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Complaint regarding insurance coverage for the legal fees and costs incurred in the defense of the plaintiffs' founder, Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., who was criminally indicted for his alleged lobbying of the United Arab Emirates as an unregistered foreign agent in DigitalBridge Group Inc., formerly Colony Capital Inc., and DigitalBridge Operating Company LLC, formerly Colony Capital Operating Company LLC v. XL Specialty Insurance Company, Freedom Specialty Insurance Co., Twin City Insurance Co., Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., of Bermuda; Everest National Insurance Co., U.S. Specialty Insurance Co., Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd., of Bermuda; Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., and Great American Insurance Co. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Complaint regarding insurance coverage for "the staggering costs of litigating an increasing number of claims seeking to hold them liable for their alleged role in creating and perpetuating the nationwide opioid crisis" in Purdue Pharma LP, Purdue Pharma Inc., Purdue Pharma Manufacturing LP, Purdue Pharmaceuticals LP, Purdue Transdermal Technologies LP, Purdue Pharmaceutical Products LP, Purdue Pharma of Puerto Rico, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals LP, Rhodes Technologies, and Avrio Health LP v. AIG Specialty Insurance Company (f/k/a American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company), Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd., American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, American International Reinsurance Company (f/k/a Starr Excess Liability Insurance International Limited), Arch Reinsurance Ltd., Aspen American Insurance Company, Certain Member Companies of the International Underwriting Association of London Subscribing to Policy No. 823/KE0002108, Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd. (f/k/a ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd.), Evanston Insurance Company, Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company, HDI Global SE (f/k/a Gerling-Konzern General Insurance Company), Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company (f/k/a TIG Specialty Insurance Company), Liberty Insurance Corporation, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (f/k/a Liberty International Insurance Company), National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Navigators Specialty Insurance Company, North American Elite Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Steadfast Insurance Company, Swiss Re International S.E. (f/k/a SR International Business Insurance Company also f/k/a Zurich Reinsurance (London) Limited, Tenecom Limited (f/k/a Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company), XL Bermuda Ltd. (f/k/a XL Insurance Company, Ltd.), and XL Insurance America, Inc. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Defendant McKesson Corporation's Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint in which ACE Property and Casualty Insurance Company "seeks a declaration that it has no obligation to defend or indemnify Defendant McKesson Corporation" in "thousands of lawsuits attempting to hold it responsible for contributing to, and profiting from, the epidemic of opioid addiction and abuse that has plagued the nation" in ACE Property and Casualty Insurance Company, of Pennsylvania v. McKesson Corporation, of Delaware, described in the complaint as "one of the largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributors in the world" and "the largest distributor of prescription opioids in the United States"; AIU Insurance Company, of New York; Arch Reinsurance Limited, of Bermuda; Argo Re Limited, of Bermuda; Aspen Insurance UK Limited, of the United Kingdom; Canopius Underwriting Bermuda Limited, of Bermuda; Endurance Specialty Insurance Limited, of Bermuda; Golden State Insurance Co. Ltd., of Bermuda; Great Lakes Insurance Company SE, of Germany; Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company, of New York; Lexington Insurance Company, of Delaware; Liberty Special Markets Agency, of Bermuda; Lloyd's of London Underwriters, of the United Kingdom; Markel American Insurance Company, of Virginia; Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., of New Jersey; National Fire & Marine Insurance Company, of Nebraska; National Union Fire Insurance Company, of New York; North American Capacity Insurance Company, of Missouri; Swiss Re International SE, of Switzerland, and XL Insurance America, Inc., of Connecticut, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint seeking "a declaration that it has no obligation to defend or indemnify Defendant McKesson Corporation" regarding "thousands of lawsuits attempting to hold it responsible for contributing to, and profiting from, the epidemic of opioid addiction and abuse that has plagued the nation" in ACE Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. McKesson Corporation, described as "one of the largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributors in the world"; AIU Insurance Company, Arch Reinsurance Limited, of Bermuda; Argo Re Limited, of Bermuda; Aspen Insurance UK Limited, of the United Kingdom; Canopius Underwriting Bermuda Limited, of Bermuda; Endurance Specialty Insurance Limited, of Bermuda; Golden State Insurance Company Limited, of Bermuda; Great Lakes Insurance Company SE, of Germany; Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company, of New York; Lexington Company, of Massachusetts; Liberty Special Markets Agency, of Bermuda; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, of England; Markel American Insurance Company, of Virginia; Munich Reinsurance America Inc., of New Jersey; National Fire & Marine Insurance Company, of Nebraska; National Union Fire Insurance Company, of New York; North American Capacity Insurance Company, of Missouri; Swiss Re International SE, of Switzerland, and XL Insurance America Inc., of Connecticut, at the Superior Court of the State of California, Orange County.

