Common use of Payment of Benefits under an Insolvency Clause in Contracts

Payment of Benefits under an Insolvency. The obligations of the Reinsurer under this Agreement shall be without diminution or in any way affected or diminished because of the insolvency of the Ceding Company. In the event of the insolvency of the Ceding Company and the appointment of a conservator, liquidator, receiver or statutory successor of the Ceding Company while coinsurance is in effect as to any Policy, all coinsurance made, ceded, renewed or otherwise becoming effective under this Agreement shall be payable directly to such conservator, liquidator, receiver or statutory successor immediately upon demand, with reasonable provision for verification, on the basis of claims allowed against the Ceding Company by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any conservator, liquidator, receiver or statutory successor of the Ceding Company having authority to allow such claims, without diminution because of such insolvency or because such conservator, liquidator, receiver or statutory successor has failed to pay all or a portion of any claims, except where (x) this Agreement specifies another payee of such reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the Ceding Company or (y) the Reinsurer, with the consent of the direct insured or insureds, has assumed such policy obligations of the Ceding Company as direct obligations of the Reinsurer to the payees under such Policies and in substitution for the obligations of the Ceding Company to such payees.