Property Catastrophe Overlying Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract



 Exhibit 10.34 
 PROPERTY CATASTROPHE OVERLYING EXCESS OF LOSS 
 REINSURANCE CONTRACT 
 ISSUED TO 
 STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MILBANK INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN 
 FARMERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO 
 MERIDIAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MERIDIAN CITIZENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 FIRST PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY 
 PETROLIA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BY 
 STATE AUTO PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MILBANK INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN 
 FARMERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO 
 MERIDIAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MERIDIAN CITIZENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 FIRST PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY 
 PETROLIA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY 
 PROPERTY CATASTROPHE OVERLYING EXCESS OF
LOSS 
 REINSURANCE CONTRACT 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 ARTICLE NO.
	  	 TITLE
	  	PAGE
	 ARTICLE I
	  	 BUSINESS COVERED
	  	1
			
	 ARTICLE II
	  	 EXCLUSIONS
	  	1 - 3
			
	 ARTICLE III
	  	 TERM
	  	3
			
	 ARTICLE IV
	  	 TERRITORY
	  	3
			
	 ARTICLE V
	  	 AMOUNT OF LIMIT AND RETENTION
	  	4
			
	 ARTICLE VI
	  	 ULTIMATE NET LOSS
	  	4
			
	 ARTICLE VII
	  	 NET RETAINED LINES
	  	4
			
	 ARTICLE VIII
	  	 UNDERLYING EXCESS
	  	5
			
	 ARTICLE IX
	  	 DEFINITION OF LOSS OCCURRENCE
	  	5 - 6
			
	 ARTICLE X
	  	 NOTICE OF LOSS AND LOSS SETTLEMENT
	  	6 - 7
			
	 ARTICLE XI
	  	 PREMIUM
	  	7
			
	 ARTICLE XII
	  	 CURRENCY
	  	7
			
	 ARTICLE XIII
	  	 OFFSET
	  	7
			
	 ARTICLE XIV
	  	 ACCESS TO RECORDS
	  	7
			
	 ARTICLE XV
	  	 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
	  	8
			
	 ARTICLE XVI
	  	 TAXES
	  	8
			
	 ARTICLE XVII
	  	 INSOLVENCY
	  	8
			
	 ARTICLE XVIII
	  	 ARBITRATION
	  	9
			
	 ARTICLE XIX
	  	 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
	  	9
		
		  	 Exhibit A

		
		  	 War Exclusion Clause

		
		  	 Pools, Associations & Syndicates Exclusion Clause

		
		  	 Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause – Physical Damage – Reinsurance – U.S.A.

		
		  	 Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause – Physical Damage – Reinsurance – CANADA









 PROPERTY CATASTROPHE OVERLYING EXCESS OF LOSS 
 REINSURANCE CONTRACT 
 between

 STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MILBANK INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN 
 FARMERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO 
 MERIDIAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MERIDIAN CITIZENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 FIRST PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY 
 PETROLIA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY 
 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Company”) 
 and 
 STATE AUTO PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 (hereinafter referred to as the Subscribing “Reinsurer”)

 ARTICLE I 
 BUSINESS COVERED: 
 The Reinsurer shall indemnify the Company for the net excess liability as
hereinafter provided and specified, which may accrue to the Company as a result of any loss or losses which may occur during the currency of the Contract under any and all policies, contracts, binders and other evidence of insurance and reinsurance,
oral or written (hereinafter referred to as “Policies”) heretofore or hereafter issued or entered into by or on behalf of the Company and classified by the Company as Fire, Allied Lines, Homeowners (property coverages), Farmowners
(property coverages), Commercial Multiple Peril policies (property coverages), Ocean Marine, Inland Marine and Automobile Physical Damage. 
 ARTICLE II 
 EXCLUSIONS: 
 This Contract shall not apply to and specifically excludes the following: 
  

	 	 1.
	 Business written and classified by the Company as: 


  

	 	 a)
	 Aviation Insurance; 


  

	 	 b)
	 Casualty Insurance (i.e. Accident, Health, Third Party Liability, Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability, Fidelity, Plate Glass and Burglary
and Theft when written as such); 


  

	 	 c)
	 Credit Insurance; 


  

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	 	 d)
	 Financial Guarantee Insurance; 


  

	 	 e)
	 Insolvency Insurance; 


  

	 	 f)
	 Life Insurance; 


  

	 	 g)
	 Mortgage Impairment Insurance; 


  

	 	 h)
	 Title Insurance; 


  

	 	 i)
	 Surety; 


  

	 	 j)
	 Flood Insurance when written as such; 


  

	 	 k)
	 Earthquake Insurance when written as such; 


  

	 	 l)
	 Difference in Conditions Insurance when written as such; 


  

	 	 m)
	 Ocean Marine Insurance when written as such, except yachts; 


  

	 	 n)
	 Boiler and Machinery; 


  

	 	 o)
	 Multiple Peril policies other than the Property coverages as included in the Business Covered Section, hereof; 


  

	 	 p)
	 Reinsurance assumed, but not to exclude so-called agency reinsurance, reinsurance of an individual risk or policy, any intercompany pooling arrangements, or
reinsurance assumed from affiliates. 


