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                                                                   Exhibit 10.12

                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                               CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                  dated as of

                               December 6, 1999

                                     among

                         MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.,
                                 as Borrower,

                              MUTUAL GROUP, LTD.,
                                 as Guarantor,

                         MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.,
                    MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LTD.,
                              MUTUAL GROUP, LTD.
                         LEGION FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
                                 as Pledgors,

                        MUTUAL INDEMNITY (DUBLIN) LTD.,
                    MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LTD.,
                        MUTUAL HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) LTD.,
                          IPC MUTUAL HOLDINGS, LTD.,
                         LEGION FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
                           LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY,
                          as Collateral Subsidiaries,

                           THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

                                      and

                      PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES CREDIT CORP.,
                                   as Agent
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                  SECTION 1.

                      DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

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SECTION 1.1.     Definitions.................................................................      1
SECTION 1.2.     Rules of Construction.......................................................     19

                                  SECTION 2.

      AMOUNT AND TERMS OF BRIDGE LOAN COMMITMENT AND LOANS; BRIDGE NOTES

SECTION 2.1.     Bridge Loan Commitment......................................................     19
SECTION 2.2.     Procedure for Borrowing.....................................................     20
SECTION 2.3.     Disbursement of Funds.......................................................     20
SECTION 2.4.     Bridge Notes................................................................     21
SECTION 2.5.     Termination of Bridge Loan Commitment.......................................     21
SECTION 2.6.     Pro Rata Borrowings.........................................................     21
SECTION 2.7.     Interest....................................................................     21
SECTION 2.8.     Making of Payments..........................................................     22
SECTION 2.9.     No Setoff, Counterclaim or Withholding; Gross-Up............................     22
SECTION 2.10.    Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.....................................     23
SECTION 2.11.    Illegality..................................................................     24
SECTION 2.12.    Repayment; Prepayments......................................................     24
SECTION 2.13.    Mandatory Offer to Purchase Bridge Notes....................................     25
SECTION 2.14.    Security for the Loan.......................................................     26

                                   SECTION 3.

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 3.1.     Good Standing and Authority.................................................     26
SECTION 3.2.     Stock Duly Authorized and Issued............................................     27
SECTION 3.3.     Loan Documents Authorized, etc..............................................     27
SECTION 3.4.     No Consents; No Conflicts...................................................     27
SECTION 3.5.     Financial Information Complete..............................................     28
SECTION 3.6.     No Material Adverse Change..................................................     28
SECTION 3.7.     Accuracy and Completeness of Information....................................     28
SECTION 3.8.     Internal Accounting.........................................................     29
SECTION 3.9.     No Insolvency...............................................................     29
SECTION 3.10.    Legal Title.................................................................     29
SECTION 3.11.    No Violations...............................................................     29
SECTION 3.12.    No Litigation...............................................................     29
SECTION 3.13.    Proceeds....................................................................     29
SECTION 3.14.    Margin Stock................................................................     30
SECTION 3.15.    Tax Returns and Payments....................................................     30
SECTION 3.16.    ERISA Compliance............................................................     30
SECTION 3.17.    Compliance With Laws........................................................     31
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SECTION 3.18.    Government Regulation.......................................................     31
SECTION 3.19.    Insurance...................................................................     31
SECTION 3.20.    Labor.......................................................................     31
SECTION 3.21.    Environmental Matters.......................................................     31
SECTION 3.22.    Insurance Regulations.......................................................     32
SECTION 3.23.    Permits; Licenses...........................................................     32
SECTION 3.24.    Year 2000...................................................................     32
SECTION 3.25.    Collateral..................................................................     33
SECTION 3.26.    Acknowledgment of Pledge....................................................     33

                                   SECTION 4.

                  CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LENDERS

SECTION 4.1.     Conditions to Closing.......................................................     34
SECTION 4.2.     Condition to the Initial Bridge Loan........................................     36
SECTION 4.3.     Conditions to each Bridge Loan..............................................     36

                                   SECTION 5.

                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

SECTION 5.1.     Corporate Existence.........................................................     36
SECTION 5.2.     Compliance With Laws........................................................     37
SECTION 5.3.     Maintenance of Property; Insurance..........................................     37
SECTION 5.4.     Payment of Taxes and Other Claims...........................................     37
SECTION 5.5.     Investment Company Act......................................................     38
SECTION 5.6.     Payments in U.S. Dollars....................................................     38
SECTION 5.7.     Use of Proceeds.............................................................     38
SECTION 5.8.     Refinancing.................................................................     38
SECTION 5.9.     Financial Statements........................................................     38
SECTION 5.10.    Notice of Litigation and Other Matters......................................     40
SECTION 5.11.    Collateral..................................................................     40

                                   SECTION 6.

                               NEGATIVE COVENANTS

SECTION 6.1.     Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated Total Capital Ratio...............     41
SECTION 6.2.     Shareholders' Equity........................................................     41
SECTION 6.3.     Negative Pledge.............................................................     42
SECTION 6.4.     Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness.......................................     42
SECTION 6.5.     Limitation on Asset Sales...................................................     42
SECTION 6.6.     Merger, Acquisition, Sale of Assets and Liquidation.........................     42
SECTION 6.7.     Sale and Leaseback..........................................................     43
SECTION 6.8.     Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
                 Subsidiaries................................................................     43
SECTION 6.9.     Transactions with Affiliates................................................     43
SECTION 6.10.    Lines of Business...........................................................     44
SECTION 6.11.    Amendment to Charter Documents..............................................     44
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SECTION 6.12.    Collateral................................................................ 44

                                  SECTION 7.

                             DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 7.1.     Events of Default......................................................... 44
SECTION 7.2.     Default Remedies.......................................................... 46

                                  SECTION 8.

                                   THE AGENT

SECTION 8.1.     Appointment............................................................... 47
SECTION 8.2.     Delegation of Duties...................................................... 47
SECTION 8.3.     Exculpatory Provisions.................................................... 47
SECTION 8.4.     Reliance by Agent......................................................... 48
SECTION 8.5.     Notice of Default......................................................... 48
SECTION 8.6.     Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders................................... 48
SECTION 8.7.     Indemnification........................................................... 49
SECTION 8.8.     Agent in Its Individual Capacity.......................................... 49
SECTION 8.9.     Resignation of the Agent; Successor Agent................................. 49

                                  SECTION 9.

                                   GUARANTEE

SECTION 9.1.     Unconditional Guarantee................................................... 50
SECTION 9.2.     Severability.............................................................. 51
SECTION 9.3.     Limitation of Guarantor's Liability....................................... 51
SECTION 9.4.     Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws................................... 51

                                  SECTION 10

                          PLEDGE; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 10.1.    Pledge and Charge......................................................... 51
SECTION 10.2.    Delivery of Collateral.................................................... 52
SECTION 10.3.    Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.......................................... 52
SECTION 10.4.    Agent May Perform......................................................... 52
SECTION 10.5.    Voting Rights and Dividends............................................... 53
SECTION 10.6.    Remedies upon an Event of Default......................................... 54
SECTION 10.7.    Application of Proceeds of Sale........................................... 57
SECTION 10.8.    Responsibilities of the Agent............................................. 57
SECTION 10.9.    Termination; Release Reinstatement........................................ 58
SECTION 10.10    Security Interest Absolute................................................ 58

                                  SECTION 11

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.1.    Representation of the Lenders............................................. 59
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SECTION 11.2.    Participations in and Assignments of Bridge Loans........................  59
SECTION 11.3.    Expenses.................................................................  61
SECTION 11.4.    Indemnity................................................................  61
SECTION 11.5.    Setoff...................................................................  62
SECTION 11.6.    Amendments and Waivers...................................................  62
SECTION 11.7.    Independence of Covenants................................................  63
SECTION 11.8.    Entirety.................................................................  63
SECTION 11.9.    Notices..................................................................  63
SECTION 11.10.   Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements............................  63
SECTION 11.11.   Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative....................  64
SECTION 11.12.   Severability.............................................................  64
SECTION 11.13.   Headings.................................................................  64
SECTION 11.14.   Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial......  64
SECTION 11.15.   Successors and Assigns...................................................  65
SECTION 11.16.   Counterparts; Effectiveness..............................................  66
SECTION 11.17.   Payments Pro Rata........................................................  66
SECTION 11.18.   Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws..................................  66
SECTION 11.19.   Confidentiality..........................................................  66
SECTION 11.20.   Compensation.............................................................  67
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Exhibits
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A      Form of Bridge Note
B      Form of Notice of Borrowing
C-1    Form of Legal Opinion of Mayer, Brown & Platt, U.S. Counsel to the Loan Parties
C-2    Form of Legal Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman, Bermuda Counsel to
       the Loan Parties incorporated in Bermuda
C-3    Form of Legal Opinion of A & L Goodbody, Irish Counsel to Mutual Indemnity
       (Dublin) Ltd.
C-4    Form of Legal Opinion of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Missouri Counsel to Legion
       Financial Corporation
C-5    Form of Legal Opinion of Richard O'Brien, Esq., General Counsel to the Borrower
C-6    Form of Legal Opinion of Andrew Walsh, Esq., General Counsel to Legion
D      Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
E      Section 11.2(e)(ii) Certificate
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Schedules
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Schedule 3.10    List of Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.25    Executive Offices and Places of Business of Loan Parties
Schedule 6.3     Liens
Schedule 10.1-A  Legion Pledged Shares
Schedule 10.1-B  Legion Financial Corporation Pledged Shares
Schedule 10.1-C  Mutual Holdings Pledged Shares
Schedule 10.1-D  IPC Pledged Shares

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Schedule 10.1-E  MI Dublin Pledged Shares
Schedule 10.1-F  Mutual Risk Holdings Pledged Shares
Schedule 10.2    Pledged Securities
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     This Credit Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of December 6, 1999,
and entered into by and among Mutual Risk Management Ltd., a company
incorporated under the laws of Bermuda, as borrower (in such capacity, the
"Borrower"), Mutual Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, acting as guarantor (in
such capacity, the "Guarantor"), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower acting as
Pledgors (as defined below), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower acting as
Collateral Subsidiaries (as defined below), Prudential Securities Credit Corp.
as Lender (in such capacity, "PSCC"), the other banks and financial institutions
from time to time party hereto (each of PSCC and such other banks and financial
institutions, collectively the "Lenders" and individually a "Lender") and
Prudential Securities Credit Corp., as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity,
the "Agent").

                                   RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that the Lenders extend a credit facility to
the Borrower guaranteed by the Guarantor and secured by the Collateral (as
defined below);

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

                                  SECTION 1.

                      DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

          SECTION 1.1.  Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement and the
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Bridge Notes (as defined below), the following definitions shall apply:

     "Additional Shares" means all additional shares of Capital Stock of any
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issuer of any Pledged Shares, or any successor in interest thereto, from time to
time acquired by any Pledgor in any manner whatsoever.

     "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or
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indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including with correlative meaning, the terms "controlling,"
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), when used with respect to any
Person, means (i) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, or (ii) the beneficial
ownership of 10% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a
fully diluted basis) of such Person.

     "Agent" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble of this Agreement.
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     "Amount of Unfunded Benefit Liability" means, with respect to any Pension
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Plan, (i) if set forth on the most recent actuarial valuation report with
respect to such Pension Plan, the amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as
defined in Section 4001 (a)(18) of ERISA) and (ii) otherwise, the excess of (x)
the greater of the current liability (as defined in Section 412(1)(7) of the
Code) or the actuarial present value of the accrued benefits with respect to
such Pension Plan over (y) the market value of the assets of such Pension Plan.

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     "Annual Statement" means, with respect to any Insurance Company Subsidiary,
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the statutory annual financial statement of such Insurance Company Subsidiary as
is required to be filed with the applicable Governmental Authority of its state
of domicile, together with all exhibits and schedules filed therewith.

     "Applicable Interest Rate" means for any Interest Period the sum of LIBOR
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(Reserve Adjusted) plus 0.75%.

     "Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
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lease, assignment, transfer or other disposition for value (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any amalgamation, merger or consolidation or pursuant to
any sale and leaseback transaction) by the Borrower or by any of its
Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Borrower or any of its Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries (any such transaction, a "disposition") of any asset of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding (i) any disposition of Cash
Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any disposition of
Investment Securities in the ordinary course of business the proceeds of which
are used to purchase other Investment Securities or invested in Cash Equivalents
pending such purchase and (iii) any disposition of assets the Fair Market Value
of which, together with the Fair Market Value of all assets disposed of in the
period from the Closing Date to the date of the proposed disposition, does not
exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate.

     "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, United States Code, or any other
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applicable federal, state, or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law as
now or hereafter constituted.

     "Board of Directors" means, in the case of a Person that is a corporation,
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the board of directors of such person or any committee authorized to act
therefor and in the case of any other Person, the board of directors, management
committee, or similar governing body or any authorized committee thereof
responsible for the management and affairs of such Person.

     "Borrower" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble of this Agreement
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     "Bridge Loan," with respect to any Lender at any time, means (a) any loan
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to be made hereunder by such Lender after such time or (b) any loan made by such
Lender hereunder in the principal amount outstanding at such time, and "Bridge
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Loans," at any time, means the aggregate of the Bridge Loans of all the Lenders
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at such time.

     "Bridge Loan Commitment" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.1.
      ----------------------

     "Bridge Note" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.4.
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     "Broker-Dealer" means any broker or dealer (as defined in Sections 3(a)(4)
      -------------
and 3(a)(5) of the Exchange Act) that is required to be registered under the
Exchange Act, or any business entity controlled by a Broker-Dealer (other than a
broker or dealer that is not required to be registered under the Exchange Act).

     "Business Day" means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day on
      ------------
which banking institutions located in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, that when used
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in connection with an interest rate

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determination, a notice of borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2 or any payment with
respect to the Bridge Loans, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day
on which banks in London, England are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits
in the London interbank market.

     "Capital Adequacy Regulation" means any guideline, request or directive of
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any central bank or other Governmental Authority, or any other law, rule or
regulation, whether or not having the force of law, in each case, regarding
capital adequacy of any bank or of any corporation controlling a bank.

     "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights
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to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred
Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

     "Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any Person, the obligations of
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such Person under a lease that are required to be capitalized and accounted for
as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition,
the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of
such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

     "Cash Equivalents" means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or
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unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii)
marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having the highest rating obtainable
from either Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") or Moody's Investors Service,
Inc. ("Moody's"); (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the
date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having the highest
rating obtainable from either S&P's or Moody's; and (iv) certificates of deposit
or bankers' acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia that (A) is
at least "adequately capitalized" (as defined in the regulations of its primary
Federal banking regulator) and (B) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such
regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; (v) shares of any money market
mutual fund that (a) has its assets invested continuously in the types of
investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not
less than $500,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from either
S&P's or Moody's; and (vi) repurchase agreements with respect to, and which are
fully secured by a perfected security interest in, obligations of a type
described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above and are with any commercial bank
described in clause (iv) above.

     "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:
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(i) any Person or Group (as defined below) becomes the beneficial owner (as
defined below), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than 33% of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower; or (ii) during any
period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the Board of Directors of the Borrower, together with any new
directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the shareholders

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of the Borrower was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the
Borrower then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Borrower then in office.

     For purposes of the foregoing definition:

     (a)  "beneficial owner" and "beneficially own" shall have the meaning
specified in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that any
Person or Group shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities
that such Person or Group has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately, only after the passage of time or upon the occurrence
of a subsequent condition.

     (b)  "Person" and "Group" shall have the meanings for "person" and "group"
as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; and

     (c)  any Person or Group shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting
Stock of a corporation held by any other corporation (the "parent corporation")
so long as such other Person or Group, as the case may be, beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, in the aggregate more than 33% of the voting power of
the Voting Stock of the parent corporation and no other Person or Group
beneficially owns an equal or greater amount of the Voting Stock of the parent
corporation.

