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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 646.16

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    The commissioner shall promptly pay to the fund any deposit held in this state that was paid, as required by law or the commissioner, by the insolvent insurer for the benefit of creditors, including policyholders, and not turned over to the domiciliary liquidator upon the entry of a final order of liquidation of an insurer domiciled in this state or in a reciprocal state, as defined in s. 645.03 (1) (i). Of the amount paid to the fund under this subsection, the fund may retain the percentage determined by dividing the aggregate amount of policyholders’ claims that are related to the insolvency and for which the fund has provided benefits under this chapter by the aggregate amount of all policyholders’ claims in this state that are related to the insolvency. The fund shall remit the balance to the domiciliary liquidator.
   (2)   Any amount retained by the fund under sub. (1) shall be treated as a distribution of estate assets under s. 645.72 or a similar provision of the state of domicile of the insolvent insurer. Deposits subject to this section shall not be treated as deposits as security, escrow, or other security under s. 645.03 (1) (j).