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EXHIBIT 10.152
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
NO. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006
between
BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Lakeland, Florida
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
and
PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
Keene, New Hampshire
(hereinafter referred to as the “Subscribing Reinsurer”)

 


 

CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS REINSURANCE AGREEMENT NO. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
             
ARTICLE   CONTENTS   PAGE
 
  PREAMBLE     1  
I
  BUSINESS COVERED     1  
II
  EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION     1  
III
  TERRITORY     2  
IV
  LIMIT AND RETENTION     2  
V
  WARRANTIES     2  
VI
  ULTIMATE NET LOSS     2  
VII
  LOSS IN EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS     3  
VIII
  EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS     3  
IX
  EXCLUSIONS     4  
X
  SPECIAL ACCEPTANCES     6  
XI
  LOSS OCCURRENCE     7  
XII
  REINSURANCE PREMIUM     7  
XIII
  REPORTS AND REMITTANCES     8  
XIV
  LOSS ADJUSTMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS     8  
XV
  SALVAGE AND SUBROGATION     9  
XVI
  FEDERAL TERRORISM EXCESS RECOVERY CLAUSE     9  
XVII
  ACCESS TO RECORDS     10  
XVIII
  DIVIDENDS AND TAXES     11  
XIX
  FEDERAL EXCISE TAX     11  
XX
  GOVERING LAW     11  
XXI
  CURRENCY     12  
XXII
  OFFSET     12  
XXIII
  ERRORS OR OMISSIONS     12  
XXIV
  INSOLVENCY     12  
XXV
  MEDIATION     13  
XXVI
  ARBITRATION     14  
XXVII
  SPECIAL CONDITIONS     16  
XXVIII
  THIRD PARTIES     17  
XXIX
  UNAUTHORIZED REINSURENCE     18  
XXX
  SERVICE OF SUIT     19  
XXXI
  CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE     20  
XXXII
  AMENDMENTS     21  
XXXIII
  SEVERABILITY     21  
XXXIV
  INTEREST PENALTY     21  
XXXV
  ASSIGNMENT     22  
XXXVI
  ENTIRE AGREEMENT     22  
ATTACHMENTS:
EXHIBIT A — FIRST EXCESS OF LOSS
EXHIBIT B — SECOND EXCESS OF LOSS
EXHIBIT C — THIRD EXCESS OF LOSS
APPENDIX A — DEFINITION OF COMPANY
APPENDIX B — FORTUNE’S GLOBAL 500 LIST

 


 

APPENDIX C — PHARMACEUTICAL/MEDICAL RISKS
INSOLVENCY FUNDS EXCLUSION CLAUSE.
NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE — LIABILITY — REINSURANCE — U.S.A.
NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE — LIABILITY — REINSURANCE — CANADA.
NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE — REINSURANCE — NO. 4.

 


 

CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
(hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”)
between
BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Lakeland, Florida
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
and
PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
Keene, New Hampshire
(hereinafter referred to as the “Subscribing Reinsurer”)
ARTICLE I — BUSINESS COVERED
A.   The Subscribing Reinsurer shall indemnify the Company on an excess of loss basis in respect of the Company’s Ultimate Net Loss paid or to be paid by the Company as a result of losses occurring during the term of the Agreement for Policies in force as of January 1, 2006, and new and renewal Policies becoming effective on or after said date, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
 
B.   This Agreement is solely between the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any obligations or establish any rights against the Subscribing Reinsurer in favor of any person or entity not a party hereto.
 
C.   The term “Policies” shall mean each of the Company’s binders, policies and contracts of insurance or reinsurance on the business covered hereunder.
 
D.   Under this Agreement, the indemnity for reinsured loss applies only to Workers Compensation and Employers Liability business written by the Company, except as excluded under Article IX — Exclusions of this Agreement, and classified as Summit Profit Center, (see Appendix A — Definition of Profit Center).
ARTICLE II — EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
A.   This Agreement shall become effective with respect to losses occurring on and after at 12:01 a.m. Local Standard Time, January 1, 2006, and shall remain in full force until terminated. This Agreement may be terminated at the close of any calendar year by either party giving to the other 90 days prior written notice by certified mail of its intention to do so.
 
B.   During the running of such notice as stipulated in Paragraph A. above, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall participate in business coming within the terms of this Agreement until the date of termination of this Agreement,
 
C.   Upon termination of the Agreement, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall be liable for the losses occurring prior to the date of termination; however, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall have no liability for losses occurring subsequent to the termination of this Agreement
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D.   If this Agreement shall terminate while a loss covered hereunder is in progress, it is agreed that, subject to the other conditions of this Agreement, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall indemnify the Company as if the entire loss had occurred during the time this Agreement is in force provided the loss covered hereunder started before the date of termination.
ARTICLE III — TERRITORY
The territorial limits of this Agreement shall be identical with those of the Company’s Policies.
ARTICLE IV — LIMIT AND RETENTION
A.   The limits and retentions provided under this Agreement are as set forth in Exhibits A, B and C attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement.
 
B.   The Company’s retention and the Subscribing Reinsurer’s limit of liability for each Loss Occurrence, set forth in Section I of Exhibits A, B and C attached hereto and made part of this Agreement, shall apply irrespective of the number of Policies affected or number of hazards in one policy.
 
C.   Reinsurance of the Company’s retention, set forth in each Exhibit, shall not be deducted in arriving at the Company’s Ultimate Net Loss herein.
ARTICLE V — WARRANTIES
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Subscribing Reinsurers’ liability under this Agreement shall be limited to a maximum of:
1.   $5,000,000 Maximum Any One Life for Workers’ Compensation;
 
2.   Maximum Employers Liability limit $2,000,000.
ARTICLE VI — ULTIMATE NET LOSS
The term “Ultimate Net Loss” as used in this Agreement shall mean: (1) all amounts paid or due and payable by the Company in the investigation, appraisal, adjustment, settlement, litigation, defense or appeal, or payment of claims or judgments arising from each and every loss, and/or Loss Occurrence for which the Company is or may be found liable under the Policies, less salvages and subrogation recoveries and amounts recovered or recoverable under pooling agreements or other reinsurances, whether collectible, or not “Ultimate Net Loss” includes, but is not limited to, the following paid or payable amounts: loss adjustment expenses, defense costs, court costs, supersedeas and appeal bond costs. Post or Prejudgment Interest and Delayed Damages, Attorneys Fees and Expenses, Claim-Specific Declaratory Judgment Expenses, a pro rata share of salaries and expenses of the Company’s or its affiliates’ field employees according to the time occupied in adjusting, defending, and settling such loss, and expenses of all of the Company’s or its affiliates’ officers and employees incurred in connection with the loss; (except that salaries of officers and employees engaged in general management and located in the home office of the Company or its affiliates and any office expense of the Company shall not be included), and all other costs of investigation or litigation, (2) Extra Contractual Obligations (as defined in the Extra Contractual Obligations Article, and (3) loss in excess of original Policy limits (as described in the Loss in Excess of Original Policy Limits Article).
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“Claim-Specific Declaratory Judgment Expenses” shall be defined as fees and expenses incurred in actions brought to determine whether the Company has a defense and/or indemnification obligation for individual claims presented against Policies covered under this Agreement. Any Claim-Specific Declaratory Judgment Expense shall be deemed to have been fully incurred on the same date as the insured’s original loss (if any) giving rise to the action, unless otherwise provided for within this Agreement.
The term “Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses” as used above, means the fees and expenses of attorneys, including the fees and expenses of the Company’s or its affilliates’ in-house attorneys providing legal advice on coverage questions and/or defending the Company in coverage litigation, and fees and expenses of staff counsel in the defense of policyholder claims. Such Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses for in-house attorneys and staff counsel shall be calculated at the rate for such attorneys plus the expenses incurred by such attorneys, but excluding office expenses of the Company and its affiliates and salaries and expenses of their other employees.
“Post or Prejudgment Interest or Delayed Damages” shall mean interest or damages added to a settlement, verdict, award, or judgment based on the period of time prior to or after the settlement, verdict, award, or judgment whether or not made part of the settlement, verdict, award, or judgment.
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to mean that losses under this Agreement are not recoverable until the Company’s Ultimate Net Loss has been ascertained. In the event a verdict or judgment is reduced by an appeal or a settlement subsequent to the entry of the judgment, thereby resulting in an ultimate saving on such verdict or judgment, or in the event a judgment is reversed outright, the loss adjustment expense incurred in securing such final reduction or reversal shall be prorated between the Reinsurers and the Company in the proportion that each benefits from such reduction or reversal, and the expenses incurred up to the time of the original verdict or judgment shall be added to the Ultimate Net Loss. In the event there is no reduction or reversal of a verdict or judgment, the loss adjustment expense incurred in attempting to secure such reduction or reversal shall be added to the Ultimate Net Loss.
ARTICLE VII — LOSS IN EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS
This Agreement shall protect the Company within the limits hereof, for 90% of any Loss in excess of the Company’s original Policy limit where Loss in excess of the limit has been incurred because of a failure by the Company or by a third-party claims administrator to settle within the Policy limit or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud, or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in defending or prosecuting litigation, including appeals, arbitration, or any alternative dispute resolution or settlement discussions involving any claim.
However, the above paragraph shall not apply where the loss has been incurred due to the fraud of a member of the Board of Directors or a Corporate Officer of the Company acting individually or collectively or in collusion with any individual or corporation or any other organization or party involved in the presentation, defense or settlement of any claim covered hereunder.
With regard to excess of Policy limits, the word “Loss” shall mean any amounts for which the Company would have been contractually liable to pay had it not been for the limit of the original Policy. The date on which any Loss in excess of the Company’s original Policy limit is incurred by the Company shall be deemed, in all circumstances, to be the date of the original Occurrence, accident, casualty, disaster, loss occurrence or loss, as selected by the Company.
ARTICLE VIII — EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
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This Agreement shall protect the Company within the limits hereof for 90% of Extra Contractual Obligations. “Extra Contractual Obligations” are defined as those liabilities not covered under any other provision of this Agreement, which arise from the handling of any claim on business covered hereunder, such liabilities arising because of, but not limited to, the following: failure by the Company or by a third party claims administrator to settle within the Policy limit, or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in defending or prosecuting litigation, including appeals, arbitration, or any alternative dispute resolution or settlement discussions involving any claim.
The date on which any Extra Contractual Obligation is incurred by the Company shall be deemed, in all circumstances, to be the date of the original Occurrence, loss occurrence, accident, casualty, disaster, or loss, as selected by the Company.
However, this Article shall not apply where the loss has been incurred due to the fraud of a member of the Board of Directors or a corporate officer of the Company acting individually or collectively or in collusion with any individual or corporation or any other organization or party involved in the presentation, defense or settlement of any claim covered hereunder.
ARTICLE IX — EXCLUSIONS
THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT COVER:
A.   THE FOLLOWING GENERAL CATEGORIES
  1.   Ex-gratia payments.
 
  2.   Loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by: (a) enemy attack by armed forces including action taken by military, naval or air forces in resisting an actual or an immediately impending enemy attack; (b) invasion; (c) insurrection; (d) rebellion; (e) revolution; (f) intervention; (g) civil war; and (h) usurped power.
 
  3.   Reinsurance assumed by the Company, except intercompany reinsurance.
 
  4.   Business derived from any Pool, Association, including Joint Underwriting Association, Syndicate, Exchange, Plan, Fund or other facility directly as a member, subscriber or participant, or indirectly by way of reinsurance or assessments; provided this exclusion shall not apply to Automobile or Workers Compensation assigned risks which may be currently or subsequently covered hereunder.
 
  5.   Pollution Liability as per the Company’s original Policies and endorsements except when a judicial entity invalidates the Company’s exclusion or in any jurisdiction whose regulatory authorities have prohibited the exclusion.
 
  6.   Insolvency Funds as per the attached Insolvency Funds Exclusion Clause.
 
  7.   Global Fortune 500 Risks as per the attached Appendix B.
 
  8.   Pharmaceutical/Medical Risks per the attached Appendix C.
 
  9.   Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clauses which are attached and made part of this Agreement:
  a.   Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause — Liability — Reinsurance — U.S.A.
 
  b.   Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause — Liability — Reinsurance — Canada.
 
  c.   Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause — Reinsurance — No. 4.
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B.   THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE COVERAGES
  1.   Fiduciary Liability.
 
  2.   Surety and Credit insurance.
 
  3.   Fidelity Bonds.
 
  4.   Credit and Financial Guarantee.
 
  5.   Securities and Exchange Liability.
 
  6.   Malpractice insurance, Directors and Officers Liability insurance or any form of Errors and Omissions or Professional Liability insurance, except as provided for under the Company’s Underwriting Guidelines.
 
  7.   Advertisers’, Broadcasters’ and Telecasters’ Liability as respects Personal Injury Liability except as provided for under the Company’s Underwriting Guidelines.
 
  8.   Kidnap, Extortion and Ransom Liability.
 
  9.   Protection and Indemnity (Ocean Marine) except for hulls under 50 feet.
 
  10.   Entertainment Business, defined as Feature Film and Major Motion Picture Studios, Commercial Negative Film Coverages, Cast Coverage, Completion Bond and Television Productions.
C.   THE FOLLOWING RISKS AS RESPECTS WORKERS COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYERS LIABILITY
  1.   Operations under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act, the Jones Act and the Maritime Employers Liability Act except when written as incidental coverages as defined in the Company’s Underwriting Guidelines.
 