     "Change of Control Date" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.
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     "Change of Control Offer" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.
      -----------------------

     "Closing Date" means the date on which each condition specified in Section
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4.1 shall be satisfied or waived in all respects in the sole discretion of the
Agent.

     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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     "Collateral" means the LFC Collateral, the MG Collateral, the MRM
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Collateral and the MRMH Collateral, collectively.

     "Collateral Subsidiary" means any of the following Subsidiaries of the
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Borrower, all the shares of Capital Stock of which (except the IPC Preferred
Shares in the case of IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd., the MH Preferred Shares in the
case of Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. and the MIDL Director Share in the case
of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.) are pledged to the Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders hereunder:

     (i)   IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd. with respect to the MG Collateral;

     (ii)  Legion with respect to the LFC Collateral;

     (iii) Legion Financial Corporation with respect to the MG Collateral;

     (iv)  Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. with respect to the MRMH Collateral;

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     (v)   Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. with respect to the MRM Collateral;
and

     (vi)  Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd. with respect to the MRM
 Collateral.

     "Consolidated Indebtedness" means, with respect to the Borrower and its
      -------------------------
Subsidiaries at any date, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis as of such date, including, without
limitation, all Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement.

     "Consolidated Total Capital" means, with respect to the Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries at any date, the sum of Consolidated Indebtedness, Stockholders'
Equity and Qualified Indebtedness; provided, that for purposes of this
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definition only, in determining Qualified Indebtedness, any Qualified
Indebtedness which includes any put right or option or other right or option in
favor of the holder to cause such Qualified Indebtedness to be redeemed or
otherwise paid on a date which is earlier than one (1) year after the Maturity
Date shall be disregarded.

     "Contingent Obligation" means, with respect to the Borrower and its
      ---------------------
Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
any such Person pursuant to which such Person has directly or indirectly
guaranteed any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect,
contingent or otherwise, of any such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement
to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay,
or to maintain financial statement condition or otherwise) or (b) entered into
for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness
or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against
loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, that the term
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Contingent Obligation shall not include (i) obligations under insurance or
reinsurance policies or (ii) endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business.

     "Contract" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.4.
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     "Convertible Securities" means the Borrower's Zero Coupon Convertible
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Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures due 2015 issued pursuant to the Indenture
dated as of October 30, 1995 by and among the Borrower as Issuer, Mutual Group
Ltd., as Guarantor, and State Street Bank and Trust Company as Trustee.

     "Custodian" means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager,
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trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator, custodian or similar official
charged with maintaining possession or control over property for one or more
creditors, whether under any Bankruptcy Law or otherwise.

     "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or
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both would be, an Event of Default.

     "Derivative Agreement" means any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or any
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other agreement of the Borrower relating to a rate swap transaction, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity

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index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction,
cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap
transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other
similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of the foregoing
transactions) or any combination of the foregoing transactions.

     "Disbursement Date," with respect to any Bridge Loan, means the
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disbursement date for such Bridge Loan designated as such by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.2.

     "Dollar" or the sign "$" means the lawful money of the United States of
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America.

     "Eligible Assignee" means (A) (i) a commercial bank organized under the
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laws of the United States of America or any state thereof; (ii) a savings and
loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States
or any state thereof; (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any
other country or a political subdivision thereof; provided, that (x) such bank
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is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or (y) such
bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision
of such country; provided, further, that, at the time of determination, the
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Lender making the assignment or transfer to such bank, believes that such bank
will be entitled to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax (assuming compliance
with the first sentence of Section 11.2(e); and (iv) any other entity which is
an "accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of
1933) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including, but
not limited to, insurance companies, mutual funds and lease financing companies
(but other than a Broker-Dealer), in each case (under clauses (i) through (iv)
above) that is reasonably acceptable to the Agent; and (B) any Lender and any
Affiliate of any Lender (other than a Broker-Dealer).

     "Employee Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit plan within the meaning
      ---------------------
of Section 3(3) of ERISA which (a) is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by
the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates or (b) has at any time within the preceding six years been sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective current or former ERISA Affiliates, or for which the Borrower,
its Subsidiaries or their respective current or former ERISA Affiliates retain
any liability, whether contingent or otherwise.

     "Engagement Letter" means the engagement letter agreement, entered into
      -----------------
prior to or concurrently herewith, between the Borrower and Prudential
Securities Incorporated ("PSI") relating to the Refinancing as the same may be
amended from time to time.

     "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the
      -----
rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified.

     "ERISA Affiliate" means any Person who together with the Borrower is
      ---------------
treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.

     "ERISA Event" means (i) a "reportable event" within the meaning of Section
      -----------
4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension
Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has
been waived by regulation); (ii) the

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failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived) or the
failure to make any required contribution within 10 days of its due date with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of
any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041 (a) (2) of ERISA of a notice of intent
to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of
ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Multiple Employer Plan or the
termination of any such Multiple Employer Plan resulting in liability pursuant
to Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of
proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or
condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section
4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of
ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within
the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if
there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from
any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to
Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated
under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or
omission which could reasonably be expected to give rise to the imposition on
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the
Internal Revenue Code or under Section 406, 409 or 502(i) or (1) of ERISA in
respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) receipt from the Internal Revenue
Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee
Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan or Employee Benefit
Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code; or (x) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a) (29) or
412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any
Pension Plan.

     "Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means for any day for any Interest Period
      -----------------------------
the maximum reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward, if
necessary, to an integral multiple of 1/100th of 1%) in effect on such day
(whether or not applicable to any Lender) under regulations issued from time to
time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to
Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities").

     "Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1.
      ----------------

     "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
      ------------

     "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset, the price (after
      -----------------
taking into account any liabilities relating to such assets) which could be
negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction, for cash, between a
willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of which is under any
compulsion to complete the transaction.

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     "FAS 115" means Statement No. 115 ("Accounting for Certain Investments in
      -------
Indebtedness and Equity Securities") issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.

     "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
      ------------------
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next
succeeding such day in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or
any successor or substitute publication; provided, that (i) if such day is not a
                                         --------
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next
succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next
succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rate quoted to the Agent for such day on such transactions as determined
by the Agent.

     "Foreign Plan" means any employee benefit plan maintained outside the U.S.
      ------------
by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates
for employees substantially all of whom are non-resident aliens of the U.S. and
for which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may be directly or indirectly
liable.

     "FRB" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any
      ---
Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

     "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, as recognized by the
      ----
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, consistently applied and maintained on a consistent basis for
the Borrower throughout the period indicated and consistent with the prior
financial practice of the Borrower.

     "Governmental Authority" means any nation, province, state or political
      ----------------------
subdivision thereof, and any government or any Person exercising executive,
legislative, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through
stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

     "Guarantee" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.1.
      ---------

     "Guarantor" has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
      ---------

     "Indebtedness" means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
      ------------
any date and without duplication, the sum of the following calculated in
accordance with GAAP: (a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for
borrowed money, including but not limited to obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments of any such Person, (b) all
obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of any
such Person (other than trade payables due from such Person and arising in the
ordinary course of business for not more than 90 days not subject to (a) below),
(c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (d) all Indebtedness of
any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset of any such Person, (e) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person relating to the face
amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn, and banker's acceptances
issued for the account of any such Person, but excluding any obligation relating
to an undrawn letter of

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credit if the undrawn letter of credit is issued in connection with a liability
for which a reserve has been established by the Borrower or the applicable
Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP, (f) all obligations incurred by any such
Person pursuant to Interest Rate Protection Agreements which are due and payable
and (g) all Contingent Obligations of any such Person with respect to
Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (f) of this definition;
provided, that the term Indebtedness shall not include any Qualified
--------
Indebtedness.

     "Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.4.
      -----------------------

     "Indemnitees" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.4.
      -----------

     "Insurance Company Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Borrower which is
      ----------------------------
a licensed insurance company.

     "Interest Payment Date" means the last day of each Interest Period.
      ---------------------

     "Interest Period" means, with respect to any Bridge Loan and subject to
      ---------------
Section 2.8(a), (a) the period beginning on the Disbursement Date and ending on
the day numerically corresponding to the Closing Date in the first month next
following such Disbursement Date (or, if such Disbursement Date falls on the
Closing Date, the third month next following such Disbursement Date) and (b)
each subsequent period beginning on the last day of the next preceding Interest
Period and ending on the day numerically corresponding to the first day of such
Interest Period in either (i) the third month thereafter, if such last day falls
on the day numerically corresponding to the Closing Date in the third or sixth
month next following the Closing Date or (ii) the first month thereafter, in any
other case.

     "Interest Rate Determination Date" means, with respect to any Interest
      --------------------------------
Period, the second Business Day prior to the first Business Day of such Interest
Period.

     "Interest Rate Protection Agreement" of any Person means any interest rate
      ----------------------------------
protection agreement (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps,
floors, collars, derivative instruments and similar agreements), and/or other
types of interest hedging agreements in support of the Borrower's business and
not of a speculative nature.

     "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
      ---------------------
from time to time, and any successor code or statute.

     "Investment Securities" means "securities" classified as "trading
      ---------------------
securities" or "available-for-sale securities" for purposes of FAS115, in each
case within the meaning of FAS115.

     "IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd." means IPC Mutual Holdings Ltd., a corporation
      -------------------------
organized under the laws of Bermuda and a direct Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Guarantor.

     "IPC Pledged Shares" means all the shares of Capital Stock (other than the
      ------------------
IPC Preferred Shares) of IPC Mutual Holdings Ltd., as described in Schedule
10.1-D hereto.

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     "IPC Preferred Shares" means the non-voting redeemable shares of Preferred
      --------------------
Stock of IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd. which are issued from time to time solely in
connection with insurance and reinsurance programs underwritten by Mutual
Indemnity, Ltd, commonly known as the "insurance profit center", and which
shares of Preferred Stock serve as a means by which, inter alia, underwriting
                                                     ----------
and investment gains, determined in accordance with an accompanying preferred
shareholders agreement, are distributed to the preferred shareholder.

     "Laws" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.4.
      ----

     "Legion" means Legion Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania corporation and an
      ------
indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

     "Legion Financial Corporation" means Legion Financial Corporation, a
      ----------------------------
Missouri corporation and a direct Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor.

     "Legion Financial Corporation Pledged Shares" means all the shares of
     -------------------------------------------
Capital Stock of Legion Financial Corporation, as described in Schedule 10.1-B
hereto.

     "Legion Pledged Shares" means all the shares of Capital Stock of Legion, as
      ---------------------
described in Schedule 10.1-A hereto.

     "Lender" has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble of this Agreement.
      ------

     "LFC Collateral" means each of the following, whether now owned or
      --------------
hereafter acquired:

     (i)   The Legion Pledged Shares and the certificates representing the
Legion Pledged Shares;

     (ii)  The Additional Shares with respect to Legion and the certificates
representing the Additional Shares with respect to Legion;

     (iii) All dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any and all of the Legion Pledged Shares, Additional Shares with respect to
Legion and other LFC Collateral;

     (iv)  All other rights and privileges relating to the property described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (including, without limitation, voting
rights); and

     (v)   Cash and noncash proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

     "LIBOR" means, with respect to any Bridge Loan for any Interest Period, an
      -----
interest rate per annum equal to the rate of interest appearing on Telerate Page
3750 (or any successor page) or if no such rate is available, the rate of
interest determined by the Agent to be the rate or the arithmetic mean of rates
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/32 of one percentage point) at
which Dollar deposits in immediately available funds in an amount approximately
equal to the aggregate amount of such Bridge Loan, for a period equal to the
applicable Interest Period, are offered to first-tier banks in the London
interbank Euro-dollar market, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the
Interest Rate Determination Date; provided, however, that for
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purposes of this definition only any Interest Period of less than one month
shall be deemed to be an Interest Period of one month.

     "LIBOR (Reserve Adjusted)" means, for any Interest Period, the rate of
      -----------------------
interest per annum (rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) determined by the
Agent as follows:

               LIBOR         =                    LIBOR
                                  ----------------------------------------
        (Reserve Adjusted)        1.00 minus Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

     "Lien" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.4.
      ----

     "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Bridge Notes and the Engagement
      --------------
Letter.

     "Loan Party" means any of the Borrower, the Guarantor, each Pledgor and
      ----------
each Collateral Subsidiary.

     "Margin Stock"  has the meaning specified in Regulation U.
      ------------

     "Material Adverse Effect" means (i) a material adverse effect upon the
      -----------------------
business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) a
material impairment of the ability of the Borrower to perform any material
obligations under the Loan Documents or to consummate the Refinancing.

     "Material Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Borrower which, as of the
      -------------------
last day of the most recently ended fiscal year, either held five percent (5%)
or more of the consolidated total assets, or contributed five percent (5%) or
more to the consolidated total revenues, of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending on such date (or, in the case of any
Subsidiary acquired or created during any fiscal year, which would have met
either of such tests on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the preceding
fiscal year).

     "Maturity Date" means the day numerically corresponding to the Closing Date
      -------------
in the ninth month thereafter (or, with respect to any Bridge Loan, such earlier
date as the principal thereof shall become due and payable whether by voluntary
or mandatory repayment, acceleration or otherwise).

     "MG Collateral" means each of the following, whether now owned or hereafter
      -------------
acquired:

     (A)  The MG Collateral with respect to IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd., which is
comprised of:

              (i)   The IPC Pledged Shares and the certificates representing the
     IPC Pledged Shares;

              (ii)  The Additional Shares with respect to IPC Mutual Holdings,
     Ltd. and the certificates representing the Additional Shares with respect
     to IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd.;

              (iii) All dividends, cash, instruments and other property from
     time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
     in exchange for any and all

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     of the IPC Pledged Shares, Additional Shares with respect to IPC Mutual
     Holdings, Ltd. and other MG Collateral with respect to IPC Mutual Holdings,
     Ltd.;

              (iv)  All other rights and privileges relating to the property
     described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (including, without
     limitation, voting rights); and

              (v)   Cash and noncash proceeds of any and all of the foregoing;
     and

     (B)  The MG Collateral with respect to Legion Financial Corporation, which
is comprised of:

              (i)   The Legion Financial Corporation Pledged Shares and the
     certificates representing the Legion Financial Corporation Pledged Shares;

              (ii)  The Additional Shares with respect to Legion Financial
     Corporation and the certificates representing the Additional Shares with
     respect to Legion Financial Corporation;

              (iii) All dividends, cash, instruments and other property from
     time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
     in exchange for any and all of the Legion Financial Corporation Pledged
     Shares, Additional Shares with respect to Legion Financial Corporation and
     other MG Collateral with respect of Legion Financial Corporation;

              (iv)  All other rights and privileges relating to the property
     described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (including, without
     limitation, voting rights); and

              (v)   Cash and noncash proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

     "MH Preferred Shares" means the non-voting redeemable shares of Preferred
      -------------------
Stock of Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. which are issued from time to time
solely in connection with insurance and reinsurance programs underwritten by
Mutual Indemnity (Bermuda) Ltd. and Mutual Indemnity (Guernsey) Ltd. commonly
known as the "insurance profit center", and which shares of Preferred Stock
serve as a means by which, inter alia, underwriting and investment gains,
                           ----------
determined in accordance with an accompanying preferred shareholders agreement,
are distributed to the preferred shareholder.

     "MI Dublin Pledged Shares" means all the shares of Capital Stock of Mutual
      ------------------------
Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. except the MIDL Director Share, as described in Schedule
10.1-E hereto.

     "MIDL Director Share" means the one share of Capital Stock of Mutual
      -------------------
Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. that is not owned by the Borrower as of the date hereof.

