Sec. 443.152. CONTINUANCE OF COVERAGE. (a) Notwithstanding any policy or contract language or any other statute, all reinsurance contracts by which the insurer has assumed the insurance obligations of another insurer are canceled upon entry of an order of liquidation.

(b) Notwithstanding any policy or contract language or any other statute, all policies, insurance contracts other than reinsurance by which the insurer has ceded insurance obligations to another person, and surety bonds or surety undertakings, other than life or health insurance or annuities, in effect at the time of issuance of an order of liquidation, unless further extended by the receiver with the approval of the receivership court, continue in force only until the earlier of:

(1) the 30th day after the date of entry of the liquidation order;

(2) the date of expiration of the policy coverage;

(3) the date the insured has replaced the insurance coverage with equivalent insurance with another insurer or otherwise terminated the policy;

(4) the date the liquidator has effected a transfer of the policy obligation pursuant to Section 443.154(h); or

(5) the date proposed by the liquidator and approved by the receivership court to cancel coverage.

(c) An order of liquidation under Section 443.151 must terminate coverages at the time specified by Subsections (a) and (b) for purposes of any other statute.

(d) Policies of life or health insurance or annuities covered by a guaranty association and any portion of policies of life or health insurance or annuities covered by a guaranty association continue in force for the period and under the terms provided for by any applicable guaranty association law. Policies of life or health insurance or annuities not covered by a guaranty association and any portion of policies of life or health insurance or annuities not covered by a guaranty association terminate under Subsection (b), except to the extent the liquidator proposes and the receivership court approves the use of property of the estate, consistent with Section 443.301, for the purpose of continuing the contracts or coverage by transferring them to an assuming reinsurer.

(e) The cancellation of any bond or surety undertaking does not release any cosurety or guarantor.

(f) The obligations of the insolvent insurer's reinsurers are not released or discharged by a cancellation under this section.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 995 (H.B. 2157), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Redesignated from Insurance Code - Not Codified, Art/Sec 21A.152 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 3B.004(a)(1), eff. September 1, 2007.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 3B.004(q), eff. September 1, 2007.

Redesignated from Insurance Code - Not Codified, Art/Sec 21A.152 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.004(a)(1), eff. September 1, 2007.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.004(q), eff. September 1, 2007.