Ohio Rev. Code § 3931.12
For the purposes of organization and upon the issuance of a permit by the superintendent of insurance, powers of attorney and applications for contracts of indemnity may be solicited without the license required by section 3931.10 of the Revised Code, but no attorney or other person shall make any such contracts of indemnity until he complies with sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No such attorney shall make any contracts of reinsurance on risks located in this state with any company, association, or person not authorized to transact business within the state, except contracts of ocean marine reinsurance, and no such attorney shall reinsure all the risks undertaken by him without the consent of the superintendent.
R.C. § 3931.12