1.  At any time within 180 days after the date of an order of liquidation, the Association may elect to succeed to the rights and obligations of the ceding member insurer that relate to policies or contracts covered, in whole or in part, by the Association, in each case under any one or more reinsurance contracts entered into by the insolvent insurer and its reinsurers and selected by the Association. Any such assumption must be effective on the date of the order of liquidation. The election must be carried out by the Association sending written notice, return receipt requested, to the affected reinsurers.

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2.  To facilitate the earliest practicable decision about whether to assume any of the contracts of reinsurance, and to protect the financial position of the estate, the receiver and each reinsurer of the ceding member insurer shall make available upon request to the Association as soon as possible after commencement of formal delinquency proceedings:

(a) Copies of in-force contracts of reinsurance and all related files and records relevant to the determination of whether such contracts should be assumed; and

(b) Notices of any defaults under the reinsurance contracts or any known event or condition which with the passage of time could become a default under the reinsurance contracts.

3.  The following apply to reinsurance contracts assumed by the Association:

(a) The Association is responsible for all unpaid premiums due pursuant to the reinsurance contracts for periods both before and after the date of the order of liquidation, and is responsible for the performance of all other obligations to be performed after the date of the order of liquidation, in each case which relates to policies or contracts covered, in whole or in part, by the Association. The Association may charge policies or contracts covered in part by the Association, through reasonable allocation methods, the costs for reinsurance in excess of the obligations of the Association and shall provide notice and an accounting of these changes to the liquidator.

(b) The Association may be entitled to any amounts payable by the reinsurer pursuant to the reinsurance contracts with respect to losses or events that occur in periods after the date of the order of liquidation and which relate to policies or contracts covered, in whole or in part, by the Association, provided that, upon receipt of any such amounts, the Association is obligated to pay to the beneficiary, under the policy or contract on account of which the amounts were paid, a portion of the amount equal to the lesser of:

(1) The amount received by the Association; or

(2) The excess of the amount received by the Association over the amount equal to the benefits paid by the Association on account of the policy or contract, less the retention of the member insurer applicable to the loss or event.

(c) Within 30 days after the Association’s election, the Association and each reinsurer under the contracts assumed by the Association shall calculate the net balance due to or from the Association pursuant to each reinsurance contract on the election date with respect to policies or contracts covered, in whole or in part, by the Association, which calculation must give full credit to all items paid by either the member insurer or its receiver or the reinsurer before the election date. The reinsurer shall pay the receiver any amounts due for losses or events before the date of the order of liquidation, subject to any set-off for premiums unpaid for periods before the date, and the Association or reinsurer shall pay any remaining balance due to the other, in each case within 5 days after the completion of the aforementioned calculation. Any disputes over the amounts due to either the Association or the reinsurer must be resolved by arbitration pursuant to the terms of the affected reinsurance contracts or, if the contracts contain no arbitration clause, as otherwise prescribed by law. If the receiver has received any amounts due to the Association under paragraph (d), the receiver shall remit the same to the Association as promptly as practicable.

(d) If the Association or receiver, on the Association’s behalf, within 60 days after the election date, pays the unpaid premiums due for periods both before and after the election date that relate to policies or contracts covered, in whole or in part, by the Association, the reinsurer is not entitled to terminate the reinsurance contracts for failure to pay premiums insofar as the reinsurance contracts relate to policies or contracts covered, in whole or in part, by the Association, and is not entitled to set off any unpaid amounts due pursuant to the other contracts, or unpaid amounts due from parties other than the Association, against amounts due to the Association.