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...ation, adjustment, or settlement of a reinsurance contract in which the reinsurer is released from any part of its duty to pay the originally specified share of losses that had occurred prior to the time of the transaction, unless the reinsurer gives a present fair equivalent value for the release; (2) Any part of the transaction took place within one year prior to the date of filing of the complaint through which t...

...(A) After a complaint 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 is valid against the rehabilitator or liquidator if made for a present fair equivalent value, or, if not made for a present fair equivalent value, then to the extent of the present consideration actually paid therefor, for which amount the transferee has a...

...xcluding employees of the department of insurance and any person retained or appointed by the department to assist in the examination, supervision, or other regulation or monitoring of the insurer; (iii) A shareholder holding directly or indirectly more than five per cent of any class of any equity security issued by the insurer; (iv) Any other person, firm, corporation, association, or aggregation of persons with ...

...(A) No claims of a creditor who has received or acquired a preference, lien, conveyance, transfer, assignment, or encumbrance, voidable under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code, shall be allowed unless he 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 claim shall not be allowe...

...(A) Mutual debts or mutual credits between the insurer and another person in connection with any action or proceeding under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 3903.33 of the Revised Code. (B) No setoff or counterclaim shall be allowed in favor of any person where any of the foll...

... office of the national association of insurance commissioners approves as eligible for netting. (B) If a counterparty to a netting agreement or qualified financial contract with an insurer that is subject to a proceeding under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code terminates, liquidates, accelerates, or closes out the agreement or contract, damages shall be measured as of the date or dates of the t...

...n the liquidator, the superintendent of insurance may hear and determine the matter or may appoint a referee to hear it and make such order as the facts warrant. In the event that the superintendent determines that such objections do not warrant relief from assessment, the member may, by motion, request the court to review the matter and vacate the order to show cause. (F) The liquidator may enforce any order or col...

...s, regardless of any provision in the reinsurance contract or other agreement. Payment made by a reinsurer directly to an insured or other creditor does not diminish the reinsurer's obligation to the insurer's estate except when the reinsurance contract or other written agreement either provides for direct payment of the reinsurance to the insured or beneficiary of the insurance policy in the event of the insolvenc...

...(A) An agent, broker, premium finance company, or any other person, other than the insured, responsible for the payment of a premium is obligated to pay any unpaid earned premium due the insurer at the time of the declaration of insolvency, as shown on the records of the insurer. The liquidator may recover from such person any part of an unearned commission of such person. (B) An insured shall be obligated to pay an...

...nsolvent insurer writing life or health insurance or annuities, provide for disbursements of assets to any guaranty association or any foreign guaranty association covering life or health insurance or annuities or to any other entity or organization reinsuring, assuming, or guaranteeing policies or contracts of insurance under the acts creating such associations. (E) Notice of such application shall be served upon t...

...lues or other investment values in life insurance and annuities need not be filed unless the liquidator expressly so requires. (B) The liquidator may permit a claimant making a late filing to share in distributions, whether past or future, as if he were not late, to the extent that any such payment will not prejudice the orderly administration of the liquidation, under any of the following circumstances: (1) The e...

...(A) Proof of claim shall consist of a statement signed by the claimant that includes all of the following that are applicable: (1) The particulars of the claim including the consideration given for it; (2) The identity and amount of the security on the claim; (3) The payments made on the debt, if any; (4) That the sum claimed is justly owing and that there is no setoff, counterclaim, or defense to the claim; (5)...

...(A) The claim of a third party which is contingent only on his first obtaining a judgment against the insured shall be considered and allowed as if there were no such contingency. (B) A claim may be allowed even if contingent, if it is filed in accordance with section 3903.35 of the Revised Code. It may be allowed and may participate in all distributions declared after it is filed to the extent that it does not pre...

...(A) Whenever any third party asserts a cause of action against an insured of an insurer in liquidation, the third party may file a claim with the liquidator. (B) Whether or not the third party files a claim, the insured may file a claim on his own behalf in the liquidation. An insured who fails to file a claim by the date for filing claims specified in the order of liquidation or within sixty days after mailing of t...

...(A) When a claim is denied in whole or in part by the liquidator, written notice of the determination shall be given to the claimant or his attorney by first class mail at the address shown in the proof of claim. Within sixty days from the mailing of the notice, the claimant may file objections with the liquidator. If no such filing is made, the claimant may not further object to the determination. (B) Whenever obje...

...Whenever a creditor whose claim against an insurer is secured, in whole or in part, by the undertaking of another person, fails to prove and file that claim, the other person may do so in the creditor's name, and shall be subrogated to the rights of the creditor, whether the claim has been filed by the creditor or by the other person in the creditor's name, to the extent that he discharges the undertaking. In the abs...

...(A) The value of any security held by a secured creditor shall be determined in one of the following ways, as the court may direct: (1) By converting the same into money according to the terms of the agreement pursuant to which the security was delivered to such creditor; (2) By agreement, arbitration, compromise, or litigation between the creditor and the liquidator. (B) The determination shall be under the super...

...anty association. All claims under life insurance, annuity policies, and funding agreements, whether for death proceeds, annuity proceeds, investment values, principal, or interest, shall be treated as loss claims. That portion of any loss, indemnification for which is provided by other benefits or advantages recovered by the claimant, shall not be included in this class, other than benefits or advantages recovered o...

... to or deposited with the department of insurance shall be considered special deposits for purposes of satisfying claims of contracted providers for covered health care services provided to medicaid recipients; (2) Contracted providers that have claims against a health insuring corporation for covered health care services provided to medicaid recipients shall be given first priority against the proceeds of the bond ...

...he insurer has issued annuities or life insurance policies, the liquidator shall report the persons to whom, according to the records of the insurer, amounts are owed as cash surrender values or other investment value and the amounts owed. (B) The court may approve, disapprove, or modify the report on claims by the liquidator. Such reports as are not modified by the court within a period of sixty days following subm...

...Under the direction of the 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 by agreement between the liquidator and the credito...

...te payment unless the superintendent of insurance in his discretion files a motion requesting the court to reopen the liquidation under section 3903.47 of the Revised Code.

...(A) When all assets justifying the expense of collection and distribution have been collected and distributed under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code, the liquidator shall apply to the court for discharge. The court may grant the discharge and make any other orders, including an order to transfer any remaining funds that are uneconomic to distribute, as may be appropriate. (B) Any other person may appl...

...dator discharged, the superintendent of insurance or other interested party may at any time file a motion to reopen the proceedings for good cause, including the discovery of additional assets. If the court is satisfied that there is justification for reopening, it shall so order.

...t shall appear to the superintendent of insurance that the records of any insurer in process of liquidation or completely liquidated are no longer useful, he may recommend to the court and the court shall direct what records should be retained for future reference and what should be destroyed.