Ohio Cybersecurity Legislation Applicable to Insurers Now In Effect
Ohio’s new
law requiring insurance providers to take steps to protect personal
information recently went into effect March 20, 2019. Ohio now follows South
Carolina as the second state to adopt legislation modeled after the NAIC’s Insurance Data Security Model Law.
The law, codified at new Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3695, applies to all individuals or non-governmental entities required to be authorized, registered, or licensed under Ohio insurance laws (defined as “licensees”). Only smaller licensees that have fewer than 20 employees, less than $5…
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