(a) Subject to the prior written approval of the Commissioner, on application of the sponsor and with the prior consent of each participant of the affected protected cell or as otherwise permitted pursuant to a participation agreement, or the consent of the affected incorporated protected cell, a sponsored captive insurance company or a sponsored captive insurance company licensed as a special purpose financial insurance company may sell, transfer, assign, and otherwise convey a protected cell or incorporated protected cell together with all of the protected cell's assets, rights, benefits, obligations, and liabilities to a new or existing sponsored captive insurance company or sponsored captive insurance company licensed as a special purpose financial insurance company, pursuant to a plan or plans of operation approved by the Commissioner.

(b) Any such sale, transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be deemed for all purposes to be a continuation of the protected cell's existence together with all of its assets, rights, benefits, obligations, and liabilities, as a protected cell of the transferee.

(c) Any such sale, transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall not be construed to limit any rights or protections applicable to the transferred protected cell or incorporated protected cell and the transferor sponsored captive insurance company or sponsored captive insurance company licensed as a special purpose financial insurance company under this subchapter or under section 6048n of this title, as applicable, that existed immediately prior to any such sale, transfer, assignment, or conveyance. (Added 2015, No. 74 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 13, 2016.)