     "MRM Collateral" means each of the following, whether now owned or
      --------------
hereafter acquired:

     (A)  The MRM Collateral with respect to Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.,
which is comprised of:

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              (i)   The MI Dublin Pledged Shares and the certificates
     representing the MI Dublin Pledged Shares;

              (ii)  The Additional Shares with respect to Mutual Indemnity
     (Dublin) Ltd. and the certificates representing the Additional Shares with
     respect to Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.;

              (iii) All dividends, cash, instruments and other property from
     time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
     in exchange for any and all of the MI Dublin Pledged Shares, Additional
     Shares with respect to Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. and other MRM
     Collateral with respect to Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.;

              (iv)  All other rights and privileges relating to the property
     described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (including, without
     limitation, voting rights); and

              (v)   Cash and noncash proceeds of any and all of the foregoing;
     and

     (B)  The MRM Collateral with respect to Mutual Risk Management (Holdings)
Ltd., which is comprised of:

              (i)   The Mutual Risk Holdings Pledged Shares and the certificates
     representing the Mutual Risk Holdings Pledged Shares;

              (ii)  The Additional Shares with respect to Mutual Risk Management
     (Holdings) Ltd. and the certificates representing the Additional Shares
     with respect to Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd.;

              (iii) All dividends, cash, instruments and other property from
     time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
     in exchange for any and all of the Mutual Risk Holdings Pledged Shares,
     Additional Shares with respect to Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd.
     and other MRM Collateral with respect to Mutual Risk Management (Holdings)
     Ltd.;

              (iv)  All other rights and privileges relating to the property
     described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (including, without
     limitation, voting rights); and

              (v)   Cash and noncash proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

     "MRMH Collateral" means each of the following, whether now owned or
      ---------------
hereafter acquired:

     (i)  The Mutual Holdings Pledged Shares and the certificates representing
the Mutual Holdings Pledged Shares;

     (ii) The Additional Shares with respect to Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.
and the certificates representing the Additional Shares with respect to Mutual
Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.;

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     (iii) All dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any and all of the Mutual Holdings Pledged Shares, Additional Shares with
respect to Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. and other MRMH Collateral;

     (iv)  All other rights and privileges relating to the property described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (including, without limitation, voting
rights); and

     (v)   Cash and noncash proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

     "Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section
      ------------------
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates is making or is accruing an obligation to make
contributions or has within the preceding six years made or accrued an
obligation to make contributions.

     "Multiple Employer Plan" means a "single employer plan" as defined in
      ----------------------
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA that (i) is or was sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates and at least one Person other than the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates or (ii) was so sponsored,
maintained or contributed to and in respect of which the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or such ERISA Affiliates could incur liability under Section 4064
or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

     "Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd." means Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a
      ------------------------------
Bermuda corporation and a direct Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Mutual Risk
Management (Holdings) Ltd.

     "Mutual Holdings Pledged Shares" means all the shares of Capital Stock
      ------------------------------
(other than the MH Preferred Shares) of Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., as
described in Schedule 10.1-C hereto.

     "Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd." means Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., an
      ------------------------------
Irish corporation and a direct Subsidiary of the Borrower.

     "Mutual Risk Holdings Pledged Shares" means all the shares of Capital Stock
      -----------------------------------
of Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd., as described in Schedule 10.1-F
hereto.

     "Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd." means Mutual Risk Management
      --------------------------------------
(Holdings) Ltd., a Bermuda corporation and a direct Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
Mutual Risk Management Ltd.

     "Net Cash Proceeds" means (i) with respect to any issuance or sale of
      -----------------
Capital Stock or Indebtedness, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form
of cash or Cash Equivalents net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees,
underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage,
consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or
sale and (ii) with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash
or Cash Equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment
obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents received by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale, net of (1)
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale

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(including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees
and sales commissions); (2) taxes paid or payable in respect of such Asset Sale
after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due to
available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements; (3)
repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted hereunder that is required
to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale; and (4) appropriate amounts to
be provided by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a
reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such
Asset Sale and retained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-
employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and
liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset
Sale.

     "Obligations" means all obligations of every nature of the Borrower and the
      -----------
Guarantor from time to time owed to the Lenders and the Agent under the Loan
Documents, whether for principal, reimbursements, interest, fees, expenses,
indemnities or otherwise, and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including obligations of performance).

     "Offer Payment Date" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.
      ------------------

     "Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the President, an Executive
      -------
Vice President, the Chief Operating Officer, a Senior Vice President, the
General Manager, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of
such Person (or, in the case of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., a Director).

     "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers.
      ---------------------

     "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
      ----
agency.

     "Pension Plan" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
      ------------

     "Permitted Business" means (i) with respect to the Borrower, the business
      ------------------
of acting as a holding company the only material assets of which are listed in
Schedule 3.10 and (ii) with respect to any of the Borrower's Subsidiaries, the
business carried on by such Subsidiary on the Closing Date; it being understood
that the term "Permitted Business" shall include the business of any Person
acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries subsequent to the Closing
Date which is engaged in the same or a substantially similar business as the
business carried on by the Borrower or such Subsidiary on the Closing Date.

     "Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens described on Schedule 6.3; (ii) Purchase
      ---------------
Money Liens; (iii) any Lien on any asset securing Indebtedness incurred or
assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring
such asset, provided, that such Lien attaches only to such asset and that such
            --------
Lien attaches to such asset concurrently with or within ninety (90) days after
the acquisition thereof; (iv) any Lien existing on any asset of any corporation
at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower and not
created in contemplation of such event; (v) any Lien on any asset of any
corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged or consolidated with
or into the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower and not created

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in contemplation of such event; (vi) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower and not
created in contemplation of such acquisition; (vii) any Lien arising out of the
refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any
Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses, provided that such Indebtedness
is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets; (viii) Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(including Liens arising in the ordinary course of the insurance business of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries) which do not secure Indebtedness and do not in
the aggregate materially detract from or impair the use or value of the asset or
assets subject thereto; (ix) Liens on cash and cash equivalents securing
obligations under Derivative Agreements entered into for bona fide hedging
purposes as long as the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents subject to
such Liens does not at any time exceed $10,000,000; (x) any Liens on securities
securing repurchase obligations of the Borrower or a Subsidiary relating to
those securities as long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business
and as long as such Liens are in amounts and otherwise are on terms consistent
with then existing practices in the repurchase agreement market; (xi) any Liens
on securities or cash of any Insurance Company Subsidiary which secure its
obligations as a reinsurer; and (xii) any Liens not otherwise permitted by the
foregoing clauses securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any
time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Lien on the Collateral other than the security interest created hereunder in
favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be a Permitted Lien for
purposes hereof.

     "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
      ------
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

     "Pledged Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
      ------------------

     "Pledged Shares" means the IPC Pledged Shares, the Legion Pledged Shares,
      --------------
the Legion Financial Corporation Pledged Shares, the Mutual Indemnity Dublin
Pledged Shares, the Mutual Holdings Pledged Shares and the Mutual Risk Holdings
Pledged Shares, collectively.

     "Pledgor" means any of the following:
      -------

     (i) the Borrower with respect to the MRM Collateral;

     (ii) the Guarantor with respect to the MG Collateral;

     (iii) Legion Financial Corporation with respect to the LFC Collateral; and

     (iv) Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd. with respect to the MRMH
Collateral.

     "Preferred Stock" of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that
      ---------------
has preferential rights over any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect
to dividends, distributions or redemptions or upon liquidation.

     "Property" means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person
      --------
in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible.

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     "Purchase Money Lien" means (i) any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, lien,
      -------------------
encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind upon any capital stock of
any Insurance Company Subsidiary of the Borrower acquired after the date hereof,
if such purchase money lien is given for the purpose of financing, and does not
exceed, the cost to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of acquiring the capital
stock or property of the acquired Insurance Company Subsidiary and such
financing is effected concurrently with, or within six months after, the date of
such acquisition, and (ii) any extension, renewal or refinancing of any such
Purchase Money Lien as long as the principal amount of obligations secured
thereby does not exceed the principal amount of obligations secured immediately
prior to such extension, renewal or refinancing.

     "Qualified Indebtedness" means, without duplication, (a) securities
      ----------------------
evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower, provided that the terms of any such
security (i) permit the deferral of principal and interest payments for a period
of up to five years (but not beyond the maturity date), as elected by the
Borrower, (ii) have a maturity for payment of principal of not less than ten
(10) years after the date of issuance, and (iii) include provisions making such
security expressly subordinate to all other Indebtedness of the Borrower; (b)
preferred securities issued by a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the sole purpose of
which is to issue such preferred securities and invest the proceeds thereof in
securities of the type described in clause (a) above, and which preferred
securities are payable solely out of the proceeds of payments on account of such
securities; and (c) the obligations recorded on the consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to securities of the type
described in clause (a) above and preferred securities of the type described in
clause (b) above.

     "Quarterly Statement" means, with respect to any Insurance Company
      -------------------
Subsidiary, the statutory quarterly financial statement of such Insurance
Company Subsidiary as is required to be filed with the applicable Governmental
Authority of its state of domicile, with all exhibits and schedules filed
therewith.

     "Refinancing" means the offering and sale by the Borrower or any of its
      -----------
Subsidiaries of Refinancing Securities pursuant to the Engagement Letter.

     "Refinancing Fee" means an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount of
      ---------------
the Bridge Loan Commitment; provided, that, solely for purposes of Section
                            --------
2.12(d), the term "Refinancing Fee," on any prepayment date pursuant to Section
                   ---------------
2.12(d), shall mean an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount of the
Bridge Loans prepaid on such prepayment date.

     "Refinancing Securities" means debt securities or Capital Stock issued by
      ----------------------
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Refinancing the
proceeds of which are to be used to repay the Bridge Loans in full.

     "Regulation U" means Regulation U of the FRB, as in effect from time to
      ------------
time.

     "Required Lenders" means the Lender or Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of
      ----------------
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Bridge Loans then outstanding.

     "SAP" means, with respect to any Insurance Company Subsidiary, the
      ---
accounting practices and procedures required to be complied with by such
Insurance Company Subsidiary

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under the statutes of its state of domicile and under the rules and regulations
of the applicable Governmental Authority of that state.

     "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
      ---

     "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
      --------------
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     "Single Employer Plan" means a "single-employer plan," as defined in
      --------------------
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (i) is or was sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates and no Person other than the Borrower any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or (ii) was so
sponsored, maintained or contributed to by and in respect of which such
Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates could have
liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to
be terminated.

     "Stockholders' Equity" means, with respect to the Borrower and its
      --------------------
Subsidiaries at any date, the stockholders' equity of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided, that, for purposes hereof, Stockholders' Equity shall be determined
--------
without regard to the requirements of FAS115; and provided, further, that for
                                              --- --------  -------
purposes hereof the amount of goodwill and other intangible assets reflected in
determining Stockholders' Equity shall be the lesser of (i) the amount shown as
goodwill and other intangible assets on the most recent audited or unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and
(ii) $55,000,000.

     "Subsidiary" means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association,
      ----------
partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

     "Tax Return" means a report, return or other information (including any
      ----------
amendments) required to be supplied with respect to Taxes including, where
permitted or required, combined or consolidated returns for any group of
entities that includes the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     "Taxes" means any present or future taxes, assessments, fees, levies,
      -----
imposts, duties, deductions, liabilities, withholdings or other charges of any
nature whatsoever, including interest, penalties and additions thereto from time
to time or at any time imposed by any Law or any tribunal.

     "Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
      ------------
Documents and the issuance or incurrence of the Bridge Loans, the Bridge Notes
and the Guarantee pursuant to the Loan Documents.

     "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in
      ---
the State of New York.

     "Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other
      ------------
interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and
normally entitled (without

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regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof.

     "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary, all the Capital Stock of
      -----------------------
which (other than directors' qualifying shares) is owned by the Borrower or one
or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

            SECTION 1.2. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
                         ---------------------
requires:

     (i)    a term has the meaning assigned to it herein;

     (ii)   an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
            it in accordance with GAAP;

     (iii)  the term "principal" with respect to any Bridge Loan or Bridge Note
            includes any premium payable with respect thereto;

     (iv)   "or" is not exclusive;

     (v)    "including" means including without limitation;

     (vi)   words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
            include the singular;

     (vii)  the words "herein", "hereof", and "hereunder" and other words of
            similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
            particular Section or other subdivision;

     (viii) section references refer to Sections of this Agreement unless
            otherwise indicated;

     (ix)   the headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only
            and shall not be considered in construing this Agreement; and

     (x)    any reference to this Agreement hereunder shall mean this Credit
            Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented.

                                  SECTION 2.

      AMOUNT AND TERMS OF BRIDGE LOAN COMMITMENT AND LOANS; BRIDGE NOTES

            SECTION 2.1. Bridge Loan Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and
                         ----------------------
conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties of the Loan Parties herein set forth, PSCC hereby agrees to make
Bridge Loans to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding $250,000,000 (the "Bridge Loan Commitment"). Following any sale,
transfer or negotiation by PSCC pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof of any portion
of the Bridge Loan Commitment to one or several new Lenders, the terms "Bridge
Loan Commitment," individually, and "Bridge Loan Commitments," collectively, as

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used herein, shall refer to the commitment of each of PSCC and such new Lender
or Lenders to make its pro rata portion of each Bridge Loan to the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 2.

     (b)  This Agreement will not be in the nature of a revolving credit
facility, and amounts borrowed and repaid hereunder at any time may not be
reborrowed.

          SECTION 2.2.  Procedure for Borrowing. (a) The Borrower may request a
                        -----------------------
Bridge Loan hereunder by a notice substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
B, with all blank spaces appropriately completed in compliance with Section
2.2(b), specifying the aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Loan to be made
on the applicable Disbursement Date, which shall be $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be an amount which, when
taken together with all other Bridge Loans made hereunder prior to such
Disbursement Date, shall not exceed the Bridge Loan Commitment.  The notice must
be given to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
third Business Day before such Disbursement Date.

     (b)  A notice of borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall specify the
Disbursement Date and the account to which the Borrower wishes the proceeds of
the Bridge Loan to be credited. The Disbursement Date so specified must be a
Business Day on or before the termination of the Bridge Loan Commitment, except
any day in the period from December 28, 1999 through January 3, 2000 during
which the Borrower may not request a Bridge Loan hereunder. The giving of a
notice as provided in this Section 2.2 shall constitute the Borrower's
irrevocable commitment to borrow an amount equal to the Bridge Loan specified
therein on such Disbursement Date.

          SECTION 2.3.  Disbursement of Funds. No later than 3:00 p.m. (New York
                        ---------------------
time) on the relevant Disbursement Date, each Lender will make available its pro
rata share of the Bridge Loan requested to be made on such date in the manner
provided below. All amounts shall be made available to the Agent in Dollars and
immediately available funds by deposit to the Agent's account specified in
Section 2.8(b) and the Agent promptly will make available to the Borrower by
depositing to its account specified pursuant to Section 2.2(b) the aggregate of
the amounts so made available in the type of funds received. Unless the Agent
shall have been notified by any Lender prior to such Disbursement Date that such
Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent its pro rata share of the
Bridge Loan to be made on such date, the Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such amount available to the Agent on such date, and the Agent, in reliance
upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to
do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Lender
and the Agent has made available same to the Borrower, the Agent shall be
entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender
does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Agent's demand
therefor, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall
immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be
entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be,
interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such
corresponding amount was made available by the Agent to the Borrower to the date
such corresponding amount is recovered by the Agent, at a rate per annum equal
to (x) if paid by such

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Lender, the overnight Federal Funds Rate or (y) if paid by the Borrower, the
then applicable rate of interest on the relevant Bridge Loan.

          SECTION 2.4.  Bridge Notes. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to
                        ------------
each Lender on the Disbursement Date such Lender shall first contribute to a
Bridge Loan hereunder a note substantially in the form of Exhibit A and with
appropriate insertions, to evidence the date and such Lender's pro rata portion
of each Bridge Loan, and each payment of principal, interest or other amounts
due under the Loan Documents (a "Bridge Note"). Each Lender is hereby authorized
to endorse on the schedule attached to the Bridge Note held by such Lender (or
on a continuation of any such schedule attached to any such Bridge Note and made
a part thereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the date and its pro rata
portion of each Bridge Loan, and each payment of principal, interest or other
amounts due under the Loan Documents, in respect thereof. Such schedule shall,
absent manifest error, constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the
information contained therein. The failure of any Lender to make a notation on
the schedule to the Bridge Note held by such Lender as aforesaid or the making
of an incorrect notation by any Lender shall not affect the obligations of the
Loan Parties hereunder or under any of the Bridge Notes or any other Loan
Document in any respect.

