Minnesota Statutes 60B.34 – Setoffs and Counterclaims
Subdivision 1.Setoffs allowed in general.
Mutual debts or mutual credits between the insurer and another person in connection with any action or proceeding under sections 60B.01 to 60B.61 shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.Exceptions.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 60B.34
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 60B.34
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
No setoff or counterclaim shall be allowed in favor of any person where:
(a) the obligation of the insurer to the person would not at the date of the filing of a petition for liquidation entitle that person to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer;
(b) the obligation of the insurer to the person was purchased by or transferred to the person with a view to its being used as a setoff;
(c) the obligation of the person is to pay an assessment levied against the members or subscribers of the insurer, or is to pay a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of the insurer, or is in any other way in the nature of a capital contribution; or
(d) the obligation of the person is to pay premiums, whether earned or unearned, to the insurer.