So you purchased insurance. When the company was dissolved, you were granted stock in another company as compensation. I assume you are no longer paying premiums. So now you have an asset with unknown tax liability. If you'd simply stopped paying your premiums, you'd have nothing. Sounds like the "Prison Guard's Dilemma" from Shawshank to me. "I have this thing of value that I didn't have before that I may have to pay taxes on. Poor me."