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Ohio Rev Code § 3955.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3955 | Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3955.19 | Staying Pending Proceedings Involving Insolvent Insurers.

Effective: June 29, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 120th General Assembly|To permit a proper defense by the Ohio insurance guaranty association of all pending causes of action, all proceedings in which an insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court in this state shall be stayed for six months, and such additional time thereafter as may be determined by the court in which the proceedings are pending or with jurisdiction over the proceedings, from the date the insolvency is determined or an ancillary proceeding is instituted in this state, whichever is later.As to any covered claims arising from any judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding based on a default or stipulation of the insolvent insurer or its insured, the association, either on its own behalf or on behalf of the insured, may apply to the court to have its judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding vacated. The court shall grant the application, and the association shall be permitted to defend the claim on the merits.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.02 | Citing Chapter.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|This chapter may be cited as the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association act.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.03 | Purpose of Chapter.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|The purpose of this chapter is to protect, subject to certain limitations, the persons specified in division (A) of section 3956.04 of the Revised Code against failure in the performance of contractual obligations under life and health insurance policies and annuity contracts specified in division (B) of section 3956.04 of the Revised Code, due to the impairment or insolvency of the member insurer that issued the policies or contracts. To provide this protection, the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, an association of insurers, is to pay benefits and to continue coverages, as limited in this chapter. Members of the association are subject to assessment to provide funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.05 | Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose as set forth in section 3956.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.06 | Creating Ohio Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created an unincorporated nonprofit association to be known as the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association. All member insurers shall be and remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact the business of insurance in this state. The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under section 3956.10 of the Revised Code and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under section 3956.07 of the Revised Code. For purposes of administration and assessment, the association shall maintain the following two accounts: (1) The life insurance and annuity account that includes the following subaccounts:(a) Life insurance subaccount;(b) Annuity subaccount;(c) Unallocated annuity subaccount that also includes all annuity contracts meeting the requirements of section 403(b) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended.(2) The health insurance account.(B) The association is subject to the supervision of the superintendent of insurance and to the applicable insurance laws of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.07 | Board of Directors.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|(A) The board of directors of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association shall consist of not less than nine nor more than eleven member insurers serving terms as established in the plan of operation. A majority of the members of the board shall be representatives of member insurers domiciled in this state. Three of the members of the board shall be representatives of the three member insurers that are consolidated corporations as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3923.39 of the Revised Code and that write the largest premium volumes of health insurance in this state, three of the members of the board shall be representatives of domestic life insurers, and three of the members of the board shall be representatives of foreign insurers. The members of the board shall be selected by member insurers, subject to the approval of the superintendent of insurance. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the remaining period of the term by a majority vote of the remaining board members, subject to the approval of the superintendent. To select the initial board of directors and initially organize the association, the superintendent shall give notice to all member insurers of the time and place of the organizational meeting. In determining voting rights at the organizational meeting, each member insurer shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy. If the board of directors is not selected within sixty days after notice of the organizational meeting, the superintendent may appoint the initial members.(B) In approving selections or in appointing members to the board, the superintendent shall consider, among other things, whether all member insurers are fairly represented.(C) Members of the board may be reimbursed from the assets of the association for reasonable expenses incurred by them as members of the board of directors, but members of the board shall not otherwise be compensated by the association for their services.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.11 | Powers of Superintendent - Appeals - Notification of Chapter Provisions.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|(A) The superintendent of insurance shall:(1) Upon request of the board of directors of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, provide the association with a statement of the premiums in this and any other appropriate states for each member insurer;(2) When an impairment is declared and the amount of the impairment is determined, serve a demand upon the impaired insurer to make good the impairment within a reasonable time. Notice to the impaired insurer shall constitute notice to its shareholders, if any. The failure of the insurer promptly to comply with the demand shall not excuse the association from the performance of its powers and duties under this chapter.(3) In any liquidation or rehabilitation proceeding involving a domestic insurer, be appointed as the liquidator or rehabilitator.(B) The superintendent, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority to transact insurance in this state of any member insurer that fails to pay an assessment when due or fails to comply with the plan of operation of the association. As an alternative, the superintendent may levy a forfeiture on any member insurer that fails to pay an assessment when due. The forfeiture shall not exceed five per cent of the unpaid assessment per month, but shall not be less than one hundred dollars per month.(C) Any action of the board of directors or the association may be appealed to the superintendent by any member insurer if the appeal is taken within sixty days of the final action being appealed. If a member insurer is appealing an assessment, the amount assessed shall be paid to the association and be available to meet association obligations during the pendency of the appeal. If the appeal on the assessment is upheld, the amount paid in error or excess shall be returned to the member insurer. Any final action or order of the superintendent is subject to review under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.(D) The liquidator, rehabilitator, or conservator of any impaired or insolvent insurer may notify all interested persons of the effect of this chapter.(E) Notwithstanding section 109.02 of the Revised Code, the superintendent has sole authority to select and hire legal counsel to represent the superintendent in his role as rehabilitator or liquidator of an impaired or insolvent insurer.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.14 | Examination and Regulation by Superintendent - Annual Financial Report.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|The Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association is subject to examination and regulation by the superintendent of insurance. The board of directors shall submit to the superintendent each year, not later than four months after the end of the association's fiscal year, a financial report in a form approved by the superintendent and a report of its activities during the preceding fiscal year.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.15 | Exemption From Fees and Taxes.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|The Ohio life and health guaranty association is exempt from payment of all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its political subdivisions.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.16 | Acts or Omissions - Immunity.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, any member insurer or its agents or employees, the Ohio life and health guaranty association or its agents or employees, the board of directors or any member of the board, or the superintendent of insurance or his representatives, for any action or omission by them pursuant to the purposes and provisions of this chapter or in the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter. Immunity under this section extends to the participation in any organization of one or more other state associations of similar purposes as provided in division (O)(7) of section 3956.08 of the Revised Code, and to any such organization and its agents and employees.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.17 | Proceedings Involving Insolvent Insurer.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party in any court in this state shall be stayed sixty days from the date an order of rehabilitation or liquidation is final to permit proper legal action by the association on any matters germane to its powers or duties. As to judgment under any decision, order, verdict, or finding based on default, the Ohio life and health guaranty association may apply to have the judgment set aside by the same court that made the judgment and may defend against the suit on the merits.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.19 | Exempted Insurers.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|This chapter does not apply to any insurer that is insolvent or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations on the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3956.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3956 | Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association|Section 3956.20 | Offset of Assessments Against Premium or Franchise Tax Liability.

