference to each of such kinds of insurance.

...Any insurance company that issues life insurance policies in this state shall file electronically, in a format prescribed by the superintendent of insurance, on or before June first of each year, a description of the measures taken by the insurance company to detect and prevent stranger-originated life insurance. The description shall be attested to by an officer of the company. The reports shall be maintained ...

...Every person holding a policy of insurance issued by a company on the life of any person is entitled to be furnished by the company with a copy of any application or document held by it, either written or printed, upon which such policy was issued, or which may affect its validity. Upon demand made for such copy by the holder of a policy, or by any person upon whose life it was so issued, the company shall make and f...

...Every life insurance company doing business in this state shall return with, and as part of any policy issued by it, to any person taking such policy, a complete copy of each application or other document held by it which is intended in any manner to affect the force or validity of such policy. A company which neglects to do so is estopped from denying the truth of any such application or other document, so long as i...

...No life insurance company doing business in this state shall take any application, medical certificate, or other document, for insurance upon the life of any person, in cipher or by character of any sort other than ordinary written or printed language. Any application, medical certificate, or other document taken in violation of this section is void as against any person claiming under a policy of insurance issued th...