On 7 May 2018, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law the Insurance Business Transfer Act that, effective 1 November 2018, will allow an insurer or reinsurer, through a court supervised process, to transfer a portfolio of business to another insurer domiciled in Oklahoma without the affirmative consent of policyholders or insureds, becoming the first U.S. state to embrace insurance business transfers (“IBTs”) under a structure that closely mimics “Part VII” transfers authorized under the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.