Common use of Direct Obligations Clause in Contracts

Direct Obligations. The Reinsurer shall be the successor to the Company under the Novated Policies as if the Novated Policies were direct obligations originally issued by the Reinsurer. The Reinsurer shall be substituted in the place and stead of the Company, and each Policyholder, insured or beneficiary under a Novated Policy shall disregard the Company as a party thereto and treat the Reinsurer as if it had been originally obligated thereunder. Such Persons shall have the right to file claims or take other actions under the Novated Policies on or after the effective date of such novation directly with the Reinsurer, and shall have a direct right of action for insurance liabilities reinsured thereunder against the Reinsurer, and the Reinsurer hereby consents to be subject to direct action taken by any such Persons under a Novated Policy. The Reinsurer accepts and assumes the Novated Policies subject to any and all defenses, setoffs and counterclaims to which the Company would be entitled with respect to such insurance liabilities, it being expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that no such defenses, setoffs or counterclaims are waived by the execution of this Assumption Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and that the Reinsurer shall be fully subrogated to all such defenses, setoffs and counterclaims.

Direct Obligations. The Reinsurer shall be the successor to the Company under the Novated Policies as if the Novated Policies were direct obligations originally issued by the Reinsurer. The Reinsurer shall be substituted in the place and stead of the Company, and each Policyholder, insured or beneficiary under a Novated Policy shall disregard the Company as a party thereto and treat the Reinsurer as if it had been originally obligated thereunder. Such Persons persons shall have the right to file claims or take other actions under the Novated Policies on or after the effective date of such novation directly with the Reinsurer, and shall have a direct right of action for insurance liabilities reinsured thereunder against the Reinsurer, and the Reinsurer hereby consents to be subject to direct action taken by any such Persons persons under a Novated Policy. The Reinsurer accepts and assumes the Novated Policies subject to any and all defenses, setoffs and counterclaims to which the Company would be entitled with respect to such insurance liabilities, it being expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that no such defenses, setoffs or counterclaims are waived by the execution of this Assumption Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and that the Reinsurer shall be fully subrogated to all such defenses, setoffs and counterclaims.