Insurance Subsidiaries. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) Each Subsidiary of the Company that conducts the business of insurance or reinsurance or is a Lloyd’s corporate member or Lloyd’s managing agent (each, a “Company Insurance Subsidiary”) is (i) duly licensed or authorized as an insurance company, reinsurance company, Lloyd’s corporate member or Lloyd’s managing agent, insurance producer (or its local equivalent), insurance intermediary or reinsurance intermediary, as applicable, in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and (ii) duly licensed, authorized or otherwise eligible to transact the business of insurance or reinsurance, as applicable, in each other jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed, authorized or otherwise eligible in order to conduct its business as currently conducted. (b) Since January 1, 2016, each Subsidiary of the Company that participates in Lloyd’s: (i) has not participated as a member of any Lloyd’s syndicate other than Syndicate 1221; (ii) has not agreed to sell or transfer any of its rights to participate as a member of a Lloyd’s syndicate or offered to acquire rights to participate in any Lloyd’s syndicate and (iii) has complied with the franchise standards (including principles and minimum standards, guidance and advice) issued by Lloyd’s. (c) No Person is, or has the right to participate as, a member of Syndicate 1221, other than Navigators Corporate Underwriters Ltd. and Millennium Underwriting Ltd. (d) Since January 1, 2016, (i) all funds held on behalf of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1221 have been held in accordance with the terms of the relevant premiums trust deed or other deposit arrangement, as required by the by-laws, regulations, codes of practice, and mandatory directions and requirements governing the conduct and management of underwriting business at Lloyd’s from time to time and the provisions of any deed, agreement, or undertaking executed, made, or given for compliance with Lloyd’s requirements from time to time (“Lloyd’s Regulations”), and (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries required to do so have complied in all material respects with all relevant regulations, directions, notices, and requirements in relation to the maintenance of Funds at Lloyd’s (as defined in the Lloyd’s Membership Byelaw (No. 5 of 2005)) in accordance with Lloyd’s Regulations and any directions imposed on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by Lloyd’s. (e) To the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2016, at the time each agent, representative, producer, reinsurance intermediary, wholesaler, third-party administrator, distributor, broker, employee, managing general agent, managing general underwriter or other Person authorized to sell, produce, manage or administer products on behalf of any Company Insurance Subsidiary (“Company Agent”) wrote, sold, produced, managed, administered or procured business for a Company Insurance Subsidiary, except as would not be material to the Company, such Company Agent was, at the time the Company Agent wrote or sold business, duly licensed for the type of activity and business written, sold, produced, managed, administered or produced. Each of the contracts, agreements or arrangements between a Company Insurance Subsidiary and any Company Agent who has sold, underwritten, produced, managed, administered or issued business for or on behalf of such Company Insurance Subsidiary is, except as would not be material to the Company, valid and binding on such Company Insurance Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company, on such Company Agent, and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. As of the date of this Agreement, no Company Agent individually accounting for 5% or more of the total gross GAAP premiums of all Company Insurance Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2016 has indicated to the Company or any Company Insurance Subsidiary in writing that such Company Agent will be unable or unwilling to continue its relationship as a Company Agent with any Company Insurance Subsidiary within twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, no Company Agent has been since January 1, 2016, or is currently, in violation (or with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would be in violation), in any material respect, of any term or provision of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Company Agent’s writing, sale, management, administration or production of insurance or other business for any Company Insurance Subsidiary, that is reasonably likely to be material to the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, each Company Agent was appointed by the Company or Company Insurance Subsidiary in compliance in all material respects with applicable Insurance Laws and all processes and procedures undertaken with respect to such Company Agent were undertaken in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Insurance Laws. (f) Since January 1, 2016, each Company Insurance Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company, and except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, its Company Agents have marketed, sold and issued insurance products in compliance in all material respects with Insurance Laws applicable to the business of such Company Insurance Subsidiary and in the respective jurisdictions in which such products have been marketed, sold and issued. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Company Insurance Subsidiaries have not received, since January 1, 2016, any written notice or communication of any instance of non-compliance with any such law, or any rule, regulation, agency requirement or published interpretation of any Governmental Authority that has not been cured as of the date of this Agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Hartford Financial Services Group Inc/De), Merger Agreement (Navigators Group Inc)
Insurance Subsidiaries. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have constitute a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Each Subsidiary of the Company that conducts the business of insurance or reinsurance or is licensed as a Lloyd’s corporate member or Lloyd’s managing agent (each, a “Company Insurance Subsidiary”) is (i) duly licensed or authorized as an insurance companycompany and/or, where applicable, reinsurance company, Lloyd’s corporate member or Lloyd’s managing agent, insurance producer (or its local equivalent), insurance intermediary or reinsurance intermediary, as applicable, agent in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and (ii) duly licensed, authorized or otherwise eligible to transact the business of insurance or reinsurancereinsurance or participate in Lloyd’s, as applicable, in each other jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed, authorized or otherwise eligible in order to conduct its business as currently conducted.