  

	 	 2.
	 Wind and Hail on growing and standing crops. 


  

	 	 3.
	 Manufacture, processing, storage, filling or breaking down of explosives. 


  

	 	 4.
	 Oil and petrochemical refineries and pipelines and oil or gas drilling rigs. 


  

	 	 5.
	 Excess of Loss insurance or reinsurance where the deductible exceeds $500,000 for perils other than earthquake or wind.. 


  

	 	 6.
	 Bridges and Tunnels where the Total Insured Value over all interests exceeds $300,000,000. 


  

	 	 7.
	 Extra Contractual Obligations and Loss in Excess of Policy Limits as per the following definitions: 


  

	 	 a)
	 Extra Contractual Obligations, which shall mean any punitive, exemplary, compensatory or consequential damages, other than loss in excess of policy limits, paid
or payable by the Company as a result of an action against it by its insured, its insured’s assignee or a third party claimant, by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith on the part of the Company in handling a claim under a
Policy subject to this Contract. 


  

	 	 b)
	 Loss in Excess of Policy Limits, which shall mean an amount that the Company would have been contractually liable to pay had it not been for the limit of the
original Policy as a result of an action against it by its insured or its insured’s assignee. Such loss in excess of the limit shall have been incurred because of failure by the Company to settle within the Policy limit, or by reason of alleged
or actual negligence, fraud, or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the trial of any action against its insured or in the preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.



  

	 	 8.
	 Loss/or Damage/or Costs/or Expenses arising from seepage and/or Pollution and/or Contamination, other than Contamination from Smoke Damage. Nevertheless, this
exclusion does not preclude payment of the cost of removal of debris of property damaged by a loss otherwise covered hereunder, but subject always to a limit of 25% of the Company’s property loss under the original Policy.



  

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	 	 9.
	 Loss in respect of overhead transmission and distribution lines and their supporting structure other than those on or within 150 meters (or 500 feet) of the
insured premises. It is understood and agreed that public utilities extension and/or suppliers extension and/or contingent business interruption coverages are not subject to this exclusion, provided that these are not part of a transmitters’ or
distributors’ Policy. 


  

	 	 10.
	 Liability of the Company arising by contract, operation of law, or otherwise, from its participation or membership, whether voluntary or involuntary, in any
insolvency fund. “Insolvency Fund” includes any guaranty fund, insolvency fund, plan, pool, association, fund or other arrangement, howsoever denominated, established or governed, which provides for any assessment of or payment or
assumption by the Company of part or all of any claim, debt, charge, fee, or other obligation of an insurer, or its successors or assigns, which has been declared by any competent authority to be insolvent, or which is otherwise deemed unable to
meet any claim, debt, charge, fee or other obligation in whole or in part. 


  

	 	 11.
	 War Risk as per the “War Exclusion Clause” attached hereto. 


  

	 	 12.
	 Pools, Associations and Syndicates as per the “Pools, Associations & Syndicates Exclusion Clause” attached hereto.



  

	 	 13.
	 Nuclear Incident as per the “Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause - Physical Damage - Reinsurance - U.S.A.” (NMA 1119) attached hereto.



  

	 	 14.
	 Nuclear Incident as per the “Nuclear Incident Exclusion Clause - Physical Damage - Reinsurance - CANADA” (NMA 1980a) attached hereto.



  

	 	 15.
	 Loss, damage, costs, and/or expenses resulting from: i) the release or dispersion of or contamination from harmful micro-organisms or other biological contagion;
ii) the release or dispersion of or contamination from harmful chemical agents or contaminants; iii) the use of any nuclear device or release or dispersion of radioactive contamination. 


  

	 	 16.
	 Loss, damage, costs, and/or expenses resulting from an act of terrorism. 


 ARTICLE III 
 TERM: 
 The term of this Contract shall be from 12:01 A.M., Eastern Time, July 1, 2007 to 12:01 A.M., Eastern Time, July 1, 2008.

 If this Contract expires while a Loss Occurrence covered hereunder is in progress, the Reinsurer’s liability hereunder
shall, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Contract, be determined as if the entire Loss Occurrence had occurred prior to the expiration of this Contract, provided that no part of such Loss Occurrence is claimed against any renewal or
replacement of this Contract. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 TERRITORY: 
 This Contract shall cover wherever the Company’s Policies
cover. 
  

