Sec. 14. (a) Every transfer made, or suffered, and every obligation incurred by an insurer within one (1) year before the filing of a successful petition for rehabilitation or liquidation under IC 27-9 is fraudulent as to then existing and future creditors if made or incurred without fair consideration, or with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either existing or future creditors.
(b) A transfer made or an obligation incurred by an insurer ordered to be rehabilitated or liquidated under IC 27-9, which is fraudulent under this section, may be avoided by the receiver, except:
(1) as to a person who in good faith is a purchaser, lienor, or obligee for a present fair equivalent value; and
(2) that any purchaser, lienor, or obligee, who in good faith has given a consideration less than fair for such transfer, lien, or obligation, may retain the property, lien, or obligation as security for repayment.
The court may, on due notice, order any transfer or obligation to be preserved for the benefit of the estate, and in that event, the receiver shall succeed to and may enforce the rights of the purchaser, lienor, or obligee.
(c) A transfer of property, other than real property, is made or suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent lien obtainable by legal or equitable proceedings on a simple contract could become superior to the rights of the transferee under section 18 of this chapter.
(d) A transfer of real property is made or suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent bona fide purchaser from the insurer could obtain rights superior to the rights of the transferee.
(e) A transfer that creates an equitable lien is not perfected if there are available means by which a legal lien could be created.
(f) Any transfer not perfected before the filing of a petition for liquidation shall be treated as if it were made immediately before the filing of the successful petition.
(g) The provisions of subsections (b) through (f) apply whether or not there are or were creditors who might have obtained any liens or persons who might have become bona fide purchasers.
(h) Any transaction of the insurer with a reinsurer is fraudulent and may be avoided by the receiver under section 13 of this chapter if:
(1) the transaction consists of the termination, 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 before the time of the transaction, unless the reinsurer gives a present fair equivalent value for the release; and
(2) any part of the transaction took place within one (1) year before the date of filing of the petition through which the receivership was commenced.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.255, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 9. Supervision; Rehabilitation; Liquidation
27-9-3-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
27-9-3-1. Petition to Rehabilitate Insurer
27-9-3-2. Order to Rehabilitate Insurer
27-9-3-3. Rehabilitator; Personnel; Term; Compensation; Powers; Plan
27-9-3-4. Pending Actions; Protection of Insurer After Rehabilitation Order
27-9-3-5. Petition for Liquidation; Termination of Rehabilitation
27-9-3-6. Basis for Liquidation
27-9-3-7. Order to Liquidate; Content; Effect; Declaration of Insolvency; Accounting
27-9-3-8. Termination of Insurance Coverage
27-9-3-9. Dissolution of Corporate Existence; Authorized Acts of Liquidator
27-9-3-10. Notice of Liquidation by Liquidator
27-9-3-11. Notice of Liquidation by Insurance Producers to Policyholders
27-9-3-12. Actions After Liquidation Orders
27-9-3-14. Transfers Made or Obligations Incurred as Fraudulent
27-9-3-15. Transfers After Petition; Validity
27-9-3-17. Transfers; Time Perfected
27-9-3-19. Transfers on Account of New and Contemporaneous Consideration
27-9-3-20. Liens Dissolved by Furnishing Bond; Effect of Voidable Lien
27-9-3-21. Discharge From Voidable Lien
27-9-3-22. Jurisdiction of Marion County Circuit Court Under This Chapter
27-9-3-23. Discharge of Surety Under Releasing Bond
27-9-3-24. Extension of Unsecured Credit by Preferred Creditor
27-9-3-25. Payment to Attorney for Services
27-9-3-26. Personal Liability Relating to Improper Preferences
27-9-3-27. Claims by Creditors Holding Voidable Preferences
27-9-3-28. Setoff of Mutual Debts or Credits
27-9-3-29. Liquidator's Report; Assessment of Members
27-9-3-30.1. Reinsurance; Method of Payment Upon Liquidation
27-9-3-31. Liability for Payment of Premiums by Insured and Person Other Than Insured; Penalties
27-9-3-32. Proposal to Disburse Assets
27-9-3-33. Filing Proof of Claims
27-9-3-34. Content of Proof of Claim
27-9-3-34.5. Administration of Large Deductible Worker's Compensation Policy
27-9-3-35. Claims Subject to Contingencies
27-9-3-36. Claims by Insured or by Third Party
27-9-3-37. Denial of Claim; Objections; Hearing
27-9-3-38. Claims in Name of Secured Creditors
27-9-3-39. Valuation of Security Held by Secured Creditor
27-9-3-40. Priority of Distribution of Claims
27-9-3-40.5. Segregated Investment Accounts
27-9-3-41. Settlement of Claims; Report of Unresolved Claims; Action of Court on Report
27-9-3-42. Payment of Distributions
27-9-3-43. Deposit of Unclaimed Funds
27-9-3-44. Discharge of Liquidator
27-9-3-45. Reopening of Proceedings
27-9-3-46. Destruction of Records
27-9-3-47. Audit of Books of Commissioner Relating to Receivership