          SECTION 2.5.  Termination of Bridge Loan Commitment. The Bridge Loan
                        -------------------------------------
Commitment hereunder shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the
day numerically corresponding to the Closing Date in the sixth month thereafter.

          SECTION 2.6.  Pro Rata Borrowings. The Bridge Loans made under this
                        -------------------
Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective
Bridge Loan Commitments. It is understood that no Lender shall be responsible
for any default by any other Lender of its obligation to make its portion of any
Bridge Loan hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make its
portion of any Bridge Loan hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other
Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder.

          SECTION 2.7.  Interest. (a)  Each Bridge Loan shall bear interest on
                        --------
the unpaid principal amount thereof during each Interest Period, from and
including the first day of that Interest Period to but excluding the last day
thereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate for each
Interest Period.

     (b)  Any principal payments on any Bridge Loan not paid when due and, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payment on any Bridge Loan
not paid when due, in each case whether at stated maturity, by notice of
redemption, by acceleration or otherwise, shall thereafter bear interest payable
upon demand at a rate which is 2.00% per annum in excess of the rate of interest
otherwise payable under this Agreement.

     (c)  Interest on each Bridge Loan shall be computed on the basis of a 360-
day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it
accrues.

     (d)  Interest shall be payable with respect to each Bridge Loan, in
arrears, on each Interest Payment Date, commencing on the first Interest Payment
Date following the Disbursement Date with respect to such Bridge Loan.

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          SECTION 2.8.  Making of Payments. (a)  Any payment stated to be due in
                        ------------------
respect of any Bridge Loan, and any Interest Period stated to end, on a given
day in a specified month shall instead be made or end (as the case may be) (i)
if there is no such day in that month, on the last Business Day of that month or
(ii) if that day is not a Business Day, on the following Business Day, unless
that following Business Day falls in a different calendar month, in which case
that payment shall be made or that Interest Period shall end (as the case may
be) on the preceding Business Day.

     (b)  Each payment by the Borrower or the Guarantor under this Agreement or
the Bridge Notes shall be made in Dollars, by deposit in funds settled through
the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System or such other same-day
funds as the Agent may at the time determine to be customary for the settlement
in New York City of international banking transactions denominated in Dollars,
by 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the date such payment is due, to the Agent's
account No. JLA111569PPC (Reference: Mutual Risk Management Ltd.), ABA Number:
02100018, maintained at The Bank of New York, 80 Broadway, New York, New York
10292, or to any other account in New York City designated by the Agent by
notice to the Borrower and the Guarantor.

          SECTION 2.9.  No Setoff, Counterclaim or Withholding; Gross-Up. (a)
                        ------------------------------------------------
Each payment by the Borrower or the Guarantor under this Agreement or the Bridge
Notes shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and without withholding on
account of any present or future Taxes imposed by or within Bermuda or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or any other
jurisdiction from or through which the Borrower or the Guarantor makes payment
hereunder; provided, however, that, if such Taxes are required to be withheld or
           --------  -------
deducted from any such payment, the Borrower or the Guarantor shall make such
withholding or deduction, make payment of the amount withheld or deducted to the
appropriate Governmental Authority and forthwith pay such additional amount as
may be necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by each Lender
and the Agent free and clear of such Taxes is equal to the amount that such
Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) would have received had no such Taxes
been withheld or deducted; and provided, further, that no such additional
                               --------  -------
amounts shall be payable in respect of (i) in the case of each Lender and the
Agent, any Taxes imposed on its net income and franchise Taxes imposed on it by
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Person is organized (unless such
Taxes are imposed solely because the payment was made by a Guarantor and would
not have been imposed had such payment instead been made by the Borrower) or
(ii) any Taxes imposed on a payee by reason of such payee's failure or inability
to comply with the provisions of Section 11.2(e) of this Agreement.  All such
Taxes shall be paid by the Borrower or the Guarantor prior to the date on which
penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon; provided, however, that,
                                                      --------  -------
if any such penalties or interest become due, the Borrower or the Guarantor
shall make prompt payment thereof to the appropriate Governmental Authority.  If
the Agent or any Lender pays any amount in respect of such Taxes, penalties or
interest, the Borrower or the Guarantor shall reimburse the Agent or such Lender
in Dollars for such payment on demand together with interest thereon from and
including the date of payment to but excluding the date of reimbursement at a
rate per annum equal to the then applicable rate of interest on the relevant
Bridge Loan.  If the Borrower or the Guarantor pays any such Taxes, penalties or
interest, it shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing such payment or
certified copies thereof to the Agent on or before the thirtieth day after
payment.

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     (b)  The Lender agrees to comply with any certification, identification,
information, documentation or other reporting requirement if (i) such compliance
is required by law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty
as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, deduction or
withholding of any Taxes for which the Borrower is required to pay additional
amounts pursuant to Section 2.9(a) hereof and (ii) at least 30 days prior to the
first Payment Date with respect to which the Borrower shall apply this clause
(b), the Borrower shall have notified the Lender that the Lender will be
required to comply with such requirement, provided, however, that the exclusion
                                          --------  -------
set forth in this clause (b) shall not apply in respect of any certification,
identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement if
such requirement would be materially more onerous, in form, in procedure or in
the substance of information disclosed, to the Lender than comparable
information or other reporting requirements imposed under U.S. tax law,
regulation and administrative practice (such as IRS Forms 1001, W-8 and W-9).

     (c)  The Borrower shall pay any present or future documentary, transfer or
stamp Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies,
and any penalties, additions to Tax or interest that may be due with respect
thereto, that may be imposed by any jurisdiction in connection with this
Agreement or the Bridge Notes.  If the Agent or any Lender pays any amount in
respect of any such taxes, duties, levies, penalties or interest, the Borrower
shall reimburse the Agent or such Lender for such payment in Dollars on demand,
together with interest thereon from and including the date of payment to, but
excluding, the date of reimbursement at a rate per annum equal to the then
applicable rate of interest on the relevant Bridge Loan.

          SECTION 2.10. Increased Costs and Reduction of Return. (a) If any
                        ---------------------------------------
Lender determines that, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change
(other than any change by way of imposition of or increase in reserve
requirements included in the calculation of LIBOR (Reserve Adjusted)) in or in
the interpretation of any Law or (ii) compliance by such Lender with any
guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Bridge
Loans, then the Borrower shall be liable for, and shall from time to time upon
demand (with a copy of such demand to be sent to the Agent) pay to the Agent for
the account of such Lender, additional amounts as are sufficient to compensate
such Lender for such increased cost.

     (b)  If any Lender shall have determined that (i) the introduction of any
Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in any Capital Adequacy Regulation,
(iii) any change in the interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy
Regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or (iv) compliance by such Lender or
any corporation controlling such Lender with any Capital Adequacy Regulation
affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be
maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and (taking
into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to
capital adequacy and such Lender's desired return on capital) determines that
the amount of such capital is increased as a consequence of its Bridge Loan
Commitment or Bridge Loans, then the Borrower shall be liable for, and shall
from time to time upon demand (with a copy of such demand to be sent to

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the Agent) pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, additional amounts
as are sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increase.

          SECTION 2.11. Illegality. If any Lender determines at any time that
                        ----------
any Law or treaty or any change therein or in the interpretation or application
thereof makes or will make it unlawful for such Lender to fulfill its commitment
pursuant to Section 2.1 to maintain a Bridge Loan or to claim or receive any
amount payable to it hereunder, such Lender shall give notice of such
determination to the Borrower, whereupon the obligations of such Lender
hereunder shall terminate. If any such notice is given after the disbursement of
any Bridge Loans, the Borrower shall prepay the Bridge Loans of such Lender in
full on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date such notice is given
(or on such earlier date as such Lender determines and certifies to be necessary
in order to enable it to comply with such Law, treaty or change), without
premium or Refinancing Fee but together with interest accrued to the date of
prepayment on such Bridge Loans and all other amounts then payable to such
Lender by the Borrower hereunder.

          SECTION 2.12. Repayment; Prepayments. (a)  All Bridge Loans shall
                        ----------------------
mature and the Borrower shall pay in full the outstanding principal amount
thereof and accrued interest thereon on the Maturity Date; provided, that if the
                                                           --------
Borrower does not effect such repayment by means of the Refinancing in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.8 hereof, the Borrower shall pay to
PSI on the Maturity Date an amount equal to (i) the Refinancing Fee less (ii)
the aggregate amount of any Refinancing Fees paid to PSI pursuant to paragraph
(d) of this Section 2.12 on or prior to the Maturity Date.

     (b)  The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, upon not less than
three Business Days' prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to
the Agent, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Loans, in whole
but not in part. Such notice shall constitute the Borrower's irrevocable
commitment to prepay the full outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Loans
on that date, together with accrued and unpaid interest on such amount to but
excluding such prepayment date; provided, that the Borrower shall pay to PSI on
                                --------
such prepayment date an amount equal to (i) the Refinancing Fee less (ii) the
aggregate amount of any Refinancing Fees paid to PSI pursuant to paragraph (d)
of this Section 2.12 on or prior to such prepayment date.

     (c)  Concurrently with the receipt by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any capital contribution or proceeds from any sale or issuance
of Capital Stock or Indebtedness by the Borrower or such Subsidiary subsequent
to the Closing Date (other than the proceeds of any issuance of Capital Stock
pursuant to employee or director stock option plans the aggregate amount of
which, together with the aggregate amount of any such issuances subsequent to
the Closing Date, does not exceed $5,000,000), the Borrower shall apply, or
cause such Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof to prepay Bridge
Loans in a principal amount equal to the lesser of such Net Cash Proceeds and
the aggregate amount of the Bridge Loans then outstanding, together with any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the prepayment date;
provided, that if such Capital Stock or Indebtedness does not constitute
--------
Refinancing Securities, the Borrower shall pay to PSI on such prepayment date an
amount equal to (i) the Refinancing Fee less (ii) the aggregate amount of any
Refinancing Fees paid to PSI pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.12 on
or prior to such prepayment date.

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     (d)  Concurrently with the receipt by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any proceeds from any Asset Sale subsequent to the Closing Date,
the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary to, apply the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof to prepay Bridge Loans in a principal amount equal to the
lesser of such Net Cash Proceeds and the aggregate amount of the Bridge Loans
then outstanding, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but
excluding such prepayment date; provided, that the Borrower shall pay a
                                --------
Refinancing Fee to PSI on such prepayment date; and provided, further, that the
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Borrower may defer a mandatory prepayment pursuant to this paragraph until there
is an aggregate amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset
Sales equal to or in excess of $1,000,000, at which time the entire amount of
unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $1,000,000,
shall be applied pursuant to this paragraph. Concurrently with the consummation
of any such Asset Sale, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent an Officer's
Certificate demonstrating the derivation of Net Cash Proceeds from the gross
sales price of such Asset Sale.

     (e)  The Borrower shall notify the Agent of any prepayment to be made
pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section 2.12 at least three Business
Days prior to the prepayment date.

     (f)  Any partial prepayment pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this
Section 2.12 shall be allocated pro rata among the Bridge Loans at the time
outstanding in proportion, subject to such rounding as may be determined by the
Agent, to the respective unpaid principal amounts of such Bridge Loans.

          SECTION 2.13. Mandatory Offer to Purchase Bridge Notes. (a)  Upon the
                        ----------------------------------------
occurrence of a Change of Control (the date of such occurrence, the "Change of
Control Date"), the Borrower shall, if the Lenders so request, offer to purchase
(the "Change of Control Offer") all of the Bridge Notes at a purchase price
equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase (it being understood that no
Refinancing Fee shall be payable by the Borrower in connection with such
purchase).

     (b)  The notice to the Agent shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable the Lenders to tender Bridge Notes.

     (c)  Within 30 days following any Change of Control the Borrower shall mail
a notice to the Agent stating:

               (A)  that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
     this Section 2.13 and that all Bridge Notes validly tendered will be
     accepted for payment;

               (B)  the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no
     earlier than 30 days nor later than 40 days from the date such notice is
     mailed (the "Offer Payment Date");

               (C)  that any Bridge Note not tendered will continue to accrue
     interest;

               (D)  that any Bridge Note accepted for payment pursuant to the
     Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Offer
     Payment Date unless the Borrower shall default in the payment of the
     repurchase price of the Bridge Notes;

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               (E)  that if a Lender elects to have a Bridge Note purchased
     pursuant to the Change of Control Offer it will be required to surrender
     the Bridge Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect
     Purchase" on the reverse of the Bridge Note completed, to the Borrower
     prior to 5:00 p.m. New York time on the Offer Payment Date;

               (F)  that a Lender will be entitled to withdraw its election if
     the Borrower receives, not later than 5:00 p.m. New York time on the
     Business Day preceding the Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile
     transmission or letter setting forth the principal amount of Bridge Notes
     such Lender delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Lender is
     withdrawing its election to have such Bridge Note purchased; and

               (G)  that if Bridge Notes are purchased only in part, new Bridge
     Notes of the same type will be issued in principal amount equal to the
     unpurchased portion of the Bridge Notes surrendered.

     (d)  On or before the Offer Payment Date, the Borrower shall (i) accept for
payment Bridge Notes or portions thereof which are to be purchased in accordance
with the above, and (ii) deposit with the Agent Dollars sufficient to pay the
purchase price of all Bridge Notes to be purchased. The Agent shall promptly
mail to the Lenders whose Bridge Notes are so accepted payment in an amount
equal to the purchase price.

     (e)  The Borrower shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase
of Bridge Notes pursuant to an offer hereunder. To the extent the provisions of
any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions under this
Section, the Borrower shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section by virtue thereof.

          SECTION 2.14. Security for the Loan. The Bridge Notes and the
                        ---------------------
Borrower's Obligations shall be secured by first priority Liens on the
Collateral in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as provided
herein.

                                  SECTION 3.

                        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant as of
the date hereof as follows:

          SECTION 3.1.  Good Standing and Authority. Each of the Borrower and
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its Subsidiaries is duly organized and validly existing and (other than with
respect to Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., given the inapplicability thereof
under Irish law) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has the corporate power
and authority to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as
now conducted and as proposed to be conducted following the consummation of the
Transactions, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good
standing in all

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jurisdictions in which it is doing business and is proposed to be doing business
following the consummation of the Transactions, except where failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.2.  Stock Duly Authorized and Issued.
                        --------------------------------

     (a)  The Capital Stock of each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly
authorized, validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

     (b)  All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Guarantor and
Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. (other than the MH Preferred Shares) are
beneficially owned directly by Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd., free and
clear of any Liens. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of Mutual
Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd. and Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. (other than
the MIDL Director Share) are beneficially owned directly by the Borrower, free
and clear of any Liens. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock (other
than the IPC Preferred Shares) of IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd. and Legion Financial
Corporation are beneficially owned directly by the Guarantor, free and clear of
any Liens. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of Legion are
beneficially owned directly by Legion Financial Corporation, free and clear of
any Liens.

     (c)  There are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions,
options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature
whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide
for or permit the issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
except as disclosed in the applicable filings of the Borrower with the SEC.

          SECTION 3.3.  Loan Documents Authorized, etc. Each of the Loan
                        -------------------------------
Documents and each other document or instrument to be delivered in connection
therewith has been duly authorized by all necessary action of each Loan Party
that is a party thereto; each of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
each other document or instrument to be executed and delivered in connection
herewith or therewith on or prior to the date hereof has been duly executed and
delivered by each Loan Party that is a party hereto or thereto and constitutes,
and each of the Loan Documents and each other document or instrument to be
executed and delivered in connection therewith by such Loan Party that is a
party thereto after the date hereof will constitute upon its execution and
delivery, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party,
enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by general principles of equity.

