“Assumed claims transaction” includes:
1. A policy obligation that has been assumed by an insolvent insurer, before the entry of a final order of liquidation, through a merger between the insolvent insurer and another entity obligated under the policy.
2. An assumption reinsurance transaction in which:
(a) The insolvent insurer assumed, before the entry of a final order of liquidation, the claim or policy obligations of another insurer or entity obligated under a claim or policy;
(b) The assumption of the claim or policy obligations has been approved by the Commissioner, if such approval is required; and
(c) As a result of the assumption, the claim or policy obligation became the direct obligation of the insolvent insurer through a novation of the claim or policy.