Exhibit 10.18(6)
AUTOMOBILE QUOTA SHARE REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into by and between
SUPERIOR INSURANCE COMPANY
Atlanta, Georgia
SUPERIOR AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Tampa, Florida
SUPERIOR GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Tampa, Florida
(hereinafter together called "SUPERIOR GROUP")
and/or any subsidiaries of the above companies (hereinafter together called the
"Company") and the Reinsurer specifically identified on the signature page of
this Agreement (hereinafter called the "Reinsurer").
ARTILCE 1
BUSINESS REINSURED
This Agreement is to share with the Reinsurer the interests and liabilities of
the Company's net retained liability under all Policies classified by the
Company as Private Passenger Automobile and Motorcycle business (including
Artisans' vehicles) covering Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability,
Personal Injury Protection, Medical Payments, Uninsured and Underinsured
Motorists Liability, Physical Damage, inforce, written or renewed by or on
behalf of the Company and produced by Superior Insurance Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, Superior American Insurance Company, Tampa, Florida and Superior
Guaranty Insurance Company, Tampa, Florida, during the term of this Agreement,
subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.
ARTICLE 2
COVER
A. The Company will cede, and the Reinsurer will accept as reinsurance, a
37% share of all business reinsured hereunder, subject to the maximum
limits as specified in the MAXIMUM LIMITS OF LIABILITY ARTICLE.
ARTICLE 3
COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION
A. This Agreement shall become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard
Time, October 1, 1998, and shall remain in full force and effect until
terminated as provided in the following paragraph.
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B. Either the Company or the Reinsurer shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement at any time.
C. Notwithstanding the termination provisions as set forth in section B.
above, this Agreement may be terminated, if:
1. The Company defaults upon its obligation to pay the Reinsurer any net
balances due hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof, by the Reinsurer giving 15 days' notice prior to any month-end.
Should the Company correct the default within a 10-day period following
receipt of such notice, then termination of this reinsurance by the
Reinsurer for reason of default shall be rescinded automatically.
2. The Company:
a. Is acquired or controlled by, or merged with any other
company;
b. Reinsures its entire business;
c. Loses the whole or any part of its paid in capital;
d. Has a liquidator, receiver or conservator appointed, or is the
subject of any liquidation, conservation, insolvency or cease and
desist proceedings, then the Reinsurer may terminate at any month-
end by giving 15 days' prior written notice.
D. In the event of termination of this Agreement, the Reinsurer will continue
to cover all Policies coming within the scope of this Agreement, including
those written or renewed during the period of notice, until the natural
expiration or anniversary of such Policies, whichever occurs first, but
in no event longer than 12 months plus odd time, not to exceed 15 months
in all, from the date of termination.
Upon termination, the Company, at its option, may elect to terminate the
Reinsurer's liability for all losses occurring subsequent to termination. The
Reinsurer will return to the Company a portfolio representing the unearned
premium reserve under this Agreement appropriate to the mode of termination.
E. Either party hereto may request commutation of the ceded reserves for
losses and loss adjustment expenses outstanding for any Underwriting Year
at the end of the Underwriting Year of at anytime thereafter. The Reinsurer
shall have no liability beyond such amount and upon payment by the
Reinsurer of an amount equal to the ceded reserves for losses and loss
adjustment expenses outstanding, which said amount shall be mutually agreed
between the Company and Reinsurer, the Reinsurer shall be relieved of all
further liability hereunder with respect to the losses so commuted.
ARTICLE 4
TERRITORY
This Agreement applies to losses arising out of Policies written in the United
States of America, its territories and possessions, Puerto Rico and Canada,
wherever occurring or to follow the Company's original Policies.
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ARTICLE 5
MAXIMUM LIMITS OF LIABILITY
For purposes of determining the liability of the Reinsurer, the limits of
liability of the Company with respect to any one Policy shall be deemed not to
exceed the maximum limits as follows:
1. Bodily Injury: $100,000 per person/
$300,000 per occurrence
2. Uninsured Motorist BI: $100,000 per person/
$300,000 per occurrence
3. Underinsured Motorist BI: $100,000 per person/
$300,000 per occurrence
4. Property Damage Liability: $100,000 per occurrence
5. Uninsured Motorist PD: $50,000 per occurrence
6. Automobile Physical Damage: $50,000 per vehicle
Notwithstanding the maximum Policy limits listed above, it is agreed that the
Company may issue, and the Reinsurer will be liable for, a maximum of ten
Policies per Underwriting Year with limits of $1,000,000.
Loss in excess of the Policy limit and Extra Contractual Obligations as set
forth in the EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS ARTICLE and the EXTRA CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATIONS ARTICLE will be covered hereunder subject to the maximum Policy
limits as set forth in this Article, including the Policies with $1,000,000
limits.
