Indiana Code
Chapter 3. Formal Proceedings
27-9-3-16. Preferences

Sec. 16. (a) A preference is a transfer of any of the property of an insurer to or for the benefit of a creditor, for or on account of an antecedent debt, made or suffered by the insurer within one (1) year before the filing of a successful petition for liquidation under IC 27-9, the effect of which transfer may be to enable the creditor to obtain a greater percentage of this debt than another creditor of the same class would receive. If a liquidation order is entered while the insurer is already subject to a rehabilitation order, then that transfer shall be considered a preference if made or suffered within one (1) year before the filing of the successful petition for rehabilitation, or within two (2) years before the filing of the successful petition for liquidation, whichever time is shorter.
(b) A preference may be avoided by the liquidator if:
(1) the insurer was insolvent at the time of the transfer;
(2) the transfer was made within four (4) months before the filing of the petition;
(3) the creditor receiving it or to be benefited by it or his agent acting with reference to it had, at the time when the transfer was made, reasonable cause to believe that the insurer was insolvent or was about to become insolvent; or
(4) the creditor receiving it was an officer, or any employee or attorney or other person who was in fact in a position of comparable influence in the insurer to an officer whether or not he held such a position, or any shareholder holding directly or indirectly more than five percent (5%) of any class of any equity security issued by the insurer, or any other person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or aggregation of persons with whom the insurer did not deal at arm's length.
(c) Where the preference is voidable, the liquidator may recover the property or, if it has been converted, its value from any person who has received or converted the property, except where a bona fide purchaser or lienor has given less than fair equivalent value, he shall have a lien upon the property to the extent of the consideration actually given by him. Where a preference by way of lien or security title is voidable, the court may on due notice order the lien or title to be preserved for the benefit of the estate, in which event the lien or title shall pass to the liquidator.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.255, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.433.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 27. Insurance

Article 9. Supervision; Rehabilitation; Liquidation

Chapter 3. Formal Proceedings

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

27-9-3-13. Listing of Assets

27-9-3-14. Transfers Made or Obligations Incurred as Fraudulent

27-9-3-15. Transfers After Petition; Validity

27-9-3-16. Preferences

27-9-3-17. Transfers; Time Perfected

27-9-3-18. Liens

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. Repealed

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