EXHIBIT 10.2
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE PAGE
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I BUSINESS COVERED 1
II TERM 1
III SPECIAL TERMINATION 2
IV DEFINITIONS 3
Ultimate Net Loss 3
Extended Reporting Period Coverage 4
Gross Net Earned Premium Income 4
Insured 4
Loss Occurrence 4
Policy or Policies 5
V LOSS IN EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS 5
VI EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 5
VII TERRITORY (BRMA 51A) 6
VIII EXCLUSIONS 6
IX ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 8
X AMOUNT OF COVERAGE AND RETENTION 8
XI REINSURANCE PREMIUM 9
XII NOTICE OF LOSS AND LOSS SETTLEMENTS 9
XIII AGENCY AGREEMENT (WAGE1) 10
XIV SALVAGE AND SUBROGATION (WSAL1) 10
XV ERRORS AND OMISSIONS (BRMA 14C) 10
XVI OFFSET 10
XVII CURRENCY (BRMA 12A) 11
XVIII TAXES (BRMA 50C) 11
XIX FEDERAL EXCISE TAX (BRMA 17A) 11
XX UNAUTHORIZED REINSURANCE (BRMA 55A) 11
XXI NET RETAINED LINES 13
XXII THIRD PARTY RIGHTS (BRMA 52C) 13
XXIII SEVERABILITY (WSEV1) 14
XXIV GOVERNING LAW (BRMA 71A) 14
XXV ACCESS TO RECORDS 14
XXVI INSOLVENCY 14
XXVII ARBITRATION 15
XXVIII CONFIDENTIALITY 16
XXIX SERVICE OF SUIT (WSOS4) 16
XXX TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT OF 2002 18
XXXI MODE OF EXECUTION (WMOE1) 18
XXXII INTERMEDIARY (WINT8) 18
Schedule A
Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause - Liability - Reinsurance -
U.S.A.
Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause - Liability - Reinsurance -
Canada
Terrorism Exclusion Endorsement (Reinsurance)
War Exclusion (WEXC212)
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
(the "Contract")
between
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
(the "Company")
and
THE SUBSCRIBING REINSURER EXECUTING THE
INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT
ATTACHED TO THIS CONTRACT
(the "Reinsurer")
ARTICLE I
BUSINESS COVERED
A. By this Contract the Reinsurer agrees to reinsure the net excess liability
of the Company under its Policies in force at the effective time and date
hereof or issued or renewed after that time and date by or on behalf of the
Company and classified by the Company as Casualty, Liability and Fidelity,
which is defined as insurance which is classified in the NAIC Annual
Statement as commercial multiple peril (liability portion coverages), other
liability - occurrence and claims made, commercial auto liability and
fidelity lines of business. The business covered under this Article
includes business written by the Company's Commercial and Specialty Lines
Divisions. It is understood and agreed that, as respects Policies on a
claims-made or losses-discovered basis, any Extended Reporting Period
Coverage provided thereunder shall be reinsured hereunder, provided the
date of loss is during the term of this Contract.
B. Furthermore, it is agreed that the Company may add other Casualty,
Liability or Fidelity product lines of business to the scope of this
Contract with prior written approval of the Reinsurer.
ARTICLE II
TERM
A. This Contract shall become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2007 as respects losses occurring at or after that time and
date, and shall continue in effect until 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2008.
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B. The Reinsurer shall cease to be liable for Loss Occurrences after the time
and date of expiration of this Contract but shall remain liable for
Ultimate Net Loss incurred by the Company with respect to Loss Occurrences
under the Company's Policies with the date of loss prior to the termination
date of this Contract.
C. The Company shall have the option to elect run-off coverage for Policies in
force at the expiration of this Contract. If the Company chooses to run off
liability, the Company will notify the Reinsurer prior to January 31, 2008.
If run-off of liability is chosen, the Reinsurer shall continue to be
liable for Ultimate Net Loss incurred by the Company under all Policies in
force at the time and date of expiration until each Policy's next
anniversary, renewal or expiration, but in no event shall the Reinsurer's
liability continue for more than 12 months after the expiration date plus
odd time, not to exceed a total of 18 months. The premium for the run-off
coverage shall be the expiring rate from the attached Schedule A applied to
the unearned subject premium for the Policies in force as of December 31,
2007.
ARTICLE III
SPECIAL TERMINATION
A. The Company may terminate this Contract at any time by the giving of 10
days' notice in writing to the Reinsurer upon the happening of any one of
the following circumstances:
1. A State Insurance Department or other legal authority orders the
Reinsurer to cease writing business; or
2. The Reinsurer has become insolvent or has been placed into liquidation
or receivership (whether voluntary or involuntary), or there has 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
3. The Reinsurer's policyholders' surplus has been reduced by whichever
is greater, either 25% of the amount of surplus at the inception of
this Contract or 25% of the amount at the latest anniversary, or has
lost any part of or has reduced its paid in capital; or
4. The Reinsurer has become merged with, acquired or controlled by any
company, corporation or individual(s) not controlling the party's
operations at the inception of this Contract; however, this
subparagraph A4 shall not apply where the acquiring or surviving
company, corporation, or individuals have a Standard & Poor's Insurer
Financial Strength Rating equal to or higher than an "A-" and/or an
A.M. Best's rating equal to or higher than an "A-" following such
change in acquisition, merger or control; or
5. The Reinsurer has reinsured its entire liability under this Contract
without the terminating party's prior written consent; or
6. The Reinsurer ceases writing new or renewal business; or
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7. The Reinsurer has been assigned an A.M. Best's rating of less than
"A-" or a Standard & Poor's Insurer Financial Strength Rating of less
than "A-".
B. Notwithstanding any other termination provision of this Contract, if this
Contract is terminated under the provisions of this Article, the Company
shall have the right to terminate liability for losses occurring subsequent
to termination of this Contract. In such event, the Reinsurer shall return
the unearned portion, if any, less any commission allowed thereon, of
premiums paid hereunder and the minimum premium provisions, if any, shall
be waived.