  2.   Operation of docks or wharves, other than small marinas or pleasure docks.
 
  3.   Risks involving known exposure to asbestos.
 
  4.   All railway operations except sidetrack agreements.
 
  5.   Amusement parks, carnivals or circuses, except county or country fairs.
 
  6.   Subaqueous operations.
 
  7.   Mining.
 
  8.   Demolition of buildings or structures in excess of three stories or 50 feet in height.
 
  9.   Shoring, underpinning or moving of buildings or structures.
 
  10.   Manufacture, sale, rental, lease, erection or repair of scaffolds.
 
  11.   Construction of bridges over 50 feet, and tunnels or dams.
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  12.   a.  Manufacturers or importers of fireworks, fuses, or any substance, as defined and noted below, intended for use as an explosive.
  b.   Loading of fireworks, fuses, or any explosive substance defined below into containers for use as explosive objects, propellant charges or detonation devices and the storage thereof.
 
  c.   Manufacturers or importers of any product in which fireworks, fuses, or any explosive substance defined below is an ingredient.
 
  d.   Handling, storage, transportation or use of fireworks, fuses, or any explosive substance defined below.
      NOTE: An explosive substance is defined as any substance manufactured for the express purpose of exploding as differentiated from commodities used industrially and which are only incidentally explosive.
 
  13.   Manufacture, production, refining, storage, wholesale distribution or transportation of natural or artificial fuel gas, butane, propane or liquefied petroleum gases or gasoline, except when written as incidental coverages as defined in the Company’s Underwriting Guidelines.
 
  14.   Onshore and offshore gas and oil drilling operations.
 
  15.   Ownership, maintenance or use of any airport or aircraft, including fueling, or any device or machine intended for and/or aiding in the achievement of atmospheric flight, projection or orbit except as respects corporate-owned aircraft with capacity of up to four passengers.
 
  16.   Municipalities, except for those with a population less than 25,000.
 
  17.   Any actual or alleged liability whatsoever for any claim or claims in respect of loss or losses directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in consequence of, or in any way involving asbestos, or any materials containing asbestos in whatever form or quantity.
D.   THE FOLLOWING RISKS AS RESPECTS TERRORISM
 
    Terrorism losses arising from Airports, Bridges, Government Buildings, Nuclear Facilities, Office Buildings over 25 stories, Security Services, Stadiums and Tunnels, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical exposures, Explosive Manufacturing risks, Fertilizer mixing Plants, Railroads, Amusement/Theme parks with greater than 5,000 person capacity, Distribution and Manufacturing of weapons/munitions.
 
E.   The Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer have agreed on the Company’s Underwriting Guidelines, as respects policies covered under this Agreement. The Company shall advise the Reinsurer of any change in such Underwriting Guidelines.
 
F.   In the event the Company is inadvertently bound on any risk which is excluded under this Agreement, the reinsurance provided under this Agreement shall apply to such risk until discovery by the Company within its Home Office of the existence of such risk and for 45 days thereafter or for the period required by statutes, and shall then cease unless within such period, the Company has received from the Subscribing Reinsurer written notice of its approval of such risk.
ARTICLE X — SPECIAL ACCEPTANCES
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A.   Risks which are beyond the terms, conditions or limitations of this Agreement may be submitted to each Subscribing Reinsurer identified on the attached Interests and Liabilities Agreement for special acceptance hereunder. Upon receipt of approval from all Subscribing Reinsurers, such acceptance shall bind each Subscribing Reinsurer for its respective share in the interests and liabilities of said risk. A Subscribing Reinsurers’ failure to respond within 2 full business days shall be deemed approval of a risk submitted for special acceptance.
 
B.   When a risk is specially accepted, such risk shall be covered under the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except as such terms shall be modified by such acceptance. Premiums and losses derived from any special acceptance shall be included with other data for rating purposes of this Agreement. Once a risk has been accepted under the provisions of this Article, it will automatically be included at renewal unless there have been material changes to the risk, in which case the risk will be resubmitted.
ARTICLE XI — LOSS OCCURRENCE
  A.   The term “Loss Occurrence” as used herein is defined as an accident or occurrence or series of accidents or occurrences arising out of or caused by one event, except that as respects occupational disease and cumulative trauma:
 
  B.   As respects an occupational or other disease or cumulative injury under Workers Compensation and Employers Liability, each case of an employee contracting any disease for which the Company may be liable shall be considered a separate and distinct occurrence and the date of each occurrence shall be deemed to be as follows:
  1.   If the case is compensable under the Workers Compensation Law or any Occupational Disease Compensation Act, the date of the beginning of the disability for which compensation is payable;
 
  2.   If the case is not compensable under the Workers Compensation Law or any Occupational Disease Compensation Act, the date of the disability due to said disease actually began;
 
  3.   Where claim is made after employment has ceased, then the date of the cessation of employment shall be deemed to be the date of disability;
 
  4.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the incidence of a sudden catastrophic event not exceeding 24 hours in duration including traumatic injury or death, all losses to all employers shall be deemed an occurrence.
ARTICLE XII — REINSURANCE PREMIUM
The rates set forth in Section 3 of the attached Exhibits A, B and C, shall be applied to the Company’s Subject Earned Premium for the business covered as stated in Paragraph D. of Article I — Business Covered.
A.   The term “Subject Earned Premium” as used herein will be based on Standard Premium less approved premium discounts.
 
B.   The term “Standard Premium” is determined as defined in NCCI’s Basic Manual. It is determined on the basis of authorized rates, disease loadings, nonrateable elements, aircraft
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seat surcharges, premium for increase limits of liability, experience rating modification, applicable schedule rating modifications, minimum premiums and other approved rate modifications. It excludes expense constant. Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, retrospective rating plan adjustments and premium discounts.
ARTICLE XIII — REPORTS AND REMITTANCES
A.   The Company shall furnish the Subscribing Reinsurer with all necessary data respecting premiums and losses for as long as one of the parties hereto has a claim against the other arising from this Agreement.
 
B.   Quarterly Deposit Premiums equal to 1/4 of the 100% of Annual Deposit Premium will be remitted on January 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, according to the schedule below. The Company shall submit finalized accounts to the Subscribing Reinsurer on February 15, of the subsequent year, summarizing the actual subject earned premium for the previous Agreement Year. The difference between the deposit premium and the actual subject earned premium will be settled to/from the Company within 15 days of February 15. However, in no event shall the annual adjusted premium be less than the Annual Minimum Premium for each layer, set forth below:
                         
    Annual   Annual   Quarterly
Layer   Minimum   Deposit   Deposit
1. Exhibit A
  $ 10,353,485     $ 12,941,856     $ 3,235,464  
2. Exhibit B
  $ 1,811,947     $ 2,264,934     $ 566,234  
3. Exhibit C
  $ 1,258,635     $ 1,573,293     $ 393,323  
Payment by the Subscribing Reinsurer of its portion of loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses paid by the Company shall be made by the Subscribing Reinsurer to the Company immediately upon reasonable evidence of the amount due or to be deemed being furnished by the Company.
ARTICLE XIV — LOSS ADJUSTMENT AND SETTLEMENT
The Company shall give notice, as soon as practicable, to the Subscribing Reinsurer of any claim that it has reason to believe could involve this Agreement. The Company shall keep the Subscribing Reinsurer informed of significant developments likely to affect the cost of any claim or claims hereunder.
The Company may commence, continue, defend, settle, or withdraw from actions, suits, or prosecutions and, generally, do all such things relating to any claim or loss in which the Subscribing Reinsurer is interested as, in the Company’s judgment, may be beneficial or expedient to the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer. The Company shall be the sole judge as to what claims are covered under its Policies. All of the Company’s Ultimate Net Loss (and loss occurrences), as well as all loss settlements made and judgments paid by the Company, provided they are within the terms of this Agreement either under the strict conditions of the Company’s Policies or by way of compromise, shall be unconditionally binding upon the Subscribing Reinsurer, who agrees to pay all amounts for which they are liable immediately upon reasonable evidence of the amount due being furnished to the Subscribing Reinsurer by the Company. The true intent of this Agreement is that the Subscribing Reinsurer shall, in every case to which this Agreement applies, follow the settlements of the Company,
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The Company shall advise the Subscribing Reinsurer of all claims which:
  1.   Are reserved by the Company for an amount in excess of 50% of its retention;
 
  2.   Originate from fatal injuries;
 
  3.   Originate from the following kinds of bodily injury:
  a.   Brain injuries resulting in impairment of physical function;
 
  b.   Spinal injuries resulting in a partial or total paralysis of upper or lower extremities;
 
  c.   Amputation or permanent loss of use of upper or lower extremities;
 
  d.   Severe burn injuries;
 
  e.   Loss of sight in one or both eyes;
 