The Company may request prior approval of the Reinsurer to cover more than ten
Policies per Underwriting Year with limits of $1,000,000.
ARTICLE 6
WARRANTY
The Company maintains the following reinsurance, which inure to the benefit of
this Agreement, whether collectible or not:
1. Casualty Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement of $800,000 in excess of
$200,000 each and every occurrence.
2. Contingent and Clash Casualty Excess of Reinsurance Agreement of $4,000,000
in excess of $1,000,000 each and every occurrence.
3. First Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement of 97.5% of $750,000
in excess of $250,000 each and every occurrence.
4. Second Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement of 97.5% of
$2,000,000 in excess of $1,000,000 each and every occurrence.
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ARTICLE 7
EXCLUSIONS
This Agreement does not cover:
A. All excess of loss reinsurance assumed by the Company.
B. Reinsurance assumed by the Company under obligatory reinsurance agreements,
except;
1. agency reinsurance where the Policies involved are to be reunderwritten
in accordance with the underwriting standards of the Company and
reissued as Company Policies at the next anniversary or expiration date,
and;
2. reinsurance assumed by the Company for Old American Insurance Company
of Texas and Southern County Mutual Insurance Company.
C. Financial guarantee and insolvency.
D. Business written by the Company on a co-indemnity basis where the Company
is not the controlling carrier.
E. Business written to apply in excess of a deductible of more than $5,000,
and business issued to apply specifically in excess over underlying
insurance.
F. Business excluded by the attached Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clauses -
Liability Reinsurance - U.S.A., No. 08-31.1 and Physical Damage -
Reinsurance - U.S.A., No. 08-33.
G. War Risks as excluded in the attached North American War Exclusion Clause
(Reinsurance) No. 08-45.
H. Pollution or contamination liability except mandatory coverage for motor
carriers subject to environmental restoration coverage under the Motor
Carrier Act of 1980 or similar mandatory coverages.
I. Liability as a member, subscriber or reinsurer of any Pool, Syndicate or
Association.
J. All liability of the Company arising by contract, operations of law, or
otherwise, from its participation or membership, whether voluntary or
involuntary, in any insolvency fund. "Insolvency fund" includes any
guaranty fund, insolvency fund, plan, pool, association, fund or other
arrangement, however 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.
K. All classifications of business not specifically included under the BUSINESS
REINSURED ARTICLE.
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L. Automobile Liability with respect to any vehicle used principally as:
1. A taxicab, public or livery conveyance or bus.
2. An ambulance or fire department vehicle.
3. A racing or exhibition vehicle.
4. A long-haul public freight carrier operating regularly and frequently
beyond a 300-mile radius from its territorial location.
5. A truck greater than 10 tons transporting explosive, munitions,
ammonium nitrate, gasoline or liquefied petroleum gas, including
butane and propane.
Not withstanding the foregoing, any reinsurance falling within the scope of one
or more of the exclusions set forth in paragraph L that is specially accepted by
the Reinsurer from the Company shall be covered under this Agreement and be
subject to the terms hereof, except as such terms shall be modified by the
special acceptance. Furthermore, any exclusion set forth in paragraph L shall be
waived automatically when, in the opinion of the Company, the exposure excluded
therein is incidental to the principal exposure on the risk in question.
If the Company is bound, without the knowledge and contrary to the instructions
of the Company's supervisory underwriting personnel, on any business falling
within the scope of one or more of the exclusions set forth in paragraph L, the
exclusion shall be suspended with respect to such business until 30 days after
an underwriting supervisor of the Company acquires knowledge thereof.
ARTICLE 8
ACCOUNTS AND REMITTANCES
A. Within 45 days following the end of each month, the Company shall report to
the Reinsurer:
1. Net Written Premium for the month;
2. Unearned premium at the end of the month;
3. Earned premium for the month;
4. Provisional ceding commission based on item 3. Above;
5. Ceded losses and allocated loss adjustment expense paid during the
month, as respects losses occurring during the Underwriting Period
under consideration;
6. The ceded reserves for losses outstanding and allocated loss adjustment
expenses outstanding at the end of the month, as respects losses
occurring during the Underwriting Period under consideration;
7. The balance 3. Less 4. Less 5.
B. In the event the balances shown in A.7. above for the Underwriting Period,
for the Superior Group, are due the Reinsurer, the Company will hold such
funds as it is the intent of this Agreement that the Company receive
interest on such funds. However, 2.5% of the amount shown in paragraph A.7.
shall be paid by the Company to the Reinsurer in cash within 30 days after
the due dates representing the Reinsurer's margin. In the event the balance
shown in paragraph A.7. is negative as of the end of any month, the negative
balance due the Company shall be payable by the Reinsurer in cash, within
60 days after the end of the month, but any such cash payment by the
Reinsurer shall be returned by the Company before any subsequent monthly net
balance due the Reinsurer is withheld from payment. However, it is agreed
that any negative balance due the Company will be offset by the positive
balance due the Company.