C. Additionally, the Company, at its sole discretion, may elect to commute the
Reinsurer's liabilities for loss and loss adjustment expenses, whether
known and unknown, on Policies covered under this Contract. In the event
the Company and the Reinsurer cannot agree on the capitalized value of the
Reinsurer's liabilities on the Policies covered under this Contract, the
two parties shall mutually appoint an actuary to resolve the matter of
valuation. If the two parties cannot agree on the appointment of an
actuary, a selection process based on the ARBITRATION ARTICLE will be
employed. Payment by the Reinsurer of the amount ascertained will
constitute full and final release of the Reinsurer's liabilities hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
DEFINITIONS
A. Ultimate Net Loss
"Ultimate Net Loss," as used in this Contract, shall mean the actual loss
paid by the Company or for which the Company becomes liable to pay, such
loss shall include 100% of any Loss in Excess of Policy Limits as defined
in the LOSS IN EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS ARTICLE, 100% of any Extra
Contractual Obligations as defined in the EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
ARTICLE, ex-gratia payments subject to prior approval, expenses of
litigation and interest, claim-specific declaratory judgment expenses, and
all other loss expense of the Company including subrogation, salvage, and
recovery expenses (office expenses and salaries of officials and employees
not classified as loss adjusters are not chargeable as expenses for
purposes of this paragraph), but salvages and all recoveries, including
recoveries under all reinsurances, which inure to the benefit of this
Contract (whether recovered or not), shall be first deducted from such loss
to arrive at the amount of liability attaching hereunder.
The phrase "ex-gratia payments" shall mean payments made as an
accommodation by the Company in settlement of a claim for which no coverage
exists under the Policy reinsured hereunder, subject to the prior approval
of the Reinsurer.
The phrase "claim-specific declaratory judgment expenses," as used in this
Contract will mean all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with
declaratory judgment actions brought to determine the Company's defense
and/or indemnification obligations that are allocable to specific Policies
and claims subject to this Contract. Declaratory
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judgment expenses will be deemed to have been incurred by the Company on
the date of the original loss (if any) giving rise to the declaratory
judgment action.
All salvages, recoveries or payments recovered or received subsequent to
loss settlements hereunder shall be applied as if recovered or received
prior to the aforesaid settlement, and all necessary adjustments shall be
made by the parties hereto.
For purposes of this definition, the phrase "becomes liable to pay" shall
mean the existence of a judgment, which the Company does not intend to
appeal, or a release has been obtained by the Company, or the Company has
accepted a proof of loss.
Nothing in this clause shall be construed to mean that losses are not
recoverable hereunder until the Company's Ultimate Net Loss has been
ascertained.
B. Extended Reporting Period Coverage
"Extended Reporting Period Coverage" as used herein shall mean coverage for
claims made after termination or expiration of the Company's Policy on
losses that would have been covered under the terminated or expired Policy
had the claims been made during the term of that Policy. All claims made
against or reported to the Company during an extended reporting period
shall be deemed to have been made against or reported to the Company on the
last full day of the Policy period to which the extended reporting period
applies. For purposes of this Contract, the date of loss for any claim
coming within Extended Reporting Period Coverage, whether such coverage is
automatically extended under the Policy or whether a specific endorsement
is issued, will be the termination or expiration date of the Policy.
C. Gross Net Earned Premium Income
"Gross Net Earned Premium Income," as used in this Contract, shall mean
gross earned premium income during the term of this Contract on business
the subject of this Contract less earned premium income paid for
reinsurances, recoveries under which would inure to the benefit of this
Contract.
D. Insured
"Insured," as used in this Contract, shall have the same meaning as this
term or similar term in the Company's Policies. However, in the event of
any ambiguity or dispute relating to this term, the Company shall be the
sole judge of what constitutes one Insured.
E. Loss Occurrence
"Loss Occurrence," as used in this Contract, shall have the same meaning as
this term or similar term (e.g., loss, claims-made, losses discovered,
wrongful act, error, omission) in the Company's Policies. However, in the
event of any ambiguity or dispute relating to this term, the Company shall
be the sole judge of what constitutes one Loss Occurrence.
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F. Policy or Policies
"Policy" or "Policies," as used in this Contract, shall mean any binder,
policy, or contract of insurance or reinsurance issued, accepted or held
covered provisionally or otherwise, including any extended reporting
periods, by or on behalf of the Company.
ARTICLE V
LOSS IN EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS
A. This Contract shall protect the Company, within the limits hereof, in
connection with the Ultimate Net Loss in excess of the limit of its
original Policy, such loss in excess of the limit having been incurred
because of failure by it to settle within the Policy limit or by reason of
alleged or actual negligence, criminal act or fraud, or bad faith in
rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in
the trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the
preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.
B. For the purpose of this Article, 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. However, this Article shall not
apply where the loss has been incurred due to fraud by 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 VI
EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
A. This Contract shall protect the Company within the limits hereof, where the
Ultimate Net Loss includes any Extra Contractual Obligations. The term
"Extra Contractual Obligations" is defined as those liabilities not covered
under any other provision of this Contract and 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 to settle within the Policy limit, or by reason of alleged or
actual negligence, criminal act or fraud, or bad faith in rejecting an
offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the trial of
any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation or
prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.
B. 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 disaster and/or casualty.
C. However, this Article shall not apply where the loss has been incurred due
to fraud by 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.
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ARTICLE VII
TERRITORY (BRMA 51A)
The territorial limits of this Contract shall be identical with those of the
Company's Policies.
ARTICLE VIII
EXCLUSIONS
This Contract does not cover and specifically excludes:
A. Policies with per claim or per occurrence limits of $1,000,000 and less.
When the Company writes a primary Policy and an umbrella Policy for the
same Insured, and the sum of the per claim or per occurrence limits of the
two Policies is greater than $1,000,000, this exclusion shall not apply to
either Policy.
B. Pools, Associations or Syndicates, except losses from Assigned Risk Plans
or similar plans, are not excluded.
C. Nuclear Incident pursuant to the "Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause -
Liability - Reinsurance - U.S.A." attached hereto.
D. Nuclear Incident pursuant to the "Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause -
Liability - Reinsurance - Canada" attached hereto.
