Ohio Code 3925.09 – Limitations on certain investments
No insurance company shall own more than one fourth of the capital stock of a national bank, nor invest in or loan on the stocks and bonds, both included, of any railroad company, to an extent exceeding one fifth of its own capital and surplus, nor in the aggregate shall the investment in and loan on all railroad property exceed one fourth of its own capital and surplus. Not more than one half of its capital and surplus shall be loaned on mortgages of real estate, as provided in section 3925.05 of the Revised Code for the investment thereof, and not more than one tenth of the capital and surplus actually existing of such a company shall be invested in a single mortgage. The current market value of the evidences of indebtedness mentioned in this section, in which the accumulations or surplus money above the capital stock of an insurance company may be loaned or invested, must be at all times during the continuance of the loans at least twenty per cent more than the sum loaned thereon.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3925.09
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59