(a) Whenever under the laws of this state an ancillary receiver is to be appointed in delinquency proceedings for an insurer not domiciled in this state, the court shall appoint the commissioner as ancillary receiver. The commissioner shall file an application requesting the appointment (1) if he or she finds that there are sufficient assets of that insurer located in this state, or that there are sufficient persons residing in this state having claims against that insurer, to justify the appointment of an ancillary receiver, or (2) if 10 or more persons resident in this state having claims against that insurer file an application with the commissioner requesting the appointment of an ancillary receiver.

(b) The domiciliary receiver of an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state, shall be vested by operation of law with the title to all of the property, contracts, and rights of action, and all of the books and records of the insurer located in this state, and he or she shall have the immediate right to recover balances due from local agents and to obtain possession of any books and records of the insurer found in this state. He or she shall also be entitled to recover the other assets of the insurer located in this state except that upon the appointment of an ancillary receiver in this state, the ancillary receiver shall, during the ancillary receivership proceedings, have the sole right to recover such other assets. The ancillary receiver shall, as soon as practicable, liquidate from their respective securities those special deposit claims and secured claims which are proved and allowed in the ancillary proceedings in this state, and shall pay the necessary expenses of the proceedings. All remaining assets shall be promptly transferred to the domiciliary receiver. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the ancillary receiver and his or her deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, in any ancillary receivership proceeding in this state against an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state, assets located in this state which comprise all or part of any deposit by that insurer under the laws of that reciprocal state for the benefit and security of beneficiaries of awards of workers’ compensation against insurers shall be returned promptly to the domiciliary receiver, if he or she so requests, without deduction of any amounts to satisfy claims of policyholders and creditors.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1466, Sec. 1.)