The commissioner may appoint a person to act as conservator or liquidator of the company. The person appointed may be Thrift Guaranty Corporation of California. If the company’s outstanding thrift obligations are insured by an instrumentality of the United States government, the commissioner may appoint that instrumentality to act as conservator or liquidator of the company. Subject to the other provisions of this division, a conservator or liquidator, while in possession of the property and business of a company, has the same powers and rights and is subject to the same duties and obligations as the commissioner while in

possession of the property and business of a company. During such time, the rights of the company and of all persons with respect thereto, subject to the other provisions of this chapter, are the same as if the commissioner had taken possession of such properties and business, except that the commissioner may limit those powers and rights as he or she may deem necessary.