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 ARTICLE V 
 AMOUNT OF LIMIT AND RETENTION: 
 No claim shall be made hereunder unless and
until the Company, on a pooled basis where applicable, shall have first sustained an Ultimate Net Loss (as defined below) in excess of $135,000,000, regardless of the number of Policies under which such loss is payable or the number of interests
insured. The Reinsurer shall then be liable for the amount of Ultimate Net Loss for the Company in excess of $135,000,000 per occurrence, but the sum recoverable from the Reinsurer shall not exceed $100,000,000 in respect of each such Loss
Occurrence and in respect of all Loss Occurrences during the term of this Contract. 
 The applicability of coverage under
this Contract is subject to at least two risks being involved in the same Loss Occurrence. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 ULTIMATE NET LOSS: 
 The term “Ultimate Net Loss” shall mean the amount that the Company pays as insured losses. Ultimate Net Loss also includes, but is not limited to, all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the settlement of losses
or resistance to or negotiations concerning a loss, including salaries and expenses of employees of the Company while diverted from their normal duties to the service of field adjustment but shall not include any office expenses of the Company.
However, nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent the Company from including all such amounts defined as Ultimate Net Loss attributable to the Group (as defined below), on a pooled basis where applicable, for the first $135,000,000 of
Ultimate Net Loss. The Group shall mean, collectively, the Company and State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company. 
 Subject to Article VIII, all salvages and recoveries and payments (net of the cost of obtaining any salvage, recovery or payment), whether recovered or received prior or subsequent to loss settlement under this Contract, including amounts
recoverable under other reinsurance, whether collected or not, shall be applied as if recovered or received prior to the aforesaid settlement and shall be deducted from the actual loss incurred to arrive at the amount of Ultimate Net Loss. Nothing
in this Article shall be construed to mean losses are not recoverable until the Ultimate Net Loss to the Company has been ascertained. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 NET RETAINED LINES: 
 This Contract applies to only that portion of any Policy which the Company and the other members of the Group, on a pooled basis where
applicable, retains net for its own account. 
 The amount of the Reinsurer’s liability hereunder in respect of any loss
shall not be increased by reason of the inability of the Company to collect from any other reinsurer, whether specific or general, any amounts which may have become due whether such inability arises from the insolvency of such other reinsurer or
otherwise. 
  

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 ARTICLE VIII 
 UNDERLYING EXCESS: 
 The Company has in force underlying catastrophe excess of
loss reinsurance and recoveries thereunder shall be disregarded for all purposes of this Contract and shall inure to the sole benefit of the Company. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 DEFINITION OF LOSS OCCURRENCE: 
 The term “Loss Occurrence” shall mean the sum of all individual losses directly occasioned by any one disaster, accident or loss
or series of disasters, accidents or losses arising out of one event which occurs within the area of one state of the United States or province of Canada and states or provinces contiguous thereto and to one another. However, the duration and extent
of any one “Loss Occurrence” shall be limited to all individual losses sustained by the Company occurring during any period of one hundred sixty-eight (168) consecutive hours arising out of and directly occasioned by the same event
except that the term “Loss Occurrence” shall be further defined as follows: 
  

	 	 A.
	 1. As regards windstorm, hail, tornado, cyclone, including ensuing collapse and water damage, all individual losses sustained by the Company occurring during any
period of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours arising out of and directly occasioned by the same event. However, the event need not be limited to one state or province or states or provinces contiguous thereto. 


 2. As regards hurricane, including ensuing collapse and water damage, all individual losses sustained by the Company occurring during any
period of ninety-six (96) consecutive hours arising out of and directly occasioned by the same event. However, the event need not be limited to one state or province or states or provinces contiguous thereto. 
  

	 	 B.
	 As regards riot, riot attending a strike, civil commotion, vandalism and malicious mischief, all individual losses sustained by the Company occurring during any
period of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours within the area of one municipality or county and the municipalities or counties contiguous thereto arising out of and directly occasioned by the same event. The maximum duration of seventy-two
(72) consecutive hours may be extended in respect of individual losses which occur beyond such seventy-two (72) consecutive hours during the continued occupation of an assured’s premises by strikers, provided such occupation commenced
during the aforesaid period. 


  

	 	 C.
	 As regards earthquake (the epicentre of which need not necessarily be within the territorial confines referred to in the opening paragraph of this Article) and
fire following directly occasioned by the earthquake, only those individual fire losses which commence during the period of one hundred and sixty-eight (168) consecutive hours may be included in the Company’s “Loss Occurrence.”



  

	 	 D.
	 As regards “freeze”, only individual losses directly occasioned by collapse, breakage of glass and water damage (caused by bursting of frozen pipes and
tanks) may be included in the Company’s “Loss Occurrence.” 


  

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 For all “Loss Occurrences” except as referred to under sub-paragraph B, the
Company may choose the date and time when any such period of consecutive hours commences, provided that it is not earlier than the date and time of the occurrence of the first recorded individual loss sustained by the Company arising out of that
disaster, accident, or loss and provided that only one such period of one hundred and sixty-eight (168) consecutive hours shall apply with respect to one event, except for those “Loss Occurrences” referred to in sub-paragraph A.1
above, where only one such period of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours shall apply with respect to one event, regardless of the duration of the event and except for those “Loss Occurrences” referred to in sub-paragraph A.2 above,
where only one such period of ninety-six (96) consecutive hours shall apply with respect to one event, regardless of the duration of the event.. 
 As respect those “Loss Occurrences” referred to in sub-paragraph B above, if the disaster, accident or loss occasioned by the event is of greater duration than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours, then
the Company may divide that disaster, accident or loss into two or more “Loss Occurrences” provided no two periods overlap and no individual loss is included in more than one such period and provided that no period commences earlier than
the date and time of the occurrence of the first recorded individual loss sustained by the Company arising out of that disaster, accident or loss. 
 No individual losses occasioned by an event that would be covered by seventy-two (72) hours clauses or ninety-six (96) hours clause may be included in any “Loss Occurrence” claimed under the one
hundred and sixty-eight (168) hours provision. 
 Losses directly or indirectly occasioned by: 
  

	 	 a.
	 loss of, alteration of , or damage to 


  

	 	   
	 or 


  

	 	 b.
	 a reduction in the functionality, availability or operation of: 


 a computer system, hardware, program, software, data, information repository, microchip, integrated circuit or similar device in computer equipment or non-computer equipment, whether the property
of the policyholder of the Company or not, do not in and of themselves constitute an event unless arising out of one or more of the following perils: 
 fire, lightning, explosion, aircraft, or vehicle impact, falling objects, windstorm, hail, tornado, cyclone, hurricane, earthquake, volcano, tsunami, flood, freeze or weight of snow. 
 ARTICLE X 
 NOTICE OF
LOSS AND LOSS SETTLEMENT: 
 The Company shall adjust, settle, or compromise all claims and losses hereunder.