          SECTION 3.4.  No Consents; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
                        -------------------------
performance of the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated or described therein (including, without limitation, the issuance
and performance of the Guarantee by the Guarantor, the creation of the security
interests granted by the Pledgors hereunder in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders and the exercise of any rights or remedies specified in
Section 10 with respect thereto and the Refinancing) do not and will not (i)
require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of
or with any Governmental Authority

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(including, without limitation, any insurance authority, commission or other
insurance regulatory body), except that (A) the approval of a Form A filing by
the Department of Insurance of the State of Pennsylvania shall be required
before the Agent or the Lenders can exercise their rights and remedies with
respect to the LFC Collateral pursuant to Section 10 hereof upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and (B) prior to the security
interest in the shares of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. being enforced, an
application for a clearance from the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and
Employment pursuant to the Irish Mergers, Take-Overs and Monopolies (Control)
Act, 1978 is likely to have to be made and the consent of the Irish Department
of Finance will be required, (ii) violate any statute, law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree (singly, "Law" and collectively, "Laws") applicable to
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any court, Governmental Authority,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Borrower or such
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties, (iii) conflict with, result in
a breach or violation of or constitute a default under the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract,
undertaking, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties are bound
("Contracts") or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any
mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any
kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest)
and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical
effect of any of the foregoing ("Lien").

          SECTION 3.5.  Financial Information Complete. The financial statements
                        ------------------------------
delivered pursuant to paragraph (7) of Section 4.1(a), including the related
schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and are
complete and correct and fairly present in all material respects the assets,
liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of operations and changes of
financial position for the periods then ended. The Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries have no debt, obligation or other forward or long-term commitment
required to be reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes
thereto which is not fairly reflected in all material respects therein.

          SECTION 3.6.  No Material Adverse Change. From and after September 30,
                        --------------------------
1999, there has been no material adverse change in the business, properties,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or
prospects, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and no event has occurred
or condition arisen that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.7.  Accuracy and Completeness of Information. (a) No written
                        ----------------------------------------
information, written statements, reports and other papers and data produced by
or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and furnished to the
Agent in connection with the Transactions (including, without limitation, any
statement or report filed by the Borrower with the SEC under the Exchange Act)
taken as a whole contain or will contain any untrue statement of fact material
to the creditworthiness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or omit or
will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not misleading in the circumstances in which made.
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     (b)  The Borrower is not aware of any fact with respect to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or the Transactions that would have a Material Adverse
Effect that has not been previously disclosed to the Lenders.

          SECTION 3.8.  Internal Accounting. Each of the Borrower and its
                        -------------------
Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

          SECTION 3.9.  No Insolvency. As of the date hereof and after giving
                        -------------
effect to the consummation of the Transactions:

     (a)  The aggregate value of the assets of each of the Borrower and the
Guarantor, at fair value and present fair salable value, exceeds (i) its total
liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated
liabilities) and (ii) the amount required to pay such liabilities as they become
absolute and matured in the normal course of business;

     (b)  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor has the ability to pay its
debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and
unliquidated liabilities) as they become absolute and matured in the normal
course of business; and

     (c)  None of the Borrower or the Guarantor has an unreasonably small amount
of capital with which to conduct its business.

          SECTION 3.10. Legal Title. The Borrower holds no ownership interests
                        -----------
in any Person or any other material assets except as specified in Schedule 3.10
and has good, sufficient and legal title to all ownership interests listed in
Schedule 3.10, free and clear of any Liens.

          SECTION 3.11. No Violations. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
                        -------------
is not, and after the consummation of the Transactions will not be, in violation
of its charter, by-laws or other organizational documents, and no default or
event that but for the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default on the part of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
exists or will exist under any Contracts which would have a Material Adverse
Effect.

          SECTION 3.12. No Litigation. There are no actions, suits or
                        -------------
proceedings pending nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or
in any other way relating adversely to or affecting the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or the Transactions in any
court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental
Authority which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.13. Proceeds. The Borrower will apply the net proceeds from
                        --------
the Bridge Loans solely for the purposes specified in Section 5.7 hereof.
Neither the incurrence of the Bridge Loans and the application of the proceeds
thereof by the Borrower nor the pledge of

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the Pledged Securities by the Pledgors hereunder will violate Regulations T, U
and X of the FRB.

          SECTION 3.14. Margin Stock. (a) At no time, including following
                        ------------
application of the proceeds of any Bridge Loan, shall more than 25% of the value
of the assets (either of the Borrower, the Guarantor or of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) (i) subject to the provisions of Section
6.3 and 6.5 or (ii) subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or
instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender
relating to any Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 7.1(h), consist of
Margin Stock.

     (b)  None of the Pledged Securities shall at any time during the term of
the Bridge Loans hereunder consist of Margin Stock.

          SECTION 3.15. Tax Returns and Payments. All Tax Returns, foreign and
                        ------------------------
domestic, required to be filed by or on behalf of the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been timely filed, or caused to be filed,
and all material Taxes (whether or not actually shown on such tax returns) for
which they are directly or indirectly liable or to which any of their respective
properties and assets is subject have been paid, or caused to be paid, other
than any Tax (i) the validity or amount of which is being contested in good
faith, (ii) for which adequate reserve, or other appropriate provision, if any,
as required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made, and (iii) with respect
to which any right to execute upon or sell any assets of the Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries has not matured or has been and continues to be effectively
enjoined, superseded or stayed ("Contested Claims"); all such Tax Returns are
true, correct and complete in all material respects. As of the Closing Date,
there is no material proposed tax assessment with respect to Taxes due by, or on
behalf of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to the best knowledge of
the Borrower there is no basis for such assessment, except for Contested Claims.
To the best knowledge of the Borrower and the Guarantor, there is no tax, levy,
impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding imposed by (i) Bermuda or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or (ii) by any
other jurisdiction from or through which the Borrower or the Guarantor makes
payment on or by virtue of the execution, delivery, enforcement or performance
of the Credit Agreement or in connection with the Bridge Notes.

          SECTION 3.16. ERISA Compliance. (a) As of the Closing Date, the
                        ----------------
Borrower, its Subsidiaries and any of their respective ERISA Affiliates do not
sponsor, maintain or contribute to, or have any obligation under, any Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan.

     (b)  The Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective
ERISA Affiliates is in material compliance with all applicable provisions of
ERISA and the regulations material thereunder with respect to all Employee
Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial
amendment period as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter with
respect to the form of the plan document of each Employee Benefit Plan that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that could reasonably be expected
to cause the loss of such qualification.

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     (c)  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur which,
alone or together with all other ERISA Events, has resulted, or is reasonably
expected to result, in any material liability to the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries.

     (d)  No proceeding, claim (other than claims for benefits made in the
ordinary course of the operation of any Employee Benefit Plan), lawsuit and/or
investigation is existing or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower after due
inquiry, threatened concerning or involving any Employee Benefit Plan currently
sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.

     (e)  In accordance with the most recent actuarial valuations, the Amount of
Unfunded Benefit Liabilities individually or in the aggregate for all Pension
Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation any Pension Plans which have a
negative Amount of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities), does not exceed $1,000,000.

     (f)  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or is
reasonably expected to incur any material liability with respect to any Foreign
Plan or Foreign Plans.

          SECTION 3.17. Compliance With Laws. Each of the Borrower and its
                        --------------------
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Laws, except where the failure to comply,
singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.18. Government Regulation. No Loan Party is subject to
                        ---------------------
regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, the
Federal Power Act, as amended, or other Law which would regulate the incurrence
of Indebtedness by the Borrower or the Guarantor or the pledge of Pledged
Securities by any of the Pledgors, including, but not limited to, Laws relating
to common contract carriers or the sale of electricity, gas, steam, water or
other public utility services.  No Loan Party is, and after consummation of the
Transactions will be, an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an
"investment company," as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.

          SECTION 3.19. Insurance. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
                        ---------
carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance (including self-insurance)
in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies
of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses, and all such
insurance is (and will be following consummation of the Transactions) in full
force and effect, except where the failure to carry such insurance or be
entitled to the benefits of such insurance would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.20. Labor. No labor disturbance by the employees of the
                        -----
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the
Borrower, is threatened and the Borrower is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by the employees of the principal suppliers,
manufacturers or customers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which
would have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.21. Environmental Matters. Each the Borrower and its
                        ---------------------
Subsidiaries have been and are in compliance with all applicable laws, statutes,
ordinances, codes, orders, decisions, judgments, permits, approvals, rules,
regulations or requirements, including without

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limitation common law, relating to: (i) protection, preservation or cleanup of
the environment or natural resources; (ii) chemical substances or toxic,
hazardous or deleterious materials, wastes or agents (hereinafter "Hazardous
Substances"), including without limitation petroleum or any fraction thereof,
asbestos, and polychlorinated biphenyls; or (iii) health and safety (hereinafter
"EHS Laws"), except in each case for such noncompliance which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect ; there has been no proceeding, claim, notice or
complaint pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against
any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries relating to: (i) noncompliance with EHS
Laws; or (ii) liabilities or obligations arising from Hazardous Substances or
pursuant to EHS Laws; and there are no conditions or circumstances, including
without limitation the presence or release of any Hazardous Substances (whether
or not on the property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries), reasonably
anticipated to result in liabilities or obligations to the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries pursuant to EHS Laws.

          SECTION 3.22. Insurance Regulations. The Borrower is a holding company
                        ---------------------
and is not subject to Bermuda insurance regulations. The Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all other insurance laws and regulations
of the jurisdictions that apply to them, including laws that relate to companies
that control insurance companies, except where the failure to comply would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
has received any notification from any Bermuda, U.S. federal, state or foreign
insurance authority, commission or other insurance regulatory body to the effect
that the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not in compliance with any insurance law
or regulation, which notification can reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

          SECTION 3.23. Permits; Licenses. Each of the Borrower and its
                        -----------------
Subsidiaries possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by
the appropriate Bermuda, U.S. federal, state or foreign Governmental Authority
necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Borrower nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.24. Year 2000. The Borrower has (i) initiated a review and
                        ---------
assessment of all areas within its and each of its Subsidiaries' business and
operations (including those affected by suppliers, vendors and customers) that
could be adversely affected by the risk that computer applications used by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or suppliers, vendors and customers) may be
unable to recognize and perform properly date-sensitive functions involving
certain dates prior to and any date after December 31, 1999 (the "Year 2000
Problem"), (ii) developed a plan and timetable for addressing the Year 2000
Problem on a timely basis and (iii) to date, implemented that plan in accordance
with such timetable. Based on the foregoing, the Borrower believes that all
computer applications (including those of its suppliers, vendors and customers)
that are material to its or any of its Subsidiaries' business and operations are
reasonably expected on a timely basis to be able to perform properly date-
sensitive functions for all dates before and after January 1, 2000 ("Year 2000
Compliant"), except to the extent that a failure to do so would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.

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          SECTION 3.25. Collateral. (a) With respect to the Pledged Shares, such
                        ----------
Pledged Shares represent that percentage as set forth on Schedules 10.1-A, 10.1-
B, 10.1-C, 10.1-D, 10.1-E or 10.1-F, as applicable, of the issued and
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the applicable Collateral Subsidiary.

     (b)  Except for the security interest granted hereunder to the Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders, each Pledgor (i) is the sole owner of the Pledged
Securities pledged by it as described on the applicable Schedule hereto, and
(ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens.

     (c)  Each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Collateral in
the manner hereby done or contemplated and will defend its title or interest
thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Lien created hereby
in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders), however arising, of all
Persons whomsoever.

     (d)  By virtue of the execution and delivery by each Pledgor of this
Agreement, when the Pledged Securities, certificates or other documents
representing or evidencing the Collateral, along with duly executed stock powers
endorsed in the name of the Agent or in blank, are delivered to the Agent in
accordance with Section 10, the Agent will obtain a valid and perfected first
priority security interest in such Pledged Securities for the benefit of the
Lenders as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations.

     (e)  All of the Pledged Securities have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are not subject to any options to
purchase or other similar rights.

     (f)  All information set forth herein relating to the Pledged Securities is
accurate and complete in all material respects.

     (g)  No Loan Party incorporated outside the United States of America has an
executive office in the United States of America. The chief executive office and
the principal place of business of each Loan Party are as described in Schedule
3.25 hereto.

     Any certificate signed by any officer of a Loan Party and delivered to the
Agent or its counsel pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by such Loan Party to the Agent or such Lender as to
the matters covered thereby.

          SECTION 3.26. Acknowledgment of Pledge. Each Collateral Subsidiary
                        ------------------------
hereby (i) acknowledges that all the shares of its Capital Stock (except the MH
Preferred Shares in the case of Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., the IPC
Preferred Shares with respect to IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd., and the MIDL
Director Share in the case of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.) constitute
Collateral pledged hereunder to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, (ii)
confirms that such shares constitute all issued and outstanding shares of its
Capital Stock, and (iii) agrees to fully cooperate with the implementation of
such pledge (including, without limitation, with any regulatory or other filings
or registrations with any insurance authority).

                                  SECTION 4.

                 CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LENDERS

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          SECTION 4.1.  Conditions to Closing. The obligations of the Lenders
                        ---------------------
to make Bridge Loans hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction on or before
December 15, 1999 of the following conditions precedent:

     (a)  The Agent shall have received on behalf of the Lenders the following
items, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent
and, unless otherwise noted, dated the Closing Date:

          (1)  A copy of the following certified by an Officer of the Borrower
     and the Guarantor: resolutions of the Borrower's and the Guarantor's Board
     of Directors approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and
     performance of this Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents and any
     other documents, instruments and certificates required to be executed by
     the Borrower or the Guarantor in connection herewith and therewith and
     approving and authorizing the consummation of the Transactions, each being
     in full force and effect without modification or amendment;

          (2)  An original counterpart of this Agreement;

          (3)  Originally executed copies of an opinion of (i) Mayer, Brown &
     Platt, U.S. counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of
     Exhibit C-1, (ii) Conyers Dill & Pearman, Bermuda counsel to the Loan
     Parties incorporated in Bermuda, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2,
     (iii) A & L Goodbody, Irish counsel to Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.,
     substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3, (iv) Lewis, Rice & Fingersh,
     Missouri counsel to Legion Financial Corp., substantially in the form of
     Exhibit C-4, (v) Richard O'Brien, Esq., General Counsel to the Borrower,
     substantially in the form of Exhibit C-5, and (vi) Andrew Walsh, Esq.,
     General Counsel to Legion Insurance Company, substantially in the form of
     Exhibit C-6.

          (4)  A certificate, delivered by the Borrower and signed by the Chief
     Executive Officer or President and the Chief Financial or Accounting
     Officer of the Borrower stating that, after giving effect to the
     consummation of the Transactions, the fair saleable value of the assets of
     each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not be less than the
     probable liability on their debts, that each of the Borrower and its
     Subsidiaries will be able to pay its debts as they mature and that each
     will not have unreasonably small capital to conduct its business, and the
     Agent shall have received such opinions of value, other appropriate factual
     information and expert advice supporting the conclusions reached in such
     letter as the Agent may reasonably request;

          (5)  An Officer's Certificate from each Loan Party, certifying as to
     (i) (A) the due organization and good standing (other than with respect to
     Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., given the inapplicability thereof under
     Irish law) of such Loan Party in their respective jurisdictions of
     organization and (B) the absence of any proceeding for the dissolution or
     liquidation of such Loan Party; (ii) the completeness and accuracy in all
     material respects of all of the representations and warranties made by such
     Loan Party in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is or
     is to be a party, before and after giving effect to the Transactions as
     though made on and as of the Closing Date; (iii) the absence of any Default
     or Event of Default; (iv) the satisfaction of all conditions

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     precedent by such Loan Party to be satisfied on or prior to the Closing
     Date; and (v) (solely in the case of each of the Borrower or the Guarantor)
     to the best of their knowledge, the absence of any existing or threatened
     event or circumstance relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
     that could reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower to
     consummate the Refinancing.