Complaint to recover insurance "arising out of a catastrophic incident" whose losses "will likely exceed" $1.25 billion in PES Holdings LLC, North Yard GP, LLC, North Yard Logistics LP, PES Administrative Services, LLC, PES Energy Inc., PES Intermediate, LLC, PES Ultimate Holdings, LLC, and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC v. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company, of Illinois; AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, of France; Lloyd's of London Underwriters, of England; General Security Indemnity Company of Arizona, Great Lakes Insurance SE, of Germany; HDI Global Insurance Company, of Illinois; HDI Global Specialty SE, of Germany; Helvetia Swiss Insurance Company in Liechtenstein Ltd., of Liechtenstein; Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, of England; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, of Massachusetts; Mapfre Re Compania de Reaseguros, SA, of Spain; PartnerRe Ireland Insurance DAC, of Ireland; Starr Technical Risks Agency, Inc., of New York; Westport Insurance Corporation, of Missouri; XL Insurance America, Inc., of Connecticut, and Zurich American Insurance Company, of New York, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Max Bermuda Ltd., Markel Bermuda Limited, Lloyd's Underwriters, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Arch Insurance Company, ACE Capital V Limited, Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., Antares Underwriting Limited, AIG Commercial Insurance Company of Canada, Arch Insurance Canada Ltd., Chartis Excess Limited, XL Insurance Company PLC, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, Axis Specialty Insurance Company, Houston Casualty Company, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, ACE Capital IV Limited, Catlin Syndicate Limited, Chaucer Corporate Capital (No. 3) Limited, Aspen Insurance UK Limited, Lexington Insurance Company, AIG Insurance Company of Canada, Allied World Assurance Company Ltd., Brit UW Limited, Novae Corporate Underwriting Limited and/or Novae Syndicates Limited, Axis Specialty Limited, AIG Excess Liability Insurance International Limited, Chaucer Corporate Capital (No. 2) Limited, and ACE Capital Limited. to take discovery from TD Bank for use in in legal proceedings in Canada regarding Scott Rothstein and the now-defunct law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint, in ACE American Insurance Company, on its own behalf and as assignee of Allied World Assurance Company Ltd.; Liberty Specialty Markets Bermuda, formerly known as Ironshore Insurance Ltd., of Bermuda; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, UK, Subscribing to Policy No. PRPNA1300417, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, UK, Subscribing to Policy No. PRPNA1300429, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, UK, Subscribing to Policy No. S1EMG0311906S, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company;National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh PA;General Security Indemnity Company of Arizona;XL Insurance America, Inc. v. Golder Associates Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

A Texas based energy company is seeking to compel insurers in Bermuda and elsewhere to arbitrate a dispute over $200 million directors' and officers' liability policy.Kinder Morgan Inc., a Houston based company that describes itself as "one of the premier

AXIS Specialty, Allied World Assurance Company, XL Insurance (Bermuda), Endurance Specialty and Arch Insurance are among several insurers facing potential exposure in a civil complaint filed in California against Charles Schwab, Moody's Investor Services Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial

Petition In the Matter of XL Capital Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

XL Insurance Ltd. has been named as a defendant in two class action complaints filed in December concerning shares worth $300 million that it sold in another Bermuda firm, Security Capital Assurance Ltd., which has been ravaged by the subprime mortgage meltdown in the United States.

Retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Co. and related companies have filed a complaint in Atlanta in which they are seeking hundreds of millions of damages against insurers in Bermuda and elsewhere concerning an alleged bid rigging scheme involving brokers Marsh

A charity and a hotel have filed two separate civil complaints against U. S. subsidiaries of Bermuda based Arch Capital Group Ltd. concerning Hurricane Katrina claims disputes.The first action was filed by Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc., a non

Several Bermuda insurers have been named as defendants in a Hurricane Katrina related lawsuit filed in the United States.Safeguard Storage Properties LLC and 36 of its subsidiaries have filed a complaint against Endurance Specialty Insurance Company, Axis Specialty Insurance Co.,

Giant meat processor Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking damages of more than $113 million in litigation and arbitrations against insurers in Bermuda and elsewhere for alleged property damage and business interruption losses caused by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.Details

A U. S. subsidiary of Bermuda based XL Capital Ltd. has taken legal action in an attempt to obtain more information about multiple products liability lawsuits against an insured for which it has already paid millions of dollars to defend.The

Four Bermuda insurers have been named as defendants in a lawsuit brought on behalf of 70 patients of an osteopathic surgeon who has been accused of killing or maiming dozens of patients in the United States.The difference between success and failure may amount to hundreds of millions of dollars for XL Insurance Company Ltd., ACE Insurance Company Ltd., Starr Excess Liability Insurance International Ltd., Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. and two non-Bermuda co-defendants: Teays Valley Health Services, LLC, d.b.a. Putnam General Hospital, of West Virginia, and Health Care Indemnity, Inc., a Colorado-based insurer.

