Ohio Code 3903.13 – Rehabilitation orders
(A) An order to rehabilitate the business of a domestic insurer, or an alien insurer domiciled in this state, shall appoint the superintendent of insurance and his successors in office the rehabilitator, and shall direct the rehabilitator forthwith to take possession of the assets of the insurer, and to administer them under the general supervision of the court. The rehabilitator is vested by operation of law with the title to all property, contracts, and rights of action of the company as of the date of the entry of the judgment of the court order directing rehabilitation.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3903.13
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
Third persons dealing with the interest of the insurer in real property in a county are charged with notice of the pendency of an action for rehabilitation of the insurer when a complaint for rehabilitation of the insurer is filed in the court of common pleas of that county or when a certified copy of the complaint is filed with the clerk of that county under Civil Rule 3(F).
Third persons dealing with the interest of the insurer in real property in a county are charged with notice of the order for rehabilitation when the judgment ordering rehabilitation is entered in that county or when a certified copy of the judgment is filed in that county under Civil Rule 3(F).
Subject to section 3903.27 of the Revised Code, third persons dealing with the interest of the insurer in other types of property are charged with notice of the pendency of the action for rehabilitation when the complaint is filed in the court of common pleas, or when a certified copy of the complaint is filed under Civil Rule 3(F) with the clerk of the court of common pleas, of the county in which the principal business of the company is conducted or in which its principal office or place of business is located. Such persons are charged with notice of the judgment ordering rehabilitation when the judgment is filed under Civil Rule 58, or a certified copy of the judgment is filed under Civil Rule 3(F), with the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal business of the company is conducted or in which its principal office or place of business is located.
(B) Any order issued under this section shall require accounting to the court by the rehabilitator. Accountings shall be at such intervals as the court specifies in its order.
(C) Entry of an order of rehabilitation does not constitute an anticipatory breach of any contracts of the insurer.