          (6)  A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or, in
     the case of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., a Director) of each Loan Party
     certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Loan Party
     authorized to sign each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is or is to
     be a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and
     thereunder.

          (7)  The most recent audited and unaudited consolidated financial
     statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries.

          (8)  An irrevocable acceptance by Corporation Service Company of its
     appointment as each Loan Party's agent to receive service of process
     pursuant to Section 11.14 hereof.

          (9)  Such further information, certificates and documents as the Agent
     may reasonably request.

     The documents required to be delivered by this Section 4.1(a) will be
delivered at the office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, One Liberty
Plaza, New York, New York  10006 on the Closing Date.

     (b)  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
and no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under
any material Contract of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

     (c)  No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall
have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court or other
Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain
substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of the
Transactions, or which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse
Effect. There shall be no material pending or threatened litigation, bankruptcy
or insolvency, injunction, order, decree or claim with respect to the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or the Transactions, which would have a Material
Adverse Effect.

     (d)  Each of the Loan Documents to be executed and delivered on or prior to
the Closing Date (including any amendments thereto) shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto, and the Agent
shall have received copies of each such document (including any amendments
thereto) as so executed and delivered in the form provided to the Agent on or
before the Closing Date except for changes approved by the Agent.

     (e)  All consents and approvals of the boards of directors or similar
governing bodies, shareholders, members, partners, governmental and regulatory
bodies and other applicable third parties (including all required approvals of
internal committees of PSCC) necessary or desirable in connection with the
Transactions shall have been obtained.

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     (f)  The Borrower shall have entered into the Engagement Letter and shall
have paid all amounts due and payable to PSI thereunder on or prior to the
Closing Date.

     (g)  The Borrower shall have paid all costs and expenses payable hereunder
to the extent then due and payable on the Closing Date, including any such costs
and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 11.3.

     (h)  There shall not have occurred any material adverse change in the
condition of the financial, banking or capital markets the effect of which, in
the judgment of the Agent, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with
the Refinancing or to sell or syndicate the Bridge Loans or the Bridge Loan
Commitment.

     (i)  No event shall have occurred that has had, or would have, a Material
Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 4.2.  Condition to the Initial Bridge Loan. The obligations of
                        ------------------------------------
the Lenders to make the initial Bridge Loan on the first Disbursement Date
hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction of all the obligations of the
Borrower pursuant to Section 5.11(d) hereof on or prior to the Disbursement Date
on which such initial Bridge Loan is scheduled to be made.

          SECTION 4.3.  Conditions to each Bridge Loan. The obligations of the
                        ------------------------------
Lenders to make any Bridge Loan hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the Disbursement Date on
which such Bridge Loan is scheduled to be made:

     (a)  The representations and warranties on the part of the Loan Parties
contained herein and in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof shall
be true and complete on and as of such Disbursement Date as if made on such
date, and the Loan Parties shall have performed all of their respective
obligations hereunder to be performed on or prior to such date;

     (b)  The Agent on behalf of the Lenders shall have received, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, (i) an originally executed notice of
borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof and (ii) one or several Bridge Notes,
as applicable, evidencing the Bridge Loan made on such date, duly executed and
delivered and drawn to the order of the Lender or Lenders making such Bridge
Loan and with appropriate insertions; and

     (c)  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

                                  SECTION 5.

                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     Until all Obligations shall have been paid in full and no Lender shall have
any Bridge Loan Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party, jointly and severally,
agrees with the Lenders that:

          SECTION 5.1.  Corporate Existence. Subject to the provisions hereof,
                        -------------------
the Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and

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effect the corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and licenses of
the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries; provided, that subject to Section 6.6
                                           --------
hereof the Borrower and any such Subsidiary shall not be required to preserve
the corporate existence of any such Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) or any
such right or license if the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall determine
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Borrower and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Lenders.

          SECTION 5.2.  Compliance With Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause
                        --------------------
each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable Laws to the extent
noncompliance would have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 5.3.  Maintenance of Property; Insurance. The Borrower shall
                        ----------------------------------
cause all Property used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business
of any of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair
and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to
be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as, in the judgment of the Borrower, may be necessary
so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times; provided, that nothing in this Section
                                       --------
5.3 shall prevent the Borrower from discontinuing the operation or maintenance
of any of such Property if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the
Borrower, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its
Subsidiaries and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders. The
Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and
reputable insurers or with self insurance programs, in each case to the extent
consistent with prudent business practices and customary in its industry,
insurance with respect to its properties and business and the properties and
businesses of its Subsidiaries against loss or damage of the kinds (including,
in any event, business interruption insurance) and in the amounts customarily
carried or maintained under similar circumstances by corporations of established
reputation engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the
same general respective areas in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
operate.

          SECTION 5.4.  Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrower shall
                        ---------------------------------
pay or discharge and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay or discharge,
before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all Taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or Property of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries and (b) all lawful claims including, without limitation, for
labor, services, materials and supplies which have become due and payable and,
if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the Property of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to pay or
                     --------
discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, any such Tax, assessment, charge
or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being diligently contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP or other appropriate provision has been made. The Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, will, promptly upon any of its
officers obtaining knowledge that a charge or claim described in the previous
sentence has not been paid, other than as permitted by the proviso in the
previous sentence, deliver notice to the Agent (which will provide a copy of
such notice to each Lender) of such failure to pay.

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          SECTION 5.5.  Investment Company Act. No Loan Party shall become an
                        ----------------------
investment company subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (without giving effect to any exception based upon the number
or status of the holders of its securities).

          SECTION 5.6.  Payments in U.S. Dollars. All payments of principal,
                        ------------------------
premium and interest to be made hereunder or under the Bridge Notes shall be
made solely in U.S. Dollars or such other currency as is then legal tender for
public and private debts in the United States of America.

          SECTION 5.7.  Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of
                        ---------------
the Bridge Loans solely as follows:

     (a)  The Borrower shall use up to $115,000,000 of such proceeds to
repurchase Convertible Securities in open market or privately negotiated
transactions; provided, that any Convertible Securities so repurchased shall be
              --------
immediately cancelled;

     (b)  The Borrower shall use up to $135,000,000 of such proceeds to make a
capital contribution to Legion, directly or through one or several Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of the Borrower; and

     (c)  In the event such proceeds are not utilized in full for the purposes
set forth in subsections 5.7(a) and 5.7(b), the Borrower may use the remaining
proceeds, but in no event more than $35,000,000, for general corporate purposes;
provided, that none of such proceeds shall be used by the Borrower or any of its
--------
Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate,
incidental or ultimate, of buying or "carrying" (within the meaning of
Regulation U) any Margin Stock.

          SECTION 5.8.  Refinancing. The Borrower shall use its reasonable
                        -----------
commercial efforts to effectuate the Refinancing as soon as practicable after
the date of this Agreement for the purpose, among other things, of refinancing
the Bridge Loans then outstanding, which Refinancing shall yield an amount
sufficient (together with any cash available at such time to the Borrower), and,
if consummated, the proceeds of which shall be used, to repay the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Bridge Loans in full plus accrued interest
thereon to the date of repayment and all other amounts payable under the Loan
Documents; provided, however, that the Borrower will not be required to
           --------  -------
consummate the Refinancing unless it can be completed on such terms and
conditions as are reasonably satisfactory in all respects to PSI and the
Borrower in light of the then prevailing market conditions; provided, further,
                                                            --------  -------
that if for any reason the Borrower refinances the Bridge Loans by any means
other than the Refinancing the Borrower shall pay PSI the Refinancing Fee upon
the repayment of the Bridge Loans in connection with such refinancing.

          SECTION 5.9.  Financial Statements. The Borrower will furnish or cause
                        --------------------
to be furnished to the Agent and to each of the Lenders:

     (a)  as soon as available, but in no event more than forty-five (45) days
after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters in each fiscal
year, the quarterly report of the Borrower on Form 10-Q (or other applicable
form) filed with the SEC, accompanied by a certificate of the

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Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower stating whether to his best knowledge
and belief any Default or Event of Default has occurred or exists hereunder,
and, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
otherwise exists, stating the facts with respect thereto;

     (b)  as soon as available, but in no event more than ninety (90) days after
the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the consolidated financial statements and
annual audit report of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in reasonable detail,
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and certified without material qualification
by Ernst & Young or other independent certified public accountants selected by
the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, which report shall
include a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of earnings, changes in
stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
such fiscal year and a copy of the annual report of the Borrower on Form 10-K
(or other applicable form) filed with the SEC, accompanied by a certificate of
the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower stating whether to his best
knowledge and belief any Default or Event of Default has occurred or exists
hereunder, and, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or otherwise exists, stating the facts with respect thereto;

     (c)  as soon as available, but in no event more than one hundred and twenty
(120) days after the end of each fiscal year of each unconsolidated Subsidiary
or Affiliate of the Borrower (whose operations are accounted for in the
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower on the equity method), if any,
a copy of the annual audit report of such corporation and its subsidiaries, if
any, in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP (or SAP in the case
of a regulated insurance company) and certified by independent certified public
accountants of recognized standing, which report shall include a consolidated
balance sheet of each such Subsidiary or Affiliate and its Subsidiaries, if any,
as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of income,
retained earnings, and cash flows for each such Subsidiary or Affiliate and its
Subsidiaries, if any, for such fiscal year;

     (d)  promptly upon their becoming available but in no event (i) more than
ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar year in the case of the Annual
Statements or (ii) more than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar
quarter in the case of the Quarterly Statements, a copy of each Annual Statement
and Quarterly Statement of each Insurance Company Subsidiary prepared in
accordance with SAP, and a copy of each externally-prepared actuarial analysis
of each Insurance Company Subsidiary obtained by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;

     (e)  promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all financial
statements, reports, notices as to material matters, and proxy statements sent
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (which is not a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary) to public stockholders and of all regular, periodic and special
reports filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities
exchange or with the SEC;

     (f)  together with the items described in clauses (a) and (b) above,
written calculations in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent demonstrating
compliance by the Borrower with the covenants contained in Sections 6.1 and 6.2;
and
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     (g)  such additional information, reports or statements (financial or
otherwise) as the Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

               SECTION 5.10.  Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. The
                              --------------------------------------
Borrower will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent and to each of the
Lenders promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) days after an Officer of
the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof) telephonic and written notice of:

     (a)  the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before
any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or
before any arbitrator against or involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties, assets or businesses which in any given case or
in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect;

     (b)  any notice of any violation received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
from any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, any notice of
violation of environmental laws, which in any such case would have a Material
Adverse Effect;

     (c)  any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order exceeding $5,000,000
that may be assessed against or threatened against the Borrower or any
Subsidiary other than normal insurance claims adjustment matters involving
Insurance Company Subsidiaries;

     (d)  any Default or Event of Default, or any other event which constitutes
or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a
default or event of default under any Contract to which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of
their respective properties may be bound, which default or event of default
would have a Material Adverse Effect;

     (e)  any unfavorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of
the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) any fact or circumstance that has
resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in an ERISA Event, (iii)
the Amount of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities exceeds $1,000,000, and (iv) any
event or events in respect of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Plans occur that, or
are reasonably expected to occur which, individually or together with all other
similar events, result or would reasonably be expected to result in an aggregate
liability to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000; and

     (f)  any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Section
3 inaccurate in any material respect.

               SECTION 5.11.  Collateral.  (a)   Each Pledgor shall at any time
                              ----------
and from time to time, at its own expense, promptly execute and deliver all
further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be
necessary or desirable, or that the Agent may reasonably request, in order to
perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted
hereby or to enable the Lenders and the Agent to exercise and enforce their
rights and remedies hereunder with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof
(including, without limitation, the execution and filing of any UCC financing or
continuation statements deemed necessary or appropriate by the Agent or its
counsel).

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     (b)  Except for the security interest granted hereunder to the Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders, each Pledgor will at all times continue to (i) be
the sole owner of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule 10.1, (ii) hold
the same free and clear of all Liens, and (iii) subject to Section 10.5, cause
any and all Collateral to be forthwith delivered to the Agent and pledged and
assigned hereunder.

     (c)  Each delivery of any Additional Shares or other Collateral shall
constitute a representation and warranty that, as of the date thereof, Sections
3.14(b) and 3.25 are true and correct as to the Pledged Securities.

     (d)  The Borrower shall take, or cause to be taken, all actions deemed
necessary or appropriate by the Agent or its counsel (including, without
limitation, filing of UCC financing statements) under applicable Law to perfect
each security interest and register each charge in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders under Section 10 hereof within five days of the Closing
Date (and which actions shall be taken or caused to be taken prior to the
Lenders making the initial Bridge Loan on the first Disbursement Date).

     (e)  Each Collateral Subsidiary shall at all times use its commercially
reasonable efforts to assist and cooperate with the Pledgor and the Agent and
take such actions (including, without limitation, the making of any regulatory
filings or registrations with any insurance authority) as may be required from
it under applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Pledgor or the Agent to
maintain a first priority security interest in the Collateral in favor of the
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, or to exercise the rights and remedies of
the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in connection therewith.

     (f)  On and at any time after the Closing Date, each Pledgor shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to assist and cooperate with the Agent in
obtaining any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of
or with any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, any insurance
authority, commission or other insurance regulatory body) necessary for the
exercise by the Agent or any Lender of the rights and remedies set forth in
Section 10 hereof, including, without limitation, the approval of a Form A
filing by the Department of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

                                  SECTION 6.

                              NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     Until all Obligations shall have been paid in full and no Lender shall have
any Bridge Loan Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party, jointly and severally,
agrees with the Lenders that:

          SECTION 6.1.   Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated Total Capital
                         -------------------------------------------------------
Ratio .  The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to
------
Consolidated Total Capital to exceed 0.45 to 1 at any time.

          SECTION 6.2.   Shareholders' Equity.  The Borrower shall maintain a
                         --------------------
Shareholders' Equity which is not less than $341,674,000 at any time.

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          SECTION 6.3.   Negative Pledge. The Borrower shall not create, incur,
                         ---------------
assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its assets or properties
(including, without limitation, the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, whether
such Capital Stock is owned on the date of this Agreement or hereafter
acquired), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any Lien upon any of its assets or properties (including, without
limitation, the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, whether such Capital Stock is
owned on the date of this Agreement or hereafter acquired), except for Permitted
Liens.

          SECTION 6.4.   Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness.  The Borrower
                         -------------------------------------
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist in any manner any Indebtedness other than that outstanding on the date of
this Agreement; provided, that nothing contained in this Section 6.4 shall
                --------
prohibit (i) any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower outstanding at
the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower and not incurred
in contemplation thereof, as long as the outstanding amount of the Indebtedness
remains the sole obligation of such Subsidiary and as long as the outstanding
amount of such Indebtedness is not voluntarily increased by such Subsidiary
after the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) any
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower permitted under Section 6.7
hereof, (iii) any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary secured by a Permitted Lien,

provided that such Indebtedness does not exceed the value of the assets or
--------
property subject to such Permitted Lien, (iv) any Indebtedness owing directly or
indirectly to the Borrower or a Collateral Subsidiary by a Subsidiary of the
Borrower, and (v) any Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by the foregoing
clauses, provided that the aggregate amount at any time outstanding for all
Subsidiaries of the Borrower of (A) such Indebtedness and (B) the Indebtedness
incurred under the preceding clause (iii) shall not exceed $10,000,000.

          SECTION 6.5.   Limitation on Asset Sales.  The Borrower will not, and
                         -------------------------
will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (a)
the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market
Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (b) the consideration
received for the assets sold by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be, in such Asset Sale are in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, in each case
received at the time of such Asset Sale.