Effective: November 20, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 89 - 118th General Assembly|(A)(1) A member insurer may offset against its premium or franchise tax liability twenty per cent of the assessment described in division (H) of section 3956.09 of the Revised Code in each of the five calendar years following the fiscal biennium in which the assessment was paid. The offsets shall be allowed on a year-per-year basis commencing with the first tax payment due after the fiscal biennium in which the assessment was paid.(2) If the aggregate total of the assessments described in division (A)(1) of this section and eligible for offset in a particular year exceeds a member insurer's tax liability to this state for such year, the aggregate total of the remaining eligible assessments, notwithstanding the five-year limitation set forth in division (A)(1) of this section, may be offset against such tax liability in future years.(3) If a member insurer ceases doing business, all uncredited assessments may be credited against its premium or franchise tax liability for the year it ceases doing business.(4) The Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association may require a member insurer to report any offset to the association.(B) Any sums that are acquired by member insurers by refund from the association pursuant to division (F) of section 3956.09 of the Revised Code and that have been offset, prior to the refund, against premium or franchise tax liability as provided in division (A) of this section shall be paid by such insurers to this state in the manner the superintendent of insurance requires. The association shall notify the superintendent that the refunds have been made.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.04 | Administrators Tested and Licensed by Superintendent.

Effective: December 2, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Administrators may be tested and shall be licensed by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with rules adopted by the superintendent.(B) An administrator who has been licensed or certified by the state of the administrator's domicile under a statute or rule similar to sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code shall, upon application, be licensed without testing, provided the state of domicile recognizes and grants licenses to administrators of this state who have obtained licenses under such sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.05 | License Requirement.

Effective: May 18, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 284 - 117th General Assembly|No person shall solicit a plan or sponsor of a plan to act as an administrator for, or provide administrative services to, a plan or sponsor of a plan that is either domiciled in this state or has its principal headquarters or principal administrative office in this state unless the person is duly licensed under sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.06 | Application for License - Filing Fee.

