If a domiciliary liquidator has not been appointed, the director may apply to the court by verified petition for an order directing him to act as conservator to conserve the property of an alien insurer not domiciled in this state or a foreign or alien insurer on any one or more of the following grounds:

(1) Any of the grounds in § 58-29B-31;

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-29B-134

  • insolvent: means that it is unable to pay its obligations when they are due, or when its admitted assets do not exceed its liabilities plus the greater of any capital and surplus required by law for its organization or the total par or stated value of its authorized and issued capital stock. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-29B-3
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • State: when used in context signifying a jurisdiction other than the State of South Dakota, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2

(2) That any of its property has been sequestered by official action in its domiciliary state, or in any other state;

(3) That enough of its property has been sequestered in a foreign country to give reasonable cause to fear that the insurer is or may become insolvent;

(4) That its certificate of authority to do business in this state has been revoked or that none was ever issued and that there are residents of this state with outstanding claims or outstanding policies.

Source: SL 1989, ch 436, § 134.