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 absence of an agreement with the creditor to the contrary, the other person shall not be entitled to any distribution; however, until the amount paid to the creditor on the undertaking plus the distributions paid on the claim from the insurer’s estate to the creditor equals the amount of the entire claim of the creditor. Any excess received by the creditor shall be held by him in trust for such other person. The term “other person,” as used in this Code section, is not intended to apply to a guaranty association or foreign guaranty association.
History. Code 1981, § 33-37-39 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1424, § 7.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, double quotation marks were substituted for single quotation marks enclosing “other person” in the last sentence of this Code section.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 37 - Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation
Article 3 - Procedure for Rehabilitation
§ 33-37-11. Petition for Rehabilitation; Grounds
§ 33-37-12. Order to Rehabilitate; Commissioner to Be Appointed as Rehabilitator; Effect of Order
§ 33-37-13. Authority of Rehabilitator; Additional Remedies; Rehabilitation Plan
§ 33-37-16. Grounds for Order of Liquidation
§ 33-37-18. Termination of Policy Coverage
§ 33-37-19. Petition for Dissolution of Corporate Existence
§ 33-37-20. Powers of Liquidator
§ 33-37-21. Notice of Liquidation
§ 33-37-22. Responsibility of Agent to Provide Information; Penalty for Violation
§ 33-37-24. Time for Filing List of Assets; Reducing Assets to Liquidity
§ 33-37-25. Fraudulent Transfers or Obligations Incurred; Avoidance
§ 33-37-28. Disallowing Preferred Creditor’s Claims
§ 33-37-29. Mutual Debts and Credits
§ 33-37-31. Liability of Reinsurers
§ 33-37-33. Application for Approval of Proposal to Disburse Assets; Notice
§ 33-37-34. Proof of Claims; Late Filing
§ 33-37-36. Third-Party Contingent Claim; Claims Due in Future; Claims Under Employment Contracts
§ 33-37-37. Third-Party Claim Against Insured
§ 33-37-38. Procedure When Claim Denied
§ 33-37-39. When Third Person Subrogated to Rights of Creditor
§ 33-37-40. Determining Value of Security Held by Secured Creditor
§ 33-37-41. Priority of Distribution of Claims
§ 33-37-42. Authority of Liquidator to Compound, Compromise, or Negotiate Claims; Report to Court
§ 33-37-43. Payment of Distributions
§ 33-37-44. Disposition of Unclaimed Funds Subject to Distribution
§ 33-37-45. Liquidator’s Application for Discharge
§ 33-37-46. Reopening Liquidation Proceedings