E. Liability of the Company arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise
from its participation or membership, whether voluntary or involuntary, in
any insolvency fund. "Insolvency fund" includes any guarantee 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 the Company 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.
F. Financial Guarantee or Insolvency, when written as such.
However, the liability of the Company under any bond covering losses due to
negligence of any person or failure of any person to faithfully perform his
duty or failure to account for and pay over money or other property in his
custody shall not be considered Financial Guarantee or Insolvency.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no claim is to attach hereto in respect of
any loss or losses arising as a result of:
1. The insolvency of any financial institution at which trust moneys are
deposited or insolvency of any person, firm or company, or
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2. The fall in the market value of investments unless such loss is the
direct result of a) a dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or negligent act
on the part of the bonded person or b) a dishonest, fraudulent or
criminal act on the part of any other person or persons or c) unless
such loss is solely created by a physical damage loss to property
other than where such physical damage loss could have been recovered
from a third party but for the insolvency of such third party.
The above shall not apply as respects claims made under the Company's
Specialty Lines Division Policies.
G. Pollution liability to the extent excluded in the Company's original
Policies. However, this exclusion shall not apply:
1. When a judicial entity having legal jurisdiction invalidates the
Company's Pollution exclusion, thereby obligating the Company for
liability when such liability for Pollution was intended to be
excluded by the Company's exclusion.
2. In respect of any Policy written in a state whose insurance regulatory
authorities have prohibited the Company from including a Pollution
liability exclusion in its Policies.
H. Business classified by the Company as Primary Rental Liability and
Supplemental Liability.
I. Liability assumed by the Company under any form of treaty reinsurance;
however, group intra-company reinsurance (if applicable), local agency
reinsurance accepted in the normal course of business and/or Policies
written by another carrier at the Company's request and reinsured 100% by
the Company, as well as Policies written for the captive of the Company's
Insured, will not be excluded hereunder.
J. Terrorism pursuant to the "Terrorism Exclusion Endorsement (Reinsurance)"
attached hereto.
K. Loss or liability excluded under the provisions of the "War Exclusion"
attached hereto.
L. Any losses arising out of the manufacturing of tobacco or tobacco products,
when written as such.
M. Any losses arising out of the manufacturing of latex gloves or latex
products, when written as such.
N. Business classified by the Company as Nursing Home General Liability or
Umbrella Liability.
O. Business classified as Unsupported Umbrella or Program Umbrella, with an
effective date of January 1, 2007 or later.
Should any judicial or regulatory entity having jurisdiction invalidate any
exclusion in the Company's Policy that is also the subject of one or more of the
exclusions herein (with exception to exclusions A, B, C, D, E, F, I, J and K as
set forth above), then a loss for which the Company is liable because of such
invalidation shall not be excluded hereunder.
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If the Company becomes bound on a risk specifically excluded in this Contract
and if notice of such is given by the Company to the Reinsurer within 30 days of
the discovery by an underwriting or a corporate officer of the Company, such
reinsurance as would have been afforded for the risk by this Contract if the
risk had not been excluded shall nevertheless apply:
(a) to such risk with respect to occurrences taking place prior to the
31st day after the discovery by an underwriting or a corporate officer
of the Company of the existence of the hazard which makes the
exclusion applicable; or
(b) until the Company is legally able to eliminate its liability under the
policy.
In case, within such 30 day period, the Company shall have forwarded to the
Reinsurer complete underwriting information and shall have received from the
Reinsurer written notice of its approval of the risk, the reinsurance shall
apply with respect to such risk for the policy period reported in the same
manner as if such risk were not so excluded, subject, however, to the terms of
such notice of approval.
ARTICLE IX
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
A. The Company will include, as part of their original Policies, a Mold
exclusion for business classified as Architects and Engineers, Property
Managers and Real Estate, as determined by the Company. However, this
provision will not apply wherever the Company's exclusion has not been
filed and approved.
B. Any Policies classified by the Company as Public Directors and Officers
Liability insurance, with the exception of Public Directors and Officers
Liability insurance in force at the inception of this Contract, shall be
submitted to the Reinsurer for acceptance into the Contract.
C. Business classified by the Company as Specialty Lines Excess shall be
limited to a maximum of 1.0% of the total Gross Net Earned Premium Income
subject to this Contract. Any Policies that are specially accepted in
accordance with paragraph B, above, shall not be subject to this condition.
D. Business classified by the Company as First Party Cyber-Liability, when
written as such and in conjunction with Miscellaneous Professional
Liability Policies, shall be subject to a sub-limit in the Company's
original Policies of $3,000,000 or so deemed.
ARTICLE X
AMOUNT OF COVERAGE AND RETENTION
A. With respect to all business covered other than as in paragraph B below,
the Reinsurer will be liable for $10,000,000 of Ultimate Net Loss in
respect of each Loss Occurrence, each Insured, in excess of the Company's
retention of $1,000,000 Ultimate Net Loss, each Loss Occurrence, each
Insured.
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B. When the Company writes an umbrella Policy, the Reinsurer will be liable
for $9,000,000 of Ultimate Net Loss in respect of each Loss Occurrence,
each Insured, in excess of the Company's retention of $2,000,000 Ultimate
Net Loss, each Loss Occurrence, each Insured, where the Ultimate Net Loss
is inclusive of any primary Policy written by the Company.
C. When the Company writes an amateur sports Umbrella or Excess Liability
Policy through American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services, Inc., the
Reinsurer will be liable for $5,000,000 of Ultimate Net Loss in respect of
each Loss Occurrence, each Insured, in excess of the Company's retention of
$6,000,000 Ultimate Net Loss, each Loss Occurrence, each Insured, where the
Ultimate Net Loss is inclusive of any primary Policy written by the
Company.
ARTICLE XI
REINSURANCE PREMIUM
A. The premium to be paid by the Company to the Reinsurer for reinsurance
provided by this Contract shall be calculated by applying the appropriate
rate from the attached Schedule A to the Gross Net Earned Premium Income
reported by the Company in its NAIC Annual Statement during the term of
this Contract on all business the subject matter hereof, subject to a
minimum premium of $58,800,000.
