Section 27-9-3-30.1 - Reinsurance; method of payment upon liquidation(a) Reinsurance must be payable under a contract reinsured by an assuming insurer on the basis of reported claims allowed in the liquidation proceedings, subject to court approval, without diminution because of the insolvency of the ceding insurer. Payments must be made directly to the ceding insurer or to the ceding insurer's domiciliary liquidator except when: (1) the contract or other written agreement specifically provides another payee of the reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the ceding insurer; or(2) before the initiation of the insolvency proceedings, the assuming insurer, with the consent of the direct insured, has assumed the policy obligations of the ceding insurer as direct obligations of the assuming insurer to policy payees and in substitution for the obligations of the ceding insurer to the payees.(b) During the pendency of a receivership proceeding, an assuming insurer, with the consent of the direct insured and the receiver, subject to court approval, may assume policy obligations of the ceding insurer as direct obligations of the assuming insurer to the policy payees and in substitution for the obligations of the ceding insurer to the payees.As added by P.L. 233-1999, SEC.12.