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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,889, CourtName: IK THE CHANCERI COURT OF THE STATE OF DELA1VALTE, Plaintiff: AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017889, CourtCode: CC, State: DE Delaware, Insurance, Wesco, Agreement, Household, Beneficial/household, Motion, Obligations, Rollback, Stipulation, Complaint, Settlement, Cpi, Refund, Roll, Policyholders, Pursuant, Del, Class Action, Applicant, Amend, Premiums, Purchase, California, Consolidated Group, Woods Class, Amendment, Pleading, Delaware, Youssef, Amended Complaint, Paid, Amount, Administration, Exhibit, Woods, Successor, Cig, Youssef Dep, Matter, Refunds, Consolidalxd, Rights, Assert, Policies, Permit, Affiliates, Assignment , ContentID: 120240433

Case Documents
1 2001-02-08 AMERICAN CENTENNIALS OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO AMEND
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 102483
15 pages
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2 2000-10-20 AMENDED COMPLAINT
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14 pages
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3 2000-03-16 COMPLAINT
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12 pages
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Total Documents: 3 documents , 41 pages
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1 . AMERICAN CENTENNIALS OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO AMEND

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
COMPLAINT
INSURANCE
DEL
WESCO
AMEND
CONSOLIDATED GROUP
AMENDMENT
PLEADING
COURT
DEFENDANT
AGREEMENT
YOUSSEF
CPI
AMENDED COMPLAINT
EXHIBIT
WOODS
YOUSSEF DEP
MATTER
PURCHASE
SETTLEMENT
PERMIT
DELAWARE
AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE
PLAINTIFF
AFFILIATE
DISMISS
PARTY
DISCOVERY
RESPONSIVE PLEADING
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                   IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                              IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
                                                                                                ci
AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,                z

                      Plaintiff,

        vs.

HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a Delaware corporation,

                      IDefendant.


               AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S OPENING
                    BRIEF IN SUPPORT ITS OF MOTION TO AMEND





                                         SEITZ, VAN OGTROP & GREEN, P.A.
                                         GEORGE H. SEITZ, III
                                         222 Delaware Avenue
                                         Suite 1500
                                         P.O. Box 68
                                         Wilmington, DE 19899
                                         (302)888-0600
                                         Attorneys for Plaintiff, American Centennial
                                                Insurance Company









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SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S OPENING
  • BRIEF IN SUPPORT ITS OF MOTION TO AMEND
  • Hull-Johnson v. Wilmington Trust, Del.
  • On April 10, 2000, Household filed a Motion to dismiss this action, which has not
  • this proceeding in light of facts discovered since filing the original Complaint.
  • a Stock Purchase Agreement effective June 30, 1993,
  • transferring from CIGA to Beneficial all the stock of Wesco,
  • (Youssef Dep., pp. 85, 88)
  • Consolidated Group affiliate, assumed certain businesses of British International
  • Portions of the deposition cited in this brief are attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
  • Woods Class Action Claims
  • Involuntary Unemployment Insurance (Amended Complaint,
  • Wesco subsequently entered into a settlement
  • lawsuits stemming from the sale of CPI,,.
  • Thus, CIGA, the contracting party to the Purchase
  • Delaware Court of Chancery Rule 15governs the amendment of pleadings,
  • A party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course at any
  • which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action has not been set
  • true and the motion to amend denied, only if the plaintiff has failed to state a claim
  • Prejudice to the defendant necessary to preclude amendments of the complaint
  • addition, since there has been no answer filed and no discovery done, there is no
  • If the courts permit such amendments during the discovery process,

  • 2 . AMENDED COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CLASS ACTION
    WESCO
    HOUSEHOLD
    SETTLEMENT
    WOODS CLASS
    AGREEMENT
    ROLL
    STIPULATION
    SUCCESSOR
    CIG
    REFUNDS
    LITIGATION
    CONSOLIDALXD
    RIGHTS
    PURCHASE
    ASSERT
    PURSUANT
    AFFILIATES
    ASSIGNMENT
    SALE
    OBLIGATIONS
    COMPLAINT
    STOCK PURCHASE
    DEFEND
    RELATING
    INDEMNIFICATION
    COURT
    DELAWARE
    PREMIUMS
    
                     IK THE CHANCERI'  COURT OF THE STATE OF DELA1VAltE
                                 I.?: .4ND FOR NEX' CASTLE COUN'TI-
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                        M OTI ON TO AMEND
    
               AAmcfl:ican  Centennial  Insurances  Company  ("ACIC  `), pursuant to Del.  Ch.
    
    l3.1.e~  15(a) and  20(w), moves this  (loud  for leave to file an Amended Complaint in
    
    1Ec  fotm attached hereto  as Exhibit  `A'. The purpose  Yoor  the amendment  ia to
    
    ccstatc:   cwtain claims,  dclcte others, and add  \;I:esco   Inswxnce  Company ("Wesco")
    
    :I:;  a  &fe.ltlant  in the claims centering on the  \?l'oods  Class Action  Lit.igation   (as
    
    defined  herein), as is more spec,ificallg  set forth  below:
    
               1.      The  claima originally  asswted in this action stem  from litigation and
    
    ;Iclrnru.i,,Liative   proceedingi involving entities affiliated with  a group  of  companiw
    
    lvhich  1.0~  ~wyoscs  of  thi;i Motion will be  referred  to as  the "Consolidated  Gloup  'I_
    
    SMX the time these claims arose, those companies have gone through  varioLt,i
    
    wb:truc  tu ~+tigs. mc rgers, arulior name changes. cawing some difficulty in
    
    itientif!+ng  s~~:cessors  to the critities  originally involved in these transactions
    