B. The Company shall pay to the Reinsurer an annual deposit premium of
$73,500,000 payable in quarterly installments of $18,375,000 due April 1;
July 1; and October 1, 2007; and January 1, 2008.
C. Within 90 days following the expiration of this Contract, the Company shall
render to the Reinsurer a statement of premium due in accordance with the
first paragraph of this Article. An adjustment of premium shall thereupon
be made in accordance with the statement submitted by the Company.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICE OF LOSS AND LOSS SETTLEMENTS
A. The Company will advise the Reinsurer promptly of all claims which in the
opinion of the Company may involve the Reinsurer and of all subsequent
developments on these claims which may materially affect the position of
the Reinsurer, such advices to include any claim for which the amount
incurred is 50% or more of the Company's retention.
B. The Reinsurer agrees to abide by the loss settlements of the Company
provided that retroactive extension of Policy terms or coverages made
voluntarily by the Company and not in response to court decisions (whether
such court decision is against the Company or other companies affording the
same or similar coverages) will not be covered under this Contract.
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C. When so requested, the Company will afford the Reinsurer an opportunity to
be associated with the Company, at the expense of the Reinsurer, in the
defense of any claim or suit or proceeding involving this reinsurance, and
the Company will cooperate in every respect in the defense of such claim,
suit or proceeding.
D. The Reinsurer will pay its share of loss settlements within 15 days upon
receipt and verification of proof of loss from the Company.
ARTICLE XIII
AGENCY AGREEMENT (WAGE1)
If more than one reinsured company is named as a party to this Contract, the
first named company will be deemed the agent of the other reinsured companies
for purposes of sending or receiving notices required by the terms and
conditions of this Contract and for purposes of remitting or receiving any
monies due any party.
ARTICLE XIV
SALVAGE AND SUBROGATION (WSAL1)
The Reinsurer shall be credited with salvage or subrogation recoveries (i.e.,
reimbursement obtained or recovery made by the Company, less loss adjustment
expense incurred in obtaining such reimbursement or making such recovery) on
account of claims and settlements involving reinsurance hereunder. Salvage and
subrogation recoveries thereon shall always be used to reimburse the excess
carriers in the reverse order of their priority according to their participation
before being used in any way to reimburse the Company for its primary loss. The
Company hereby agrees to enforce its rights to salvage or subrogation relating
to any loss, a part of which loss was sustained by the Reinsurer, and to
prosecute all claims arising out of such rights.
ARTICLE XV
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS (BRMA 14C)
Any inadvertent delay, omission or error 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 omission or error is
rectified upon discovery.
ARTICLE XVI
OFFSET
The Company and the Reinsurer, each at its option, may offset any balance or
balances, whether on account of premiums, claims and losses, loss expenses or
salvages due from one party to the other under this Contract; provided, however,
that in the event of the insolvency of a party hereto, offsets shall only be
allowed in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations.
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ARTICLE XVII
CURRENCY (BRMA 12A)
A. Whenever the word "Dollars" or the "$" sign appears in this Contract, they
shall be construed to mean United States Dollars and all transactions under
this Contract shall be in United States Dollars.
B. Amounts paid or received by the Company in any other currency shall be
converted to United States Dollars at the rate of exchange at the date such
transaction is entered on the books of the Company.
ARTICLE XVIII
TAXES (BRMA 50C)
In consideration of the terms under which this Contract is issued, the Company
will not claim a deduction in respect of the premium hereon when making tax
returns, other than income or profits tax returns, to any state or territory of
the United States of America, the District of Columbia or Canada.
ARTICLE XIX
FEDERAL EXCISE TAX (BRMA 17A)
(Applicable to those Reinsurers, excepting Underwriters at Lloyd's London and
other Reinsurers exempt from Federal Excise Tax, who are domiciled outside the
United States of America.)
A. The Reinsurer has agreed to allow, for the purpose of paying the Federal
Excise Tax, the applicable percentage of the premium payable hereon (as
imposed under Section 4371 of the Internal Revenue Code) to the extent such
premium is subject to the Federal Excise Tax.
B. In the event of any return of premium becoming due hereunder, the Reinsurer
will deduct the applicable percentage from the return premium payable
hereon, and the Company or its agent should take steps to recover the tax
from the United States Government.
ARTICLE XX
UNAUTHORIZED REINSURANCE (BRMA 55A)
(Applies only to a Reinsurer who does not qualify for full credit with any
insurance regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company's reserves.)
A. As regards Policies or bonds issued by the Company coming within the scope
of this Contract, the Company agrees that when it shall file with the
insurance regulatory authority or set up on its books reserves for losses
covered hereunder which it shall be required by
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law to set up, it will forward to the Reinsurer a statement showing the
proportion of such reserves which is applicable to the Reinsurer. The
Reinsurer hereby agrees to fund such reserves in respect of known
outstanding losses that have been reported to the Reinsurer and allocated
loss adjustment expense relating thereto, losses and allocated loss
adjustment expense paid by the Company but not recovered from the
Reinsurer, plus reserves for losses incurred but not reported, as shown in
the statement prepared by the Company (hereinafter referred to as
"Reinsurer's Obligations") by funds withheld, cash advances or a Letter of
Credit. The Reinsurer shall have the option of determining the method of
funding provided it is acceptable to the insurance regulatory authorities
having jurisdiction over the Company's reserves.
B. When funding by a Letter of Credit, the Reinsurer agrees to apply for and
secure timely delivery to the Company of a clean, irrevocable and
unconditional Letter of Credit issued by a bank and containing provisions
acceptable to the insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over
the Company's reserves in an amount equal to the Reinsurer's proportion of
said reserves. Such Letter 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 30 days (60
days where required by insurance regulatory authorities) prior to any
expiration date the issuing bank shall notify the Company by certified or
registered mail that the issuing bank elects not to consider the Letter of
Credit extended for any additional period.
C. The Reinsurer and Company agree that the Letters of Credit provided by the
Reinsurer pursuant to the provisions of this Contract may be drawn upon at
any time, notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract, 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 for the following purposes, unless
otherwise provided for in a separate Trust Agreement:
1. to reimburse the Company for the Reinsurer's Obligations, the payment
of which is due under the terms of this Contract and which has not
been otherwise paid;
2. to make refund of any sum which is in excess of the actual amount
required to pay the Reinsurer's Obligations under this Contract;
3. to fund an account with the Company for the Reinsurer's Obligations.
