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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 33. Insurance » Article 10. Rehabilitation and Liquidation

§33-10-26a. Fraudulent Transfers Prior to Petition

(a) 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 article is fraudulent as to then existing and future creditors if made or incurred without fair consideration, or with actual intent to hinder, delay or […]

§33-10-26b. Recoupment From Affiliates

(a) If an order instituting a delinquency proceeding against an insurer authorized to do business in this state is entered under this article, the receiver appointed under the order has a right to recover on behalf of the insurer from any affiliate that controlled the insurer the amount of distributions, other than stock dividends paid […]

§33-10-26c. Fraudulent Transfer After Petition

(a) 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 equivalent value, then […]

§33-10-26d. Claims of Holders of Void or Voidable Rights

(a) No claim of a creditor who has received or acquired a preference, lien, conveyance, transfer, assignment or encumbrance voidable under this article shall be allowed unless the creditor surrenders the preference, lien, conveyance, transfer, assignment or encumbrance. If the avoidance is effected by a proceeding in which a final judgment has been entered, the […]

§33-10-28. Setoffs

(a) In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the insurer and another person in connection with any action or proceeding under this article, the credits and debts shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in subsection (b), below. (b) No setoff may be […]

§33-10-29. Allowance of Certain Claims

(a) No contingent claim may share in a distribution of the assets of an insurer which has been adjudicated to be insolvent by an order made pursuant to this article, except that such claim shall be considered, if properly presented, and may be allowed to share where: (1) It does not prejudice the orderly administration […]

§33-10-3. Court's Seizure Order

(a) The commissioner may file in the appropriate circuit court of this state, as provided in section two of this article, a petition alleging, with respect to a domestic insurer: (1) That there exist any grounds that would justify a court order for a formal delinquency proceeding against an insurer under this act;

§33-10-30. Time Within Which Claims to Be Filed

(a) If upon the granting of an order of liquidation under this article or at any time thereafter during the liquidation proceeding, the insurer shall not be clearly solvent, the court shall, after notice and hearing as provided in this article, make an order declaring the insurer to be insolvent. Thereupon regardless of any prior […]

§33-10-32. Levy of Assessment

(a) Upon the basis of the report provided for in section thirty-one of this article, including any amendments thereof, the court, ex parte, may levy one or more assessments against all members of such insurer who, as shown by the records of the insurer, were members (if a mutual insurer) or subscribers (if a reciprocal […]

§33-10-33. Order to Pay Assessment

After levy of assessment as provided in section thirty-two of this article, upon the filing of a further detailed report by the commissioner the court shall issue an order directing each member (if a mutual insurer) or each subscriber (if a reciprocal insurer), if he shall not pay the amount assessed against him to the […]

§33-10-34. Publication and Service of Assessment Order

The commissioner shall cause a notice of such assessment order, setting forth a brief summary of the contents of such order, to be (a) published in such manner as shall be directed by the court, and (b) enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed and mailed postage prepaid, to each member or subscriber liable thereunder at […]

§33-10-35. Judgment Upon the Assessment

(a) Upon the return day of the order to show cause provided for in section thirty-three of this article, if the member or subscriber does not appear and serve duly verified objections upon the commissioner, the court shall make an order adjudging that such member or subscriber is liable for the amount of the assessment […]

§33-10-36. Early Access to Distribution

(a) Within one hundred twenty days of a final determination of insolvency of an insurance company by the circuit court, the commissioner shall make application to the court for approval of a proposal to disburse assets out of the company's marshaled assets, from time to time as such assets become available, to the appropriate guaranty […]

§33-10-37. Distribution of Assets

Under the direction of court, the liquidator shall pay distributions in a manner that will assure the proper recognition of priorities and a reasonable balance between the expeditious completion of the liquidation and the protection of unliquidated and undetermined claims, including third party claims. Distribution of assets in kind may be made at valuations set […]

§33-10-38. Unclaimed and Withheld Funds; Termination of Proceedings

(a) All unclaimed funds subject to distribution remaining in the liquidator's hands when he or she is ready to apply to the court for discharge, including the amount distributable to any creditor, shareholder, member or other person who is unknown or cannot be found, shall be deposited with the state Treasurer and shall be paid […]

§33-10-4. Injunctions and Other Orders

(a) Upon application by the commissioner for an order under this article: (1) The court may without notice issue an injunction restraining the insurer, its officers, directors, stockholders, members, subscribers, agents and all other persons from the transaction of its business or the waste or disposition of its property until further order of the court.

§33-10-40. Applicability of Amendments

From and after July 1, 2004, any delinquency proceeding commenced against an insurer for the purpose of liquidating, rehabilitating, reorganizing or conserving the insurer shall be undertaken pursuant to this article. Any delinquency proceeding pending against an insurer under this article on June 30, 2004, will be administered and concluded under the law in effect […]

§33-10-41. Reinsurer's Liability

The amount recoverable by the liquidator from reinsurers may not be reduced as a result of delinquency proceedings unless the reinsurance contract provides, in substance, that in the event of the insolvency of the ceding insurer, the reinsurance shall be payable under a contract reinsured by the assuming insurer on the basis of reported claims […]