  f.   All other injuries likely to result in a permanent disability rate of 50% or more.
ARTICLE XV — SALVAGE AND SUBROGATION
The Reinsurers shall be credited with their share of salvage and/or subrogation in respect of claims and settlements under this Agreement, less their share of recovery expense. Unless the Company and Reinsurers agree to the contrary, the Company shall enforce its right to salvage and/or subrogation and shall prosecute all claims arising out of such right. Should the Company refuse or neglect to enforce this right, the Reinsurers are hereby empowered and authorized to institute appropriate action in the name of the Company.
Amounts recovered from salvage and/or subrogation shall always be used to reimburse the excess Reinsurers (and the Company, should it carry a portion of excess coverage net) in the reverse order of their participation in the loss before being used in any way to reimburse the Company for its primary loss. If the amount recovered exceeds the recovery expense, the recovery expense shall be borne by each party in proportion to its benefit from the recovery. If the recovery expense exceeds the amount recovered, the amount recovered (if any) shall be applied to the reimbursement of recovery expense and the remaining expense, as well as any originally incurred loss expense, shall be added to the Ultimate Net Loss. If no amount is recovered from salvage and/or subrogation, the expense incurred in attempting such recovery shall be deemed loss expense and shall be added to the Ultimate Net Loss.
ARTICLE XVI — FEDERAL TERRORISM RECOVERY CLAUSE
Any loss reimbursement the Company receives from the United States Government under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (“TRIA”) as a result of loss occurrences commencing during the term of this Agreement shall apply as follows:
Except as provided below, any loss reimbursement under TRIA shall inure solely to the benefit of the Company and shall be entirely disregarded in applying all of the provisions of this Agreement.
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If one or more loss occurrences commencing during the term of this Agreement result(s) in reinsurance recoveries to the Company under this Agreement and reimbursement under TRIA, and such amounts, together with any other reinsurance recoveries to the Company for said loss occurrence(s), exceed the total amount of “Insured Losses” to the Company, any amount in excess thereof shall be held by the Company. The Company shall then reimburse the Subscribing Reinsurer a portion of such excess recovery in an amount equal to the proportion that the Subscribing Reinsurer’s payment under this Agreement bears to the total treaty reinsurance recoveries to the Company for Insured Losses for said loss occurrence(s). Provided, however, that in no event shall such reimbursement exceed the amount paid by the Subscribing Reinsurer to the Company under this Agreement.
For purposes hereof, if a loss reimbursement received by the Company under TRIA is based on the Company’s Insured Losses in more than one loss occurrence and neither the Secretary of the Treasury nor his delegatee specifies the amount of loss allocable to each respective loss occurrence, the reimbursement shall be pro-rated in the proportion that the Company’s Insured Losses in each loss occurrence bears to the Company’s total Insured Losses resulting from all loss occurrences to which the reimbursement applies.
For purposes of this Article: (a) “TRIA” shall mean the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 and any subsequent amendments thereto; and (b) “Insured Loss(es)” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section 102(5) of TRIA.
ARTICLE XVII — ACCESS TO RECORDS
Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the Subscribing Reinsurer, or its duly authorized representative, may upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company, at Subscribing Reinsurer’s own expense, examine at the offices of the Company, during normal office hours, the Company’s Policy, accounting, underwriting, or claim records and files, or any such additional relevant records and files, as they exist in the Company’s possession or reasonable control, relating to business ceded under this Agreement. The Subscribing Reinsurer’s notice shall reasonably describe the nature of the inspection that it wishes to conduct, the persons conducting the inspection and upon notice of available files from the Company, the files that it wishes to review. Subject to the limitations expressed in this Article, this right of inspection shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement and shall continue as long as either Party has any rights or obligations under this Agreement.
The Company reserves the right to deny the Subscribing Reinsurer access to records or files concerning any particular claim(s) if the Subscribing Reinsurer has not disputed liability for payment of such claim(s), and payment of such claim(s) is more than ninety (90) days overdue according to the Company’s records. The Company shall, however, prior to an arbitration demand that may be instituted by either party, continue to respond to reasonable specific requests for information and questions raised by the Subscribing Reinsurer concerning such claims; and nothing in this Article shall restrict the right or ability of the Subscribing Reinsurer to seek discovery of relevant information in an arbitration proceeding pursuant to the Arbitration Article of this Agreement.
As a condition precedent to access to records under this Article, the Subscribing Reinsurer, its personnel and any authorized third party representative of the Subscribing Reinsurer shall agree to the provisions of the Confidentiality Article of this Agreement.
The Company reserves the right to withhold any documents from Subscribing Reinsurer (a) concerning Trade Secrets of the Company, (b) subject to the terms of a third party non-disclosure agreement with the Company requiring third party consent to disclosure, (c) subject to the Work Product Privilege or Attorney-Client Privilege or (d) concerning individual private information that as
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a matter of law cannot be disclosed by the Company (hereinafter referred to in the Agreement as “Privileged Documents”). The Company shall reasonably try to exempt the Reinsurers from any third party non-disclosure agreement or obtain consent from the third party to disclose to the Subscribing Reinsurer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall permit and not object to the Subscribing Reinsurer’s access to Privileged Documents in connection with the underlying claim reinsured hereunder following final settlement or final adjudication of the case or cases involving such claim, with prejudice against all claimants, and all parties to such adjudications; provided that the Company, may defer release of such Privileged Documents if there are subrogation, contribution, or other third party actions with respect to that claim or case, which might jeopardize the Company’s defense by release of such Privileged Documents. In the event that the Company shall seek to defer release of such Privileged Documents, it will in consultation with the Subscribing Reinsurer take other steps as reasonably necessary to provide the Subscribing Reinsurer with the information it reasonably requires to indemnify the Company without causing a loss of such privileges. The Subscribing Reinsurer, however, shall not have access to Privileged Documents relating to any dispute between the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer.
For purposes of this Article, “Trade Secrets” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1839 of the United States Economic Espionage Act of 1996. “Attorney-Client Privilege” shall mean communications of a confidential nature between a) the Company, or anyone retained or in the control of the Company, or its or its affiliates’ in-house or outside legal counsel, or anyone in the control of such legal counsel, and b) any in-house or outside legal counsel which relate to legal advice being sought by the Company and/or which contains legal advice being provided to the Company. “Work Product Privilege” shall mean communications, written materials and tangible things prepared by or for in-house or outside counsel, or prepared by or for the Company, in anticipation of or in connection with litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution proceedings.
ARTICLE XVIII — DIVIDENDS AND TAXES
In consideration of the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not claim any deduction in respect of any amount paid as dividends or as reinsurance premium when making tax returns, other than income or profits tax returns to any State or to the District of Columbia.
ARTICLE XIX — FEDERAL EXCISE TAX
This Article is applicable to any Subscribing Reinsurer who is domiciled outside of the United States of America, except for any Subscribing Reinsurer exempt from Federal Excise Tax. A Subscribing Reinsurer that claims exempt status from Federal Excise Tax shall provide to the Company, upon its request, proof that the exempt status adequately satisfies the demands of the U.S. Internal Revenue Agency and/or other applicable U.S. government authority.
Each Subscribing Reinsurer shall allow the applicable percentage of the premium payable hereon (as imposed under Section 4371 of the Internal Revenue Code) for the purpose of paying Federal Excise Tax to the extent such premium is subject to such tax.
In the event of any return of premium, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall deduct the aforesaid percentage from the return premium payable hereon and the Company or its agent shall recover such tax from the United States Government.
ARTICLE XX — GOVERNING LAW
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The validity and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New Hampshire.
ARTICLE XXI — CURRENCY
Whenever a reference to a monetary currency appears in this Agreement, it shall be construed to mean United States Dollars (“USD”). However, in those cases where the Policies are issued by the Company using Canadian Dollars (“CAD”), it shall mean Canadian Dollars. All payments made by either party shall be made in United States Dollars except that payments made involving Policies issued using Canadian Dollars shall be made in Canadian Dollars.
ARTICLE XXII — OFFSET
Each party to this Agreement together with their successors or assigns shall have and may exercise, at any time, the right to offset any balance(s) due the other (or, if more than one, any other). Such offset may include balances due under this Agreement, and any other agreements between the parties, whether such balances arises from premium, losses, or otherwise, and regardless of the capacity of any party, whether as assuming and/or ceding insurer, under the various reinsurance agreements involved, provided however, that in the event of insolvency of a party hereto, offsets shall only be allowed in accordance with the provisions of the applicable law, statute, or regulation governing such offset.
ARTICLE XXIII — ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Any inadvertent delay, omission, or error in complying with the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not be held to relieve either party hereto from any liability, which would attach to it hereunder if such delay, omission, or error had not been made, provided such delay, omission, or error is rectified upon discovery.
ARTICLE XXIV — INSOLVENCY
(If more than one reinsured company is referenced within the definition of “Company” in the Preamble to this Agreement, this Article shall apply severally to each such company. Further, this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state shall apply in the event of the insolvency of any company intended to be covered hereunder. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state of any company intended to be covered hereunder, that domiciliary state’s laws shall prevail.)
In the event of the insolvency of the Company, reinsurance under this Agreement shall be payable on demand, with reasonable provision for verification, on the basis of claims allowed against the insolvent Company by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any liquidator, receiver, conservator, or statutory successor of the Company having authority to allow such claims, without diminution because of such insolvency or because such liquidator, receiver, conservator, or statutory successor has failed to pay all or a portion of any claims. Such payments by the Subscribing Reinsurer shall be made directly to the Company or its liquidator, receiver, conservator, or statutory successor, except to the extent Section 4118(a) of the New York Insurance Law applies, or except (a) where the Agreement specifically provides another payee of such reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the Company, or (b) where the Subscribing Reinsurer with the consent of the direct insured or insureds has assumed such Policy obligations of the Company as direct obligations of the Subscribing Reinsurer to the payees under such Policies and in substitution for the obligations of the Company to such payees.
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It is agreed, however, that the liquidator, receiver, conservator, or statutory successor of the insolvent Company shall give written notice to the Subscribing Reinsurer of the pendency of a claim against the insolvent Company on the Policy or Policies reinsured within a reasonable time after such claim is filed in the insolvency proceeding and that during the pendency of such claim the Subscribing Reinsurer may investigate such claim and interpose, at its own expense, in the proceeding where such claim is to be adjudicated, any defense or defenses which it may deem available to the Company or its liquidator, receiver, conservator, or statutory successor. The expense thus incurred by the Subscribing Reinsurer shall be chargeable, subject to court approval, against the insolvent Company as part of the expense of liquidation to the extent of a proportionate share of the benefit, which may accrue to the Company solely as a result of the defense undertaken by the Subscribing Reinsurer.
Where two or more Reinsurers are involved in the same claim and a majority in interest elects to interpose defense to such claim, the expense shall be apportioned in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though such expense had been incurred by the insolvent Company.
With respect to California Workers Compensation loss(es), it is agreed that in the event of any delinquency proceeding, receivership, or insolvency of the Company and/or the failure of the Subscribing Reinsurer, for any reason, to make payments under this Agreement, the Insurance Commissioner of California may, upon 30-days notice, draw upon any sums from the deposit made by the Subscribing Reinsurer in accordance with the provisions of sections 11691 — 11703 of the California Insurance Code.
ARTICLE XXV — MEDIATION
A.   In the event of any dispute or difference of opinion arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including but not limited to the formation, interpretation, performance or breach of this Agreement, whether such dispute arises before or after the expiration of this Agreement, the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer may mutually agree in writing that, prior to proceeding with arbitration, they will submit such dispute or difference of opinion to non-binding mediation which will be held at a location mutually agreed by the parties.
 
B.   Each party shall submit a list of not more than four (4) potential mediators to the other party within the fourteen (14) days of reaching such mutual agreement. The two parties shall then agree on the appointment on one (1) mediator from the combined lists within seven (7) days. The mediator shall be a neutral, impartial third party, without past employment or directorial relationships with the parties to the mediation. Such mediator shall make full disclosure of all past partisan relationships with either the Company or Subscribing Reinsurer to the parties within seven (7) days of his or her notification that he or she has been selected as a Mediator.
 
C.   If the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer cannot agree on a mediator within twenty one (21) days from the date of a mutual agreement to mediate, then arbitration proceedings may commence in accordance with the Arbitration Article.
 
D.   The mediator will schedule an initial mediation session within thirty (30) days of his or her appointment and will be responsible for the formulation of an agenda to be distributed to the parties involved in the mediation not less than five (5) days before the mediation commences.
 
E.   The mediator will not have the power of enforcement of any agreement between the parties nor will the mediator have any right to assess any damages, including punitive damages, to either party participating in the mediation.
 
F.   If, in the opinion of the mediator, the parties cannot resolve the dispute or difference of opinion, Arbitration proceedings may commence in accordance with the Arbitration Article. In any event, the mediation shall conclude within sixty (60) days of its referral to the mediator. Should the
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    mediation not be resolved in sixty (60) days, then arbitration proceedings may commence in accordance with the Arbitration Article.
 
G.   Each party shall bear the expense of its own representatives and shall jointly and equally bear with the other party the expenses of the mediator and the place of mediation.
ARTICLE XXVI — ARBITRATION
A.   Disputes to be Arbitrated. With the exception of any dispute resolution procedures regarding commutation that are otherwise contained in this Agreement and any mutual agreement to initially mediate any dispute pursuant to the Mediation Article, any and all disputes between the Company and any Subscribing Reinsurer or Reinsurers (“Party” individually or “Parties” collectively) arising out of, relating to, or concerning this Agreement, whether sounding in contract or tort and whether arising during or after this Agreement’s formation, or after its termination, including disputes as to whether the Agreement was validly formed or is voidable, shall be submitted to the decision of an arbitration panel (“Panel”). The Panel shall consist of an umpire and two party-appointed arbitrators unless a Party meets the requirements of Paragraph C of this Article and demands arbitration pursuant thereto, in which case the Panel would consist of an umpire only.
 
B.   Procedures. Except as provided herein, any arbitration shall be based upon the Procedures for the resolution of U.S. Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes, Regular Panel Version, dated April 2004 (the “Procedures”), developed by the Insurance and Reinsurance Dispute Resolution Task Force, subject to the following modifications:
  1.   Qualifications of the arbitrators and umpires shall be in accordance with Alternative section 6.2 of the Procedures.
 
  2.   The Parties hereby designate the umpire list maintained by ARIAS (U.S.) as the list to be used in the event that section 6.7(a) of the Procedures is invoked.
 
  3.   Unless otherwise mutually agreed, the members of the Panel shall be impartial and disinterested. The members of the Panel may not be: (1) in the control of any Party or its parent, affiliate, or agent, (2) a former director or officer of any Party or its parent, affiliate, or agent, or (3) a likely witness in the arbitration. The requirement of impartiality means that all members of the Panel shall have the same obligation to approach the Panel’s duties and decisions with fairness and without consideration for the fact that Panel members may have been appointed by one of the Parties. The requirement of impartiality does not mean that any arbitrator can have no previous knowledge of or experience with respect to issues involved in the dispute or disputes.
 
  4.   The first sentence of Section 10.4 of the Procedures shall be replaced by the following sentence: “The Panel shall require that each Party submit concise written statements of position, including summaries of the facts and evidence a Party intends to present, discussion of the applicable law and the basis for the requested Award or denial of relief sought.”
 
  5.   Once the Panel has been constituted, no Party (or anyone acting for a Party) shall have any communications concerning the arbitration or any of the issues before the Panel with any member of the Panel that is not also disclosed to all other Parties and all members of the Panel. Each Panel member shall have a continuing duty to disclose promptly to all Parties and all Panel members any violation of this prohibition and the specifics of any improper communications that occurred. This prohibition shall remain in place until all
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      challenges to any arbitration awards and decisions have been either waived or finally concluded.
 
  6.   Section 11.1 of the Procedures shall be replaced by the following provision: “The Parties may propound discovery seeking disclosure of such information and/or documents relevant to the dispute or necessary for the proper resolution of the dispute.”
 
  7.   Position statements may be amended at any reasonable time, but not later than the close of discovery without a showing to the Panel that the amending Party could not reasonably have raised the new claim or issue at an earlier time.
 
  8.   The Panel shall hold an evidentiary hearing, if one is necessary, within one year of the arbitration demand, unless the Parties otherwise agree. Should a Party seek a reasonable extension to this time frame for good cause shown, the other Party’s agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld.
 
  9.   To the extent permitted by the law, the Panel shall have the authority to issue subpoenas and other orders to enforce its decisions.
 
  10.   The Panel may award reasonable attorneys’ fees and arbitration costs to the prevailing Party, as determined by the Panel.
 
  11.   Section 14.3 of the Procedures shall be replaced by the following provision: “The Panel shall make a decision and issue an award with regard to the terms expressed in this Agreement, and the custom and practice of the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business. The Panel shall not be obligated to follow the strict rules of law and evidence.”
C.   Alternative Streamlined Procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, the Alternative Streamlined Procedures set forth in section 16 of the Procedures, as modified by sections B3, B4, and B9 through B11 of this Article, shall apply in the event that, in a consolidated proceeding or otherwise, the Party initiating arbitration is seeking payment of a total amount that is no greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000), or the currency equivalent thereof. Sections 16.1, 16.2, 16.3 and the second sentence of section 16.4 of the Alternative Streamlined Procedures shall not apply. The Parties agree to comply with section 6.7 of the Procedures to appoint a single umpire, and hereby designate the umpire list maintained by ARIAS (U.S.) as the list to be used in section 6.7(a).
 
D.   Hearing Location. The hearing shall be held in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Parties mutually agree to a different location.
 
E.   Confirmation. Either Party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order confirming any award of the Panel; a judgment of that court shall thereupon be entered on any award. If such an order is issued, the Party against whom confirmation is sought shall pay the attorneys’ fees incurred of the Party who applied for the confirmation order and all court costs of any such proceeding.
 
F.   Equitable Relief from a Court of Law. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any participating Party from applying to a court of competent jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or other equitable relief to maintain the “status quo” of the Parties participating in the arbitration pending the decision and award by the Panel.
 
G.   Consolidated Proceedings.
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  1.   Same agreement, single Subscribing Reinsurer. Both the Company and any single Subscribing Reinsurer on this Agreement have the right to combine any and all disputes between them that concern this Agreement (including any renewal of this Agreement or any agreement for which this Agreement is a renewal) into a single arbitration proceeding before a single Panel, except that the standard for determining whether a Party may add a new issue, claim, or dispute to an arbitration proceeding shall be the standard for amending a Position statement, as set forth in Paragraph B7 of this Article.
 
  2.   Multiple agreements, single Subscribing Reinsurer. The Company has the right to combine any and all disputes between the Company and a single Subscribing Reinsurer into a single arbitration proceeding before a single Panel where such disputes involve this Agreement and any additional agreements between the two Parties, except that the standard for determining whether a Party may add a new issue, claim, or dispute to an arbitration proceeding shall be the standard for amending a Position statement, as set forth in Paragraph B7 of this Article.
 