          SECTION 6.6.   Merger, Acquisition, Sale of Assets and Liquidation.
                         ---------------------------------------------------
The Borrower shall not enter into any merger or consolidation with any Person,
or sell, lease, assign, distribute or otherwise dispose of all or any material
portion of its assets or liquidate in whole or in part, or permit any Subsidiary
to enter into any merger or consolidation with any Person, or sell, lease,
assign, distribute or dispose of all or any material portion of its assets or
liquidate in whole or in part, except that (i) the Borrower may merge or
consolidate with any Subsidiary or other Person incorporated under the laws of
Bermuda or a State of the United States, if the Borrower is the surviving
corporation and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) any Subsidiary may be
merged or consolidated into, or may be liquidated into, or may sell, lease or
transfer assets to, the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, if, in the case
of a merger or consolidation, (x) the Borrower or such Wholly Owned Subsidiary
is the surviving corporation, (y) in the event such Subsidiary is a Collateral
Subsidiary, a security agreement in a form satisfactory to the Agent is executed
and delivered to the Agent pursuant to which all the shares of Capital Stock
(other than,

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if applicable, any share issued to the holder of the MIDL Director Share or any
preferred shares issued to the holders of MH Preferred Shares and IPC Preferred
Shares in connection with such merger or consolidation, provided that such
                                                        --------
preferred shares have terms substantially similar to the terms of the MH
Preferred Shares and the IPC Preferred Shares, respectively) of such surviving
corporation is pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and (z)
immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.

          SECTION 6.7.   Sale and Leaseback.  The Borrower shall not enter into,
                         ------------------
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into, directly or indirectly, any
arrangement under which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
sells or transfers any of the fixed assets then owed by it and thereupon or
within one year thereafter rents or leases the assets so sold or transferred;
provided, that nothing contained in this Section 6.6 shall prohibit (i) a
Subsidiary of the Borrower from entering into a sale-leaseback transaction
involving any real estate currently owned by such Subsidiary, or (ii) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower from entering into any other sale-
leaseback transaction as long as such other sale-leaseback transaction, together
with all other such sale-leaseback transactions and any Asset Sales of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries made in the period from the Closing Date to the
date of such other sale-leaseback transaction, does not involve assets having a
value of more than $10,000,000 in the aggregate.

          SECTION 6.8.   Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions
                         -------------------------------------------------------
Affecting Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
----------------------
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind
on the ability of any of its Subsidiaries to (a) pay dividends, in cash or
otherwise, or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital
Stock, (b) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
(c) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or (d)
transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of any of the following:

     (i)   This Agreement and any agreement in effect on the Closing Date;

     (ii)  Customary non-assignment provisions of any lease governing a
           leasehold interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

     (iii) Any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the
           Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such
           acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof), which
           encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any person, or
           properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
           property or assets of the Person, so acquired; and

     (iv)  Any limitations under applicable Laws as to dividends payable by
           Insurance Company Subsidiaries.

           SECTION 6.9.   Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower shall not
                          ----------------------------
enter into or be a party to, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into or be a
party to, any transaction with any Affiliate, except pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of its business and upon fair and

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reasonable terms that are no less favorable to it than it would obtain in a
comparable arm's length transaction with an unrelated Person.

          SECTION 6.10.  Lines of Business.  The Borrower will not, nor will it
                         -----------------
permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Permitted
Business.

          SECTION 6.11.  Amendment to Charter Documents.  The Borrower shall
                         ------------------------------
not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend its
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents in any
respect which could be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

          SECTION 6.12.  Collateral.  (a)   Each Pledgor shall not (i) make any
                         ----------
assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist
any Lien on, the Collateral, other than pursuant hereto.

     (b)  Each Pledgor shall not change its name, identity or corporate
structure in any manner or its jurisdiction of organization or the location of
its chief executive office unless it shall have given the Lenders and the Agent
not less than 30 days' prior notice thereof.

     (c)  Each Collateral Subsidiary shall not take any action that could
adversely affect the first priority security interest in the shares of its
Capital Stock granted hereunder in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders.

     (d)  Each Collateral Subsidiary shall not issue any additional Capital
Stock except for MH Preferred Shares in the case of Mutual Holdings (Bermuda)
Ltd. and IPC Preferred Shares in the case of IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd.

                                   SECTION 7.

                             DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

               SECTION 7.1.   Events of Default.  The term "Event of Default,"
                              -----------------
wherever used herein with respect to the Bridge Loans, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such event, and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary, or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):

     (a)  The Borrower (i) defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Bridge Loan when the same becomes due and payable whether at the stated maturity
thereof, upon voluntary or mandatory repayment, upon acceleration or otherwise
or (ii) fails to offer to repurchase or repurchase Bridge Notes to the extent
required herein.

     (b)  The Borrower defaults in any payment of interest on any Bridge Loan
within two (2) Business Days after the same becomes due and payable.

     (c)  Any Loan Party fails to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement on the part of such Loan Party to be observed or performed pursuant to
Sections 5.7, 5.11, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.8 and 6.12 hereof.

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     (d)  Any Loan Party fails to comply with any of its other agreements or
covenants hereunder and such failure continues for 30 days.

     (e)  The Guarantee or any provision thereof ceases to be in full force and
effect (other than in accordance with its express terms and the terms of this
Agreement), or (ii) the Guarantor or any Person acting by or on behalf of the
Guarantor denies or disaffirms the Guarantor's obligations under its Guarantee,
or (iii) the Guarantor defaults in the due performance or observance of any
term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed, after
giving effect to any applicable grace periods, pursuant to its Guarantee.

     (f)  Any representation or warranty of any Loan Party made in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document proves to have been inaccurate,
incomplete or misleading in any material respect at the time it was made.

     (g)  (i) Any ERISA Event occurs or is reasonably expected to occur with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan, including, without limitation, any Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the Amount of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities,
when added to the aggregate Amount of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities with respect
to all other Pension Plans, exceeds the aggregate Amount of Unfunded Benefit
Liabilities that existed on the Closing Date by $1,000,000, and (iii) any event
shall have occurred with respect to any Foreign Plan which results in a
liability to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually or
together with any similar events, exceeds $1,000,000.

     (h)  The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) fails to pay any of its
Indebtedness in excess of $5,000,000 as and when such Indebtedness becomes
payable or (ii) fails to perform or observe any covenant or agreement to be
performed or observed by it contained in any other agreement or in any
instrument evidencing any of its Indebtedness in excess of $5,000,000 if, as a
result of such failure, any other party to such agreement or instrument is
entitled to exercise, and has not irrevocably waived, the right to accelerate
the maturity of any amount owing thereunder.

     (i)  A court having jurisdiction in the premises enters (i) a decree or
order for relief in respect of any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or
(ii) a decree or order (A) adjudging any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's
Material Subsidiaries bankrupt or insolvent, or (B) approving as properly filed
a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of, or
in respect of, any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries
under any Bankruptcy Law, or (C) appointing a Custodian of any Loan Party or any
of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of the
Property of such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary or (D) ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of any Loan Party or any of the
Borrower's Material Subsidiaries, and in each case, the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in
effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.

     (j)  (i) Any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries
commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent; or (ii) any
Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material
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Subsidiaries consents to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of
such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary; or (iii)
any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries files a petition
or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any Bankruptcy Law;
or (iv) any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries consents
to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by
a Custodian of such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary or of any substantial
part of the Property of such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary, or (v) any
Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries makes an assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or (vi) any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's
Material Subsidiaries admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due; or (vii) the stockholders of any Loan Party or any of the
Borrower's Material Subsidiaries approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of such Loan Party or such Material Subsidiary; or
(viii) any Loan Party or any of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries takes
corporate action in furtherance of any such action.

     (k)  Any judgment or decree for the payment of money involving a liability
(to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the
insurer has not denied coverage) in excess of $5,000,000 or its foreign currency
equivalent at the time is entered against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed
within thirty (30) days after such entry.

     (l)  Any insurance license or other authorization or permit necessary for
the conduct by any Insurance Company Subsidiary of its business is revoked or
withdrawn or otherwise fails to be in full force and effect, which failure,
revocation or withdrawal, in the judgment of the Agent, has a Material Adverse
Effect.

     (m)  The Borrower fails to be the beneficial owner at all times, directly
or indirectly, of all of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Guarantor or any
other Loan Party, except for (i) the MIDL Director Share, (ii) the IPC Preferred
Shares and (iii) the MH Preferred Shares.

               SECTION 7.2.   Default Remedies.  (a)   If any Event of Default
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shall occur and be continuing, the Agent shall, upon the request of Required
Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, (a) declare the obligations of each Lender
hereunder to be terminated, whereupon such obligations shall terminate, and (b)
declare all amounts payable hereunder by the Borrower that would otherwise be
due after the date of such termination to be immediately due and payable,
whereupon all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable, all without
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest or notice of any kind, which
are expressly waived by the Borrower and the Guarantor; provided, however, that
if any event of any kind referred to in paragraphs (i) or (j) of Section 7.1
occurs with respect to the Borrower or the Guarantor, the obligations of each
Lender hereunder shall immediately terminate, and all amounts payable hereunder
by the Borrower that would otherwise be due after the occurrence of such event
shall become immediately due and payable without any such notice or other
preliminary waived by the Borrower and the Guarantor in this Section 7.2.

     (b)  The rights provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of
any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided by law.

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                                   SECTION 8.

                                   THE AGENT

          SECTION 8.1.   Appointment.  Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates
                         -----------
and appoints Prudential Securities Credit Corp. as Agent of such Lender to act
as specified herein and in the other Loan Documents, and each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes Prudential Securities Credit Corp. as the Agent to take
such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto.  The Agent agrees to act as such upon the express conditions contained
in this Section 8.  Without limitation to the foregoing, the Agent shall take,
or refrain from taking, such action hereunder as shall be reasonably directed by
the Required Lenders; provided, that, as between the Agent and the Lenders
unless and until the Agent shall have received such directions, the Agent may
(but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such
action, as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or in
any other Loan Document, the Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan
Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall
be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the Agent.  The
provisions of this Section 8 are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the
Lenders, and neither of the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any
rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof.  In
performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, the Agent shall act
solely as agent of the Lenders and the Agent does not assume and shall not be
deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of agent or trust with or
for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

          SECTION 8.2.   Delegation of Duties.  The Agent may execute any of its
                         --------------------
duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties.  The Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care except to the extent otherwise required by Section 8.3.

          SECTION 8.3.   Exculpatory Provisions.  Neither the Agent nor any of
                         ----------------------
its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates
shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it
or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents (except for its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful
misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers contained in this
Agreement, any other Loan Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or
other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or
in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure
of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers to
perform its or their obligations hereunder or thereunder.  The Agent shall not
be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or to inspect the

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properties, books or records of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. The
Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for the effectiveness, genuineness,
validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or
statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statement or in
any financial or other statements, instruments, reports, certificates or any
other documents in connection herewith or therewith furnished or made by the
Agent to the Lenders or by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Agent or any Lender or be required to ascertain or inquire
as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions,
covenants or agreements contained herein or therein or as to the use of the
proceeds of the Bridge Loans or of the existence or possible existence of any
Default or Event of Default.

          SECTION 8.4.   Reliance by Agent.  The Agent shall be entitled to
                         -----------------
rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing,
resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram,
telegram, facsimile, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other
document or conversation believed by them to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and
statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), independent accountants and other experts
selected by the Agent.  The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or
refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
unless they shall first receive such advice as they deem appropriate or they
shall first be indemnified to their satisfaction by the Lenders against any and
all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action.  As between the Agent and the Lenders, the
Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a
request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or
failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.

          SECTION 8.5.   Notice of Default.  The Agent shall not be deemed to
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have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder unless the Agent has actually received notice from a Lender or the
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default."  In the event
that the Agent receives such a notice, the Agent shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Lenders.

          SECTION 8.6.   Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders.  Each Lender
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expressly acknowledges that neither the Agent nor any of its respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent
hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty
by the Agent to any Lender.  Each Lender represents to the Agent that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, assets, operations, property,
financial and other condition, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries and made its own decision to make Bridge Loans hereunder
and enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also represents that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and based
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documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking
action under this Agreement, and to make such investigation as it deems
necessary to inform itself as to the business, assets, operations, property,
financial and other condition, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries. The Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business,
operations, assets, property, financial and other condition, prospects or
creditworthiness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which may come into
the possession of the Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

          SECTION 8.7.   Indemnification.  The Lenders agree to indemnify the
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Agent in their capacity as such ratably according to their respective
"percentages" as used in determining the Required Lenders at such time, from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, reasonable expenses or disbursements of any
kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any
time following the payment in full of the Obligations) be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as such in any way relating to
or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or
any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent under or in connection with
any of the foregoing, but only to the extent that any of the foregoing is not
paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that no Lender shall
be liable to the Agent for the payment of any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Agent.  If any indemnity furnished to the Agent for any
purpose shall, in the opinion of the Agent, be insufficient or become impaired,
the Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do
the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.  The
agreements in this Section 8.7 shall survive the payment in full of all
Obligations.

          SECTION 8.8.   Agent in Its Individual Capacity.  The Agent and its
                         --------------------------------
affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any
kind of business with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, in connection with the Refinancing as though the Agent were not the
Agent hereunder.  With respect to the Bridge Loans to be made by it and all
Obligations owing to it, the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the
Agent and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include the Agent in its
individual capacity as Lender.

          SECTION 8.9.   Resignation of the Agent; Successor Agent.  The Agent
                         -----------------------------------------
may resign as Agent upon 20 days' notice to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon
the resignation of the Agent, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the
Lenders a successor Agent which is a bank or a trust company for the Lenders
subject to prior approval by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the
rights, powers and duties of such Agent, and the term "Agent" shall include such
successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the resigning Agent's
rights, powers and duties as an Agent shall be terminated, without any other or
further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to
this Agreement.  If the Required Lenders fail to appoint a successor Agent
pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence, the resigning

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Agent shall designate one of the Lenders as successor Agent. After the
resignation of an Agent hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8 shall inure
to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Agent under this Agreement.

                                   SECTION 9.

                                   GUARANTEE

          SECTION 9.1.   Unconditional Guarantee.  The Guarantor hereby
                         -----------------------
unconditionally guarantees (such guarantee to be referred to herein as the
"Guarantee") to each of the Lenders and to the Agent and their respective
successors and assigns that (i) the principal of and interest on each Bridge
Loan will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace
period, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise and interest
on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest, to the extent
lawful, of each Bridge Loan and all other obligations of the Borrower to the
Lenders or the Agent hereunder or under the Bridge Notes (including, without
limitation, for any reimbursements, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise)
will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Bridge Loan or of any such other obligations, the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.  The Guarantor hereby guarantees that
the Obligations will be paid or performed, as applicable, strictly in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement governing them or any other agreement
relating thereto, regardless of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Obligations, and of any Law now or hereafter in effect in
any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Lenders with
respect thereto.  The liability of the Guarantor to the extent herein set forth
shall be absolute and unconditional, not subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment, termination, defense, offset, counterclaim or recoupment whatsoever
(all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Guarantor) whether by reason of
any claim of any character whatsoever, including, without limitation, any claim
of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, or by reason of any
liability at any time to the Guarantor or otherwise, whether based upon any
obligations or any other agreement or otherwise, and howsoever arising, whether
out of action or inaction or otherwise and whether resulting from default,
willful misconduct, negligence or otherwise, and, without limiting the
foregoing, irrespective of : any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of
any agreement or instrument relating to the Obligations; any change in the time,
manner or place of payment of, or in any other term in respect of, all or any of
the Obligations, or any other amendment to or waiver of or consent to any
departure from any other agreement relating to any Obligations; any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from or failure to enforce
any other guarantee, for all or any of the Indebtedness; any other circumstance
which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the
Borrower or the Guarantor in respect of the Obligations; the absence of any
action on the part of the Lenders to obtain payment of the Obligations from the
Borrower; any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or dissolution, or any
similar proceeding of the Borrower, including, without limitation, rejection of
the Obligations in such bankruptcy; the assignment of the Credit Agreement by
the Lenders or the Borrower; or the absence of notice or any delay in any action
to enforce any Obligations or to exercise any right or remedy against the
Guarantor, whether hereunder, under any Obligations or any agreement or any
indulgence, compromise or extension

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granted. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Borrower, any right to require a proceeding first against the Borrower, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee will not be
discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in each
Bridge Note, this Agreement and in this Guarantee. If any Lender or the Agent
are required by any court or otherwise to return to the Borrower, the Guarantor,
or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to the Borrower or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Borrower or
the Guarantor to the Agent or such Lender, this Guarantee, to the extent
theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and
the Lenders and the Agent, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 7 for
the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations
as provided in Section 7, such obligations (whether or not due and payable)
shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of this
Guarantee.

