(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.

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(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.