  3.   Same agreement, multiple Reinsurers. At the Company’s option, if more than one Subscribing Reinsurer is involved in arbitration relating to this Agreement, where there are common questions of law or fact and a possibility of conflicting awards or inconsistent results, all such Reinsurers shall constitute and act as one Party for purposes of this Article and communications shall be made by the Company to each of the Reinsurers constituting the one Party; provided, however, that the Reinsurers shall have the right to assert several, rather than joint defenses or claims, and to be represented by separate counsel. This provision shall not change the liability of each of the Reinsurers under the terms of this Agreement from several to joint.
H.   Choice of Law. The law set forth in the Governing Law Article shall apply to this Arbitration Article. In addition, to the extent the Panel (or the umpire in an Alternative Streamlined Procedure) looks to applicable law, such Panel or umpire shall apply the law as set forth in the Governing Law Article of this Agreement.
 
I.   Survival of Article. This Article shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XXVII — SPECIAL CONDITIONS
The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time by the giving of 30 days prior notice in writing to the Subscribing Reinsurer upon the happening of any one of the following circumstances:
A.   A State insurance Department or other legal authority orders the Subscribing Reinsurer to cease writing business; or
 
B.   The Subscribing Reinsurer has become insolvent or has been placed into liquidation or receivership (whether voluntary or involuntary) or there have been instituted against it proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, rehabilitator, conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, or other agent known by whatever name, to take possession of its assets or control of its operations; or
 
C.   The Subscribing Reinsurer’s policyholders’ surplus has been reduced by 25% of the amount of surplus at the inception of this Agreement; or
 
D.   The Subscribing Reinsurer has become merged with, acquired or controlled by any company, corporation, or individual(s) not controlling the Reinsurer’s operations at the inception of this Agreement; or
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E.   The Subscribing Reinsurer’s A.M. Best Rating has been assigned or downgraded below A- or Standard and Poor’s Counterparty Credit and Financial Strength rating has been assigned or downgraded below A-.
The coverage afforded by this Agreement shall cease as of the date of termination and the Subscribing Reinsurer shall return the unearned premium, if any. If coverage hereunder terminates while a claim covered by this Agreement is in progress, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall be liable subject to all other conditions hereof for its proportion of the entire claim, provided that the event giving rise to the claim started before such termination.
If the Company elects to terminate this Agreement, the Company shall have the option to commute the Subscribing Reinsurer’s liability for loss(es), whether reported or unreported, comprising the sum total of the present value of the ceded (1) case reserves and allocated loss adjustment expense, (2) projected ultimate losses, (3) any unearned premium reserve, and (4) undiscounted outstanding paid claims (hereinafter the “Commutation Losses”), on Policies covered by this Agreement as of the effective date of termination.
A.   The Company shall submit a statement of valuation showing the elements considered reasonable to establish the Commutation Losses, and the Subscribing Reinsurer shall pay the amount requested. In the event the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer cannot agree on the statement of valuation of the Subscribing Reinsurer’s liability under such Policies, either party may request in writing that the differences be settled by a panel of three actuaries. Each party shall appoint an actuary to assess such liability within 15 days after receipt of the written request for commutation. Upon such appointment, the two actuaries shall appoint a third actuary. If the two actuaries fail to agree on the third actuary within 30 days of their appointment, each of them shall nominate three individuals, of whom the other shall decline two, and the final decision shall be made by drawing lots. The actuaries shall then investigate and capitalize such Commutation Loss (es) within 30 days. As used herein, “capitalize” shall mean to determine the present value of Commutation Losses, without regard to the Subscribing Reinsurer’s ability to pay such losses. The panel shall meet in Boston Massachusetts, unless the Company and Subscribing Reinsurer agree otherwise.
 
B.   All actuaries shall be disinterested in the outcome of the commutation and shall be Fellows of the Society of Actuaries/Fellows of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Except as stated below, the expense of the actuaries and of the commutation shall be equally divided between the parties of the commutation.
 
C.   The decision in writing of the actuaries, when filed with the parties hereto, shall be final and binding, except that if the Company does not agree with the capitalized value of the Commutation Loss(es), the Company shall have no obligation to commute. In the event the Company does not agree with the capitalized value of the Commutation Loss(es) and does not move forward with commutation, the expense of the actuaries [including reasonable expense of the actuary appointed by the Subscribing Reinsurer] will be paid by the Company. If the Agreement is commuted, payment by the Subscribing Reinsurer to the Company or any other third party mutually agreed upon by the Subscribing Reinsurer and the Company shall constitute a complete and final release of the Subscribing Reinsurer in respect to its liability under this Agreement.
Termination under the terms of this Article can be made after the date of expiration of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XXVIII — THIRD PARTIES
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This Agreement shall not be deemed to give any right or remedy to any third party whatsoever unless said right or remedy is specifically granted to such third party by the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XXIX — UNAUTHORIZED REINSURANCE
(Applies only to a Subscribing Reinsurer who does not qualify for full credit with any insurance regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company’s reserves.)
As regards Policies or bonds issued by the Company coming within the scope of this Agreement, the Company agrees that when it shall file with the insurance regulatory authority or set up on its books reserves for unearned premium and losses covered hereunder which it shall be required by law to set up, it will forward to the Subscribing Reinsurer a statement showing the proportion of such reserves which is applicable to the Subscribing Reinsurer. The Subscribing Reinsurer hereby agrees to fund such reserves in respect of unearned premium, known outstanding losses that have been reported to the Subscribing Reinsurer and allocated loss adjustment expense relating thereto, losses and allocated loss adjustment expense paid by the Company but not recovered from the Subscribing Reinsurer, plus reserves for losses incurred but not reported as determined by the Company, as shown in the statement prepared by the Company (hereinafter referred to as “Subscribing Reinsurer Obligations”) by Letters of Credit unless the method of funding is determined by applicable law, statute, or regulation.
The Subscribing Reinsurer agrees to apply for and secure timely delivery to the Company of clean, irrevocable, and unconditional Letters of Credit issued by a bank that is a qualified U.S. financial institution and containing provisions acceptable to the insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company’s reserves in an amount equal to the Subscribing Reinsurer’s proportion of said reserves. At the Company’s request, Subscribing Reinsurer will agree to provide separate Letters of Credit for any distinct legal entities within the Company covered under this Agreement. Such Letters of Credit shall be issued for a period of not less than one year, and shall be automatically extended for one year from its date of expiration or any future expiration date unless 60 days prior to any expiration date the issuing bank shall notify the Company by certified mail that the issuing bank elects not to consider the Letters of Credit extended for any additional period.
The Subscribing Reinsurer and Company agree that the Letters of Credit provided by the Subscribing Reinsurer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement may be drawn upon at any time, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and be utilized by the Company or any successor, by operation of law, of the Company, including without limitation, any liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver, or conservator of the Company, without diminution because of the insolvency of the Company or the Subscribing Reinsurer for one or more of the following purposes:
A.   To reimburse the Company for the Subscribing Reinsurer’s share of premiums returned to the owners of Policies reinsured under this Agreement because of cancellations of the Policies;
 
B.   To reimburse the Company for the Subscribing Reinsurer’s share of surrenders and benefits or losses paid by the Company under provisions of the Policies reinsured under this Agreement;
 
C.   To fund an account with the Company in an amount, at least, equal to the deduction for reinsurance ceded from the Company liabilities for Policies ceded under this Agreement. The account shall include, but not be limited to, amounts for Policy reserves, claims and losses incurred (including losses incurred but not reported), loss adjustment expenses, and unearned premium reserves; and
 
D.   To pay any other amounts the Company claims are due under this Agreement.
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The issuing bank shall have no responsibility whatsoever in connection with the propriety of withdrawals made by the Company or the disposition of funds withdrawn, except to ensure that withdrawals are made only upon the order of properly authorized representatives of the Company.
At annual intervals or more frequently as agreed, but never more frequently than quarterly, the Company shall prepare a specific statement of the Subscribing Reinsurer’s Obligations, for the sole purpose of amending the Letters of Credit, in the following manner:
A   If the statement shows that the Subscribing Reinsurer’s Obligations exceed the balance of credit as of the statement date, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall, within 30 days after receipt of notice of such excess, secure delivery to the Company of an amendment to the Letters of Credit increasing the amount of credit by the amount of such difference.
 
B.   If, however, the statement shows that the Subscribing Reinsurer’s Obligations are less than the balance of credit as of the statement date, the Company shall, within 30 days after receipt of written request from the Subscribing Reinsurer, release such excess credit by agreeing to secure an amendment to the Letters of Credit reducing the amount of credit available by the amount of such excess credit.
ARTICLE XXX — SERVICE OF SUIT
(This article applies to unauthorized Reinsurers and to Reinsurers who are domiciled outside the United States of America.)
This Service of Suit Article will not be read to conflict with or override the obligations of the parties to arbitrate their disputes as provided for in the Arbitration Article. This Article is intended as an aid to compelling arbitration or enforcing such arbitration or arbitral award, not as an alternative to the Arbitration Article for resolving disputes arising out of this Agreement.
In the event of the failure of the Subscribing Reinsurer to pay any amount claimed to be due hereunder, the Subscribing Reinsurer, at the request of the Company, will submit to the jurisdiction of a Court of competent jurisdiction within the United States. Nothing in this Article constitutes or should be understood to constitute a waiver of the Subscribing Reinsurer’s right to commence an action in any Court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, to remove an action to a United States District Court, or to seek a transfer of a case to another Court as permitted by the laws of the United States or of any state in the United States. The Subscribing Reinsurer, once the appropriate Court is selected, whether such court is the one originally chosen by the Company and accepted by the Subscribing Reinsurer or is determined by removal, transfer, or otherwise, as provided for above, will comply with all requirements necessary to give said Court jurisdiction and, in any suit instituted against any of them upon this Agreement, will abide by the final decision of such Court or of any Appellate Court in the event of an appeal.
Service of process in such suit may be made upon Mendes & Mount, LLP, 750 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019-6829.
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The above-named are authorized and directed to accept service of process on behalf of the Subscribing Reinsurer in any such suit. Further, pursuant to any statute of any state, territory, or district of the United States that makes provision therefore, the Subscribing Reinsurer hereby designates the Superintendent, Commissioner, or Director of Insurance, or other officer specified for that purpose in the statute, or their successor(s) in office, as their true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served any lawful process in any action, suit, or proceedings instituted by or on behalf of the Company or any beneficiary hereunder arising out of this Agreement, and hereby designate the above-named as the person to whom the said officer is authorized to mail such process or a true copy thereof.
ARTICLE XXXI — CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE
Confidential Information. The submission materials, and any Policy, financial, underwriting, accounting, and claims information, data statements, representations, and other materials provided by the Company and received by the Subscribing Reinsurer in the course of an audit, inspection, or
otherwise, represent confidential or proprietary information (“Confidential Information”). This Confidential Information is intended for the sole use of the Subscribing Reinsurer (and its retrocessionaires, respective auditors and legal counsel) as may be necessary in analyzing and/or accepting a participation in and/or executing its responsibilities under or related to this Agreement. Subscribing Reinsurer acknowledges and agrees that with respect to any review of Confidential Information by Subscribing Reinsurer, and/or discussion of Confidential Information, Company does not waive and does not intend to waive any available privilege or protection. The review of Confidential Information by Subscribing Reinsurer and/or discussion of Confidential Information with Company shall not destroy, waive, or otherwise impair the proprietary and/or protected status of any Confidential Information or any information revealed in such discussion with Company personnel, whether reviewed by and/or discussed with Subscribing Reinsurer intentionally or inadvertently, nor does the review of the Confidential Information and/or discussion of Confidential Information with Company constitute an estoppel or waiver of Company’s rights to assert the attorney-client or work-product privileges, or any other applicable privilege or protection, over certain documents contained in the Company files and/or certain information.
The Company and Subscribing Reinsurer agree that no confidentiality obligations will apply to Confidential Information to the extent such Confidential Information: (1) is or becomes available to the public, other than as a result of impermissible disclosure by the Subscribing Reinsurer, (2) was or became available lawfully to Subscribing Reinsurer from a source, other than Company or its personnel, that is not subject to a confidentiality obligation, (3) was developed independently by Subscribing Reinsurer prior to disclosure by Company or its personnel, as demonstrated by Subscribing Reinsurer’s records, or (4) is required to be disclosed by law, regulation, court, or regulatory agency action.
Subscribing Reinsurer agrees to preserve all confidentiality and privilege pertaining to all Confidential Information provided by Company and all knowledge and information gained through its review of Confidential Information or discussions with Company personnel. Subscribing Reinsurer further agrees not to disclose any such Confidential Information to any other person or entity except as such disclosure may be necessary to its retrocessionaires, accountants, attorneys, or as otherwise required by law. Subscribing Reinsurer agrees that no Confidential Information is to be copied and/or removed from Company’s premises without the express permission of Company.
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Non-Public Personally Identifiable Information. Additionally, any disclosure of non-public personally identifiable information shall comply with all state and federal statutes and regulations governing the disclosure of non-public personally identifiable information. “Non-public personally identifiable information” is financial or medical information of or concerning a private person which either has been obtained from sources which are not available to the general public or obtained from the person who is the subject and which information is included in data files exchanged by the parties hereto. For the purposes hereof, the terms shall include data elements such as names and addresses of individuals. Disclosing or using this information for any purpose beyond the scope of this Agreement, or beyond the exceptions set forth above, is expressly forbidden without the prior consent of the Company.
Third-Party Demand. Should Subscribing Reinsurer receive a third-party demand pursuant to subpoena, summons, or court or governmental order, to disclose Confidential Information (including Non-public personally identifiable information) that has been provided by the Company, the Subscribing Reinsurer shall make commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Company promptly upon receipt of the demand and prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information and provide the Company a reasonable opportunity to object to the disclosure. If the Company timely objects to the release of the Confidential Information, the Subscribing Reinsurer will comply with the reasonable requests of the Company in connection with the Company’s efforts to resist release of the Confidential Information. The Company shall bear the cost of resisting the release of the Confidential Information.
Survival. The parties agree that the obligations contained in this Article shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XXXII — AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent of the parties expressed in an addendum; and such addendum, when executed by both parties, shall be deemed to be an integral part of this Agreement and binding on the parties hereto.
ARTICLE XXXIII — SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement shall be rendered illegal or unenforceable by the laws, regulations, or public policy of any state, such provision shall be considered void in such state, but this shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement or the enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
ARTICLE XXXIV — INTEREST PENALTY
The interest amounts provided for in this Article shall apply to the Subscribing Reinsurer or to the Company in the following circumstances:
A.   If a loss payment owed by the Subscribing Reinsurer to the Company is not received within 45 calendar days following the date of presentation to the Subscribing Reinsurer of information necessary to approve payment of the claim, and/or
 