 All loss settlements by the Company which comply with the terms hereof shall be unconditionally binding upon the Reinsurer.

 The Company shall advise the Reinsurer promptly of all claims and any subsequent developments pertaining thereto, which
may, in the Company’s opinion, develop into losses involving Reinsurance hereunder. Inadvertent omission or oversight in dispatching such advices shall in no way affect the liability of the Reinsurer under this Contract provided the Company
informs the Reinsurer of such omission or oversight promptly upon its discovery. 
  

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 The Reinsurer shall tender all loss payments as soon as practicable after receipt of any
proof of loss. 
 ARTICLE XI 
 PREMIUM: 
 The premium to be paid to the Reinsurer shall be $3,560,000, payable
in four equal quarterly installments. Each company shall pay a percentage of the premium based on its share of subject premium, as shown in Exhibit A. 
 ARTICLE XII 
 CURRENCY: 
 All retentions, limits and premiums referenced in this Contract are expressed in United States Dollars and all payments made by either
party shall be made in United States Dollars. 
 Amounts paid or received by the Company in any other currency shall be
converted to United States Dollars at the rate of exchange at the date such transaction is entered on the books of the Company. 
 ARTICLE XIII 
 OFFSET: 
 The Company and the Reinsurer, each at its option, may offset any balance or balances, whether on account of premiums, claims and losses, loss expenses or salvages due from one party to the other
under this Contract; provided, however, that in the event of the insolvency of a party hereto, offsets shall only be allowed in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations. 
 ARTICLE XIV 
 ACCESS TO RECORDS: 
 The Company shall place at the disposal of the Reinsurer at all reasonable times, and the Reinsurer shall have the right to inspect
through its designated representatives, during the term of this Contract and thereafter, all books, records and papers of the Company in connection with any reinsurance hereunder, or the subject matter hereof. 
  

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 ARTICLE XV 
 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS: 
 Any inadvertent delay, omission or error shall not be
held to relieve either party hereto from any liability which would attach to either party if such delay, omission or error had not been made, provided such delay, omission or error is rectified as soon as practicable after discovery. 
 ARTICLE XVI 
 TAXES:

 In consideration of the terms under which this Contract is issued, the Company will not claim a deduction in
respect of the premium hereon when making tax returns, other than income or profits tax returns, to any state or territory of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or Canada. 
 ARTICLE XVII 
 INSOLVENCY: 
 The reinsurance under this Contract shall be payable by the Reinsurer on the basis of the liability of one or more of the Companies under
the Policy or Policies reinsured without diminution because of the insolvency of one or more of the Companies reinsured or because the liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor of the Company(ies) has failed to pay all or a portion of
any claim. 
 In the event of the insolvency of one or more of the Companies reinsured, the liquidator, receiver, conservator
or statutory successor of the Company(ies) shall give written notice to the Reinsurer of the pendency of a claim against the insolvent Company(ies) on the Policy or Policies reinsured within a reasonable time after such claim is filed in the
insolvency proceeding and during the pendency of such claim the Reinsurer may investigate such claim and interpose, at its own expense, in the proceeding where such claim is to be adjudicated any defense or defenses which it may deem available to
the Company(ies) or its liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor. The expense thus incurred by the Reinsurer shall be chargeable subject to court approval against the insolvent Company(ies) as part of the expense of liquidation to
the extent of a proportionate share of the benefit which may accrue to the Company(ies) solely as a result of the defense undertaken by the Reinsurer. 
 Where two or more Reinsurers are involved in the same claim and a majority in interest elect to interpose defense to such claim, the expense shall be apportioned in accordance with the terms of this Contract as though
such expense had been incurred by the Company(ies). 
 In the event of the insolvency of one or more of the Companies
reinsured, the reinsurance under this Contract shall be payable by the Reinsurer directly to the Company(ies) or to the liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor, except as provided by subsection (A) of section 4118 of the
Insurance Law of New York or except where (I) the Contract specifies another payee of such Reinsurance in the event of the insolvency of the Company(ies) and (II) the Reinsurer with the consent of the direct insureds and, with the prior
approval of the Superintendent of Insurance of New York to the certificate of assumption issued to New York direct insureds, has assumed such Policy obligations of the Company(ies) as its direct obligations to the payees under such Policies, in
substitution for the obligations of the Company(ies) to such payees. 
  