Effective: December 2, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly|(A) An administrator shall file with the superintendent of insurance an application for a license on a form prescribed by the superintendent.(B) All applications for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee of two hundred dollars per application made payable to the department of insurance.(C) All fees collected under this section and under section 3959.10 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund created under section 3901.021 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.07 | Action on Application by Superintendent.

Effective: December 2, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly|The superintendent of insurance shall act on all applications submitted for a license within thirty days after receipt.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.08 | Denying Application for License.

Effective: December 2, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly|If the superintendent of insurance denies the application for license, the superintendent shall promptly notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for the denial within thirty days of the date the application is denied by the superintendent. The notice shall advise the applicant of the applicant's right to request a hearing within thirty days from the date of the mailing of the notice.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.09 | Issuing License and Certificate of Authority.

Effective: May 18, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 284 - 117th General Assembly|Upon approval of the application for an administrators license and payment of appropriate filing fees, the applicant shall be granted a license by the superintendent of insurance and an appropriate certificate of authority to operate as an administrator will be issued to the applicant. The license shall be issued, effective on the date the application is approved by the superintendent or board, or both, for a term expiring on the following June 30. The license may be renewed annually for a period of one year commencing July 1.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.10 | License Renewal.

Effective: December 2, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly|(A) The superintendent of insurance shall, at least sixty days before the expiration of the administrators license granted by the superintendent, provide a renewal notice on a form approved by the superintendent.(B) The renewal application shall require the payment of a renewal fee of three hundred dollars and the payment shall be made prior to the expiration date of the license. Failure to make the renewal payment shall result in the cancellation of the license.(C) In the event of nonpayment of renewal license fees within the time period prescribed by the superintendent, the license shall be canceled and subject to reinstatement on the basis of a new filing as provided in section 3959.04 of the Revised Code, except that the superintendent shall charge a pro rata renewal fee of twenty-five dollars for each month that the license is to be in effect.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.11 | Written Agreement to Act as Administrator Between the Administrator and the Plan Sponsor.

Effective: May 18, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 284 - 117th General Assembly|(A) No person may act as an administrator without a written agreement between the administrator and the plan sponsor. Such written agreement shall be retained as part of the official records of the administrator for the duration of the agreement and for five years thereafter. Each such agreement shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following information:(1) The term of the agreement;(2) An explanation of the services to be performed by the administrator;(3) The method and rate of compensation to be paid by the plan sponsor to the administrator for services rendered;(4) Provisions for the renewal and termination of the agreement.(B) Every administrator shall maintain in its principal office or branch office, if any, for the duration of the agreement with the plan sponsor, customary books and records of all transactions and information relative to covered persons or beneficiaries.(C) Each administrator duly licensed under sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code shall at all times maintain any required insurance coverage or bond as provided for and mandated by the "Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 829, 29 U.S.C. 1001, as amended.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.13 | Report of Felony Conviction.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly|Any person who, while licensed as an administrator, is convicted of a felony, shall report the conviction to the superintendent of insurance within thirty days of the entry date of the judgment of conviction. Within that thirty-day period, the person shall also provide the superintendent with a copy of the judgment, the commitment order or the order imposing a community control sanction, and any other relevant documents.As used in this section, "community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.14 | Administrator Prohibitions.

Effective: May 18, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 284 - 117th General Assembly|No administrator shall do any of the following:(A) Use plan sponsor funds for any purpose or purposes not specifically set forth in written form by the administrator;(B) Fail to disclose in written solicitation material and on an on-going basis, at least once annually, to the plan sponsor all of the following:(1) All fixed plan costs, identifying what each fixed cost includes;(2) Levels of the specific excess insurance stop-loss deductible;(3) The aggregate excess insurance stop-loss attachment point factors, including any minimum attachment point factors;(4) The names of all insurance carriers providing protection for the plan sponsor's plans, and any ownership relationship of five per cent or more between the administrator and such insurance carriers.(C) Fail to remit insurance company premiums within the policy period or within the time period agreed to in writing between the insurance company and the administrator;(D) Fail to disclose in written form the method of collecting and holding any plan sponsor's funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 3959.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 39 | Insurance|Chapter 3959 | Third-Party Administrators|Section 3959.16 | Preemption of Federal Law.

Effective: May 18, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 284 - 117th General Assembly|Sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code do not apply to an employer's self-insurance plan to the extent that federal law supersedes, preempts, prohibits, or otherwise precludes the application of any provisions of those sections to such plan.