(A) All policies, certificates of insurance, notices of proposed insurance, applications for insurance, endorsements and riders providing coverage on residents of Ohio shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance.

(B) The superintendent shall within thirty days after the filing of any such policies, certificates of insurance, notices of proposed insurance, applications for insurance, endorsements, and riders, disapprove any such form if the table of premium rates charged or to be charged appears by reasonable assumptions to be excessive in relation to benefits, or if it contains provisions which are unjust, unfair, inequitable, misleading, deceptive, or encourage misrepresentation of the coverage, or are contrary to any provision of the insurance laws of Ohio or of any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.

(C) If the superintendent notifies the insurer that the form is disapproved, it is unlawful thereafter for such insurer to issue or use such form. In such notice, the superintendent shall specify the reason for his disapproval and state that a hearing will be granted within twenty days after request in writing by the insurer. No such policy, certificate of insurance, or notice of proposed insurance, nor any application, endorsement, or rider shall be issued or used until the expiration of thirty days after it has been so filed, unless the superintendent gives his prior written approval thereto.

(D) The superintendent may, at any time after a hearing held not less than twenty days after written notice to the insurer withdraw his approval of any such form on any ground set forth in division (B) of this section. The written notice of such hearing shall state the reasons for the proposed withdrawal.

(E) The insurer shall not issue such forms or use them after the effective date of such withdrawal.

(F) Any order or final determination of the superintendent under the provisions of this section shall be subject to judicial review as provided in section 119.12 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 01-10-1961 .