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 ARTICLE XVIII 
 ARBITRATION: 
 If any dispute shall arise between the parties to this Contract,
either before or after its termination, with reference to the interpretation of this Contract or the rights of either party with respect to any transactions under this Contract, including the formation or validity thereof, the dispute shall be
referred to three (3) arbitrators as a condition precedent to any right of action arising under this Contract. The arbitrators shall be active or retired disinterested officers of insurance or reinsurance companies or Lloyd’s Underwriters
other than the parties or their affiliates. One arbitrator shall be chosen by each party and the third by the two so chosen. If either party refuses or neglects to appoint an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the receipt of written
notice from the other party requesting it to do so, the requesting party may nominate two (2) arbitrators who shall choose the third. 
 In the event the arbitrators do not agree on the selection of the third arbitrator within thirty (30) days after both arbitrators have been named, the Company shall petition the American Arbitration Association
to appoint the third arbitrator. If the American Arbitration Association fails to appoint the third arbitrator within thirty (30) days after it has been requested to do so, either party may request a justice of a court of general jurisdiction
of the state in which the arbitration is to be held, to appoint an officer or retired officer of an insurance or reinsurance company or Lloyd’s Underwriter as the third arbitrator. In the event both parties request the appointment of the third
arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be the soonest named in writing by the justice of the court. 
 Each party shall submit
its case to the arbitrators within thirty (30) days of the appointment of the arbitrators. The arbitrators shall consider this Contract an honorable engagement rather than merely a legal obligation; they are relieved of all judicial formalities
and may abstain from following the strict rules of law. The decision of a majority of the arbitrators shall be final and binding on both the Company and the Reinsurer. Judgment may be entered upon the award of the arbitrators in any court having
jurisdiction. 
 Each party shall bear the fee and expenses of its own arbitrator, one half of the fee and the expenses of the
third arbitrator and one half of the other expenses of the arbitration. In the event both arbitrators are chosen by one party, the fees of the arbitrators shall be equally divided between the parties. 
 Any such arbitration shall take place in Columbus, Ohio unless some other location is mutually agreed upon by the parties. 
 With regard to State Auto Insurance Company of Wisconsin (“SAWI”) and in compliance with Wis. Stat. Section 645.58(2),
State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company (the “Reinsurer”) agrees that this Reinsurance Contract cannot and does not require SAWI to arbitrate an action on or related to this Reinsurance Contract when SAWI is subject to a
delinquency proceeding under Subchapter III of Chapter 645 of the Wisconsin Statutes. 
 ARTICLE XIX 
 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: 
 This written Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the business being reinsured hereunder, and there are no understandings between the parties hereto other than as expressed in this Contract.
Any change or modification to this Contract will be made by amendment to this Contract and signed by the parties. 
  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company 
 Milbank Insurance Company 
 State Auto National Insurance Company 
 State
Auto Insurance Company of Wisconsin 
 Farmers Casualty Insurance Company 
 State Auto Insurance Company of Ohio 
 Meridian Security Insurance Company 
 Meridian Citizens Mutual Insurance Company 
 State Auto Florida Insurance Company 
 Beacon National Insurance Company 
 First Preferred Insurance Company 
 Petrolia Insurance Company 
 Beacon Lloyds Insurance Company 
 PROPERTY
CATASTROPHE OVERLYING EXCESS OF LOSS REINSURANCE CONTRACT 
 FOR THE PERIOD 
 12:01 A.M., EASTERN TIME, JULY 1, 2007 
 THROUGH 
 12:01 A.M., EASTERN TIME, JULY 1, 2008 
 PREMIUM CALCULATION 
 Subject Premium Basis - July 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007 
  

																																						
	 Annual
 Statement Line      
	  	Mutual	 	 	Milbank	 	 	National	 	 	SAIC of
Wisconsin	 	 	Farmers	 	 	SAIC of
Ohio	 	 	Meridian
Security	 	 	Meridian
Citizens
Mutual	 	 	State Auto
Florida	 	 	Beacon*	 	 	Total	 
	 1.0
	 	 @
	 	 100%
	  	20,998,619	 	 	544,199	 	 	0	 	 	221,970	 	 	263,665	 	 	1,230,786	 	 	3,047,547	 	 	508,773	 	 	465,995	 	 	1,231,599	 	 	28,513,153	 
	 2.1
	 	 @
	 	 100%
	  	13,690,523	 	 	402,213	 	 	0	 	 	126,394	 	 	316,637	 	 	745,121	 	 	1,490,907	 	 	11,116	 	 	726,082	 	 	1,728,758	 	 	19,237,751	 
	 3.0
	 	 @
	 	 65%
	  	0	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	9,386,287	 	 	0	 	 	937,823	 	 	10,324,110	 
	 4.0
	 	 @
	 	 65%
	  	32,508,920	 	 	9,515,041	 	 	0	 	 	4,081,306	 	 	1,217,305	 	 	1,503,788	 	 	6,110,275	 	 	0	 	 	2,112,436	 	 	7,965,844	 	 	65,014,915	 
	 5.0
	 	 @
	 	 50%
	  	9,293,684	 	 	854,886	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	534,189	 	 	0	 	 	1,013,931	 	 	0	 	 	1,132,730	 	 	1,728,758	 	 	14,558,178	 
	 8.0
	 	 @
	 	 90%
	  	170,554	 	 	220	 	 	0	 	 	469	 	 	1,304	 	 	151,158	 	 	24,297	 	 	0	 	 	55,072	 	 	0	 	 	403,074	 
	 9.0
	 	 @
	 	 100%
	  	9,137,717	 	 	982,159	 	 	0	 	 	403,655	 	 	92,445	 	 	153,372	 	 	743,400	 	 	0	 	 	331,882	 	 	361,570	 	 	12,206,200	 
	 12.0
	 	 @
	 	 100%
	  	1,690,139	 	 	10,759	 	 	0	 	 	1,802	 	 	10,554	 	 	37,270	 	 	460,012	 	 	154,826	 	 	171	 	 	0	 	 	2,365,533	 
	 21.1
	 	 @
	 	 50%
	  	20,758,665	 	 	4,986,626	 	 	3,954,261	 	 	3,315,035	 	 	1,470,715	 	 	862,218	 	 	3,461,294	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	2,643,982	 	 	41,452,796	 
	 21.2
	 	 @
	 	 50%
	  	4,741,875	 	 	186,043	 	 	0	 	 	0	 	 	47,237	 	 	0	 	 	257,323	 	 	305,943	 	 	50	 	 	485,860	 	 	6,024,331	 
		 		 		  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
		 		 		  	112,990,696	 	 	17,482,146	 	 	3,954,261	 	 	8,150,631	 	 	3,954,051	 	 	4,683,713	 	 	16,608,986	 	 	10,366,945	 	 	4,824,418	 	 	17,084,194	 	 	200,100,041	 
	 Percent of Total
	  	56.5	%	 	8.7	%	 	2.0	%	 	4.1	%	 	2.0	%	 	2.3	%	 	8.3	%	 	5.2	%	 	2.4	%	 	8.5	%	 	100.0	%
	 Annual Premium
	  	2,011,400	 	 	309,720	 	 	71,200	 	 	145,960	 	 	71,200	 	 	81,880	 	 	295,480	 	 	185,120	 	 	85,440	 	 	302,600	 	 	3,560,000	 
	 Quarterly Installment
	  	502,850	 	 	77,430	 	 	17,800	 	 	36,490	 	 	17,800	 	 	20,470	 	 	73,870	 	 	46,280	 	 	21,360	 	 	75,650	 	 	890,000	 