B.   If any premium payment owed by the Company to the Subscribing Reinsurer is not received within 45 calendar days following the date on which payment is due, and/or
 
C.   If any premium adjustment, agreed by either party to the other, is not received within 150 calendar days following the expiry or anniversary of this Agreement, and/or
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D.   If any return of premiums, commissions, profit sharing, or any amounts not provided in paragraphs A, B, and C above, are not received in accordance with the date specified in this Agreement or if no date is specified, within 90 calendar days following the date the debtor party received the billing.
Failure by the Subscribing Reinsurer or Company to comply with their respective payment obligations within the time periods as herein provided shall, as of that date, be subject to an interest payment computed by multiplying the amount due by a variable rate consisting of the U.S. Prime Rate as published in the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal on the first day of the calendar month in which the amount became past due, plus 2%. The variable rate shall be adjusted monthly thereafter to equal the U.S. Prime Rate as published in the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal on the first day of each successive month during which the amount due remains unpaid, plus 2%. The product shall then be multiplied by 1/365 for each day after the due date that the amount due and the interest amount remain unpaid. Any interest that occurs pursuant to this Article shall be calculated by the party to which it is owed.
The validity of any claim or payment may be contested under the provisions of this Agreement. If the debtor party prevails in an arbitration or any other proceeding with respect to the amounts in dispute, there shall be no interest penalty due. If the creditor party wholly or partially prevails on any of the amounts in dispute, the interest penalty shall be awarded as outlined above. Such interest penalty shall be calculated from the date the monies were due and owing to the date of resolution of the arbitration or proceeding, and shall be payable as of the date of resolution of the arbitration or proceeding.
If a Subscribing Reinsurer advances the entire or partial payment of any claim it is contesting, and wholly or partially prevails in the contest, the Company shall promptly return the applicable amount of such payment. The arbitrator(s) hearing such dispute shall determine if interest shall be added to the amount returned by the Company.
Any interest owing pursuant to this Article may be waived by the party to which it is owed. Further, any interest calculated pursuant to this Article that is $100 or less shall be waived. Any waiver of any interest pursuant to this paragraph, however, shall not affect the waiving party’s right to claim and/or pursue interest for any other failure by the other party to make payment when due under this Article.
ARTICLE XXXV — ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer and their respective successors and assigns provided, however, that this Agreement may not be assigned by either the Company or the Subscribing Reinsurer without the prior written consent of the other. In the event of any assignment, the assignor shall remain liable.
ARTICLE XXXV — ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and shall supersede all prior understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, by or between the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer relating to the subject matter herof. There are no general or specific warranties, representations or other agreements by or among the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer in connection with entering into this Agreement except as specifically set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended or modified only by a writing signed by both the Company and the Subscribing Reinsurer.
Agreement No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006

22.


 

EXHIBIT A
FIRST EXCESS OF LOSS
IS ATTACHED TO AND
FORMS PART OF
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT NO. RAM Re SumCX — 2006

 


 

EXHIBIT A — FIRST EXCESS OF LOSS
         
SECTION   SUBJECT   PAGE
1
  LIMIT AND RETENTION   A-1
2
  REINSTATEMENT   A-1
3
  REINSURANCE PREMIUM   A-1

 


 

EXHIBIT A — FIRST EXCESS OF LOSS
SECTION 1 — LIMIT AND RETENTION (amounts shown are in terms of Ultimate Net Loss)
The Company shall retain the first $2,000,000 of ultimate net loss as respects any one loss occurrence. The Subscribing Reinsurer shall then be liable for the amount by which the Companies’ ultimate net loss exceeds the Company’s retention of $2,000,000 but the liability of the Subscribing Reinsurer shall never exceed $3,000,000 any one loss occurrence.
SECTION 2 — REINSTATEMENT
A.   It is understood and agreed that each claim hereunder reduces the amount of indemnity from the time of occurrence of the loss by the sum paid, but any amount so exhausted is hereby reinstated from the time the Loss Occurrence commences without payment of additional premium.
 
B.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Reinsurers’ liability for losses arising out of an act of Terrorism shall be limited to only $3,000,000 in the aggregate for all states, any one Agreement Year.
 
C.   An “Act of Terrorism” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean:
  1.   Any actual or threatened violent act or act harmful to human life, tangible or intangible property or infrastructure directed towards or having the effect of (a) influencing or protesting against any de jure or de facto government or policy thereof, (b) intimidating, coercing or putting in fear a civilian population or section thereof for the purpose of establishing or advancing a specific ideological, religious or political system of thought, perpetrated by a specific individual or group directly or indirectly through agents acting on behalf of said individual or group or (c) retaliating against any country for direct or vicarious support by that country of any other government or political system.
 
  2.   Any act declared pursuant to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 shall also be considered an “Act of Terrorism” for purposes of this Agreement.
D.   The term “Agreement Year” shall mean each consecutive twelve month period commencing January 1 and ending December 31 and shall include any run-off period,
SECTION 3 — REINSURANCE PREMIUM
         
    Rate applied to
Profit Center   Subject Earned Premium
Summit
    1.703 %
Total Subject Premium to the Layer:
  $ 760,045,000  
Estimated Subject Net Earned Premium:
  $ 12,941,856  
Exhibit A-1

 


 

EXHIBIT B
SECOND EXCESS OF LOSS
IS ATTACHED TO AND
FORMS PART OF
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT NO. RAM Re SumCX — 2006

 


 

EXHIBIT B — SECOND EXCESS OF LOSS
         
SECTION   SUBJECT   PAGE
1
  LIMIT AND RETENTION   B-1
2
  REINSTATEMENT   B-1
3
  REINSURANCE PREMIUM   B-1

 


 

EXHIBIT B — SECOND EXCESS OF LOSS
SECTION 1 — LIMIT AND RETENTION (amounts shown are in terms of Ultimate Net Loss)
The Company shall retain the first $5,000,000 of ultimate net loss as respects any one loss occurrence. The Subscribing Reinsurer shall then be liable for the amount by which the Companies’ ultimate net loss exceeds the Company’s retention of $5,000,000 but the liability of the Subscribing Reinsurer shall never exceed $5,000,000 any one loss occurrence.
SECTION 2 — REINSTATEMENT
A.   It is understood and agreed that each claim hereunder reduces the amount of indemnity from the time of occurrence of the loss by the sum paid, but any amount so exhausted is hereby reinstated from the time the Loss Occurrence commences hereon. Three such reinstatements shall be provided under this Exhibit.
B.   The first and the second reinstatement shall be provided without payment of an additional premium. The third reinstatement shall be provided for an additional premium calculated at pro rata of the annual premium hereon, being pro rata only as to the limit of liability of this Exhibit so reinstated and 100% as to the annual premium.
C.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Reinsurers’ liability for losses arising out of an act of Terrorism shall be limited to only $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all states, any one Agreement Year.
D.   An “Act of Terrorism” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean:
  1.   Any actual or threatened violent act or act harmful to human life, tangible or intangible property or infrastructure directed towards or having the effect of (a) influencing or protesting against any de jure or de facto government or policy thereof, (b) intimidating, coercing or putting in fear a civilian population or section thereof for the purpose of establishing or advancing a specific ideological, religious or political system of thought, perpetrated by a specific individual or group directly or indirectly through agents acting on behalf of said individual or group or (c) retaliating against any country for direct or vicarious support by that country of any other government or political system.
 
  2.   Any act declared pursuant to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 shall also be considered an “Act of Terrorism” for purposes of this Agreement.
E.   The term “Agreement Year” shall mean each consecutive twelve month period commencing January 1 and ending December 31 and shall include any run-off period.
SECTION 3 — REINSURANCE PREMIUM
         
    Rate applied to
Profit Center   Subject Earned Premium
 
Summit
    0.298 %
 
Total Subject Premium to the Layer:
  $ 760,045,000  
Estimated Subject Net Earned Premium:
  $ 2,264,934  
Exhibit B-1

 


 

EXHIBIT C
THIRD EXCESS OF LOSS
IS ATTACHED TO AND
FORMS PART OF
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT NO. RAM Re SumCX — 2006

 


 

EXHIBIT C — THIRD EXCESS OF LOSS
         
SECTION   SUBJECT   PAGE
1
  LIMIT AND RETENTION   C-1
2
  REINSTATEMENT   C-1
3
  REINSURANCE PREMIUM   C-1

 


 

EXHIBIT C — THIRD EXCESS OF LOSS
SECTION 1 — LIMIT AND RETENTION (amounts shown are in terms of Ultimate Net Loss)
The Company shall retain the first $10,000,000 of ultimate net loss as respects any one loss occurrence. The Subscribing Reinsurer shall then be liable for the amount by which the Companies’ ultimate net loss exceeds the Company’s retention of $10,000,000 but the liability of the Subscribing Reinsurer shall never exceed $15,000,000 any one loss occurrence.
SECTION 2 — REINSTATEMENT
A.   It is understood and agreed that each claim hereunder reduces the amount of indemnity from the time of occurrence of the loss by the sum paid, but any amount so exhausted is hereby reinstated from the time the Loss Occurrence commences hereon. One such reinstatement shall be provided under this Exhibit for an additional premium calculated at pro rata of the annual premium hereon, being pro rata only as to the limit of liability of this Exhibit so reinstated and 100% as to the annual premium.
B.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscribing Reinsurers’ liability for losses arising out of an act of Terrorism shall be limited to only $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all states, any one Agreement Year.
C.   An “Act of Terrorism” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean:
  1.   Any actual or threatened violent act or act harmful to human life, tangible or intangible property or infrastructure directed towards or having the effect of (a) influencing or protesting against any de jure or de facto government or policy thereof, (b) intimidating, coercing or putting in fear a civilian population or section thereof for the purpose of establishing or advancing a specific ideological, religious or political system of thought, perpetrated by a specific individual or group directly or indirectly through agents acting on behalf of said individual or group or (c) retaliating against any country for direct or vicarious support by that country of any other government or political system.
 
  2.   Any act declared pursuant to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 shall also be considered an “Act of Terrorism” for purposes of this Agreement.
D.   The term “Agreement Year” shall mean each consecutive twelve month period commencing January 1 and ending December 31 and shall include any run-off period.
SECTION 3 — REINSURANCE PREMIUM
         
    Rate applied to
Profit Center   Subject Earned Premium
 
Summit
    0.207 %
 
Total Subject Premium to the Layer:
  $ 760,045,000  
Estimated Subject Net Earned Premium:
  $ 1,573,293  
Exhibit C-1

 


 

APPENDIX A
Definition of Profit Center:
For purposes of Article I or any Articles, wherever the term “Profit Center” is used, the term Profit Center is defined to include the following Profit Center.
     
Profit Center   Legal Entities
 
Summit:  
Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, and Bridgefield Employers Insurance Company, WC and EL only, all States

 


 

Appendix B
     
 
   