Such cash deposit shall be held in an interest bearing account
separate from the Company's other assets, and interest thereon not in
excess of the prime rate shall accrue to the benefit of the Reinsurer;
4. to pay the Reinsurer's share of any other amounts the Company claims
are due under this Contract.
In the event the amount drawn by the Company on any Letter of Credit is in
excess of the actual amount required for 1 or 3 or, in the case of 4, the
actual amount determined to be due, the Company shall promptly return to
the Reinsurer the excess amount so drawn. All of the foregoing shall be
applied without diminution because of insolvency on the part of the Company
or the Reinsurer.
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D. 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.
E. At annual intervals or more frequently as agreed, but never more frequently
than quarterly, the Company shall prepare a specific statement of the
Reinsurer's Obligations, for the sole purpose of amending the Letter of
Credit, in the following manner:
1. If the statement shows that the Reinsurer's Obligations exceed the
balance of credit as of the statement date, the Reinsurer shall,
within 30 days after receipt of notice of such excess, secure delivery
to the Company of an amendment to the Letter of Credit increasing the
amount of credit by the amount of such difference.
2. If, however, the statement shows that the 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
Reinsurer, release such excess credit by agreeing to secure an
amendment to the Letter of Credit reducing the amount of credit
available by the amount of such excess credit.
ARTICLE XXI
NET RETAINED LINES
A. This Contract applies only to that portion of any insurances or
reinsurances covered by this Contract, which the Company retains net for
its own account and, in calculating the amount of any loss hereunder and
also in computing the amount in excess of which this Contract attaches,
only loss or losses in respect of that portion of any insurances or
reinsurances which the Company retains net for its own account shall be
included.
B. The Company reserves the right to maintain reinsurance agreement(s) in
respect of its net retention under this Contract, and recoveries under said
reinsurance(s) shall be entirely disregarded in determining the Ultimate
Net Loss hereunder.
C. The amount of the Reinsurer's liability hereunder in respect of any loss or
losses shall not be increased by reason of the inability of the Company to
collect from any other reinsurers, whether specific or general, any amounts
which may have become due from them whether such inability arises from the
insolvency of such other reinsurers or otherwise.
ARTICLE XXII
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS (BRMA 52C)
This Contract is solely between the Company and the Reinsurer, and in no
instance shall any other party have any rights under this Contract except as
expressly provided otherwise in the INSOLVENCY ARTICLE.
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ARTICLE XXIII
SEVERABILITY (WSEV1)
If any provision of this Contract shall be rendered illegal or unenforceable by
the laws or regulations 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 Contract or the enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
ARTICLE XXIV
GOVERNING LAW (BRMA 71A)
This Contract shall be governed as to performance, administration and
interpretation by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, exclusive of the rules
with respect to conflicts of law, except as to rules with respect to credit for
reinsurance, in which case the applicable rules of all states shall apply.
ARTICLE XXV
ACCESS TO RECORDS
The Company shall place at the disposal of the Reinsurer at all reasonable
times, and the Reinsurer shall have the right to inspect through its designated
representatives, all books, records and papers of the Company in connection with
any reinsurance hereunder or claims in connection herewith. Rights of access to
records shall survive the termination or expiration of this Contract.
ARTICLE XXVI
INSOLVENCY
A. In the event of the insolvency of the Company, this reinsurance shall be
payable directly to the Company or to its liquidator, receiver, conservator
or statutory successor, with reasonable provision for verification, on the
basis of the liability of the Company without diminution because of the
insolvency of the Company or because the liquidator, receiver, conservator
or statutory successor of the Company has failed to pay all or a portion of
any claim. It is agreed, however, that the liquidator, receiver,
conservator or statutory successor of the Company shall give written notice
to the Reinsurer of the pendency of a claim against the Company indicating
the Policy or bond reinsured, which claim would involve a possible
liability on the part of the Reinsurer, within a reasonable time after such
claim is filed in the conservation or liquidation proceeding or in the
receivership, and that during the pendency of such claim, the 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 that it may
deem available to the Company or its liquidator, receiver, conservator or
statutory successor. The expense thus incurred by the Reinsurer shall be
chargeable, subject to the approval of the Court, against the Company as
part of the expense of
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conservation or 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 Reinsurer.
B. Where two or more subscribing reinsurers are involved in the same claim and
a majority in interest elect to interpose defense to such claim, the
expense shall be apportioned in accordance with the terms of this Contract
as though such expense had been incurred by the Company.
C. It is further agreed that, in the event of the insolvency of the Company,
the reinsurance under this Contract shall be payable directly by the
Reinsurer to the Company or its liquidator, receiver, conservator, or
statutory successor, except as provided by Section 4118(a) of the New York
Insurance Law or except (1) where this Contract specifically provides
another payee of such reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the
Company or (2) where the Reinsurer with the consent of the direct insured
or insureds has assumed such Policy obligations of the Company as direct
obligations of the Reinsurer to the payees under such Policies and in
substitution for the obligations of the Company to such payees.
D. In the event of the insolvency of any company or companies listed in the
designation of "Company" under this Contract, this Article shall apply only
to the insolvent company or companies.
ARTICLE XXVII
ARBITRATION
A. As a condition precedent to any right of action hereunder, any
irreconcilable dispute between the parties to this Contract will be
submitted for decision to a board of arbitration composed of two
arbitrators and an umpire meeting in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
B. Arbitration shall be initiated by the delivery of a written notice of
demand for arbitration by one party to the other within a reasonable time
after the dispute has arisen.
C. The members of the board of arbitration shall be active or former,
disinterested officials of insurance or reinsurance companies or
Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, not under the control or management of
either party to this Contract. Each party shall appoint its arbitrator, and
the two arbitrators shall choose an umpire before instituting the hearing.
If the respondent fails to appoint its arbitrator within 4 weeks after
being requested to do so by the claimant, the latter shall also appoint the
second arbitrator.