  

	 *
	 “Beacon” includes Beacon National, First Preferred, Petrolia and Beacon Lloyds Insurance Companies. 









 WAR EXCLUSION CLAUSE 
 As regards interests which at time of loss or damage are on shore, no liability shall attach hereto in respect of any loss or damage
which is occasioned by war, invasion, hostilities, acts of foreign enemies, civil war, rebellion, insurrection, military or usurped power, or martial law or confiscation by order of any government or public authority. 
 This War Exclusion Clause shall not, however, apply to interests which at time of loss or damage are within the territorial limits of the
United States of America (comprising the fifty States of the Union and the District of Columbia, its territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and including Bridges between the United States of America and Mexico
provided they are under United States ownership), Canada, St. Pierre and Miquelon, provided such interests are insured under policies, endorsements or binders containing a standard war or hostilities or warlike operations exclusion clause.

 Nevertheless, this Clause shall not be construed to apply to loss or damage occasioned by riots, strikes, civil commotion,
vandalism, and malicious damage. 







 POOLS, ASSOCIATIONS & SYNDICATES EXCLUSION CLAUSE 
 SECTION A: 
 EXCLUDING: 

  

	 	 (a)
	 All Business derived directly or indirectly from any Pool, Association or Syndicate which maintains its own reinsurance facilities. 



 

	 	 (b)
	 Any Pool or Scheme (whether voluntary or mandatory) formed after March 1, l968 for the purpose of insuring Property whether on a country-wide basis or in
respect of designated areas. This exclusion shall not apply to so-called Automobile Insurance Plans or other Pools formed to provide coverage for Automobile Physical Damage. 


 SECTION B: 
 It is agreed that business written by the Company for the
same perils, which is known at the time to be insured by, or in excess of underlying amounts placed in the following Pools, Associations, or Syndicates, whether by way of insurance or reinsurance, is excluded hereunder: 
 Industrial Risk Insurers, 
 Associated Factory Mutuals, 
 Improved Risk Mutuals, 
 Any Pool, Association or Syndicate formed for the purpose of writing Oil, Gas or Petro-Chemical Plants and/or Oil or Gas Drilling Rigs,

 United States Aircraft Insurance Group, 
 Canadian Aircraft Insurance Group, 
 Associated Aviation Underwriters,

 American Aviation Underwriters. 
 SECTION B does not apply: 
  

	 	 (a)
	 Where the Total Insured Value over all interests of the risk in question is less than $300,000,000. 


  

	 	 (b)
	 To interests traditionally underwritten as Inland Marine or Stock and/or Contents written on a Blanket basis. 


  

	 	 (c)
	 To Contingent Business Interruption, except when the Company is aware that the key location is known at the time to be insured in any Pool, Association or
Syndicate named above, other than as provided for under Section B (a). 


  

	 	 (d)
	 To risks as follows: 


 Offices, Hotels, Apartments, Hospitals, Educational Establishments, Public Utilities (other than Railroad Schedules) and Builder’s Risks on the classes of risks specified in this subsection (d) only. 
  

