[author: Gail Jankowski]
The New Hampshire liquidation court approved the commutation, settlement, and release agreement between The Home Insurance Company (liquidating) and Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Company (PMAIC). The commutation agreement was approved February 10, 2017 and provides for the commutation of all of Home’s ceded and assumed business to or from PMAIC, as well as the resolution of all of PMAIC’s contribution claims against Home. A redacted copy of the commutation agreement, with economic terms removed, was filed with Home’s motion for approval. Additionally, in New York, in a contested claim between the liquidator and a Danish non-admitted reinsurer, the court approved the reinsurer’s posting of a security bond in the stipulated amount of $259,886.13. In re Liquidation of The Home Insurance Co., 217-2003-EQ-00106 (N.H. Sup. Ct. Feb. 10, 2017) (order approving commutation); Motion for Approval (Dec. 15, 2016); Sevigny v. Trygvesta Forsikring A/S, Case No. 16 Civ. 4874 (USDC S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2017) (stipulation and bond); (Feb. 14, 2017) (bond).