D. If the two arbitrators are unable to agree upon the umpire within 30 days
of their appointment, the umpire shall be selected by a judge of any court
of competent jurisdiction.
E. The claimant shall submit its initial brief within 45 days from appointment
of the umpire. The respondent shall submit its brief within 45 days
thereafter, and the claimant may submit a reply brief within 30 days after
filing of the respondent's brief.
F. The board shall make its decision with regard to the custom and usage of
the insurance and reinsurance business. The board shall issue its decision
in writing based upon a hearing in
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which evidence may be introduced without following strict rules of evidence
but in which cross-examination and rebuttal shall be allowed. The board
shall make its decision within 60 days following the termination of the
hearings unless the parties consent to an extension. The majority decision
of the board shall be final and binding upon all parties to the proceeding.
Judgment may be entered upon the award of the board in any court having
jurisdiction.
G. If more than one reinsurer is involved in the same dispute, all such
reinsurers shall constitute and act as one party for purposes of this
clause, and communications shall be made by the Company to each of the
reinsurers constituting the one party provided, however, that nothing
therein shall impair the rights of such reinsurers to assert several rather
than joint defenses or claims, nor be construed as changing the liability
of the reinsurers under the terms of this Contract from several to joint.
H. Each party shall bear the expense of its own arbitrator and shall jointly
and equally bear with the other party the expense of the umpire. The
remaining costs of the arbitration proceedings shall be allocated by the
board.
ARTICLE XXVIII
CONFIDENTIALITY
The Reinsurer, except with the express prior written consent of the Company,
shall not directly or indirectly communicate, disclose or divulge to any third
party, any knowledge or information that may be acquired either directly or
indirectly as a result of the inspection of the Company's books, records and
papers. The restrictions, as outlined in this Article, shall not apply to
communication or disclosures that the Reinsurer is required to make to its
statutory auditors, parent company, retrocessionaires, potential
retrocessionaires, legal counsel, arbitrators involved in any arbitration
procedures under this Contract or disclosures required upon subpoena or other
duly-issued order of a court or other governmental agency or regulatory
authority.
ARTICLE XXIX
SERVICE OF SUIT (WSOS4)
(This Article is applicable if the subscribing reinsurer is not domiciled in the
United States of America and/or is not authorized in any State, Territory or
District of the United States where authorization is required by insurance
regulatory authorities. This Article is not intended to conflict with or
override the obligation of the parties to arbitrate their disputes in accordance
with the ARBITRATION ARTICLE.)
A. 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, shall 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 rights 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
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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 subscribing reinsurer or is
determined by removal, transfer, or otherwise, as provided for above, shall
comply with all requirements necessary to give said court jurisdiction and,
in any suit instituted against it upon this Contract, shall abide by the
final decision of such court or of any appellate court in the event of an
appeal.
B. Service of process in such suit may be made upon the agent for the service
of process ("agent") named below, depending on the jurisdiction where the
Company chooses to bring suit:
1. If the suit is brought in the State of California, the law firm of
Mendes and Mount, 445 South Figueroa, 38th Floor, Los Angeles,
California 90071 shall be authorized and directed to accept service of
process on behalf of the subscribing reinsurer in any such suit;
2. If the suit is brought in the State of New York, the law firm of
Mendes and Mount, 750 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 shall
be authorized and directed to accept service of process on behalf of
the subscribing reinsurer in any such suit;
3. If the suit is brought in any state other than California or New York,
either of the agents described in subparagraphs 1 or 2 above shall be
authorized and directed to accept service of process on behalf of the
subscribing reinsurer in any such suit; or
4. If the subscribing reinsurer has designated an agent in the
subscribing reinsurer's Interests and Liabilities Agreement attached
hereto, then that agent shall be authorized and directed to accept
service of process on behalf of the subscribing reinsurer in any suit.
However, if an agent is designated in the subscribing reinsurer's
Interests and Liabilities Agreement and the agent is not located in
California as respects a suit brought in California or New York as
respects a suit brought in New York, in keeping with the laws of the
states of California and New York which require that service be made
on an agent located in the respective state if a suit is brought in
that state, the applicable office of Mendes and Mount stipulated in
subparagraphs 1 and 2 above must be used for service of suit unless
the provisions of paragraph C of this Article apply.
C. Further, pursuant to any statute of any state, territory or district of the
United States that makes provision therefor, the subscribing reinsurer
hereby designates the Superintendent, Commissioner or Director of
Insurance, or other officer specified for that purpose in the statute, or
his successor or successors in office, as its 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 Contract, and hereby designates the above-named as the
person to whom the said officer is authorized to mail such process or a
true copy thereof.
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ARTICLE XXX
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT OF 2002
A. Any financial assistance the Company receives under the Terrorism Risk
Insurance Act of 2002, including the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act
of 2005, and any other extensions or amendments thereto ("TRIA") shall
apply as follows:
1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2 below, any such financial
assistance shall inure solely to the benefit of the Company and shall
be entirely disregarded in applying all of the provisions of this
Contract.
2. If losses occurring hereunder result in recoveries made by the Company
both under this Contract and under TRIA, and such recoveries, together
with any other reinsurance recoveries made by the Company applicable
to said losses, exceed the amount permitted by TRIA, any amount in
excess thereof shall reduce the Ultimate Net Loss subject to this
Contract for the losses to which the TRIA financial assistance
applies.
B. Nothing herein shall be construed to mean that losses under this Contract
are not recoverable until the Company has received financial assistance
under TRIA.
ARTICLE XXXI
MODE OF EXECUTION (WMOE1)
This Contract may be executed either by an original written ink signature of
paper documents, by an exchange of facsimile copies showing the original written
ink signature of paper documents, or by electronic signature by either party
employing appropriate software technology as to satisfy the parties at the time
of execution that the version of the document agreed to by each party shall
always be capable of authentication and satisfy the same rules of evidence as
written signatures. The use of any one or a combination of these methods of
execution shall constitute a legally binding and valid signing of this Contract.
This Contract may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, when
duly executed, shall be deemed an original.