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 SECTION C: 
 NEVERTHELESS the Reinsurer specifically agrees that liability accruing to the Company from its participation in residual market mechanisms including but not limited to: 
  

	 	 (l)
	 The following so-called “Coastal Pools”: 


 ALABAMA INSURANCE UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION 
 MISSISSIPPI WINDSTORM
UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION 
 NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION 
 SOUTH CAROLINA WINDSTORM AND HAIL UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION 
 TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 
 AND                             
  

	 	 (2)
	 All “FAIR Plan” and “Rural Risk Plan” business 


 AND                             
  

	 	 (3)
	 The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“CPIC”) and the California Earthquake Authority
(“CEA”) 


 for all perils otherwise protected hereunder shall not be excluded, except, however, that this
reinsurance does not include any increase in such liability resulting from: 
  

	 	 (i)
	 The inability of any other participant in such “Coastal Pool” and/or “FAIR Plan” and/or “Rural Risk Plan” and/or Residual Market
Mechanisms to meet its liability. 


  

	 	 (ii)
	 Any claim against such “Coastal Pool” and/or “FAIR Plan” and/or “Rural Risk Plan” and/or Residual Market Mechanisms, or any
participant therein, including the Company, whether by way of subrogation or otherwise, brought by or on behalf of any Insolvency Fund (as defined in the Insolvency Fund Exclusion Clause incorporated in this Contract). 



SECTION D: 
  

	 	 (1)
	 Notwithstanding Section C above, in respect of the CEA, where an assessment is made against the Company by the CEA, the Company may include in the Ultimate Net
Loss only that assessment directly attributable to each separate loss occurrence covered hereunder. The Company’s initial capital contribution to the CEA shall not be included in the Ultimate Net Loss. 


  

	 	 (2)
	 Notwithstanding Section C above, in respect of the CPIC, where an assessment is made against the Company by the CPIC, the maximum loss that the Company may
include in the Ultimate Net Loss in respect of any loss occurrence hereunder shall not exceed the lesser of: 


  

	 	 a)
	 The Company’s assessment from the CPIC for the accounting year in which the loss occurrence commenced, or 


  

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	 	 b)
	 The product of the following: 


  

	 	 (i)
	 The Company’s percentage participation in the CPIC for the accounting year in which the loss occurrence commenced; and 


  

	 	 (ii)
	 The CPIC’s total losses in such loss occurrence. 


 Any assessments for accounting years subsequent to that in which the loss occurrence commenced may not be included in the Ultimate Net Loss hereunder. Moreover, notwithstanding Section C above, in respect of the CPIC,
the Ultimate Net Loss hereunder shall not include any monies expended to purchase or retire bonds as a consequence of being a member of the CPIC. For the purposes of this Contract, the Company may not include in the Ultimate Net Loss any assessment
or any percentage assessment levied by the CPIC to meet the obligations of an insolvent insurer member or other party, or to meet any obligations arising from the deferment by the CPIC of the collection of monies. 
  

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 NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE - PHYSICAL DAMAGE - 
 REINSURANCE - U.S.A. 
  

	 1)
	 This Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, from any Pool of
Insurers or Reinsurers formed for the purpose of covering Atomic or Nuclear Energy risks. 


  

	 2)
	 Without in any way restricting the operation of paragraph 1) of this Clause, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Reinsured,
directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, from any insurance against Physical Damage (including business interruption or consequential loss arising out of such Physical Damage) to: 


  

	 	 I.
	 Nuclear reactor power plants including all auxiliary property on the site, or 


  

	 	 II.
	 Any other nuclear reactor installation, including laboratories handling radioactive materials in connection with reactor installations, and “critical
facilities” as such, or 


  

	 	 III.
	 Installations for fabricating complete fuel elements or for processing substantial quantities of “special nuclear material,” and for reprocessing,
salvaging, chemically separating, storing or disposing of “spent” nuclear fuel or waste materials, or 


  

	 	 IV.
	 Installations other than those listed in paragraph 2) III above using substantial quantities of radioactive isotopes or other products of nuclear fission.



  

	 3)
	 Without in any way restricting the operations of paragraphs 1) and 2) hereof, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability by radioactive contamination
accruing to the Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, from any insurance on property which is on the same site as a nuclear reactor power plant or other nuclear installation and which normally would be insured
therewith except that this paragraph 3) shall not operate: 


  

	 	 a)
	 where the Reinsured does not have knowledge of such nuclear reactor power plant or nuclear installation, or 


  

	 	 b)
	 where said insurance contains a provision excluding coverage for damage to property caused by or resulting from
radioactive contamination, however caused. However, on and after 1st, January 1960 this sub-paragraph b) shall only apply provided the said
radioactive contamination exclusion provision has been approved by the Governmental Authority having jurisdiction thereof. 


  

	 4)
	 Without in any way restricting the operations of paragraphs 1), 2) and 3) hereof, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability by radioactive
contamination accruing to the Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, when such radioactive contamination is a named hazard specifically insured against. 


  

	 5)
	 It is understood and agreed that this Clause shall not extend to risks using radioactive isotopes in any form where the nuclear exposure is not considered by the
Reinsured to be the primary hazard. 


  

	 6)
	 The term “special nuclear material” shall have the meaning given it in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or by any law amendatory thereof.



  

	 7)
	 Reinsured to be sole judge of what constitutes: 


  

	 	 a)
	 substantial quantities, and 


  

	 	 b)
	 the extent of installation, plant or site. 


