Wisconsin Code § 601.71

Enforcement of policyholder rights
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When the
commissioner is satisfied that any nondomestic insurer which no
longer has a certificate of authority in this state does or omits to
do any act whereby the rights of policyholders who are residents
of this state, or who hold contracts issued or delivered in this
state, are adversely affected, or whereby its ability to carry out its
contracts with those policyholders is impaired, the commissioner
may, with the agreement of the attorney general, bring an action
in the name of the state on behalf of all policyholders so situated
for the purpose of enforcing their rights. The attorney general
shall act as attorney for the state in the action and the expenses
shall be borne as in other civil actions in behalf of the state. Upon
service of the complaint the insurer shall file with the commissioner the names and addresses of all policyholders so situated.
A notice of the action shall be mailed to every such policyholder
either by the commissioner or by the insurer, as the commissioner
determines. Any policyholder affected by the action may
intervene.

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