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C. Annually, the Company shall furnish the Reinsurer with such information as
the Reinsurer may require to complete its Annual Convention Statement.
ARTICLE 9
CEDING COMMISSION
The Reinsurer will allow the Company a provisional ceding commission of 21.0% of
the Net Earned Premium Income ceded hereunder. Return commission shall be
allowed on return premiums at the same rate.
ARTICLE 10
COMMISSION ADJUSTMENT
A. 1. The final ceding commission shall be determined by the loss experience
under this Agreement. The Company will calculate an adjusted ceding
commission for the Underwriting Period within 14 months following the
inception of the Underwriting Period based on premiums earned and losses
incurred. The provisional ceding commission will be adjusted between
the parties as appropriate. Adjustments for the Underwriting Period
continue to be made annually until all losses ascribed to the
Underwriting Period have been paid or closed, at which time the ceding
commission will become final. For purposes of this calculation, no
upward adjustment will be made until 26 months following the inception
of the Underwriting Period.
2. Premium earned for the Underwriting Period shall mean all written
premium ceded to this Agreement and ascribed to the Underwriting Period
(less cancellations and returns) less the unearned premium reserve at
the time of the adjustment, if any.
3. Losses incurred for the Underwriting Period shall mean the loss and
allocated loss expense paid by the Reinsurer (less salvages and
recoveries received) on losses ascribed to the Underwriting Period, plus
loss and allocated loss expense reserves outstanding on losses ascribed
to the Underwriting Period, and plus or minus any debit or credit
carryforward as provided in this Article.
4. The adjusted ceding commission shall be calculated for the Underwriting
Period for the Company as a whole.
B. 1. Should the ratio of losses incurred to premium earned be 76.5% or
higher, then the adjusted ceding commission shall be 21.0%.
2. Should the ratio of losses incurred to premium earned be less than
76.5%, then the adjusted commission shall be further adjusted by
adding one percent (1%) to the ceding commission for each one percent
reduction of loss ratio subject to a maximum ceding commission of 28.0%
at a loss ratio of 69.5% or less.
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ARTICLE 11
DEFINITIONS
A. The term "Net Written Premium" as used in this Agreement shall mean the
gross written premium income on business subject to this Agreement less
returns and cancellations.
B. The term "Policy" as used in this Agreement shall mean any binder, policy,
or contract of insurance or reinsurance issued, accepted or held covered
provisionally or otherwise, by or on behalf of the Company.
C. The term "Underwriting Period" as used in this Agreement shall mean those
Policies inforce at the effective date hereof or issued or renewed on and
after that date and all premium attributable to, and all loss arising out
of such Policies from such until expiration or cancellation, whichever
occurs first, will be ascribed to the Underwriting Period.
C. The term "Superior Group" means Superior Insurance Company, Superior
American Insurance Company and Superior Guaranty Insurance Company.
ARTICLE 12
ORIGINAL CONDITIONS
All insurances falling under this Agreement shall be subject to the same terms,
rates, conditions and waivers, and to the same modifications, alterations and
cancellations as the respective Policies of the Company (except that in the
event of the insolvency of the Company the provisions of the INSOLVENCY ARTICLE
of this Agreement shall apply).
ARTICLE 13
OFFSET
The Company and the Reinsurer shall have the right to offset any balances or
amounts due from one party to the other under the terms of this Agreement or any
other agreement heretofore or hereafter entered into between the Company and the
Reinsurer, whether acting as assuming Reinsurer or Ceding Company. However, in
the event of the insolvency of any party hereto, offset shall only be allowed in
accordance with applicable law.
ARTICLE 14
CURRENCY
The currency to be used for all purposes of this Agreement shall be United
States of America currency.
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ARTICLE 15
LOSS AND UNEARNED PREMIUM RESERVE FUNDING
With respect to loss and unearned premium reserves, funding will be in
accordance with the attached Loss and Unearned Premium Reserve Funding Clause
No. 13-04.
ARTICLE 16
TAXES
The Company will be liable for taxes (except Federal Excise Tax) on premiums
reported to the Reinsurer hereunder.
Federal Excise Tax applies only to those Reinsurers, excepting Underwriters at
Lloyd's, London and other Reinsurers exempt from the Federal Excise Tax, who are
domiciled outside the United States of America.
The Reinsurer has agreed to allow for the purpose of paying the Federal Excise
Tax 1% of the premium payable hereon to the extent such premium is subject to
Federal Excise Tax.