               ,I
               L<      -At  t.he time of  filing the Complaint,  >1C!IC had  yeceivcd  an assignment
    
    ("A~srgnment")  from White Mountains  Insurance   Group  ("WMIG"),   a  successor  1;o
    
    Consohdr:   Icd  Interxat.ional   Group, Inc.  ("GIG'), the  p.xent corporation of the
    li5i3il
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IK THE CHANCERI' COURT OF THE STATE OF DELA1VAltE
  • I.?: .4ND FOR NEX' CASTLE COUN'TI-AAmcfl:ican Centennial Insurances Company, pursuant to Del.
  • L< -At t.he time of filing the Complaint,>1C!IC had yeceivcd an assignment
  • Croup I1nl-l companies forme~1.y affiliated with Beneficial insurance Group Holding
  • The Assignment conveyed to ACIC the rights of FVMIG as successor to
  • 0-e lntwests of Consolidalxd [nsu "Wesco Sale").
  • Woods Class Action
  • Settlcment~) arising out of -the Stock Purchase Agreement,rnd ACIC believed, based
  • was not affiliated with the predecessors of CIG at the tirnc GIG merged into WMIG.
  • A(`lC has since discovered additional facts involving the Woods Class Action
  • Wexo and Beneficial in l:lght of the facts discovered relating to payments made b,y
  • x8signed to ACIC the rights to pursue claims for indemnification relating to the
  • apeemcnt ("Settlement Agreement") pursuant, to which V\.esco agreed t,o reimburse
  • seeks ~0 now assert against Wcsco arise from t,hz
  • wine lxnsaction o r xcurxnce 3s t,hosc asserted against Household and.
  • THE CHANCERY COURT' OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • pxties and their affiliates, as is more specifically set foxcb below
  • 1993 that CIGA indemnifv and defend itagainst &rms asserted in the Woods
  • Class Action Litigation, u.sed Wesco's c:ounsel throughout,:he proceedings, and kept
  • ca>,uaIty insurance in that Stat,e to reduce their rates and make refunds 1.0
  • obliged tc roll back its Yates and refund premiums collected on certain policies ("Roil
  • ec.tered in-Lo a Stipulation to resolve Its Roll Rack liability
  • obligations lesulting from the settlement and related Stipulation.

  • 3 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    BENEFICIAL/HOUSEHOLD
    ROLLBACK
    AGREEMENT
    HOUSEHOLD
    OBLIGATIONS
    REFUND
    POLICYHOLDERS
    STIPULATION
    APPLICANT
    CALIFORNIA
    WESCO
    CPI
    PURSUANT
    PREMIUMS
    ROLL
    PAID
    AMOUNT
    ADMINISTRATION
    POLICIES
    COURT
    INSURERS
    INDEMNIFY
    IUI
    EXPENSES
    SUBSEQUENT
    SETTLEMENT
    FEES
    COSTS
    INITIATE
    
                       IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                  IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    AMERICANCENTENNIAL INSURANCE                         5
    COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,
    
                            Plaintiff,
    
               vs.
    
    HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
    a Delaware corporation,
    
                            Defendant.
    
                                              COMPLAINT
    
    INTRODUCTION:
    
                      1.    This action seeks specific performance, declaratory relief, and other
    
    related relief arising out of agreements relating to the purchase in June 1993 by Beneficial
    
    Insurance Group Holding Company  ("Beneficial") of  all the issued and outstanding shares
    
    of Wesco Insurance Company ("Wesco") from Consolidated Insurance Group of America,
    
    Inc. ("Consolidated) and other transactions between Beneficial Corporation ("Beneficial
    
    Corp."), an affiliate of Beneficial, and American Centennial Insurance Company ("AC/C"),
    
    formerly a subsidiary of Consolidated.
    
    PARTIES:
    
                      2.    Plaintiff  ACIC is a Delaware corporation.
    
                      3.    Defendant Household International, Inc. ("Household") is a Delaware
    
    corporation and a successor of Beneficial and Beneficial Corp. Household may be served
    
    by serving its registered agent at Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center,
    
    1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
    
    
    1114OVl
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • Insurance Group Holding Company of all the issued and outstanding shares
  • of Wesco Insurance Company from Consolidated Insurance Group of America,
  • Defendant Household International,
  • pursuant to a written Stock Purchase Agreement.
  • obligations under the SP Agreement for claims asserted in this action.
  • Effective June 30, 1993, pursuant to the SP Agreement, Beneficial
  • assumed all liabilities associated with Wesco's operations, including CPI.
  • settled and Household/Beneficial paid an unknown sum toward settlement.
  • reimburse Household in excess of $1 million for sums it purportedly paid to settle the CPI
  • indemnify Beneficial for any loss, including attorneys' fees, stemming from the CPI Claims.
  • Insurance ("IUI Insurance'?.
  • of the individuals purchased IUI Insurance from Wesco in Illinois subsequent to the
  • indemnity and expenses, including attorneys' fees and costs in settling the class action.
  • Beneficial/Household is obligated to reimburse ACIC for twenty-eight
  • the above amount, first Beneficial and then Household have refused to pay ACIC the sums
  • CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 103 - SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
  • Except for a small retention, all premiums on the policies written by
  • authorized the California Department of Insurance, to initiate
  • administrative proceedings requiring certain insurers writing specific lines of casualty
  • obliged to roll back its rates and refund premiums collected on certain policies ("Roll Back
  • which Stipulation is attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
  • Beneficial Corp. agreed to refund a maximum of $300,000.00 to policyholders to which it
  • and to assume responsibility for any related administration and operational costs,
  • issued or renewed between November 8, 1988 and November 7, 1989 C'the Rollback Yea?).
  • 10 Applicant denied that it had any such obligations.
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