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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » ISC - Insurance » Article 76 - Property/casualty Security Funds » 7609 – Rights of Funds Against Insolvent Insurers.
§   7609.   Rights  of  funds  against  insolvent  insurers.  (a)  The
commissioner as custodian of each of the funds shall be  entitled  to  a
valid claim against an insurer which becomes insolvent or unable to meet
its   insurance   obligations,   or   its   liquidator,   rehabilitator,
conservator, receiver, or trustee in bankruptcy, in an amount  equal  to
the  liabilities,  including  loss  adjustment expenses relating to such
liabilities, of the insurer paid from the fund  less  the  net  payments
paid into the fund by such insurer.

(b) All moneys recovered through the prosecution of claims in the liquidation, rehabilitation or conservation proceeding shall be forthwith placed to the credit of the appropriate fund by the commissioner.