Title insurance, except for reinsurance as provided in section 3953.13 of the Revised Code, shall be transacted, underwritten, or issued only by a company organized or admitted for issuance of no other form of insurance in this state. A title insurance company shall not transact any other form of insurance business in this state. No company may be organized or admitted in this state after December 12, 1967, to transact, underwrite, or issue title insurance if it engages in any form of insurance business other than title insurance.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3953.10

  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Title insurance: means insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying owners of real property or others interested in real property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defect in, or the unmarketability of the title to the real property, guaranteeing, warranting, or otherwise insuring by a title insurance company the correctness of searches relating to the title to real property, or doing any business in substance equivalent to any of the foregoing. See Ohio Code 3953.01