Exhibit 10.43
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO THE
RETROCESSION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
AND
ALLSTATE REINSURANCE, LTD.
WHEREAS, Allstate Life Insurance Company ("Ceding Company") and Allstate
Reinsurance Ltd. ("Reinsurer") entered into a Retrocession Agreement effective
as of January 1, 1998 ("Agreement"), which Agreement incorporated an Addendum to
Retrocession Agreement dated November 12, 1998 ("Addendum"); and
WHEREAS, the concerns relating to C-3 RBC risk which necessitated the Addendum
no longer exist; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to change the Modified Coinsurance Reserve
Adjustment in the Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed by the parties that the Agreement is hereby amended
as provided below.
1. The following paragraphs and definitions are deleted from
Article I:
a.) Paragraph A. "Ceding Company's Product Capital".
b.) Paragraph B. "Ceding Company's Average Product Capital".
c.) Paragraph C. "Ceding Company's Cumulative Average Product
Capital".
d.) Paragraph G. "Cumulative Product Rate of Return (CPRR)".
e.) Paragraph U. "Reinsurer's Capital".
f.) Paragraph V. "Reinsurer's Average Capital".
g.) Paragraph W. "Reinsurer's Cumulative Average Capital".
h.) Paragraph Y. "Statutory Net Income".
i.) Paragraph Z. "Statutory Cumulative Net Income".
2.) The following new definition is added to Article I:
"Policyholder New Business Suspense Balances" shall mean
premiums collected from policyholders which have not been
processed at month end and therefore are not included in the
Modified Coinsurance Reserves.
3.) Article V, Paragraph A, is amended by replacing subparagraphs (1)
and (2) with the following new subparagraphs:
(1) the amount of Modified Coinsurance Reserves held at
theend of the month plus Policyholder New Business
Suspense Balances;
(2) the amount of Modified Coinsurance Reserves plus
Policyholder New Business Suspense Balances held at the
end of the immediately preceding month.
4.) Article V is further amended by replacing the first sentence of
Paragraph B with the following new sentence:
The interest to be paid will be the Modco Interest Rate on
the Average of the Modified Coinsurance Reserves plus
Policyholder New Business Suspense Balances held at the end
of the month and those held at the end of the immediately
preceding month.
5.) Article VII is deleted in its entirety.
6.) Exhibit C is amended by deleting Paragraphs A, B and C, and
replacing them with the following new paragraph:
The Reinsurer will reimburse the Ceding Company
for the Cost of Capital Charge. The Cost of Capital Charge
will be equal to 24 annual basis points of Net Premiums due
the Ceding Company on each monthly settlement.
7.) Exhibit D is amended by deleting the following line:
Cost of Capital Charge (for each calendar year).
8.) Except as otherwise amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain
unchanged.
9.) This Amendment shall be effective as of _____________, 1999.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties to the Agreement have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the dates shown
below.
ALLSTATE REINSURANCE, LTD.
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ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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