ARTICLE XXXII
INTERMEDIARY (WINT8)
Willis Re Inc., 1835 Market Street, Suite 2700, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103, is hereby recognized as the intermediary negotiating this Contract and
through whom all communications relating thereto shall be transmitted to the
Company or the Reinsurer. However, all communications concerning accounts, claim
information, funds and inquiries related thereto shall be transmitted to the
Company or the Reinsurer through Willis Re Inc., 5420 Millstream Road, Suite
200, P.O. Box 3000, McLeansville, North Carolina, 27301-3000. Payments by the
Company to Willis Re Inc. shall be deemed to constitute payment to the Reinsurer
and payments by the Reinsurer to Willis Re Inc. shall be deemed to constitute
payment to the Company only to the extent that such payments are actually
received by the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company by its duly authorized representative has
executed this Contract as of the date specified below:
Signed this 24th of JANUARY, 2007.
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Christopher J. Maguire
-------------------------------------
EXECUTIVE VP & CUO
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SCHEDULE A
ADJUSTABLE
PRODUCT LINE % RATE
- ------------ ----------
AUTO LIABILITY 0.500%
GENERAL LIABILITY 0.500%
UMBRELLA 31.000%
EXCESS AUTO 0.500%
Amateur Sports through
American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services Inc. 70.000%
SPECIALTY LINES
Accountants E&O 17.360%
Consultant's Liability 17.360%
Lawyers E&O 17.360%
Other E&O 17.360%
Professional Excess Liability 17.360%
Private Company Protection Plus 17.360%
Corporate D&O 17.360%
Non-Profit and Flexi Plus 5 D&O Liability 17.360%
Employment Related Practice 17.360%
Schedule A
NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE - LIABILITY - REINSURANCE - U.S.A.
(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 of 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 Liability 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, Contractual Liability, Elevator
Liability, Owners or Contractors (including railroad) Protective Liability,
Manufacturers and Contractors 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.*
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 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; 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 operation of a nuclear facility by any
person or organization.
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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 damages 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
thereat.
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 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,
(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" ("property damage"
includes all forms of radioactive contamination of property (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 operation 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 of the Independent Insurance Conference of Canada.
* NOTE: The words printed in italics 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.
21/9/67
N.M.A. 1590
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NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE - LIABILITY - REINSURANCE - CANADA
1. This Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the
Reinsured 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 his clause
it is agreed that for all purposes of this Agreement all the original
liability contracts of the Reinsured, 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 contract of nuclear energy
liability insurance (whether the Insured is unnamed in such contract 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 contracts of the Company, whether new, renewal or replacement, of
any class whatsoever (other than Personal Liability, Farmers' Liability,
Storekeepers' Liability or Automobile Liability contracts), 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 contract of nuclear energy
liability insurance (whether the Insured is unnamed in such contract
and whether or not it is legally enforceable by the Insured) issued by
the Nuclear Insurance 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;
(ii) 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; 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.
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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.
N.M.A. 1979n
01/04/96
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TERRORISM EXCLUSION ENDORSEMENT (REINSURANCE)
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary within this reinsurance or any
endorsement thereto it is agreed that this reinsurance excludes loss, damage,
cost or expense of whatsoever nature directly or indirectly caused by, resulting
from or in connection with any act of terrorism regardless of any other cause or
event contributing concurrently or in any other sequence to the loss.
For the purpose of this endorsement an act of terrorism means an act, including
but not limited to the use of force or violence and/or the threat thereof, of
any person or group(s) of persons, whether acting alone or on behalf of or in
connection with any organization(s) or government(s), committed for political,
religious, ideological or similar purposes including the intention to influence
any government and/or to put the public, or any section of the public, in fear.
This endorsement also excludes loss, damage, cost or expense of whatsoever
nature directly or indirectly caused by, resulting from or in connection with
any action taken in controlling, preventing, suppressing or in any way relating
to any act of terrorism.
If the Reinsurers allege that by reason of this exclusion, any loss, damage,
cost or expense is not covered by this reinsurance the burden of proving the
contrary shall be upon the Reassured.
In the event any portion of this endorsement is found to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
Notwithstanding the above, this terrorism exclusion shall only apply to
liability losses arising directly from the following classes of business, when
written as such.
Class of Business Coverage
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Airports (Including Any Related Services or Operations) CGL/UMB
Amusement Parks CGL/UMB
Animal Feed Mills CGL/UMB
Bridges and Tunnels, with exception to Bridges owned or maintained by
municipalities with less than 75,000 in population. CGL/UMB
Buildings in which U.S. Government is Owner or Largest Tenant CGL/UMB
Chemical Manufacturing, Wholesale or Storage CGL/UMB
Convention Centers with greater than 50,000 capacity, with exception to
Convention Centers when written as a non-profit organization,
or as part of a municipality with less than 75,000 in population. CGL/UMB
Concert Halls equal to or greater than 1,000 person in capacity,
with exception to: 1) Concert Halls and Performing Arts centers
when written as a non-profit organization; 2) Concert Halls
when written as part of a municipality with less than 75,000 in population. CGL/UMB
Dams, with exception to Dams less than fifty feet in height and owned
by municipalities with less than 75,000 in population. CGL/UMB
Drug Manufacturing CGL/UMB
Electrical Generating Facilities CGL/UMB
Explosives - Manufacture, Distribution or Storage CGL/UMB
Mass Transit Systems - Subways, Railways, etc. CGL/UMB
Oil & Gas Pipelines CGL/UMB
Oil Refineries & Storage Tank Farms CGL/UMB
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Class of Business (continued) Coverage
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Pesticides, Herbicides, Insecticides - Manufacture CGL/UMB
Ports (Including Any Related Services or Operations) CGL/UMB
Security Services CGL/UMB
Stadiums and Sports Arenas, with exception to Stadiums and Sports Arenas
with less than 25,000 in seating capacity and written as part of
Philadelphia Insurance Company's Amateur Sports Facility program,
or written as part of a municipality with less than 75,000 in population. CGL/UMB
Telecommunications Services - Telephone, Radio, TV, Internet CGL/UMB
Water & Sewage Treatment Plants, with exception to Water & Sewage
Treatment Plants owned by municipalities with less than 75,000 in
population, or Water & Sewage Treatment Authorities serving
populations with less than 250,000 in population. CGL/UMB
However, the maximum liability to the Reinsurer for all Terrorism losses during
the term of this Contract shall be limited to $10,000,000.
