Opinion ID: 723147
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Heading: Dismissal of the Ohio Statutory Claim1

Text: 7 Ms. Bowers states that she had a statutorily vested right to an option to convert her policy of group sickness and accident insurance to an individual policy pursuant to OHIO REV.CODE § 3923.122(A) and (B) (Anderson 1989). We disagree. The plain language of the referent statutory provision covers group sickness and accident insurance under a policy issued to an employer, not insurance provided by an employer as a self-insurer. See OHIO REV.CODE § 3923.12(A)(1)-(4) (Anderson 1989) (Group sickness and accident insurance is that form of sickness and accident insurance covering groups of persons ... under a policy issued to an employer ...). As a self-insurer, Sears' plan is not covered by the statute. We thus affirm the district court's dismissal of Ms. Bowers' state-law claim. 2