“Fortune’s Global 500” list
  (Version 2004-July-26/ valid until further notice)
                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
3M
  U.S.     281       18’232  
A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group
  Denmark     201       23’888  
ABB
  Switzerland     207       23’079  
Abbey National
  Britain     494       11’041  
Abbott Laboratories
  U.S.     254       19’681  
ABN AMRO Holding
  Netherlands     101       37’682  
Accenture
  U.S.     460       11’818  
Adecco
  Switzerland     278       18’391  
Aegon
  Netherlands     131       32’175  
AEON
  Japan     140       31’161  
Aetna
  U.S.     289       17’976  
AFLAC
  U.S.     477       11’447  
Agricultural Bank of China
  China     412       13’303  
Air France Group
  France     375       14’510  
Aisin Seiki
  Japan     384       14’211  
Akzo Nobel
  Netherlands     365       14’771  
Albertson’s
  U.S.     111       35’436  
Alcan
  Canada     404       13’652  
Alcatel
  France     385       14’162  
Alcoa
  U.S.     229       21’728  
Alliance Unichem
  Britain     379       14’385  
Allianz
  Germany     11       114’950  
Allstate
  U.S.     132       32’149  
Almanij
  Belgium     252       19’746  
Alstom
  France     255       19’627  
Altria Group
  U.S.     40       60’704  
Amerada Hess
  U.S.     378       14’408  
American Electric Power
  U.S.     347       15’441  
American Express
  U.S.     183       25’866  
American International Group
  U.S.     20       81’303  
AmerisourceBergen
  U.S.     63       49’657  
AMP
  Australia     405       13’516  
AMR
  U.S.     296       17’440  
Anglo American
  Britain     275       18’637  
Anheuser-Busch
  U.S.     387       14’147  
Anthem
  U.S.     315       16’771  
Arcelor
  Luxembourg     148       29’339  
Archer Daniels Midland
  U.S.     145       30’708  
Asahi Kasei
  Japan     491       11’098  
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance
  Japan     470       11’551  
Assicurazioni Generali
  Italy     29       66’755  
AstraZeneca
  Britain     269       18’849  
AT&T
  U.S.     116       34’529  
AT&T Wireless Services
  U.S.     317       16’695  
AutoNation
  U.S.     258       19’381  
Aventis
  France     248       20’162  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Aviva
  Britain     42       59’719  
AXA
  France     13       111’912  
BAE Systems
  Britain     399       13’711  
Banca Intesa
  Italy     291       17’789  
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
  Spain     264       19’145  
Banco Bradesco
  Brazil     353       15’180  
Banco Do Brasil
  Brazil     363       14’844  
Bank of America Corp.
  U.S.     71       48’065  
Bank Of China
  China     358       15’022  
Bank of Nova Scotia
  Canada     453       11’960  
Bank One Corp.
  U.S.     233       21’454  
Barclays
  Britain     142       30’843  
BASF
  Germany     100       37’757  
Bayer
  Germany     129       32’331  
Bayerische Landesbank
  Germany     343       15’549  
BCE
  Canada     388       14’119  
BellSouth
  U.S.     216       22’635  
Berkshire Hathaway
  U.S.     35       63’859  
Bertelsmann
  Germany     266       19’015  
Best Buy
  U.S.     192       24’901  
Bharat Petroleum
  India     450       12’054  
BHP Billiton
  Australia     341       15’608  
BMW
  Germany     74       46’997  
BNP Paribas
  France     48       57’272  
Boeing
  U.S.     62       50’485  
Bombardier
  Canada     310       16’996  
Bouygues
  France     194       24’697  
BP
  Britain     2       232’571  
Bridgestone
  Japan     250       19’877  
Bristol-Myers Squibb
  U.S.     239       20’894  
British Airways
  Britain     423       12’806  
British American Tobacco
  Britain     253       19’684  
BT
  Britain     136       31’669  
Bunge
  U.S.     223       22’345  
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  Canada     459       11’864  
Canon
  Japan     165       27’592  
Cardinal Health
  U.S.     50       56’830  
Carrefour
  France     22       79’774  
Caterpillar
  U.S.     209       22’763  
Cathay Life
  Taiwan     395       13’805  
Cendant
  U.S.     282       18’192  
Central Japan Railway
  Japan     442       12’253  
Centrica
  Britain     150       29’313  
Cepsa
  Spain     432       12’589  
ChevronTexaco
  U.S.     12       112’937  
China Construction Bank
  China     331       15’825  
China Life Insurance
  China     241       20’782  
China Mobile Communications
  China     242       20’765  
China National Petroleum
  China     73       47’047  
China Telecommunications
  China     257       19’465  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Christian Dior
  France     390       14’109  
Chubb
  U.S.     479       11’394  
Chubu Electric Power
  Japan     277       18'601  
Cigna
  U.S.     272       18’808  
Cisco Systems
  U.S.     268       18’878  
Citigroup
  U.S.     18       94’713  
CNP Assurances
  France     143       30’806  
Coca-Cola
  U.S.     237       21’044  
Coca-Cola Enterprises
  U.S.     299       17’330  
COFCO
  China     415       13’290  
Coles Myer
  Australia     324       16’043  
Comcast
  U.S.     235       21’263  
Commerzbank
  Germany     300       17’316  
Compass Group
  Britain     286       18’072  
Computer Sciences
  U.S.     366       14’768  
ConAgra Foods
  U.S.     226       22’053  
ConocoPhillips
  U.S.     14       99’468  
Continental
  Germany     419       13’054  
Corus Group
  Britain     420       13’001  
Cosmo Oil
  Japan     427       12’692  
Costco Wholesale
  U.S.     88       42’546  
Countrywide Financial
  U.S.     401       13’660  
Credit Agricole
  France     78       45’928  
Credit Suisse
  Switzerland     45       58’957  
CRH
  Ireland     444       12’194  
CVS
  U.S.     175       26’588  
Dai Nippon Printing
  Japan     451       11’988  
Daiei
  Japan     294       17’518  
Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance
  Japan     79       45’066  
DaimlerChrysler
  Germany     7       156’602  
Daiwa House Industry
  Japan     497       10’842  
Danske Bank Group
  Denmark     476       11’479  
Deere
  U.S.     344       15’535  
Delhaize Group
  Belgium     230       21’720  
Dell
  U.S.     93       41’444  
Delphi
  U.S.     160       28’096  
Delta Air Lines
  U.S.     413       13’303  
Denso
  Japan     213       22’685  
Dentsu
  Japan     345       15’485  
Deutsche Bahn
  Germany     133       31’947  
Deutsche Bank
  Germany     67       48’670  
Deutsche Post
  Germany     75       46’651  
Deutsche Telekom
  Germany     38       63’196  
Dexia Group
  Belgium     267       18’889  
Diageo
  Britain     472       11’538  
Dominion Resources
  U.S.     449       12’078  
Dow Chemical
  U.S.     125       32’632  
Duke Energy
  U.S.     204       23’483  
DuPont
  U.S.     164       27’730  
DZ Bank
  Germany     156       28’663  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
E.ON
  Germany     66       48’709  
EADS
  Netherlands     118       34’104  
East Japan Railway
  Japan     219       22’507  
Eastman Kodak
  U.S.     411       13’317  
Edison International
  U.S.     448       12’156  
El Paso
  U.S.     429       12’653  
Electricite De France
  France     61       50’838  
Electrolux
  Sweden     349       15’361  
Electronic Data Systems
  U.S.     232       21’596  
Eli Lilly
  U.S.     433       12’583  
Emerson Electric
  U.S.     392       13’999  
Endesa
  Spain     273       18’768  
Enel
  Italy     110       35’444  
ENI
  Italy     43       59’304  
Eurohypo
  Germany     473       11’536  
Exelon
  U.S.     333       15’812  
Express Scripts
  U.S.     414       13’295  
Exxon Mobil
  U.S.     3       222’883  
Fannie Mae
  U.S.     56       53’767  
Federated Department Stores
  U.S.     352       15’264  
FedEx
  U.S.     221       22’487  
Fiat
  Italy     57       53’500  
FirstEnergy
  U.S.     441       12’318  
FleetBoston Financial
  U.S.     376       14’442  
Flextronics International
  Singapore     374       14’530  
Fonciere Euris
  France     172       27’005  
Ford Motor
  U.S.     6       164’505  
Fortis
  Belgium/Netherlands     51       56’695  
Fortum
  Finland     422       12’893  
France Telecom
  France     58       52’198  
Franz Haniel
  Germany     180       26’074  
Freddie Mac
  U.S.     104       36’839  
Fuji Heavy Industries
  Japan     426       12’744  
Fuji Photo Film
  Japan     214       22’667  
Fujitsu
  Japan     90       42’201  
Gap
  U.S.     329       15’854  
Gasunie
  Netherlands     421       12’973  
Gaz de France
  France     271       18’841  
Gazprom
  Russia     167       27’527  
General Dynamics
  U.S.     318       16’617  
General Electric
  U.S.     9       134’187  
General Motors
  U.S.     5       195’324  
George Weston
  Canada     240       20’838  
Georgia-Pacific
  U.S.     246       20’255  
GlaxoSmithKline
  Britain     114       35’051  
Goldman Sachs Group
  U.S.     202       23’623  
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
  U.S.     356       15’119  
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
  U.S.     495       11’034  
Groupama
  France     283       18’156  
Groupe Auchan
  France     127       32’488  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Groupe Caisse D’Epargne
  France     208       23’078  
Groupe Danone
  France     321       16’377  
Groupe Pinault-Printemps
  France     166       27’571  
GUS
  Britain     425       12’785  
Halliburton
  U.S.     322       16’271  
Hanwha
  South Korea     323       16’182  
Hartford Financial Services
  U.S.     274       18’733  
HBOS
  Britain     107       36’024  
HCA
  U.S.     228       21’808  
Health Net
  U.S.     492       11’063  
Hewlett-Packard
  U.S.     24       73’061  
Hilton Group
  Britain     369       14’599  
Hindustan Petroleum
  India     462       11’751  
Hitachi
  Japan     23       76’423  
Hochtief
  Germany     454       11’922  
Home Depot
  U.S.     34       64’816  
Honda Motor
  Japan     25       72’264  
Honeywell International
  U.S.     206       23’103  
HSBC Holdings
  Britain     47       57’608  
Humana
  U.S.     443       12’226  
Hutchison Whampoa
  China     407       13’474  
HVB Group
  Germany     161       28’083  
Hyundai Motor
  South Korea     98       39’101  
Iberdrola
  Spain     490       11’111  
Idemitsu Kosan
  Japan     292       17’670  
Indian Oil
  India     189       25’316  
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
  China     243       20’757  
ING Group
  Netherlands     17       95’893  
Ingram Micro
  U.S.     218       22’613  
Intel
  U.S.     146       30’141  
International Business Machines
  U.S.     19       89’131  
International Paper
  U.S.     191       25’179  
Isuzu Motors
  Japan     428       12’663  
Itochu
  Japan     348       15’393  
lto-Yokado
  Japan     149       29’333  
J. Sainsbury
  Britain     152       29’035  
J.C. Penney
  U.S.     123       32’923  
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  U.S.     81       44’363  
Japan Airlines System
  Japan     306       17’102  
Japan Post
  Japan     297       17’431  
Japan Tobacco
  Japan     290       17’881  
JFE Holdings
  Japan     227       21’900  
Johnson & Johnson
  U.S.     92       41’862  
Johnson Controls
  U.S.     215       22’646  
Kajima
  Japan     380       14’358  
Kansai Electric Power
  Japan     220       22’488  
KarstadtQuelle
  Germany     302       17’283  
KDDI
  Japan     190       25’197  
KFW Bankengruppe
  Germany     383       14’240  
Kimberly-Clark
  U.S.     381       14’348  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Kingfisher
  Britain     373       14’536  
Kintetsu
  Japan     474       11’490  
Kmart Holding
  U.S.     203       23’485  
Kookmin Bank
  South Korea     357       15’112  
Korea Electric Power
  South Korea     265       19’114  
Kroger
  U.S.     55       53’791  
KT
  South Korea     406       13’485  
Kuraya Sanseido
  Japan     480       11’367  
Kyushu Electric Power
  Japan     439       12’321  
L.M. Ericsson
  Sweden     370       14’577  
La Poste
  France     244       20’376  
Lafarge
  France     346       15’458  
Lagardere Groupe
  France     364       14’791  
Landesbank Baden-W frttemberg
  Germany     260       19’271  
Lear
  U.S.     336       15’747  
Legal & General Group
  Britain     338       15’730  
Lehman Brothers Holdings
  U.S.     301       17’287  
LG Electronics
  South Korea     147       29’874  
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
  U.S.     311       16’914  
Lloyds TSB Group
  Britain     188       25’378  
Lockheed Martin
  U.S.     134       31’844  
Loews
  U.S.     334       15’810  
L’Oréal
  France     327       15’878  
Lowe’s
  U.S.     139       31’263  
Lufthansa Group
  Germany     287       18’060  
Lukoil
  Russia     259       19’345  
Magna International
  Canada     328       15’870  
MAN Group
  Germany     309       17’000  
Manpower
  U.S.     445       12’185  
Manulife Financial
  Canada     458       11’887  
Marathon Oil
  U.S.     102       37’137  
Marks & Spencer
  Britain     391       14’062  
Marsh & McLennan
  U.S.     467       11’588  
Marubeni
  Japan     196       24’560  
Masco
  U.S.     489       11’134  
Mass. Mutual Life Insurance
  U.S.     236       21’076  
Matsushita Electric Industrial
  Japan     31       66’218  
May Department Stores
  U.S.     409       13’343  
Mazda Motor
  Japan     184       25’817  
MBNA
  U.S.     465       11’684  
McDonald’s
  U.S.     305       17’141  
MCI
  U.S.     168       27’331  
McKesson
  U.S.     26       69’506  
Medco Health Solutions
  U.S.     117       34’265  
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
  Japan     82       44’064  
Merck
  U.S.     222       22’486  
Merrill Lynch
  U.S.     163       27’745  
MetLife
  U.S.     106       36’261  
Metro
  Germany     41       60’657  
Michelin
  France     288       18’048  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Microsoft
  U.S.     130       32’187  
Migros
  Switzerland     362       14’880  
Millea Holdings
  Japan     195       24’574  
Mitsubishi
  Japan     389       14’116  
Mitsubishi Chemical
  Japan     308       17’045  
Mitsubishi Electric
  Japan     151       29’300  
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  Japan     238       21’012  
Mitsubishi Motors
  Japan     224       22’305  
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group
  Japan     217       22’621  
Mitsui
  Japan     177       26’385  
Mitsui Life Insurance
  Japan     440       12’319  
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
  Japan     279       18’295  
Mizuho Financial Group
  Japan     159       28’335  
Morgan Stanley
  U.S.     115       34’933  
Motorola
  U.S.     171       27’058  
Munich Re Group
  Germany     44       59’083  
National Australia Bank
  Australia     332       15’820  
National Grid Transco
  Britain     351       15’301  
Nationwide
  U.S.     313       16’803  
NEC
  Japan     85       43’440  
Nestle
  Switzerland     33       65’415  
New York Life Insurance
  U.S.     185       25’700  
News Corp.
  Australia     295       17’494  
Nippon Express
  Japan     367       14’758  
Nippon Life Insurance
  Japan     36       63’841  
Nippon Mining Holdings
  Japan     342       15’551  
Nippon Oil
  Japan     157       28’561  
Nippon Steel
  Japan     182       25’903  
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
  Japan     16       98’229  
Nippon Yusen
  Japan     436       12’379  
Nissan Motor
  Japan     32       65’771  
Nokia
  Finland     122       33’336  
Nordea Bank
  Sweden     416       13’194  
Norsk Hydro
  Norway     199       24’276  
Northrop Grumman
  U.S.     155       28’686  
Northwestern Mutual
  U.S.     307       17’060  
Novartis
  Switzerland     193       24’864  
Obayashi
  Japan     455       11’919  
Office Depot
  U.S.     437       12’359  
Old Mutual
  Britain     304       17’145  
Onex
  Canada     438       12’353  
Otto Versand
  Germany     400       13’708  
PacifiCare Health Systems
  U.S.     496       11’009  
PDVSA
  Venezuela     76       46’000  
Pemex
  Mexico     65       49’240  
PepsiCo
  U.S.     173       26’971  
Petrobras
  Brazil     144       30’797  
Petronas
  Malaysia     186       25’661  
Peugeot
  France     39       61’385  
Pfizer
  U.S.     77       45’950  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
PG&E Corp.
  U.S.     488       11’221  
Plains All American Pipeline
  U.S.     431       12’590  
POSCO
  South Korea     361       14’930  
Power Corp. of Canada
  Canada     487       11’239  
Procter & Gamble
  U.S.     86       43’377  
Progressive
  U.S.     457       11’892  
Prudential
  Britain     109       35’473  
Prudential Financial
  U.S.     162       27’907  
PTT
  Thailand     456       11’905  
Public Service Enterprise Group
  U.S.     481       11’340  
Publix Super Markets
  U.S.     312       16’848  
Qwest Communications
  U.S.     360       14’936  
Rabobank
  Netherlands     200       24’125  
RAG
  Germany     371       14’559  
Raytheon
  U.S.     284       18’109  
Reliance Industries
  India     482       11’328  
Reliant Energy
  U.S.     463       11’707  
Renault
  France     89       42’470  
Repsol YPF
  Spain     91       42’032  
Ricoh
  Japan     335       15’761  
Rite Aid
  U.S.     319       16’600  
Robert Bosch
  Germany     94       41’148  
Roche Group
  Switzerland     205       23’213  
Royal & Sun Alliance
  Britain     262       19’259  
Royal Ahold
  Netherlands     37       63’456  
Royal Bank of Canada
  Canada     303       17’204  
Royal Bank of Scotland
  Britain     84       43’758  
Royal Dutch/Shell Group
  Britain/Netherlands     4       201’728  
Royal KPN
  Netherlands     377       14’421  
Royal Mail Holdings
  Britain     368       14’623  
Royal Philips Electronics
  Netherlands     124       32’863  
RWE
  Germany     68       48’407  
Safeway
  U.S.     108       35’553  
Saint-Gobain
  France     120       33’489  
Samsung
  South Korea     493       11’051  
Samsung Electronics
  South Korea     54       54’400  
Samsung Life Insurance
  South Korea     263       19’159  
San Paolo IMI
  Italy     402       13’658  
Santander Central Hispano Group
  Spain     174       26’957  
Sanyo Electric
  Japan     225       22’204  
Sara Lee
  U.S.     280       18’291  
SBC Communications
  U.S.     96       40’843  
Schlumberger
  U.S.     382       14’279  
Sears Roebuck
  U.S.     95       41’124  
Seiko Epson
  Japan     435       12’512  
Sekisui House
  Japan     471       11’545  
Shanghai Automotive
  China     461       11’755  
Shanghai Baosteel Group
  China     372       14’548  
Sharp
  Japan     249       19’984  
Shimizu
  Japan     397       13’727  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
SHV Holdings
  Netherlands     466       11’625  
Siemens
  Germany     21       80’501  
Sinochem
  China     270       18’846  
Sinopec
  China     53       55’062  
SK
  South Korea     119       33’769  
Skanska
  Sweden     320       16’451  
SNCF
  France     187       25’491  
Societe Generale
  France     158       28’557  
Sodexho Alliance
  France     434       12’532  
Solectron
  U.S.     464       11’700  
Sompo Japan Insurance
  Japan     314       16’795  
Sony
  Japan     30       66’366  
Southern
  U.S.     486       11’251  
Sprint
  U.S.     178       26’202  
Standard Life Assurance
  Britain     231       21’712  
Staples
  U.S.     417       13’181  
State Farm Insurance Cos.
  U.S.     52       56’065  
State Grid
  China     46       58’348  
Statoil
  Norway     112       35’242  
Stora Enso
  Finland     396       13’776  
Suez
  France     80       44’843  
Sumitomo
  Japan     355       15’126  
Sumitomo Electric Industries
  Japan     403       13’655  
Sumitomo Life Insurance
  Japan     103       36’913  
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
  Japan     138       31’451  
Sun Life Financial
  Canada     337       15’741  
Sun Microsystems
  U.S.     478       11’434  
Sunoco
  U.S.     326       15’930  
Supervalu
  U.S.     247       20’210  
Suzuki Motor
  Japan     256       19’468  
Swiss Life Ins. & Pension
  Switzerland     325       16’036  
Swiss Reinsurance
  Switzerland     169       27’087  
Swisscom
  Switzerland     498       10’841  
Sysco
  U.S.     179       26’140  
Taisei
  Japan     386       14’152  
Taiyo Life Insurance
  Japan     484       11’275  
Target
  U.S.     70       48’163  
Tech Data
  U.S.     298       17’406  
Telecom Italia
  Italy     113       35’222  
Telefónica
  Spain     137       31’542  
Telstra
  Australia     430       12’642  
Tenet Healthcare
  U.S.     316       16’746  
Tesco
  Britain     59       51’570  
Thales Group
  France     452       11’962  
ThyssenKrupp
  Germany     97       39’188  
TIAA-CREF
  U.S.     181       26’016  
Time Warner
  U.S.     83       43’877  
TJX
  U.S.     410       13’328  
Tohoku Electric Power
  Japan     394       13’835  
Tokyo Electric Power
  Japan     87       42’971  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Tokyu
  Japan     499       10’831  
Toppan Printing
  Japan     475       11’486  
Toronto-Dominion Bank
  Canada     500       10’827  
Toshiba
  Japan     64       49’396  
Total
  France     10       118’441  
Toyota Motor
  Japan     8       153’111  
Toys ‘R’ Us
  U.S.     469       11’566  
TPG
  Netherlands     408       13’430  
Travelers Property Casualty
  U.S.     354       15’139  
TUI
  Germany     210       22’730  
TXU
  U.S.     483       11’325  
Tyco International
  U.S.     105       36’801  
Tyson Foods
  U.S.     197       24’549  
U.S. Bancorp
  U.S.     350       15’354  
U.S. Postal Service
  U.S.     27       68’529  
UAL
  U.S.     398       13’724  
UBS
  Switzerland     72       47’741  
UFJ Holdings
  Japan     211       22’723  
UniCredito Italiano
  Italy     285       18’092  
Unilever
  Britain/Netherlands     69       48’318  
Union Pacific
  U.S.     424       12’792  
United Parcel Service
  U.S.     121       33’485  
United Technologies
  U.S.     141       31’034  
UnitedHealth Group
  U.S.     154       28’823  
UPM-Kymmene
  Finland     485       11’259  
Valero Energy
  U.S.     99       37’969  
Vattenfall
  Sweden     393       13’858  
Veolia Environnement
  France     128       32’372  
Verizon Communications
  U.S.     28       67’752  
Viacom
  U.S.     176       26’585  
Vinci
  France     234       21’363  
Visteon
  U.S.     293       17’660  
Vivendi Universal
  France     153       28’840  
Vodafone
  Britain     49       56’845  
Volkswagen
  Germany     15       98’637  
Volvo
  Sweden     212       22’692  
Wachovia Corp.
  U.S.     198       24’474  
Walgreen
  U.S.     126       32’505  
Wal-Mart Stores
  U.S.     1       263’009  
Walt Disney
  U.S.     170       27’061  
Washington Mutual
  U.S.     276       18’629  
Waste Management
  U.S.     468       11’574  
WellPoint Health Networks
  U.S.     245       20’360  
Wells Fargo
  U.S.     135       31’800  
Weyerhaeuser
  U.S.     251       19’873  
Whirlpool
  U.S.     446       12’176  
Williams
  U.S.     261       19’266  
Winn-Dixie Stores
  U.S.     447       12’168  
Wolseley
  Britain     418       13’085  
Woolworths
  Australia     340       15’682  

