Ohio Code § 3915.09
Ohio Code § 3915.09. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3915.09.
No policy of life insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state, or be issued
by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state, if it contains
any of the following: (A) A provision for forfeiture of the policy for failure to repay any loan on the policy
or to pay interest on such loan while the total indebtedness on the policy is less
than its loan value; or any provision for forfeiture for failure to repay any such
loan or to pay interest thereon, unless such provision contains a stipulation that
no such forfeiture shall occur until at least one month after notice has been mailed
by the company to the last known address of the insured and of the assignee; (B) A provision limiting to less than five years the time within which any action at
law or in equity may be commenced after the cause of action accrues; (C) A provision for any mode of settlement at maturity of less value than the amount
insured on the face of the policy plus dividend additions, less any indebtedness to
the company on the policy, and less any premium that may by the terms of the policy
be deducted; (D) In a policy form filed under section 3915.14 of the Revised Code after September 16, 1970, a provision that the policy will be eligible to participate
in any future distributions of earnings, profits, or surplus of the company which
are not allocated to all participating policies by reasonable and nondiscriminatory
standards; (E) A provision that the policy will be eligible to receive a preferential benefit or
advantage which will not be available to policies purchased from the company at future
dates or under other circumstances, the effect of which is to discriminate against
those future policies; (F) Any provision which is prohibited by a rule adopted by the superintendent of insurance
to clarify, construe, or implement any of the prohibitions of divisions (A) to (E),
inclusive, of this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3915.09
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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