Panel: Assignee’s Breach Of Contract Suit Against Reinsurer Is Untimely

Mealey's (August 9, 2017, 10:44 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A breach of contract lawsuit filed by an assignee of certain reinsurance receivables rights from an insolvent insurer was untimely, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed Aug. 7, finding that 215 Illinois Insurance Code Statute 5/206, 215 ILCS 5/206, does not provide that a liquidator may wait until the end to net the debits and credits (Pine Top Receivables of Illinois, LLC v. Banco De Seguros Del Estado, No. 16-3499, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14492)....