Two Bermuda insurers have settled a civil lawsuit in which a waste management insured accused them of failure to pay claims stemming from Hurricane Katrina. A stipulation of dismissal was entered on February 5, 2007 in an action that was filed by Waste Management Inc., a Delaware corporation based in Houston, Texas; Waste Management Louisiana LLC, a Delaware corporation based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Waste Management of Mississippi Inc., a Mississippi corporation based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., and Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on August 25, 2006.

XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd. and other companies with Bermuda connections are being sued for $32.4 million in the United States regarding the alleged non-payment of a business interruption claim. The complaint was filed at the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 113th Judicial District on December 5, 2005 and transferred to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on April 7, 2006 following an application by XL.

Eight Bermuda based companies are among the defendants in a recently civil lawsuit filed recently by clients of broker Marsh & McLennan who claim they were damaged in a bid rigging scam. One of the plaintiffs is also incorporated in Bermuda.

Two Bermuda companies are among several insurers being sued for allegedly refusing to pay a business interruption claim concerning a mine fire in Pennsylvania. Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. and XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd. are defendants alongside Berkshire Hathaway Inc., incorporated in Delaware and based in Stamford, Connecticut; National Fire & Marine Insurance Company, incorporated and based in Nebraska; Commonwealth Insurance Company, of Vancouver, Canada; International Mining Industry Underwriters Ltd., of London, England; International Insurance Company of Hannover Limited, of Surrey, England; Lloyd's of London, Hiscox Syndicate Limited, Ascot Underwriters Limited, and R. J. Kiln & Co. Limited, all c/o Mendes & Mount, New York.

AT&T Corp. has filed a civil complaint against 15 insurers, including XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., over allegedly unpaid property damage and business interruption claims concerning 9/11. The telecommunications giant, which is registered in New York but based in New Jersey,  is seeking an award of not less than $139 million in an action filed at New Jersey Superior Court on June 11, 2004.

Bermuda-based firms are among seven insurers being sued for at least $21 million resulting from claims over alleged methane ignitions at a coal mine in West Virginia.The action was filed by PinnOak Resources LLC, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and its parent, Pinnacle Mining Company LLC, at the Circuit Court of Wyoming County in West Virginia on February 6, 2004 and removed to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on March 4, 2004.

XL Capital announced on February 27 that its insurance subsidiary, XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd, and Swiss Re Financial Products Corp. had withdrawn their respective claims in the lawsuit filed in London in 2001 related to a contractual disagreement over the validity of a "reference entity" and the operation of certain other terms and conditions contained in a credit default swap between the two companies.

Mutual Risk Management Chairman and CEO Robert Mulderig was part of the consortium that recently agreed to inject $112.5 million into the ailing company, it has been disclosed.Mulderig's participation was publicly released for the first time in a filing with

Two Tennessee stock brokers accused of profiting from insider trading in shares of Mid Ocean Ltd. prior to the announcement of its acquisition by EXEL in March, 1998 have settled an SEC lawsuit. Cristan Kinnard Blackman and Charles Ray Roberts Jr., who both worked for broker Morgan Keegan & Co. at the time, agreed to disgorge profits of $317,409 that they made from the trades.

Odyssey Re (Bermuda) to go into run-off and XL Insurance Limited loses $33.4 million after signing a deal with Chase Manhattan Bank to underwrite loans the bank had made for Hollywood movie productions.

Six people have been accused of insider trading by the SEC after making a profit of $405,000 from dealing in stock and options of Mid Ocean Ltd. prior to its purchase in 1998 by EXEL.

Investors apparently acting on inside knowledge made a killing in the derivatives market on the last day of trading before it was announced that EXEL was buying Mid Ocean, we can reveal. The volume of contracts traded in Mid Ocean call options on the American Stock Exchange increased from an average daily volume of 30 contracts to 950 contracts on Friday, March 13 - two days before the deal was signed and three days before it was announced.

Bermuda-based EXEL Ltd. has announced it intends to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, XL Reinsurance Company Ltd., to provide specialty reinsurance coverage for captives, commercial insurance reinsurance companies, with a start-up capital of $250 million. It is expected to be operational by December 1, 1995.In addition, another EXEL subsidiary, XL Insurance Company Ltd., will increase the maximum limits offered to general liability clients to $150 million from $100 million. Individual directors and officers liability insurance limits for "Side A" coverage only are being raised to $50 million from $25 million.

Potential losses from breast implant litigation in the United States should not cause undue problems for Bermuda-based excess liability carriers ACE and XL, both companies said this week.

Mid Ocean Reinsurance, the proposed new $300 million property catastrophe reinsurer being organised in Bermuda, is close to becoming a reality.