Colorado Code § 10-3-525

Fraudulent transfers prior to petition
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(1) Every transfer made or suffered
and every obligation incurred by an insurer within one year prior to the filing of a successful
petition for rehabilitation or liquidation under this part 5 is fraudulent as to then existing and
future creditors if made or incurred without fair consideration or if made with actual intent to
hinder, delay, or defraud either existing or future creditors. A transfer made or an obligation
incurred by an insurer ordered to be rehabilitated or liquidated under this part 5, which is
fraudulent under this section, may be avoided by the receiver, except as to a person who in good
faith is a purchaser, lienor, or obligee for a present fair equivalent value; except that any
purchaser, lienor, or obligee, who in good faith has given a consideration less than fair for such
transfer, lien, or obligation, may retain the property, lien, or obligation as security for repayment.
The court may, on due notice, order any such transfer or obligation to be preserved for the
benefit of the estate, and in that event, the receiver shall succeed to and may enforce the rights of
the purchaser, lienor, or obligee.
(2) (a) A transfer of property other than real property shall be deemed to be made or
suffered when it becomes so far perfected that no subsequent lien obtainable by legal or
equitable proceedings on a simple contract could become superior to the rights of the transferee
under section 10-3-527 (3).
(b) A transfer of real property shall be deemed to be made or suffered when it becomes
so far perfected that no subsequent bona fide purchaser from the insurer could obtain rights
superior to the rights of the transferee.
(c) A transfer which creates an equitable lien shall not be deemed to be perfected if there
are available means by which a legal lien could be created.
(d) Any transfer not perfected prior to the filing of a petition for liquidation shall be
deemed to be made immediately before the filing of the successful petition.
(e) The provisions of this subsection (2) shall apply whether or not there are or were
creditors who might have obtained any liens or persons who might have become bona fide
purchasers.
(3) Any transaction of the insurer with a reinsurer shall be deemed fraudulent and may
be avoided by the receiver under subsection (1) of this section if:
(a) The transaction consists of the termination, adjustment, or settlement of a reinsurance
contract in which the reinsurer is released from any part of its duty to pay the originally specified
share of losses that had occurred prior to the time of the transactions, unless the reinsurer gives a
present fair equivalent value for the release; and
(b) Any part of the transaction took place within one year prior to the date of filing of the
petition through which the receivership was commenced.
(4) Every person receiving any property from the insurer or any benefit thereof which is
a fraudulent transfer under subsection (1) of this section shall be personally liable therefore and
shall be bound to account to the liquidator.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section and any other provision of this title, a
receiver shall not avoid any transfer of, or any obligation to transfer, money or any other
property arising under or in connection with a federal home loan bank security agreement or any
pledge agreement, security agreement, collateral agreement, guarantee agreement, or other
similar arrangement or credit enhancement relating to a security agreement to which a federal
home loan bank is a party; except that a transfer may be avoided under this section if it was
made with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either existing or future creditors.

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