Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 5906 – Grounds for liquidation
The Commissioner may apply to the court for an order appointing the Commissioner as receiver (if the Commissioner appointment as receiver shall not be then in effect) and directing the Commissioner to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer or of the United States branch of an alien insurer having trusteed assets in this State, regardless of whether or not there has been a prior order directing the Commissioner to rehabilitate such insurer, upon any of the grounds specified in § 5905 of this title or if such insurer:
(1) Has ceased transacting business for a period of 1 year, or
(2) Is an insolvent insurer and has commenced voluntary liquidation or dissolution or attempts to commence or prosecute any action or proceeding to liquidate its business or affairs or to dissolve its corporate charter or to procure the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or sequestrator under any law except this title.
18 Del. C. 1953, § ?5906; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 5906
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302