In the event of any return of premium becoming due hereunder, the Reinsurer will
deduct 1% from the amount of the return, and the Company or its agent should
take steps to recover the Tax from the U.S. Government.
ARTICLE 17
LOSS AND LOSS EXPENSE
Any loss settlement made by the Company, whether under strict Policy conditions
or by way of compromise, shall be unconditionally binding upon the Reinsurer in
proportion to its participation, and the Reinsurer shall benefit proportionally
in all salvages and recoveries.
The Reinsurer shall bear its proportionate share of expenses incurred by the
Company in the investigation, adjustment, appraisal or defense of all claims
under Policies reinsured hereunder (including claim-specific declaratory
judgment expenses but excluding office expenses and salaries of officials of the
Company) and shall receive its proportionate share of any recoveries of such
expenses.
The phrase "claim-specific declaratory judgment expenses," as used in this
Agreement 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 Agreement. Declaratory judgment expense 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.
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ARTICLE 18
EXCESS OF POLICY LIMITS
In the event the loss includes an amount in excess of the Company's Policy
limit, 100% of such amount in excess of the Company's Policy limit shall be
added to the amount of the Company's Policy limit, and the sum thereof shall be
covered hereunder, subject to the Reinsurer's limit of liability appearing in
the COVER ARTICLE and MAXIMUM LIMITS OF LIABILITY ARTICLE of this Agreement.
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.
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.
ARTICLE 19
EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
This Agreement shall protect the Company, subject to the Reinsurer's limit of
liability appearing in the COVER ARTICLE and MAXIMUM LIMITS OF LIABILITY ARTICLE
of this Agreement, where the loss includes any Extra Contractual Obligations for
100% of such Extra Contractual Obligations. "Extra Contractual Obligations" are
defined as those liabilities not covered under any other provision of this
Agreement and which arise from 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, 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 in the preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent
upon such action.
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 loss.
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 20
DELAY, OMISSION OR ERROR
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, providing such delay, omission or
error is rectified upon discovery.
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ARTICLE 21
INSPECTION
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 authorized
representatives, all books, records and papers of the Company in connection with
any reinsurance hereunder or claims in connection herewith.
ARTICLE 22
ARBITRATION
Any irreconcilable dispute between the parties to this Agreement will be
arbitrated in Indianapolis, Indiana in accordance with the attached Arbitration
Clause No. 22-01.1.
ARTICLE 23
SERVICE OF SUIT
The attached Service of Suit Clause No. 20-01.5 - U.S.A. will apply to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 24
INSOLVENCY
In the event of the insolvency of the Company, the attached Insolvency Clause
No. 21-01 - 1/1/86 will apply.
In the event of the insolvency of any company or companies included in the
designation of "Company," this clause will apply only to the insolvent company
or companies.
ARTICLE 25
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
Superior Insurance Company shall be deemed to be the agent of the Company and/or
the Superior Group.
The retention of the Company and the liability of the Reinsurer and all other
benefits accruing to the Company as provided in this Agreement shall apply to
the companies comprising the Company and not separately to each of the
companies. Any payments by the Reinsurer to any of the companies comprising the
Company shall discharge the Reinsurer's liability under this Agreement.
Each of the companies comprising the Company shall be jointly and severally
liable for the obligations of the Company hereunder.
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PARTICIPATION: AUTOMOBILE QUOTA SHARE REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE October 1, 1998
This Agreement obligates the Reinsurer for 100% of the interests and liabilities
set forth under this Agreement.
The participation of the Reinsurer in the interests and liabilities of this
Agreement shall be separate and apart from the participations of other
reinsurers and shall not be joint with those of other reinsurers, and the
Reinsurer shall in no event participate in the interests and liabilities of
other reinsurers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their authorized representatives,
have executed this Agreement as of the following dates:
PARTICIPATING REINSURERS
IGF Insurance Company 100.0%
Upon completion of Reinsurers' signing, fully executed signature pages will be
forwarded to you for the completion of your file.
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and in Indianapolis, Indiana, this day of , 1999.
SUPERIOR INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPERIOR AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPERIOR GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY
(hereinafter together called "SUPERIOR GROUP")
By______________________________________
(signature)
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(name)
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(title)
AUTOMOBILE QUOTA SHARE REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
issued to
SUPERIOR INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPERIOR AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPERIOR GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY
(hereinafter together called "SUPERIOR GROUP")
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and in Indianapolis, Indiana, this day of , 1999.
IGF INSURANCE COMPANY
By______________________________________
(signature)
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(name)
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(title)
AUTOMOBILE QUOTA SHARE REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
issued to
SUPERIOR INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPERIOR AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPERIOR GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY
(hereinafter together called "SUPERIOR GROUP")
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