Common use of Reinsurance and retrocession Clause in Contracts

Reinsurance and retrocession. (a) As of the date of this Agreement, all material reinsurance or retrocession treaties or agreements, slips, binders, cover notes or other similar arrangements pursuant to which any Transatlantic P/C Subsidiary is the cedent (the “Transatlantic Reinsurance Contracts”) are, and after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will continue to be, valid and binding obligations of Transatlantic and the Transatlantic Subsidiaries (to the extent they are parties thereto or bound thereby) and, to Transatlantic’s knowledge, each other party thereto, in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect, and Transatlantic and the Transatlantic Subsidiaries (to the extent they are party thereto or bound thereby) and, to Transatlantic’s knowledge, each other party thereto has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under each Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract. Neither Transatlantic nor any of the Transatlantic Subsidiaries has received notice, nor does it have knowledge, of any violation or default in respect of any material obligation under (or any condition which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would result in such a violation or default), or any intention to cancel, terminate or change the scope of rights and obligations under, or not to renew, any Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract. Since January 1, 2008, (i) neither Transatlantic nor the Transatlantic Subsidiaries have received any written notice from any party to a Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract that any amount of reinsurance ceded by Transatlantic or such Transatlantic Subsidiary to such counterparty will be uncollectible or otherwise defaulted upon; (ii) to Transatlantic’s knowledge, no party to a Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract is insolvent or the subject of a rehabilitation, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy or similar proceeding; (iii) to Transatlantic’s knowledge, the financial condition of any party to a Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract is not impaired to the extent that a default thereunder is reasonably anticipated; (iv) there are no material disputes under any Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract other than disputes in the ordinary course for which adequate loss reserves have been established; and (v) Transatlantic’s relevant Transatlantic P/C Subsidiary is entitled under any applicable Law and applicable SAP to take full credit in its Transatlantic Statutory Statements for all amounts recoverable by it pursuant to any Transatlantic Reinsurance Contract and all such amounts recoverable have been properly recorded in its books and records of account (if so accounted therefor) and are properly reflected in the Transatlantic Statutory Statements, except for such events or circumstances as have not been and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to Transatlantic and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Reinsurance and retrocession. (a) As of the date of this Agreement, all material reinsurance or retrocession treaties or agreements, slips, binders, cover notes or other similar arrangements pursuant to which any Transatlantic Allied World P/C Subsidiary is the cedent (the “Transatlantic Allied World Reinsurance Contracts”) are, and after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will continue to be, valid and binding obligations of Transatlantic Allied World and the Transatlantic Allied World Subsidiaries (to the extent they are parties thereto or bound thereby) and, to TransatlanticAllied World’s knowledge, each other party thereto, in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect, and Transatlantic Allied World and the Transatlantic Allied World Subsidiaries (to the extent they are party thereto or bound thereby) and, to TransatlanticAllied World’s knowledge, each other party thereto has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under each Transatlantic Allied World Reinsurance Contract. Neither Transatlantic Allied World nor any of the Transatlantic Allied World Subsidiaries has received notice, nor does it have knowledge, of any violation or default in respect of any material obligation under (or any condition which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would result in such a violation or default), or any intention to cancel, terminate or change the scope of rights and obligations under, or not to renew, any Transatlantic Allied World Reinsurance Contract. Since January 1, 2008, (i) neither Transatlantic Allied World nor the Transatlantic Allied World Subsidiaries have received any written notice from any party to a Transatlantic an Allied World Reinsurance Contract that any amount of reinsurance ceded by Transatlantic Allied World or such Transatlantic Allied World Subsidiary to such counterparty will be uncollectible or otherwise defaulted upon; (ii) to TransatlanticAllied World’s knowledge, no party to a Transatlantic an Allied World Reinsurance Contract is insolvent or the subject of a rehabilitation, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy or similar proceeding; (iii) to TransatlanticAllied World’s knowledge, the financial condition of any party to a Transatlantic an Allied World Reinsurance Contract is not impaired to the extent that a default thereunder is reasonably anticipated; (iv) there are no material disputes under any Transatlantic Allied World Reinsurance Contract other than disputes in the ordinary course for which adequate loss reserves have been established; and (v) TransatlanticAllied World’s relevant Transatlantic Allied World P/C Subsidiary is entitled under any applicable Law and applicable SAP to take full credit in its Transatlantic Allied World Statutory Statements for all amounts recoverable by it pursuant to any Transatlantic Allied World Reinsurance Contract and all such amounts recoverable have been properly recorded in its books and records of account (if so accounted therefor) and are properly reflected in the Transatlantic Allied World Statutory Statements, except for such events or circumstances as have not been and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to Transatlantic Allied World and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.