(b) Since January 1June 30, 2016, each Subsidiary of the Company that participates in Lloyd’s: ’s (i) has not participated as a member of any Lloyd’s syndicate other than Syndicate 1221; 1183, (ii) has not agreed to sell or transfer any of its rights to participate as a member of a Lloyd’s syndicate or offered to acquire rights to participate in any on a Lloyd’s syndicate and (iii) has complied with the franchise standards (including principles and minimum standards, guidance and advice) issued by Lloyd’s.
(c) No Person is, or has the right to participate as, a member of Syndicate 1221, 1183 other than Navigators Corporate Underwriters Ltd. and Millennium Talbot 2002 Underwriting Capital Ltd.
(d) Since January 1June 30, 2016, (i) all funds held on behalf of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1221 1183 have been held in accordance with the terms of the relevant premiums trust deed or other deposit arrangement, arrangement as required by the bybye-laws, regulations, codes of practice, practice and mandatory directions and requirements governing the conduct and management of underwriting business at Lloyd’s from time to time and the provisions of any deed, agreement, agreement or undertaking executed, made, made or given for compliance with Lloyd’s requirements from time to time (“Lloyd’s Regulations”), ) and (ii) the Company or and/or any of its Subsidiaries required to do so have complied in all material respects with all relevant regulations, directions, notices, notices and requirements in relation to the maintenance of Funds at Lloyd’s (as defined in the Lloyd’s 's Membership Byelaw (No. 5 of 2005)) in accordance with Lloyd’s Regulations and any directions imposed on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by Lloyd’s.
(e) To the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2016, at the time each agent, representative, producer, reinsurance intermediary, wholesaler, third-party administrator, distributor, broker, employee, managing general agent, managing general underwriter or other Person authorized to sell, produce, manage or administer products on behalf of any Company Insurance Subsidiary (“Company Agent”) wrote, sold, produced, managed, administered or procured business for a Company Insurance Subsidiary, except as would not be material to the Company, such Company Agent was, at the time the Company Agent wrote or sold business, duly licensed for the type of activity and business written, sold, produced, managed, administered or produced. Each of the contracts, agreements or arrangements between a Company Insurance Subsidiary and any Company Agent who has sold, underwritten, produced, managed, administered or issued business for or on behalf of such Company Insurance Subsidiary is, except as would not be material to the Company, valid and binding on such Company Insurance Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company, on such Company Agent, and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. As of the date of this Agreement, no Company Agent individually accounting for 5% or more of the total gross GAAP premiums of all Company Insurance Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2016 has indicated to the Company or any Company Insurance Subsidiary in writing that such Company Agent will be unable or unwilling to continue its relationship as a Company Agent with any Company Insurance Subsidiary within twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, no Company Agent has been since January 1, 2016, or is currently, in violation (or with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would be in violation), in any material respect, of any term or provision of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Company Agent’s writing, sale, management, administration or production of insurance or other business for any Company Insurance Subsidiary, that is reasonably likely to be material to the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, each Company Agent was appointed by the Company or Company Insurance Subsidiary in compliance in all material respects with applicable Insurance Laws and all processes and procedures undertaken with respect to such Company Agent were undertaken in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Insurance Laws.
(f) Since January 1, 2016, each Company Insurance Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company, and except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, its Company Agents have marketed, sold and issued insurance products in compliance in all material respects with Insurance Laws applicable to the business of such Company Insurance Subsidiary and in the respective jurisdictions in which such products have been marketed, sold and issued. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Company Insurance Subsidiaries have not received, since January 1, 2016, any written notice or communication of any instance of non-compliance with any such law, or any rule, regulation, agency requirement or published interpretation of any Governmental Authority that has not been cured as of the date of this Agreement.
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Insurance Subsidiaries. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have constitute a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Each Subsidiary of the Company that conducts the business of insurance or reinsurance or is a Lloyd’s corporate member or Lloyd’s managing agent (each, a “Company Insurance Subsidiary”) Subsidiary is (i) duly licensed or authorized as an insurance companycompany or, where applicable, reinsurance company, Lloyd’s corporate member or Lloyd’s managing agent, insurance producer (or its local equivalent), insurance intermediary or reinsurance intermediary, as applicable, agent in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and (ii) duly licensed, authorized or otherwise eligible to transact the business of insurance or reinsurancereinsurance or participate in Lloyd’s, as applicable, in each other jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed, authorized or otherwise eligible in order to conduct its business as currently conducted. None of the Company Insurance Subsidiaries incorporated in the U.S. is commercially domiciled in any other jurisdiction or is otherwise treated as domiciled in a jurisdiction other than that of its incorporation.