 


 

                     
                Revenues
Company   Country   Rank   [USD mio]
Wyeth
  U.S.     330       15’851  
Xerox
  U.S.     339       15’701  
Yukos
  Russia     359       14’966  
Zurich Financial Services
  Switzerland     60       51’357  

 


 

Appendix C
     
Pharmaceutical / medical risks   (Version 2005-Apr)
         
#   Company Name   Headquarter location
1
  ABBOTT LABORATORIES   USA
2
  AKZO NOBEL   Netherlands
3
  ALLERGAN   USA
4
  ALPHARMA   USA
5
  ALTANAAG   Germany
6
  AMGEN   USA
7
  ASTELLAS   Japan
8
  ASTRAZENECA   UK
9
  BARR LABORATORIES   USA
10
  BAXTER INTERNATIONAL   USA
11
  BAYER   Germany
12
  BEAUFOUR IPSEN   France
13
  BIOGEN   USA
14
  BIOMET   USA
15
  BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM   Germany
16
  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   USA
17
  BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB   USA
18
  CHIRON   USA
19
  CSL   Australia
20
  DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL   Japan
21
  DAINIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL   Japan
22
  EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   USA
23
  EISAI   Japan
24
  ELAN   Ireland
25
  FOREST LABORATORIES   USA
26
  GENENTECH   USA
27
  GENERAL ELECTRIC Healthcare   USA
28
  GENZYME   USA
29
  GLAXOSMITHKLINE   UK
30
  GUIDANT   USA
31
  HOSPIRA   USA
32
  IVAX   USA
33
  JOHNSON & JOHNSON   USA
34
  KING PHARMACEUTICALS   USA
35
  KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO   Japan
36
  LABORATOIRE SERVIER   France
37
  LILLY (ELI)   USA
38
  LUNDBECK   Denmark
39
  MEDIMMUNE   USA
40
  MEDTRONIC   USA
41
  MERCK & CO   USA
42
  MERCK KGAA   Germany
43
  MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING   USA
44
  MYLAN LABORATORIES   USA
45
  NOVARTIS   Switzerland
46
  NOVO NORDISK   Denmark
47
  OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL   Japan
48
  PFIZER   USA
49
  PLIVA   Croatia
50
  PROCTER & GAMBLE   USA

 


 

         
#   Company Name   Headquarter location
51
  PURDUE FREDERICK / PRA Holding   USA
52
  ROCHE   Switzerland
53
  SANKYO   Japan
54
  SANOFI-AVENTIS   France
55
  SCHERING AG   Germany
56
  SCHERING-PLOUGH   USA
57
  SCHWARZ PHARMA   Germany
58
  SERONO   Switzerland
59
  SHIONOGI   Japan
60
  SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS   UK
61
  SMITH & NEPHEW   UK
62
  SOLVAY   Belgium
63
  ST.JUDE MEDICAL   USA
64
  STRYKER   USA
65
  SUMITOMO PHARMACEUTICALS   Japan
66
  SYNTHES-STRATEC   Switzerland
67
  TAKEDA   Japan
68
  TANABE   Japan
69
  TAP Pharmaceutical Products   USA
70
  TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL   Israel
71
  TYCO Healthcare   USA
72
  UCB   Belgium
73
  WATSON PHARMACEUTICAL   USA
74
  WYETH   USA
75
  ZIMMER   USA

 


 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATTACHMENTS
DEFINITION OF IDENTIFICATION TERMS USED WITHIN THE ATTACHMENTS
A.   Wherever the term “Company” or “Reinsured” or “Reassured” or whatever other term is used to designate the reinsured company or companies within the various attachments to the reinsurance agreement, the term shall be understood to mean Company or Reinsured or Reassured or whatever other term is used in the attached reinsurance agreement to designate the reinsured company or companies.
B.   Wherever the term “Agreement” or “Agreement” or “Policy” or whatever other term is used to designate the attached reinsurance agreement within the various attachments to the reinsurance agreement, the term shall be understood to mean Agreement or Agreement or Policy or whatever other term is used to designate the attached reinsurance agreement.
C.   Wherever the term “Reinsurer” or “Reinsurers” or “Underwriters” or whatever other term is used to designate the reinsurer or reinsurers in the various attachments to the reinsurance agreement, the term shall be understood to mean Reinsurer or Reinsurers or Underwriters or whatever other term is used to designate the reinsuring company or companies.
INSOLVENCY FUNDS EXCLUSION CLAUSE
This Agreement excludes all liability of the Company arising by Agreement, operation of law, or otherwise from its participation or membership, whether voluntary or involuntary, in any insolvency fund or from reimbursement of any person for any such liability. “Insolvency fund” includes any guaranty fund, insolvency fund, plan, pool, association, fund or other arrangement, howsoever denominated, established or governed, which provides for any assessment of or payment or assumption by any person of part or all of any claim, debt, charge, fee, or other obligation of an insurer, or its successors or assigns, which has been declared by any competent authority to be insolvent or which is otherwise deemed unable to meet any claim, debt, charge, fee or other obligation in whole or in part.

 


 

    NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE — LIABILITY — REINSURANCE — U.S.A. N.M.A. 1590
1.   This reinsurance does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Reassured as a member of, or subscriber to, any association of insurers or reinsurers formed for the purpose of covering nuclear energy risks or as a direct or indirect reinsurer of any such member, subscriber or association.
2.   Without in any way restricting the operation of paragraph 1. of this Clause it is understood and agreed that for all purposes of this reinsurance all the original policies of the Reassured (new, renewal and replacement) of the classes specified in Clause II. in this paragraph 2. from the time specified in Clause III. in this paragraph 2. shall be deemed to include the following provision (specified as the Limited Exclusion Provision):
    LIMITED EXCLUSION PROVISION*
  I.   It is agreed that the policy does not apply under any liability coverage, to injury, sickness, disease, death or destruction, bodily injury or property damage with respect to which an insured under the policy is also an insured under a nuclear energy liability policy issued by Nuclear Energy Liability Insurance Association, Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters or Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada, or would be an insured under any such policy but for its termination upon exhaustion of its limit of liability.
 
