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In Ohio, life insurance policies can be backdated up to six months prior to the application date. Backdating is often used to obtain a lower premium by setting the policy's effective date to an earlier age of the insured. However, the applicant must pay premiums from the backdated effective date. This practice is subject to the insurer's approval and must comply with state regulations.

In Ohio, insurance licensees are required to complete 24 hours of continuing education (CE) every two years. This includes a mandatory 3 hours of ethics training. The CE requirements must be fulfilled by the last day of the licensee's birth month in the renewal year. This ensures that insurance professionals remain knowledgeable about current laws, regulations, and best practices.

According to Ohio Revised Code Section 5815.33, if an individual designates their spouse as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy and subsequently divorces, the designation of the former spouse as beneficiary is automatically revoked, unless the policy or divorce decree explicitly states otherwise. This means that, post-divorce, the former spouse is treated as if they predeceased the policyholder, and the policy's proceeds will be distributed to the contingent beneficiary or the policyholder's estate if no other beneficiary is named.

In a viatical settlement, a policyholder sells their life insurance policy to a third party for a lump sum that is less than the policy’s death benefit but more than its cash surrender value. The buyer then becomes the policy’s beneficiary and receives the full death benefit upon the insured’s death.