The Company shall act generally in the name of the undersigned insurance companies.
3.6 Notice: It is agreed that notice of a claim, or of an occurrence
likely to give rise to a claim, given by the Insured or (by the U.S. Government) to the Company, as required under the terms and conditions of its policy, shall be deemed to be notice to the other undersigned insurance companies. (The Company or its representative hereby undertakes to advise them of such notice.)
Servicing carrier Allowances, Expenses and Claims Payment. As an allowance for its services as a servicing carrier as specified in this Agreement, the Company shall periodically bill the under- signed insurance companies at the rate of $35 per hour of its pro- fessional employee's time in performing such services and they shall pay to the Company the said sums within thirty (30) days of receipt of a bill therefor.
The Company shall periodically bill the undersigned insurance com- panies for Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense meaning the types of expenses set forth in 11 N.Y.C. RR, Chap. IV-C Part 105.2 and the Insurers shall pay, to the Company the said sums within thirty days of receipt of a bill therefor.
The servicing carrier allowance set forth in Section 4.1 intended to compensate the Company for non-allocated expenses considered to be, normal operating costs for services rendered as a servicing carrier. Examples of such expenses include salaries of personnel, office equipment, space. Other functions and expenses are intended to be performed and paid solely by the undersigned insurance companies.
It is the express intention of the parties hereto that the Company pot sustain a financial loss with respect to its services as a servicing carrier. Therefore, in addition to Section 4.1 above: The undersigned insurance companies shall allow the reimbursement of the Company for normal operating costs and unallocated loss adjustment expenses incurred in connection with their business, which are in excess of the allowances provided in Section 4.1. The undersigned insurance companies shall also allow the Company reimbursement of extraordinary expenses incurred as a servicing carrier, including, but not limited to, any special computer pro- gramming required or computer time cost necessary to run such programs.
4.5 The undersigned insurance companies will not question the statements or settlements of the Company, and will accept the statements of losses and expenses billed by the Company as conclusive evidence of their liability to pay for their respective quota share percentages set forth in the policy. With respect to losses and both allocated and non-allocated expenses of the Company to be so billed to the undersigned insurance companies the following guideline shall govern: a. The Company's allocated and non-allocated expenses, allowances and loss payments hereunder shall be billed to such of the under- signed insurance companies as subscribed to the Special Liability Insurance Policy Form No. N.S.F.1 Ed: 8/76 until such time as they shall have paid their respective percentages of $5,000,000 in "Loss" as defined in such policy. Thereafter, the Company's
allocated and non-allocated expenses, allowances and loss payments shall be billed to such of the undersigned insurance companies as subscribed to Special Excess Liability Policy Form No. N.S.F.2 Ed: 8/76 until such time as such Insurers shall have paid their respective percentages of $50,000,000 in "Loss" as defined in such policy.
The Company shall maintain or provide for the maintenance by an independent third party of claims files, records and accounts with respect to all transactions entered into on behalf of the under- signed insurance companies to this Agreement, in accordance with generally accepted insurance accounting principles, as required by law, and as directed by the Administration Committee.
The undersigned insurance companies and any designated representative thereof shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect the books, records and files of the Company so far as they pertain to the operations of the Company on behalf of the undersigned insurance companies, and shall have the right to copy or abstract such books, records and files at its own expense. It is agreed that any required or requested examination or audit of the books or other records of the Company with respect to its functions as a servicing carrier of the undersigned insurance companies shall be done at their expense. Such access shall in no way derogate from the exclusivity of the right of the Company to supervise and manage claims for the undersigned insurance companies.
however, that the Company and the Insurers may agree that the Company shall retain and handle all claims reported to it during that time the Company acted as a servicing carrier, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement until the said claims have been terminated or returned to the Insurers under mutually agreed upon terms. The termination of this Agreement shall in no way affect or alter the obligations of the Company or the undersigned insurance companies to account for or to pay over sums due one another pursuant to this
Agreement and the provisions of Paragraphs 8.1 and 9.1 shall specifically survive any such termination.
The undersigned insurance companies shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries and the directors, officers, agents and employees of the Company or of any such affiliate or subsidiary, against and from all costs, including the amounts of judgments (including interest thereon), settlements. fines or penalties and expenses, incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, to which the Company or such affiliate or subsidiary or such director, officer, agent, or employee thereof is made a party because of any act, error, or omission by or on behalf of the Company in the conduct of its duties or obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, such indemnification shall not be provided on any matter in which any such person or organization shall be finally adjudged in any such action, suit or proceeding to have committed a breach of duty involving dishonesty, willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of
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