Section 7121. Effects upon guaranty corporations of certain events


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  • (a) No
      domestic life insurance company  which  became  a  domestic  insurer  in
      accordance  with  section  seven  thousand  one  hundred  twenty of this
      article shall, except as provided in paragraph two of subsection (c)  of
      this  section,  at any time be deemed to be a member company of The Life
      Insurance Guaranty Corporation provided for in article  seventy-five  of
      this chapter.
        (b)  No  benefits  for  any  person  shall  arise  or  be increased or
      decreased under article seventy-five or article  seventy-seven  of  this
      chapter  as  a  result  of the redomestication of a foreign life insurer
      pursuant to section seven thousand one hundred twenty of this article.
        (c)(1) No merger or consolidation between a  domestic  life  insurance
      company  which  is  a  member  company  of  The  Life Insurance Guaranty
      Corporation and a domestic life insurance company which is not a  member
      company  of  The Life Insurance Guaranty Corporation shall result in any
      increase  or  decrease  of  the  protection   provided   under   article
      seventy-five  of this chapter to the policies or contracts of the member
      company. No policy or contract issued by a non-member company  prior  to
      such merger or consolidation shall receive the protection provided under
      article  seventy-five  of  this  chapter  as  a result of such merger or
      consolidation.
        (2) If the surviving or consolidated company of  any  such  merger  or
      consolidation  is  not  a  member company of The Life Insurance Guaranty
      Corporation, the surviving or consolidated company shall be deemed to be
      a member company of The Life Insurance Guaranty Corporation and shall be
      subject to any assessment levied against member  companies  pursuant  to
      section  seven  thousand five hundred four of this chapter in proportion
      to the surviving or consolidated  company's  total  admitted  assets  as
      shown  in  its  annual statement for the year next preceding the date of
      such assessment; provided, however, in the event that an  assessment  is
      levied  against  the  surviving  or  consolidated  company the year such
      merger or consolidation is consummated, the  surviving  or  consolidated
      company  shall  be  assessed in proportion to the admitted assets of its
      constituent member company as shown  in  such  member  company's  annual
      statement for the year next preceding the date of such assessment.