No domestic insurance company, qualified under the laws of this state, shall do business in any other state or territory of the United States without being first legally admitted and authorized so to do under the laws of such state or territory. For violation of this section by any such insurance company, the superintendent of insurance may revoke the license or authority of such company doing business in this state and may require such company to pay the taxes upon such unlawfully written business to the state or territory in which it was written, as provided by the laws of such state or territory. “Do business” as used in this section does not include the maintenance or servicing of policies or contracts of insurance or annuity which have been lawfully written.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3905.44

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Insurance: means any of the lines of authority set forth in Chapter 1739. See Ohio Code 3905.01
  • License: means the authority issued by the superintendent to a person to act as an insurance agent for the lines of authority specified, but that does not create any actual, apparent, or inherent authority in the person to represent or commit an insurer. See Ohio Code 3905.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • superintendent of insurance: means the superintendent of insurance of this state. See Ohio Code 3905.01
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59

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