(a) The liquidator shall review all claims duly filed in the liquidation and shall make such further investigation as deemed necessary. The liquidator may compound, compromise or in any other manner negotiate the amount for which claims will be recommended to the court except where the liquidator is required by law to accept claims as settled by any person or organization, including any guaranty association. Unresolved disputes shall be determined pursuant to section 38a-941. As soon as practicable, he shall present to the court a report of the claims against the insurer with his recommendations. The report shall include the name and address of each claimant and the amount of the claim finally recommended, if any. If the 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 submission by the liquidator shall be treated by the liquidator as allowed claims, subject thereafter to later modification or to rulings made by the court pursuant to section 38a-941. No claim under a policy of insurance shall be allowed for an amount in excess of the applicable policy limits.
(c) After giving due consideration to the nature of the policies that were sold by the insurer, and the number of claims by policyholders for protection under their policies, and after considering actuarial estimates that substantial amounts of incurred but not reported losses exist, the liquidator may, but need not, formulate a proposal, subject to the approval of the court to allow such claims. The proposal may allocate or attribute all or a portion of the incurred but not reported losses to individual policyholder claimants on a basis of reasonable expert opinion. The court shall approve the proposal and the allowance of the claims unless it finds that the basis of allocation is arbitrary or capricious.
(d) The liquidator is not required to process claims for any class until it appears reasonably likely that assets will be available for a distribution to that class. If there are insufficient assets to justify processing all claims for any class listed in section 38a-944 the liquidator shall report the facts to the court and make such recommendations as may be appropriate for handling the remainder of the claims.
(P.A. 79-382, S. 43; P.A. 98-214, S. 24.)
History: Sec. 38-463 transferred to Sec. 38a-945 in 1991; P.A. 98-214 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “deemed” for “he shall deem” re further investigation, substitute “the liquidator” for “he” and delete “or foreign guaranty association”, added new Subsec. (c) re liquidator's authority to formulate a proposal to allow claims, subject to court approval, and added new Subsec. (d) re processing of claims based on assets available.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Section 38a-904. (Formerly Sec. 38-422). - Application of provisions.
Section 38a-905. (Formerly Sec. 38-423). - Definitions.
Section 38a-906. (Formerly Sec. 38-424). - Jurisdiction and venue.
Section 38a-907. (Formerly Sec. 38-425). - Injunctions, orders and stays.
Section 38a-908. (Formerly Sec. 38-426). - Cooperation of officers, owners and employees. Penalties.
Section 38a-910. (Formerly Sec. 38-428). - Continuation of delinquency proceedings.
Section 38a-911. (Formerly Sec. 38-429). - Delinquency proceeding: Limitations and conditions.
Section 38a-912. (Formerly Sec. 38-430). - Seizure order by court.
Section 38a-913. (Formerly Sec. 38-431). - Confidentiality of proceedings.
Section 38a-914. (Formerly Sec. 38-432). - Grounds for rehabilitation.
Section 38a-917. (Formerly Sec. 38-435). - Actions by and against rehabilitator.
Section 38a-918. (Formerly Sec. 38-436). - Order of liquidation. Termination of rehabilitation.
Section 38a-919. (Formerly Sec. 38-437). - Grounds for liquidation.
Section 38a-922. (Formerly Sec. 38-440). - Dissolution of insurer.
Section 38a-923. (Formerly Sec. 38-441). - Powers of liquidator.
Section 38a-924. (Formerly Sec. 38-442). - Notice to creditors and others. Requirements. Exceptions.
Section 38a-925. (Formerly Sec. 38-443). - Duties of agents. Penalty.
Section 38a-926. (Formerly Sec. 38-444). - Actions by and against liquidator.
Section 38a-927. (Formerly Sec. 38-445). - List of assets.
Section 38a-928. (Formerly Sec. 38-446). - Fraudulent transfers prior to petition.
Section 38a-929. (Formerly Sec. 38-447). - Fraudulent transfer after petition.
Section 38a-930. (Formerly Sec. 38-448). - Voidable preferences and liens. Exceptions.
Section 38a-931. (Formerly Sec. 38-449). - Claims of holders of void or voidable rights.
Section 38a-932. (Formerly Sec. 38-450). - Set-offs and counterclaims. Accounting statements.
Section 38a-933. (Formerly Sec. 38-451). - Assessments.
Section 38a-933a. - Amounts recoverable. Affiliate liability. Timing of proceedings.
Section 38a-934. (Formerly Sec. 38-452.) - Reinsurer's liability.
Section 38a-935. (Formerly Sec. 38-453). - Recovery of premiums owed. Penalty. Appeals.
Section 38a-936. (Formerly Sec. 38-454). - Liquidator's proposal to distribute assets.
Section 38a-937. (Formerly Sec. 38-455). - Filing of claims.
Section 38a-938. (Formerly Sec. 38-456). - Proof of claim.
Section 38a-939. (Formerly Sec. 38-457). - Special claims.
Section 38a-941. (Formerly Sec. 38-459). - Disputed claims. Hearings. Procedure.
Section 38a-942. (Formerly Sec. 38-460). - Claims of surety.
Section 38a-943. (Formerly Sec. 38-461). - Secured creditor's claims.
Section 38a-944. (Formerly Sec. 38-462). - Priority of distribution of claims.
Section 38a-945. (Formerly Sec. 38-463). - Liquidator's recommendations to the court.
Section 38a-946. (Formerly Sec. 38-464). - Distribution of assets.
Section 38a-947. (Formerly Sec. 38-465). - Unclaimed and withheld funds.
Section 38a-948. (Formerly Sec. 38-466). - Termination of proceedings.
Section 38a-949. (Formerly Sec. 38-467). - Reopening liquidation.
Section 38a-951. (Formerly Sec. 38-469). - External audit of the receiver's books.
Section 38a-954. (Formerly Sec. 38-472). - Domiciliary liquidators in other states.
Section 38a-955. (Formerly Sec. 38-473). - Ancillary formal proceedings.
Section 38a-956. (Formerly Sec. 38-474). - Ancillary summary proceedings.
Section 38a-960. (Formerly Sec. 38-478). - Interstate priorities.
Section 38a-961. (Formerly Sec. 38-479). - Subordination of claims for noncooperation.
Section 38a-962. - Definitions.
Section 38a-962a. - Applicability.
Section 38a-962b. - Administrative supervision by the commissioner.
Section 38a-962d. - Prohibited activities during supervision. Prior approval.
Section 38a-962e. - Contested action. Appeal.
Section 38a-962f. - Judicial or other delinquency proceedings.
Section 38a-962g. - Regulations.
Section 38a-962h. - Supervision proceeding: Contact with commissioner allowed.
Section 38a-962i. - Immunity from liability.