  II.   Family Automobile Policies (liability only), Special Automobile Policies (private passenger automobiles, liability only), Farmers Comprehensive Personal Liabilities Policies (liability only), Comprehensive Personal Liability Policies (liability only) or policies of a similar nature; and the liability portion of combination forms related to the four classes of policies stated above, such as the Comprehensive Dwelling Policy and the applicable types of Homeowners Policies.
 
  III.   The inception dates and thereafter of all original policies as described in II. above, whether new, renewal or replacement, being policies which either
  (a)   become effective on or after 1st May, 1960, or
 
  (b)   become effective before that date and contain the Limited Exclusion Provision set out above; provided this paragraph 2. shall not be applicable to Family Automobile Policies, Special Automobile Policies, or policies or combination policies of a similar nature, issued by the Reassured on New York risks, until 90 days following approval of the Limited Exclusion Provision by the Governmental Authority having jurisdiction thereof.
3.   Except for those classes of policies specified in Clause II. of paragraph 2. and without in any way restricting the operation of paragraph 1. of this Clause, it is understood and agreed that for all purposes of this reinsurance the original liability policies of the Reassured (new, renewal and replacement) affording the following coverages:
    Owners, Landlords and Tenants Liability, Agreementual Liability, Elevator Liability, Owners or Agreementors (including railroad) Protective Liability, Manufacturers and Agreementors Liability, Product Liability, Professional and Malpractice Liability, Storekeepers Liability, Garage Liability, Automobile Liability (including Massachusetts Motor Vehicle or Garage Liability)
    shall be deemed to include with respect to such coverages, from the time specified in Clause V. of this paragraph 3., the following provision (specified as the Broad Exclusion Provision):
    BROAD EXCLUSION PROVISION*
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    It is agreed that the policy does not apply:
  I.   Under any Liability Coverage to injury, sickness, disease, death or destruction, bodily injury or property damage
  (a)   with respect to which an insured under the policy is also an insured under nuclear energy liability policy issued by Nuclear Energy Liability Insurance Association, Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters or Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada, or would be an insured under any such policy but for its termination upon exhaustion of its limit of liability; or
 
  (b)   resulting from the hazardous properties of nuclear material and with respect to which (1) any person or organization is required to maintain financial protection pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or any law amendatory thereof, or (2) the insured is, or had this policy not been issued would be, entitled to indemnity from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, under any agreement entered into by the United States of America, or any agency thereof, with any person or organization.
  II.   Under any Medical Payments Coverage, or under any Supplementary Payments Provision relating to immediate medical or surgical relief, first aid, to expenses incurred with respect to bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, bodily injury resulting from the hazardous properties of nuclear material and arising out of the question of a nuclear facility by any person or organization.
 
  III.   Under any Liability Coverage, to injury, sickness, disease, death or destruction, bodily injury or property damage resulting from the hazardous properties of nuclear material, if
  (a)   the nuclear material (1) is at any nuclear facility owned by, or operated by or on behalf of, an insured or (2) has been discharged or dispersed therefrom;
 
  (b)   the nuclear material is contained in spent fuel or waste at any time possessed, handled, used, processed, stored, transported or disposed of by or on behalf of an insured; or
 
  (c)   the injury, sickness, disease, death or destruction, bodily injury or property damage arises out of the furnishing by an insured of services, materials, parts or equipment in connection with the planning, construction, maintenance, operation or use of any nuclear facility, but if such facility is located within the United States of America, its territories, or possessions or Canada, this exclusion (c) applies only to injury to or destruction of property at such nuclear facility, property damage to such nuclear facility and any property threat.
  IV.   As used in this endorsement:
      “hazardous properties” include radioactive, toxic or explosive properties; “nuclear material” means source material, special nuclear material or byproduct material; “source material,” “special nuclear material,” and “byproduct material” have the meanings given them in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or in any law amendatory thereof; “spent fuel” means any fuel element or fuel component, solid or liquid, which has been used or exposed to radiation in a nuclear reactor; “waste” means any waste material (1) containing byproduct material other than the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed for its source material
 
      content and (2) resulting from the operation by any person or organization of any nuclear facility included within the definition of nuclear facility under paragraph (a) or (b) thereof; “nuclear facility” means
  (a)   any nuclear reactor,
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  (b)   any equipment or device designed or used for (1) separating the isotopes of uranium or plutonium, (2) processing or utilizing spent fuel, or (3) handling, processing or packaging waste,
 
  (c)   any equipment or device used for the processing, fabricating or alloying of special nuclear material if at any time the total amount of such material in the custody of the insured at the premises where such equipment or device is located consists of or contains more than 25 grams of plutonium or uranium 233 or any combination thereof, or more than 250 grams of uranium 235,
 
  (d)   any structure, basin, excavation, premises or place prepared or used for the storage or disposal of waste
      and includes the site on which any of the foregoing is located, all operations conducted on such site and all premises used for such operations; “nuclear reactor” means any apparatus designed or used to sustain nuclear fission in a self-supporting chain reaction or to contain a critical mass of fissionable material; with respect to injury to or destruction of property, the word “injury” or “destruction” includes all forms of radioactive contamination of property; “property damage” includes all forms of radioactive contamination of property.
  V.   The inception dates and thereafter of all original policies affording coverages specified in this paragraph 3., whether new, renewal or replacement, being policies which become effective on or after 1st May, 1960, provided this paragraph 3. shall not be applicable to
  (i)   Garage and Automobile Policies issued by the Reassured on New York risks, or
 
  (ii)   Statutory liability insurance required under Chapter 90, General Laws of Massachusetts, until 90 days following approval of the Broad Exclusion Provision by the Governmental Authority having jurisdiction thereof.
4.   Without in any way restricting the operations of paragraph 1. of this Clause, it is understood and agreed that paragraphs 2. and 3. above are not applicable to original liability policies of the Reassured in Canada, and that with respect to such policies, this Clause shall be deemed to include the Nuclear Energy Liability Exclusion Provisions adopted by the Canadian Underwriters’ Association or the Independent Insurance Conference of Canada.
*NOTE:   The words printed in BOLD TYPE in the Limited Exclusion Provision and in the Broad Exclusion Provision shall apply only in relation to original liability policies which include a Limited Exclusion Provision or a Broad Exclusion Provision containing those words.
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    NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE — LIABILITY — REINSURANCE — CANADA
 
    N.M.A. 1979
1.   This Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Company as a member of, or subscriber to, any association of insurers or reinsurers formed for the purpose of covering nuclear energy risks or as a direct or indirect reinsurer of any such member, subscriber or association.
2.   Without in any way restricting the operation of Paragraph 1. of this Clause, it is agreed that for all purposes of this Agreement all the original liability Agreements of the Company, whether new, renewal or replacement, of the following classes, namely,
      Personal Liability
Farmers’ Liability
Storekeepers’ Liability
    which become effective on or after 31st December 1984, shall be deemed to include, from their inception dates and thereafter, the following provision:
    Limited Exclusion Provision —
    This Policy does not apply to bodily injury or property damage with respect to which the Insured is also insured under a Agreement of nuclear energy liability insurance (whether the Insured is unnamed in such Agreement and whether or not it is legally enforceable by the Insured) issued by the Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada or any other group or pool of insurers or would be an Insured under any such policy but for its termination upon exhaustion of its limits of liability.
    With respect to property, loss of use of such property shall be deemed to be property damage.
3.   Without in any way restricting the operation of Paragraph 1. of this Clause, it is agreed that for all purposes of this Agreement all the original liability Agreements of the Company, whether new, renewal or replacement, of any class whatsoever (other than Personal Liability, Farmers’ Liability, Storekeepers’ Liability or Automobile Liability Agreements), which become effective on or after 31st December 1984, shall be deemed to include, from their inception dates and thereafter, the following provision:
    Broad Exclusion Provision —
    It is agreed that this Policy does not apply:
  (a)   to liability imposed by or arising under the Nuclear Liability Act; nor
 
  (b)   to bodily injury or property damage with respect to which an Insured under this Policy is also insured under a Agreement of nuclear energy liability insurance (whether the Insured is unnamed in such Agreement and whether or not it is legally enforceable by the Insured) issued by the Nuclear Association of Canada or any other insurer or group or pool of insurers or would be an Insured under any such policy but for its termination upon exhaustion of its limit of liability; nor
 
  (c)   to bodily injury or property damage resulting directly or indirectly from the nuclear energy hazard arising from:
  (i)   the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of a nuclear facility by or on behalf of an Insured;
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  (ii)   the furnishing of an Insured of services, materials, parts or equipment in connection with the planning, construction, maintenance, operation or use of any nuclear facility; and
 
  (iii)   the possession, consumption, use, handling, disposal or transportation of fissionable substances, or of other radioactive material (except radioactive isotopes, away from a nuclear facility, which have reached the final stage of fabrication so as to be usable for any scientific, medical, agricultural, commercial or industrial purpose) used, distributed, handled or sold by an Insured.
As used in this Policy:
(1)   The term “nuclear energy hazard” means the radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of radioactive material;
(2)   The term “radioactive material” means uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, their respective derivatives and compounds, radioactive isotopes of other elements and any other substances that the Atomic Energy Control Board may, by regulation, designate as being prescribed substances capable of releasing atomic energy, or as being requisite for the production, use or application of atomic energy;
(3)   The term “nuclear facility” means:
  (a)   any apparatus designed or used to sustain nuclear fission in a self-supporting chain reaction or to contain a critical mass of plutonium, thorium and uranium or any one or more of them;
 
  (b)   any equipment or device designed or used for (i) separating the isotopes of plutonium, thorium and uranium or any one or more of them, (ii) processing or utilizing spent fuel, or (iii) handling, processing or packaging waste;
 
  (c)   any equipment or device used for the processing, fabricating or alloying of plutonium, thorium or uranium enriched in the isotope uranium 233 or in the isotope uranium 235, or any one or more of them if at any time the total amount of such material in the custody of the Insured at the premises where such equipment or device is located consists of or contains more than 25 grams of plutonium or uranium 233 or any combination thereof, or more than 250 grams of uranium 235;
 
  (d)   any structure, basin, excavation, premises or place prepared or used for the storage or disposal of waste radioactive material; and includes the site on which any of the foregoing is located, together with all operations conducted thereon and all premises used for such operations.
(4)   The term “fissionable substance” means any prescribed substance that is, or from which can be obtained, a substance capable of releasing atomic energy by nuclear fission.
(5)   With respect to property, loss of use of such property shall be deemed to be property damage.
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NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE — REINSURANCE — NO. 4
1.   This Reinsurance does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Reassured as a member of, or subscriber to, any association of insurers or reinsurers formed for the purpose of covering nuclear energy risks or as a direct or indirect reinsurer of any such member, subscriber or association.
2.   Without in any way restricting the operations of Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clauses, — Liability, — Physical Damage, — Boiler and Machinery and paragraph 1. of this Clause, it is understood and agreed that for all purposes of the reinsurance assumed by the Reinsurer from the Reinsured, all original insurance policies or Agreements of the Reinsured (new, renewal and replacement) shall be deemed to include the applicable existing Nuclear Clause and/or Nuclear Exclusion Clause(s) in effect at the time and any subsequent revisions thereto as agreed upon and approved by the Insurance Industry and/or a qualified Advisory or Rating Bureau.

 


 

INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES CONTRACT
to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
NO. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
between
BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Lakeland, Florida
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
and
PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
Keene, New Hampshire
(herinafter referred to as the “Subscribing Reinsurer”)
It is hereby agreed by and between the Company on the one part and the Subscribing Reinsurer on the other part that the Subscribing Reinsurer’s share in the interests and liabilities of the Reinsurers as set forth in the attached Casualty Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006 effective 12:01 a.m., Local Standard Time, January 1, 2006, to which this Contract is attached shall be for:
         
Exhibit A — First Excess of Loss
    100.0 %
Exhibit B — Second Excess of Loss
    100.0 %
Exhibit C — Third Excess of Loss
    100.0 %
The share of the Subscribing Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of all Reinsurers participating in said Agreement shall be separate and apart from the shares of such other Reinsurers to the said Agreement. The interests and liabilities of the Subscribing Reinsurer shall not be joint with those of the other Reinsurers and in no event shall the Subscribing Reinsurer participate in the interests and liabilities of the other Reinsurers participating in said Agreement.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Contract to be executed by their duly authorized representative.
In Lakeland, Florida, this 25th day of September, 2006.
     
ATTEST:
  BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
 
  BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
 
   
/s/
  /s/
 
   
And in Keene, New Hampshire, this 7th day of September, 2006.
     
ATTEST:
  PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
 
   
/s/
  /s/ Nancy C. Callender
 
   

 


 

ENDORSEMENT NO. 1
to the
INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES CONTRACT
(hereinafter referred to as the “Contract”)
of the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
between
BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Lakeland, Florida
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
and
PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
Keene, New Hampshire
(hereinafter referred to as the “Reinsurer”)
It is understood and agreed that Addendum No. 1 to the Casualty Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006 is attached hereto and made a part of said Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Endorsement to be executed in duplicate, by their duly authorized representatives.
In Lakeland, Florida, this 13th day of November, 2007.
     
ATTEST:
  BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
 
  BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
 
   
/s/
  /s/
 
   
And in Keene, New Hampshire, this 6th day of November, 2007.
     
ATTEST:
  PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
 
   
/s/
  /s/ Nancy C. Callender
 
   
No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
Endorsement No. 1

 


 

ADDENDUM NO. 1
to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
(hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”)
between
BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Lakeland, Florida
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
and
PEERLESS INSURANCE COMPANY
Keene, New Hampshire
(hereinafter referred to as the “Reinsurer”)
It is understood and agreed that effective 12:01 a.m., Local Standard Time, January 1, 2007, this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Article II — Effective Date and Termination.
No. RAM Re SumCX — 2006
Addendum No. 1