2006 Ohio Revised Code - 3905.86. Appointment of licensee by insurer.

§ 3905.86. Appointment of licensee by insurer.
 

(A)  Any person licensed as a surety bail bond agent may be appointed by an insurer in accordance with this section. 

(B)  Each insurer shall certify to the superintendent of insurance before the thirtieth day of June each year the names and addresses of the surety bail bond agents for whom it requests appointments or the continuance of appointments. All insurers shall pay to the superintendent a fee of twenty dollars for each such appointment when issued and for each continuance thereafter. Such an appointment, unless canceled by the insurer, may be continued in force past the thirtieth day of June next after its issue and after the thirtieth day of June of each succeeding year provided that the appointee is licensed and is eligible for the appointment. 
 

Any fee collected under this division shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund created by section 3901.021 [3901.02.1] of the Revised Code. 

(C) (1)  By appointing a surety bail bond agent, an insurer certifies to the superintendent that the person is competent, financially responsible, and suitable to represent the insurer. 

(2) An insurer shall be bound by the acts of the person named in the appointment within that person's actual or apparent authority as its agent. 

(D)  A surety bail bond agent shall not represent to the public that the agent has authority to represent a particular insurer until the insurer has acknowledged that authority by appointment of the agent in accordance with this section. 
 

HISTORY: 148 v H 730. Eff 10-9-2001.
 

Not analogous to former RC § 3905.86 amended and renumbered RC § 3905.81 in HB 730 (148 v  - ), eff 10-9-2001.

The effective date is set by section 3 of HB 730.