Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2013 – Rights and liabilities of creditors fixed upon liquidation
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2013
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- 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.
A. The rights and liabilities of the insurer and of its creditors, except those holding contingent claims, and of its policyholders, stockholders, or members and of all other persons interested in its assets shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court, be fixed as of the date of the entry of the order directing liquidation. The rights of claimants holding contingent claims on said date shall be determined as hereinafter provided.
B. All executory contracts of an insurer, other than contracts under which such insurer has an established benefit without any additional expenditure, shall be cancelled as of the date of the entry of an order of liquidation unless the court provides otherwise in the liquidation order, however, the commissioner may petition the court within sixty days of the entry of such order to reaffirm any such contract. Any contract that is reaffirmed shall remain in force in accordance with the court’s order and any obligation of the insurer under such contract shall become an administrative expense of the liquidation unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Acts 1958, No. 125; Acts 1993, No. 955, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:738 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 271, §1.
NOTE: Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:2013 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:257 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.