Ohio § 3929.011
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§ 3929.011.
(A)(1) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this
state any of the kinds of insurance set forth in divisions (A)(1) to (4), (6), (7),
(10) to (13), (16), (17), (18), and (21) to (24) of section 3929.01 of the Revised
Code, each stock insurance company shall have and maintain capital and surplus in
the aggregate amount of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, which
amount shall include paid-in-capital of not less than one million dollars and contributed
surplus of not less than one million dollars. (2) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this
state any of the kinds of insurance set forth in divisions (A)(1) to (4), (6), (7),
(10) to (13), (16), (17), (18), and (21) to (24) of section 3929.01 of the Revised
Code, each insurance company other than a stock insurance company shall have and maintain
surplus in the total amount of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars. (B)(1) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this
state any of the kinds of insurance set forth in divisions (A)(5), (8), (9), (14),
(15), (19), (20), and (26) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code, each stock insurance
company shall have and maintain capital and surplus in the aggregate amount of not
less than five million dollars, which amount shall include paid-in-capital of not
less than one million dollars and contributed surplus of not less than one million
dollars. (2) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this
state any of the kinds of insurance set forth in divisions (A)(5), (8), (9), (14),
(15), (19), (20), and (26) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code, each insurance
company other than a stock insurance company shall have and maintain surplus in the
total amount of not less than five million dollars. (C)(1) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this
state the kind of insurance described in division (A)(25) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code , each stock insurance company shall have and maintain capital and surplus in the
aggregate amount of not less than ten million dollars, which amount shall include
paid-in-capital of not less than one million dollars and contributed surplus of not
less than one million dollars. (2) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact in this
state the kind of insurance described in division (A)(25) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code , each insurance company other than a stock insurance company shall have and maintain
surplus in the total amount of not less than ten million dollars. (D)(1) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact the business
of insurance in this state, each stock insurance company that assumes reinsurance
and transacts any of the kinds of insurance set forth in division (A) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code shall have and maintain capital and surplus in the aggregate amount of not less than
ten million dollars, which amount shall include paid-in-capital of not less than one
million dollars and contributed surplus of not less than one million dollars. (2) As a condition of the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact the business
of insurance in this state, each insurance company other than a stock insurance company
that assumes reinsurance and transacts any of the kinds of insurance set forth in division (A) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code shall have and maintain surplus in the total amount of not less than ten million
dollars. (3) Divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to any insurance company that
transacts any of the kinds of insurance set forth in division (A) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code and that assumes reinsurance only under any of the following circumstances: (a) Pursuant to a pooling arrangement among members of the same insurance holding company
system; (b) Pursuant to a requirement of any law, rule, or regulation; (c) If, as of the immediately preceding thirty-first day of December, the aggregate amount
of assumed premiums, except those with respect to reinsurance assumed under division
(D)(3)(a) or (b) of this section, for that calendar year is less than five hundred
thousand dollars. (E)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section, as a condition of
the renewal of its certificate of authority to transact in this state any of the kinds
of insurance set forth in division (A) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code , each mutual fire insurance association that, prior to the effective date of this
section, reorganized as a mutual fire insurance company pursuant to section 3939.10 of the Revised Code shall have and maintain surplus in the total amount of not less than two million
five hundred thousand dollars. (2) If such a company attains the applicable total surplus required under division (B)(2),
(C)(2), or (D)(2) of this section, the company, as a condition of the renewal of its
certificate of authority to transact that kind of insurance in this state, shall continue
to have and maintain the total surplus set forth in that division. (3) If, as a result of any of the actions described in division (B)(1) of section 3901.321 of the Revised Code , control of such a company is obtained by another person, the company, as a condition
of the renewal of its certificate of authority under division (B)(2), (C)(2), or (D)(2)
of this section, shall have and maintain the total surplus set forth in that division
of this section. (F) This section applies only to the issuance or renewal of certificates of authority
to transact the business of insurance in this state on or after the effective date
of this section.
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