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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio; Department of Insurance · Ohio
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- R.C. 3901.041
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24
- End
- For the duration of the state of emergency (BMV closures) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- all insurers providing automobile insurance policies in Ohio
- Functions reached
- IN auto insurers (underwriting and cancellation)
- DM motor-vehicle offices closed (industry 08): expired licenses and registrations
- CB drivers
- Collection
- State insurance and banking regulators AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING
Operative words
The purpose of this Bulletin is to notify insurers that they must temporarily suspend certain actions which they would otherwise be permitted to take due to the [closure of Bureau of Motor Vehicles deputy registrar offices]... they must not cancel, non-renew, or refuse to issue a policy of automobile insurance, or deny a [claim, because a driver license or registration] expired since the Governor's declaration of emergency.
Enforcement
R.C. 3901.22; R.C. 3937.31 et seq.
Notes
The insurance regulator's record that Ohio BMV offices were closed.