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WAR EXCLUSION (WEXC212)
As regards interests which at time of loss or damage are on shore, no liability
shall attach hereto in respect of any loss or damage which is occasioned by war,
invasion, hostilities, acts of foreign enemies, civil war, rebellion,
insurrection, military or usurped power, or martial law or confiscation by order
of any government or public authority.
This War Exclusion Clause shall not, however, apply to interests which at time
of loss or damage are within the territorial limits of the United States of
America (comprising the fifty States of the Union and the District of Columbia,
its territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and
including Bridges between the United States of America and Mexico provided they
are under United States ownership), Canada, St. Pierre and Miquelon, provided
such interests are insured under original policies, endorsements or binders
containing a standard war or hostilities or warlike operations exclusion clause.
Nevertheless, this clause shall not be construed to apply to loss or damage
occasioned by riots, strikes, civil commotion, vandalism, malicious damage.
INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement")
of
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
(the "Subscribing Reinsurer")
with respect to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
(the "Contract")
issued to
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
(the "Company")
The Subscribing Reinsurer shall have a 27.50% share in the interests and
liabilities of the "Reinsurer" as set forth in the Contract attached hereto and
executed by the Company.
This Agreement shall commence at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 1,
2007, and shall continue in force until 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2008.
The share of the Subscribing Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of the
"Reinsurer" shall be several and not joint with the share of any other
subscribing reinsurer. In no event shall the Subscribing Reinsurer participate
in the interests and liabilities of the other subscribing reinsurers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subscribing Reinsurer by its duly authorized
representative has executed this Agreement as of the date specified below:
Signed this 3rd day of FEBRUARY, 2007.
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
By /s/ Stephen O' Flynn
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INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement")
of
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
(the "Subscribing Reinsurer")
with respect to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
(the "Contract")
issued to
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
(the "Company")
The Subscribing Reinsurer shall have a 15.00% share in the interests and
liabilities of the "Reinsurer" as set forth in the Contract attached hereto and
executed by the Company.
This Agreement shall commence at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 1,
2007, and shall continue in force until 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2008.
The share of the Subscribing Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of the
"Reinsurer" shall be several and not joint with the share of any other
subscribing reinsurer. In no event shall the Subscribing Reinsurer participate
in the interests and liabilities of the other subscribing reinsurers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subscribing Reinsurer by its duly authorized
representative has executed this Agreement as of the date specified below:
Signed this 25th day of January, 2007.
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Dennis Mekemson
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INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement")
of
ODYSSEY AMERICA REINSURANCE CORPORATION
(the "Subscribing Reinsurer")
with respect to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
(the "Contract")
issued to
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
(the "Company")
The Subscribing Reinsurer shall have a 10.00% share in the interests and
liabilities of the "Reinsurer" as set forth in the Contract attached hereto and
executed by the Company.
This Agreement shall commence at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 1,
2007, and shall continue in force until 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2008.
The share of the Subscribing Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of the
"Reinsurer" shall be several and not joint with the share of any other
subscribing reinsurer. In no event shall the Subscribing Reinsurer participate
in the interests and liabilities of the other subscribing reinsurers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subscribing Reinsurer by its duly authorized
representative has executed this Agreement as of the date specified below:
Signed this 28th day of February, 2007.
ODYSSEY AMERICA REINSURANCE CORPORATION
By /s/ Alane Carey
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INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement")
of
EVEREST REINSURANCE COMPANY
(the "Subscribing Reinsurer")
with respect to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
(the "Contract")
issued to
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
(the "Company")
The Subscribing Reinsurer shall have a 27.50% share in the interests and
liabilities of the "Reinsurer" as set forth in the Contract attached hereto and
executed by the Company.
This Agreement shall commence at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 1,
2007, and shall continue in force until 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2008.
The share of the Subscribing Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of the
"Reinsurer" shall be several and not joint with the share of any other
subscribing reinsurer. In no event shall the Subscribing Reinsurer participate
in the interests and liabilities of the other subscribing reinsurers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subscribing Reinsurer by its duly authorized
representative has executed this Agreement as of the date specified below:
Signed this 12th day of March, 2007.
EVEREST REINSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ John Buckwalter
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INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement")
of
TRANSATLANTIC REINSURANCE COMPANY
(the "Subscribing Reinsurer")
with respect to the
CASUALTY EXCESS OF LOSS
REINSURANCE CONTRACT
(the "Contract")
issued to
PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA
AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMPANY ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY
(the "Company")
The Subscribing Reinsurer shall have a 20.00% share in the interests and
liabilities of the "Reinsurer" as set forth in the Contract attached hereto and
executed by the Company.
This Agreement shall commence at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 1,
2007, and shall continue in force until 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time,
January 1, 2008.
The share of the Subscribing Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of the
"Reinsurer" shall be several and not joint with the share of any other
subscribing reinsurer. In no event shall the Subscribing Reinsurer participate
in the interests and liabilities of the other subscribing reinsurers.
IT IS ALSO AGREED that the following SERVICING CLAUSE replaces the INTERMEDIARY
ARTICLE in the Contract.
SERVICING CLAUSE
Willis Re Inc., Suite 2700, 1835 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
is hereby recognized as the servicing agent for this Contract. However, all
communications concerning accounts, claim information, funds and inquiries
related thereto shall be transmitted to the Company or the Reinsurer through
Willis Re Inc., 5420 Millstream Road, P.O. Box 3000, McLeansville, North
Carolina 27301-3000. Payments by the Company to Willis Re Inc. shall be deemed
to constitute payment to the Reinsurer and payments by the Reinsurer to Willis
Re Inc. shall be deemed to constitute payment to the Company only to the extent
that such payments are actually received by the Company.
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The provisions of this Contract shall remain otherwise unchanged.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subscribing Reinsurer by its duly authorized
representative has executed this Agreement as of the date specified below:
Signed this 18th day of April, 2007.
TRANSATLANTIC REINSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Nancy D. Gates
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