(b) Since January 1, 20162017, each (i) no Subsidiary of the Company that participates in Lloyd’s: has (iA) has not participated as a member of any Lloyd’s syndicate other than Syndicate 1221; Syndicates 1209, 1219, 2003, 3002, 6112, 6119 and 6121 or (iiB) has not agreed to sell or transfer any of its rights to participate as a member of a Lloyd’s syndicate or offered to acquire rights to participate in any Lloyd’s syndicate and (iiiii) Xxxxxx Underwriting Agencies Limited has complied with the franchise standards (including principles and minimum standards, guidance and advice) issued by Lloyd’s.
(c) No Person is, or has the right to participate as, a member of Syndicate 1221, Syndicates 2003 or 3002 other than Navigators Corporate Underwriters Ltd. a Subsidiary of the Company. The Company has made available to Parent a list of all of the members of Syndicates 2088, 6111, 6119 and Millennium Underwriting Ltd.6121 for their current (or most recent) year of account respectively.
(d) Since January 1, 20162017, (i) all funds held on behalf of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1221 Syndicates 1209, 1219, 2003, 2088, 3002, 6111, 6112, 6119 and 6121 have been held in accordance with the terms of the relevant premiums trust deed or other deposit arrangement, arrangement as required by the bybye-laws, regulations, codes of practice, practice and mandatory directions and requirements governing the conduct and management of underwriting business at Lloyd’s from time to time and the provisions of any deed, agreement, agreement or undertaking executed, made, made or given for compliance with Lloyd’s requirements from time to time (“Lloyd’s Regulations”), except that this clause (i) shall not apply with respect to Syndicate 6112 from the date that Xxxxxx Underwriting Agencies Limited ceased to be its managing agent, and (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries required to do so have complied in all material respects with all relevant regulations, directions, notices, notices and requirements in relation to the maintenance of Funds at Lloyd’s (as defined in the Lloyd’s Membership Byelaw (No. 5 of 2005)) in accordance with Lloyd’s Regulations and any directions imposed on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by Lloyd’s.
(e) To the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2016, at the time each agent, representative, producer, reinsurance intermediary, wholesaler, third-party administrator, distributor, broker, employee, managing general agent, managing general underwriter or other Person authorized to sell, produce, manage or administer products on behalf of any Company Insurance Subsidiary (“Company Agent”) wrote, sold, produced, managed, administered or procured business for a Company Insurance Subsidiary, except as would not be material to the Company, such Company Agent was, at the time the Company Agent wrote or sold business, duly licensed for the type of activity and business written, sold, produced, managed, administered or produced. Each of the contracts, agreements or arrangements between a Company Insurance Subsidiary and any Company Agent who has sold, underwritten, produced, managed, administered or issued business for or on behalf of such Company Insurance Subsidiary is, except as would not be material to the Company, valid and binding on such Company Insurance Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company, on such Company Agent, and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. As of the date of this Agreement, no Company Agent individually accounting for 5% or more of the total gross GAAP premiums of all Company Insurance Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2016 has indicated to the Company or any Company Insurance Subsidiary in writing that such Company Agent will be unable or unwilling to continue its relationship as a Company Agent with any Company Insurance Subsidiary within twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, no Company Agent has been since January 1, 2016, or is currently, in violation (or with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would be in violation), in any material respect, of any term or provision of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Company Agent’s writing, sale, management, administration or production of insurance or other business for any Company Insurance Subsidiary, that is reasonably likely to be material to the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, each Company Agent was appointed by the Company or Company Insurance Subsidiary in compliance in all material respects with applicable Insurance Laws and all processes and procedures undertaken with respect to such Company Agent were undertaken in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Insurance Laws.
(f) Since January 1, 2016, each Company Insurance Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company, and except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, its Company Agents have marketed, sold and issued insurance products in compliance in all material respects with Insurance Laws applicable to the business of such Company Insurance Subsidiary and in the respective jurisdictions in which such products have been marketed, sold and issued. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Company Insurance Subsidiaries have not received, since January 1, 2016, any written notice or communication of any instance of non-compliance with any such law, or any rule, regulation, agency requirement or published interpretation of any Governmental Authority that has not been cured as of the date of this Agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Xl Group LTD)