KRS 304.33-200: Liquidation orders.

(1) Order to liquidate. An order to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer shall

appoint the commissioner and his or her successors in office liquidator and shall

direct the liquidator forthwith to take possession of the assets of the insurer and to

administer them under the orders of the court. The liquidator 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 ordered liquidated, wherever located,

as of the date of the filing of the petition for liquidation. He or she may recover and

reduce the same to possession except that ancillary receivers in reciprocal states

shall have, as to assets located in their respective states, the rights and powers which

are prescribed in subsection (3) of KRS 304.33 -540 for ancillary receivers

appointed in this state as to assets located in this state. The filing or recording of the

order with any county clerk in this state shall impart the same notice as a deed, bill

of sale, or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded with that county clerk.

(2) Fixing of rights.

(a) Upon issuance of the order, the rights and liabilities of any such insurer and of

its creditors, policyholders, shareholders, members, and all other pe rsons

interested in its estate are fixed as of the date of filing of the petition for

liquidation, except as provided in KRS 304.33-210 and 304.33-380.

(b) Entry of an order of liquidation shall not constitute an anticipatory breach of

any contracts of the insurer, and it shall not be grounds for rescission,

revocation, or cancellation of any contracts of the insurer in force as of the

date of liquidation, except as provided in KRS 304.33-210.

(3) Alien insurer. An order to liquidate the business of an alien insurer domiciled in this

state shall be in the same terms and have the same legal effect as an order to

liquidate a domestic insurer, except that the assets and the business in the United

States shall be the only assets and business included under the order.

(4) Declaration of insolvency. At the time of petitioning for an order of liquidation, or

at any time thereafter, the commissioner may petition the court to declare the insurer

insolvent, and after such notice and hearing as it deems proper, the cour t may make

the declaration.