Title 58 — INSURANCE

The director may petition the court for an order directing him to liquidate a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state based on the following: (1) Any ground for an order of rehabilitation as specified in § 58-29B-31 , whether or not there has been a prior ord…

An order to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer shall contain appointment of the director and his successors in office as liquidator and shall direct the liquidator forthwith to take possession of the assets of the insurer and to administer them under the general supervi…

If an insurer is in liquidation, within five days of July 1, 1992, or, if later, within five days after the initiation of an appeal of an order of liquidation, which order has not been stayed, the director shall present for the court's approval a plan for the continued performanc…

Upon issuance of the order to liquidate, the rights and liabilities of any such insurer and of its creditors, policyholders, shareholders, members, and all other persons interested in its estate shall become fixed as of the date of entry of the order of liquidation, except as pro…

An order to liquidate the business of an alien insurer domiciled in this state shall be in the same terms and have the same legal effect as an order to liquidate a domestic insurer, except that the assets and the business in the United States shall be the only assets and business…

At the time of the petition for an order of liquidation, or at any time thereafter, the director, after making appropriate findings of an insurer's insolvency, may petition the court for a judicial declaration of such insolvency. After providing such notice and hearing as it deem…

Any order issued under §§ 58-29B-41 to 58-29B-45 , inclusive, shall require financial reports to the court by the liquidator. Financial reports shall include, at a minimum, the assets and liabilities of the insurer and all funds received or disbursed by the liquidator during the …

All policies, including bonds and other noncancellable business, other than life or health insurance or annuities, in effect at the time of issuance of an order of liquidation shall continue in force for the lesser of: (1) A period of thirty days from the date of entry of the liq…

The director may petition for an order dissolving the corporate existence of a domestic insurer or the United States branch of an alien insurer domiciled in this state at the time he applies for a liquidation order. The court shall order dissolution of the corporation upon petiti…

The liquidator may: (1) Appoint a special deputy to act for the liquidator under this chapter and determine his reasonable compensation. The special deputy shall have all powers of the liquidator granted by this section. The special deputy shall serve at the pleasure of the liqui…

Delinquency proceedings pursuant to this chapter may be commenced by the director at any time, regardless of whether notice to an insurer has been given concerning impairment of capital or assets as provided in §

The enumeration, in § 58-29B-49 , of the powers and authority of the liquidator may not be construed as a limitation upon him, nor may it exclude in any manner his right to do such other acts not herein specifically enumerated, or otherwise provided for, as may be necessary or ap…

Notwithstanding the powers of the liquidator as stated in §§ 58-29B-47 and 58-29B-50 , the liquidator has no obligation to defend claims or to continue to defend claims subsequent to the entry of a liquidation order. Source: SL 1992, ch 351 , § 8.

Unless the court otherwise directs, the liquidator must give notice of the liquidation order as soon as possible but in no event more than ten days from the date of entry of the order to liquidate: (1) By first-class mail or electronic communication to the insurance director of e…

Notice to any potential claimant under § 58-29B-51 requires such claimant to file with the liquidator his claims together with proper proofs thereof under §§ 58-29B-106 to 58-29B-110 , inclusive, on or before a date the liquidator shall specify in the notice. The liquidator need …

Every person who receives notice in the form prescribed in § 58-29B-51 that an insurer which the person represents is the subject of a liquidation order shall, within five days of the notice, give written notice of the liquidation order by first class mail to the last known addre…

Any insurance producer failing to give notice or file a report of compliance as required in § 58-29B-53 may be subject to payment of a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars and may have the insurance producer's license suspended, which may only be imposed after a hearing …

Upon issuance of an order appointing a liquidator of a domestic insurer or of an alien insurer domiciled in this state, no action at law or equity may be brought against the insurer or liquidator, whether in this state or elsewhere, nor may any such existing action be maintained …

The liquidator may, upon or after an order for liquidation, within two years or such time in addition to two years as applicable law may permit, institute an action or proceeding on behalf of the estate of the insurer upon any cause of action against which the statute of limitati…

No statute of limitations or defense of laches may run with respect to any action against an insurer between the filing of a petition for liquidation against an insurer and the denial of the petition. Any action against the insurer that might have been commenced when the petition…

Any guaranty association or foreign guaranty association may appear in any court proceeding concerning the liquidation of an insurer if such association is or may become liable to act as a result of the liquidation of an insurer if such association is or may become liable to act …

As soon as practicable after the liquidation order, but not later than one hundred twenty days thereafter, the liquidator shall prepare in duplicate a list of the insurer's assets. The list shall be amended or supplemented from time to time as the liquidator may determine. One co…

In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the law of this state, a court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to chapter 15-6 or other applicable provisions of law in an action brought by the receiv…

The liquidator shall reduce the assets to a degree of liquidity that is consistent with the execution of the liquidation. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 60.