 NOTE: Without in any way restricting the operation of paragraph 1) hereof, it is understood and agreed that: 
  

	 	 a)
	 all policies issued by the Reinsured on or before 31st, December 1957, shall be free from the application of the other provision of this Clause until expiry date or 31st, December 1960, whichever first occurs whereupon all the provisions of this Clause shall apply, 


  

	 	 b)
	 with respect to any risk located in Canada policies issued by the Reinsured on or before 31st, December 1958, shall be free from the application of the other provisions of this Clause until expiry date or 31st, December 1960, whichever first occurs whereupon all the provisions of this Clause shall apply. 


 12/12/57 
 N.M.A. 1119 







 NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE - PHYSICAL DAMAGE - 
 REINSURANCE - CANADA 
  

	 1)
	 This Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, from any Pool of
Insurers or Reinsurers formed for the purpose of covering Atomic or Nuclear Energy risks. 


  

	 2)
	 Without in any way restricting the operation of paragraph 1) of this Clause, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the Reinsured,
directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, from any insurance against Physical Damage (including business interruption or consequential loss arising out of such Physical Damage) to: 


  

	 	 (a)
	 Nuclear reactor power plants including all auxiliary property on the site, or 


  

	 	 (b)
	 Any other nuclear reactor installation, including laboratories handling radioactive materials in connection with reactor installations, and critical facilities
as such, or 


  

	 	 (c)
	 Installations for fabricating complete fuel elements or for processing substantial quantities of prescribed substances, and for reprocessing, salvaging,
chemically separating, storing or disposing of spent nuclear fuel or waste materials, or 


  

	 	 (d)
	 Installations other than those listed in (c) above using substantial quantities of radioactive isotopes or other products of nuclear fission.



  

	 3)
	 Without in any way restricting the operations of paragraphs 1) and 2) of this Clause, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability by radioactive
contamination accruing to the Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, from any insurance on property which is on the same site as a nuclear reactor power plant or other nuclear installation and which normally would be
insured therewith, except that this paragraph 3) shall not operate: 


  

	 	 (a)
	 where the Reinsured does not have knowledge of such nuclear reactor power plant or nuclear installation, or 


  

	 	 (b)
	 where said insurance contains a provision excluding coverage for damage to property caused by or resulting from radioactive contamination, however caused.



  

	 4)
	 Without in any way restricting the operations of paragraphs 1), 2) and 3) of this Clause, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability by radioactive
contamination accruing to the Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer, when such radioactive contamination is a named hazard specifically insured against. 


  

	 5)
	 This Clause shall not extend to risks using radioactive isotopes in any form where the nuclear exposure is not considered by the Reinsured to be the primary
hazard. 


  

	 6)
	 The term “radioactive material” means uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, their derivatives and compounds, radioactive isotopes of other elements
and any other substances which may be designated by or pursuant to any law, act or statute, or any law amendatory thereof as being prescribed substances capable of releasing atomic energy, or as being requisite for the production, use or application
of atomic energy. 


  

	 7)
	 Reinsured to be sole judge of what constitutes: 


  

	 	 a)
	 substantial quantities, and 


  

	 	 b)
	 the extent of installation, plant or site. 


  

	 8)
	 Without in any way restricting the operation of paragraphs 1), 2), 3) and 4) of this Clause, this Agreement does not cover any loss or liability accruing to the
Reinsured, directly or indirectly, and whether as Insurer or Reinsurer caused: 


  

	 	 a)
	 by any nuclear incident as defined by The Nuclear Liability Act or any other nuclear liability act, law or statute, or any law amendatory thereof or nuclear
explosion, except for ensuing loss or damage which results directly from fire, lightning or explosion of natural, coal or manufactured gas; 


  

	 	 b)
	 by contamination by radioactive material. 


 NOTE: Without in any way restricting the operation of paragraphs 1), 2), 3) and 4) of this Clause, paragraph 8) of this Clause shall only apply to all original contracts of the Reinsured whether new, renewal or replacement which become
effective on or after December 31, 1992. 
 01/04/96 
 N.M.A. 1980a 







 INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT 
 between 
 STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MILBANK INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO
NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN 
 FARMERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO 

 MERIDIAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MERIDIAN CITIZENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 FIRST PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY 
 PETROLIA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY 
 (the “Company”) 
 and 
 STATE AUTO PROPERTY AND
CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 (the Subscribing “Reinsurer”) 
 It is hereby mutually agreed by and between the Company on the one part, and the Subscribing Reinsurer on the other part that effective July 1, 2007, the Subscribing Reinsurer’s
share of the Interests and Liabilities of the PROPERTY CATASTROPHE OVERLYING EXCESS OF LOSS REINSURANCE CONTRACT attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement, shall be for one hundred percent (100%). 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto by their authorized representative have executed this Agreement as of the date specified below: 
 Signed in Columbus, Ohio this
                     day of
                     , 2007. 
  

					
		 	 STATE AUTO PROPERTY AND
     CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

			
		 	 By
	 	  

		 	 Title
	 	 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer


  

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 Signed in Columbus, Ohio this
                     day of
                     , 2007. 
 STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MILBANK INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN 
 FARMERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO 
 MERIDIAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY 
 MERIDIAN CITIZENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 STATE AUTO FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY 
 FIRST PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY 
 PETROLIA INSURANCE COMPANY 
 BEACON
LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

			
	 By
	 	  

	 Title
	 	 Vice President


  

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