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“Follow the Fortunes” and “Follow the Settlements”

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Slide 16<br />

Wasa v. Lexington <strong>and</strong> its impact on Continental<br />

Europe<br />

facts of <strong>the</strong> case<br />

� Wasa (<strong>and</strong> AGF) reinsuring Lexington for 2.5% each xs a 250„ US$ „per<br />

occurance“ deductible of a DIC Property Damage insurance policy provided<br />

by Lexington to ALCOA for <strong>the</strong> period 01.07.1977 – 01.07.1980<br />

� „Contributing Facultative reinsurance“ covering „All Risks of Physical Loss<br />

or Damage … &/or as original“, „Full R/I Clause“, „Follow <strong>the</strong> Settlements<br />

Clause“, reinsurance contract governed by English law<br />

� proportinal reinsurance „warranted same gross rate, terms <strong>and</strong> conditions<br />

as … original“<br />

� insurance formalized on Lexington„s „Special Floater Form“ providing<br />

coverage for <strong>the</strong> policy„s three year term limited to US$ 20„„ any one<br />

occurance, „occurance“ being defined as „any one loss(es), disaster(s) or<br />

casualty(ies) arising out of one event or common cause“<br />

� waste related contamination to (58) ALCOA sites over a period commencing<br />

in <strong>the</strong> early 1940„s <strong>and</strong> continuing well into <strong>the</strong> 1980„s (at least 1984)

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