Every transfer made or suffered and every obligation incurred by an insurer within one year prior to the filing of a successful petition for rehabilitation or liquidation under this chapter is fraudulent as to then existing and future creditors if made or incurred without fair co…

Any person receiving any property or benefit from the insurer which is a fraudulent transfer under § 58-29B-61 is personally liable and shall account to the liquidator concerning it. Source: SL 1992, ch 351 , § 9.

Any transaction of the insurer with a reinsurer shall be deemed fraudulent and may be avoided by the receiver under § 58-29B-61 if: (1) The transaction consists of the termination, adjustment, or settlement of a reinsurance contract in which the reinsurer is released from any par…

After a petition for rehabilitation or liquidation has been filed a transfer of any of the real property of the insurer made to a person acting in good faith shall be valid against the receiver if made for a present fair equivalent value, or, if not made for a present fair equiva…

After a petition for rehabilitation or liquidation has been filed and before either the receiver takes possession of the property of the insurer or an order of rehabilitation or liquidation is granted: (1) A transfer of any of the property of the insurer, other than real property…

Nothing in this chapter may impair the negotiability of currency or negotiable instruments. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 65.

A preference is a transfer of any of the property of an insurer to or for the benefit of a creditor, for or on account of an antecedent debt, made or suffered by the insurer within one year before the filing of a successful petition for liquidation under this chapter, the effect …

Any preference may be avoided by the liquidator if: (1) The insurer was insolvent at the time of the transfer; (2) The transfer was made within four months before the filing of the petition; (3) The creditor receiving it or to be benefited thereby or his agent acting with referen…

If the preference is voidable, the liquidator may recover the property or, if it has been converted, its value from any person who has received or converted the property, except where a bona fide purchaser or lienor has given less than fair equivalent value, he shall have a lien …

For purposes of §§ 58-29B-61 and 58-29B-66 , transfer of property other than real property shall be deemed to be made or suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent lien obtainable by legal or equitable proceedings on a simple contract could become superior to th…

Any action authorized in this chapter shall be brought in the circuit court of Hughes County. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 7.

A transfer of real property shall be deemed to be made or suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent bona fide purchaser from the insurer could obtain rights superior to the rights of the transferee. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 70.

No transfer which creates an equitable lien may be deemed to be perfected if there are available means by which a legal lien could be created. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 71.

A transfer not perfected prior to the filing of a petition for liquidation shall be deemed to be made immediately before the filing of the successful petition. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 72.

The provisions of §§ 58-29B-69 to 58-29B-72 , inclusive, apply whether or not there are or were creditors who might have obtained liens or persons who might have become bona fide purchasers. Source: SL 1989, ch 436 , § 73.

A lien obtainable by legal or equitable proceedings upon a simple contract is one arising in the ordinary course of such proceedings upon the entry or docketing of a judgment or decree, or upon attachment, garnishment, execution, or like process, whether before, upon, or after ju…

A lien obtainable by legal or equitable proceedings could become superior to the rights of a transferee, or a purchaser could obtain rights superior to the rights of a transferee within the meaning of §§ 58-29B-69 to 58-29B-72 , inclusive, if such consequences would follow only f…

A transfer of property for or on account of a new and contemporaneous consideration which is deemed under §§ 58-29B-69 to 58-29B-72 , inclusive, to be made or suffered after the transfer because of delay in perfecting it does not thereby become a transfer for or on account of an …

If any lien deemed voidable under § 58-29B-67 has been dissolved by the furnishing of a bond or other obligation, the surety on which has been indemnified directly or indirectly by the transfer of or the creation of a lien upon any property of an insurer before the filing of a pe…

The property affected by any lien deemed voidable under §§ 58-29B-66 to 58-29B-68 , inclusive, and 58-29B-77 , shall be discharged from such lien, and that property and any of the indemnifying property transferred to or for the benefit of a surety shall pass to the liquidator, ex…

The circuit court of Hughes County shall have summary jurisdiction of any proceeding by the liquidator to hear and determine the rights of any parties under §§ 58-29B-71 to 58-29B-88 , inclusive. Reasonable notice of any hearing in the proceeding shall be given to all parties in …

Any receiver appointed in a proceeding under this chapter, may at any time apply for and the court may grant, such restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, and other orders as may be deemed necessary and proper to prevent: (1) The transaction of further business…

The liability of a surety under a releasing bond or other like obligation shall be discharged to the extent of the value of the indemnifying property recovered or the indemnifying lien nullified and avoided by the liquidator or, if the property is retained under § 58-29B-79 , to …

If a creditor has been preferred, and afterward in good faith gives the insurer further credit without security of any kind, for property which becomes a part of the insurer's estate, the amount of the new credit remaining unpaid at the time of the petition may be set off against…

If an insurer shall, directly or indirectly, within four months before the filing of a successful petition for liquidation under this chapter, or at any time in contemplation of a proceeding to liquidate it, pay money or transfer property to an attorney - at - law for services re…

Every officer, manager, employee, shareholder, member, subscriber, attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the insurer who knowingly participates in giving any preference when he has reasonable cause to believe the insurer is or is about to become insolvent at the time …