          SECTION 9.2.   Severability.  In case any provision of this Guarantee
                         ------------
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.

          SECTION 9.3.   Limitation of Guarantor's Liability.  The Guarantor and
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by its acceptance hereof each of the Lenders hereby confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the guarantee by the Guarantor pursuant to
its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of
any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law.  To effectuate the
foregoing intention, the Lenders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that
the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the
maximum amount as will result in the obligations of the Guarantor under the
Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

          SECTION 9.4.   Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.  The Guarantor
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covenants that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Guarantor from
performing the Guarantee as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Agreement; and the Guarantor hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Agent, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.

                                  SECTION 10.

                          PLEDGE; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

          SECTION 10.1.  Pledge and Charge.  As security for the payment and
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performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby
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Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and their successors and assigns a first
priority security interest in all of such Pledgor's right, title and interest
in, to and under the Collateral; provided, that with respect to the
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shares of Capital Stock of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., as security for the
payment and performance in full of the Obligations, the Borrower as record and
beneficial owner hereby mortgages and charges all the shares of Capital Stock of
Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. (other than the MIDL Director Share) by way of a
first fixed mortgage and charge (it being understood that all the obligations of
each Pledgor hereunder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws, apply to the Borrower as mortgagor and chargor, and with respect to such
shares of Capital Stock only, any reference to a "pledge" herein shall be deemed
to be a reference to such first fixed mortgage and charge).

          SECTION 10.2.  Delivery of Collateral.  Each Pledgor agrees promptly
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to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent any and all Pledged Shares,
Additional Shares and other securities now or hereafter included in the
Collateral pledged by it (the "Pledged Securities"), and any and all
certificates or other instruments or documents representing the Collateral.  In
addition, each Pledgor agrees that:

     (a)  Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule
describing the securities theretofore and then being pledged hereunder, a form
of which is attached hereto as Schedule 10.2.  Each schedule so delivered shall
supersede any prior schedules so delivered;

     (b)  Any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock powers duly
executed in the name of the Agent or in blank or other instruments of transfer
satisfactory to the Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the
Agent may reasonably request; and

     (c)  All other property comprising part of the Collateral shall be
accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by such Pledgor
and such other instruments or documents as the Agent may reasonably request.

          SECTION 10.3.  Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.  Each Pledgor hereby
                         --------------------------------
appoints the Agent as such Pledgor's attorney-in-fact, with full authority in
the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or
otherwise, from time to time in the Agent's discretion, after the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, to take any action and to
execute, deliver and complete any instrument or deed which the Agent may deem
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section, including,
without limitation, to complete any stock or bond power, to sign, deliver and
complete an Irish stock transfer form and to apply for registration of the Agent
and/or its nominee as the holder of any shares of Capital Stock of Mutual
Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. pledged hereunder, to receive, endorse and collect all
instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend or other
distribution in respect of the Pledged Securities or any part thereof and to
give full discharge for the same.  This appointment is irrevocable and is
coupled with an interest.  The Agent is authorized to prepare and file financing
statements with respect to the Collateral without the signature of each Pledgor,
at such Pledgor's expense.

          SECTION 10.4.  Agent May Perform.  If any Pledgor fails to perform any
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act required by this Section, the Agent may (in such Pledgor's name or
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performance of, such act, and the expenses the Agent incurred in connection
therewith shall be payable by such Pledgor under Section 11.3.

          SECTION 10.5.  Voting Rights and Dividends.  (a)   Unless and until an
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Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

          (i)   each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting
     rights and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of
     Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the
     terms of this Section; provided, however, that such Pledgor will not be
     entitled to exercise any such right if the result thereof would materially
     and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of the Pledged
     Securities or the rights and remedies of the Agent or the Lenders under
     this Section; and provided, further, that such Pledgor shall give the Agent
     at least five days' prior written notice of the manner in which it intends
     to exercise, or the reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right;

          (ii)  each Pledgor as to the Pledged Securities pledged by it shall be
     entitled to receive and retain any and all cash dividends (except cash
     dividends paid or payable in respect of the total or partial liquidation of
     an issuer) paid on the Pledged Securities pledged by it; provided, however,
     that until actually paid, all rights to such dividends shall remain subject
     to the security interest of this Section.  All dividends (other than those
     cash dividends which each Pledgor may retain pursuant to the immediately
     preceding sentence) and all other distributions in respect of, or in
     exchange for, any of the Pledged Securities, shall forthwith be paid or
     delivered to the Agent and held by the Agent subject to the security
     interest of this Section and, if received by any Pledgor, shall, until paid
     or delivered to the Agent, be segregated from the other funds and property
     of such Pledgor and held in trust for the Agent for the benefit of the
     Lenders subject to the security interest of this Section; and

          (iii) the Agent shall execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause
     to be executed and delivered to each Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of
     attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for
     the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or
     consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to
     paragraph (a)(i) above and to receive the cash dividends it is entitled to
     receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) above, as soon as reasonably
     practicable after receipt of a written request from such Pledgor together
     with a certificate by an Officer of such Pledgor stating that no Default or
     Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     (b)  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:

          (i) All rights of each Pledgor to exercise the voting and consensual
     rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
     above, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(iii) above,
     shall cease, and all such rights shall thereon become vested in the Agent,
     which shall have sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such
     voting and consensual rights and powers.  The Agent shall also have the
     right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities
     in its own name as Agent, in the name of its nominee or in the name of each
     Pledgor, endorsed or assigned

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     in blank or in favor of the Agent. With respect to the shares of Capital
     Stock of Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd. pledged hereunder, the Agent and/or
     its nominee shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to
     apply for registration as the holder of such shares of Capital Stock and to
     become the registered holder thereof. Each Pledgor will promptly give the
     Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with
     respect to the Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor;
     and

          (ii) All rights of each Pledgor to dividends or other payments
     pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) above shall cease, and all such rights shall
     thereupon become vested in the Agent, which shall have the sole and
     exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends or other
     payments.  All dividends or other payments received by each Pledgor
     contrary to the provisions of this Section 10.5 shall be held in trust for
     the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, shall be segregated from other
     property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith delivered to the
     Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary
     endorsement).  Any and all money and other property paid over to or
     received by the Agent pursuant to this paragraph (b)(ii) shall be retained
     by the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as additional Collateral
     hereunder and applied in accordance with the provisions hereof.

          SECTION 10.6.  Remedies upon an Event of Default.  (i)  Upon the
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occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to the
rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC, the Agent may:

          (i)   to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, without
     notice, advertisement, hearing or process of law of any kind, sell any or
     all of the Collateral, free of all rights and claims of each Pledgor
     therein and thereto, at any public or private sale or at any broker's board
     or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery
     as the Agent shall deem appropriate;

          (ii)  bid for and purchase any or all of the Collateral at any such
     public (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, private) sale and
     make payment in account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to
     it from each Pledgor as a credit against the purchase price, and it may,
     upon compliance with the terms of the sale, hold, retain and dispose of
     such property without further accountability to such Pledgor therefor;

          (iii) as an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein
     conferred upon it, proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to
     foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell the Collateral or any portion
     thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having
     competent jurisdiction; and

          (iv)  otherwise act with respect to the Collateral or the proceeds
     thereof as though the Agent was the outright owner thereof.

     (b)  The Agent shall be authorized at any sale (if it deems it advisable to
do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who will
represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own
account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof.
Upon consummation of any such sale, the Agent shall have the right

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to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the
Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property
sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of each Pledgor.

     (c)  The Agent shall give each Pledgor not less than ten days' prior notice
of the time and place of any sale or other intended disposition of any of the
Collateral, except that with respect to any Collateral that is perishable,
threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a
recognized market, no notice shall be necessary.  Each Pledgor agrees that such
notice, where required, constitutes "reasonable notification" within the meaning
of Section 9-504(3) of the UCC.

     (d)  The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if
it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of
such Collateral shall have been given.  The Agent may, without notice or
publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for
sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place
to which the same was so adjourned.

     (e)  In case any sale of all or part of the Collateral is made on credit or
for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Agent until
the sale price is paid in full by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the
Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers
shall fail to pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure,
such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice.

     (f)  For purposes hereof, (i) a written agreement to purchase the
Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof, (ii) the
Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and (iii)
each Pledgor shall not be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any
portion thereof, notwithstanding the fact all Events of Default shall have been
remedied and all Obligations paid in full.

     (g)  Each Pledgor shall be liable for the deficiency if, after applying the
Collateral or net proceeds thereof as set forth in Section 10.7 below, the
Lenders have not received all amounts to which they are entitled pursuant to
this Agreement.

     (h)  The Agent is hereby authorized to comply with any limitation or
restriction in connection with any sale of Collateral as it may be advised by
counsel is necessary in order to (i) avoid any violation of applicable law or
(ii) obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchase by any
Governmental Authority, and each Pledgor agrees that such compliance shall not
result in such sale being considered or deemed not to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner and that the Agent shall not be liable or
accountable to such Pledgor for any discount allowed by reason of the fact that
such Collateral is sold in compliance with any such limitation or restriction.

     (i)  (I)  If the Agent wishes to sell all or any Pledged Securities
pursuant to this Section 10.6, and determines, in its sole and absolute
discretion, that it is necessary or advisable to effect a public registration of
all or any of the Pledged Securities pursuant to the Securities Act (or any
similar statutes then in effect), then each Pledgor will, at its own expense:

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               (A)  execute and deliver, and use its best efforts to cause the
     issuer thereof (and such issuer's directors and officers) to execute and
     deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all
     such other acts and things (including, without limitation, removing any
     legends affixed to the certificates evidencing the Pledged Securities
     pledged by such Pledgor) as may, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent,
     be necessary or advisable to register and sell such Pledged Securities
     under the Securities Act and to cause the related registration statement to
     become effective and to remain effective for such period as may be required
     by law, and to make all amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus
     that, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent, are necessary or advisable,
     all in conformity with the Securities Act;

               (B)  use its best efforts to (1) qualify the Pledged Securities
     pledged by such Pledgor under, and cause such issuer to comply with, the
     provisions of the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction
     designated by the Agent and (2) cause such issuer to make available to its
     security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement that will
     satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act; and

               (C)  take such action as the Agent shall request to enable the
     Agent to exercise the rights of such Pledgor under any registration rights
     agreement.

     (II) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (I) of this Section 10.6(i) to
the contrary, the Agent may (subject only to applicable requirements of Law and
the other requirements of this Section 10) sell all or any of the Pledged
Securities by private sale in such manner and under such circumstances as the
Agent may deem necessary or advisable and notwithstanding that a registration
statement for all or any of such Pledged Securities could be or shall have been
filed under the Securities Act.  Without limitation on the foregoing, the Agent
may approach and negotiate with a single possible purchaser to effect such sale
and/or require that any such sale (including one held by auction) be subject to
restrictions as to (A) the financial sophistication and ability of any person
permitted to bid or purchase at such sale, (B) the content of legends to be
placed upon any certificates representing the Pledged Securities sold in such
sale, including restrictions on future transfer thereof, (C) the representations
to be made by each person bidding or purchasing at such sale relating to that
person's access to financial information about each Pledgor, the relevant issuer
or the Lenders, and such person's intentions as to the holding of the Pledged
Securities so sold for investment, for its own account, and not with a view to
the distribution thereof, and (D) such other matters as the Agent may deem
necessary or advisable in order that such sale, notwithstanding any failure so
to register, may be effected in compliance with the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in any relevant jurisdiction and other laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights, the Securities Act and all applicable state securities
laws.

     (j)  If the Agent shall determine to exercise its right to sell or cause
the sale of any or all of the Collateral pursuant to this Section 10, each
Pledgor will do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be
necessary to make such sale or sales of any portion or all of the Collateral
valid and binding and in compliance with any and all applicable Law.

     (k)  Each Pledgor acknowledges that (i) any sale in accordance with this
Section 10 shall be deemed to have been held in a commercially reasonable
manner; (ii) notwithstanding the legal

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availability of a private sale or a sale subject to restrictions as described
above, the Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to seek
registration of the Pledged Securities under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws in accordance with this Section 10; (iii) the
Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any of the
Pledged Securities under this Section 10 at a price which the Agent may deem
reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a
substantially higher price might be realized if such sale were deferred until
after registration as aforesaid; and (iv) any sale of all or any of the Pledged
Securities which has not been registered as aforesaid may be for a price less
than that which might have been obtained had the Pledged Securities been so
registered.

     (l)  Each Pledgor agrees that it will not at any time plead, claim or take
the benefit of any appraisal, valuation, stay, extension, moratorium or
redemption law now or hereafter in effect in order to prevent or delay the
enforcement of this Section, or the absolute sale of the whole or any part of
the Collateral or the possession thereof by any purchaser at any sale hereunder,
and such Pledgor waives the benefit of all such Laws to the extent it lawfully
may do so.  Each Pledgor agrees that it will not interfere with any right, power
and remedy of the Lenders or the Agent provided for in this Section or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, or the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Lenders or the Agent of any one or
more such rights, powers or remedies.

          SECTION 10.7.  Application of Proceeds of Sale.  Subject to the terms
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of this Agreement, the proceeds of any sale of Collateral pursuant to Section
10, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, shall be applied by the Agent
as follows:

          FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
     the Lenders and the Agent in connection with such sale or otherwise in
     connection with this Agreement, including all court costs and the
     reasonable fees and expenses of their agents and legal counsel, the
     repayment of all advances made by the Lenders hereunder on behalf of each
     Pledgor and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection
     with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder;

          SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations; and

          THIRD, to each Pledgor in proportion to its right, title and interest
     in, to and under the Collateral, its successors or assigns, or as a court
     of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

          SECTION 10.8.  Responsibilities of the Agent.  (a)   Other than the
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exercise of reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral, the Agent shall
have no responsibility for or duty with respect to any Collateral or any matter
or proceedings arising out of or relating thereto.  The Agent shall be deemed to
have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral
in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to
that which it accords its own property.

     (b)  In exercising or refraining from exercising its rights hereunder, the
Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the
Collateral, or for any diminution in the

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value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any agent or bailee selected
by the Agent in good faith.

     (c)  The Agent may consult with legal counsel, and shall be fully protected
in taking, or omitting to take, any action in good faith reliance thereon.

     (d)  Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees,
agents or counsel shall be liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be
taken by it hereunder or in connection herewith, except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct, and the Agent shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made by it in good faith.

          SECTION 10.9.  Termination; Release Reinstatement.  (a) The security
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interest granted hereby shall terminate when all the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend
under this Agreement.

     (b)  Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that
is permitted under this Agreement, or, upon the effectiveness of any written
consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be
automatically released.

     (c)  This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to
be effective should any petition be filed by or against each Pledgor for
liquidation or reorganization, should such Pledgor become insolvent or make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of such Pledgor's assets.  This
Section shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is,
pursuant to applicable Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be
restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a voidable
preference, fraudulent conveyance, or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part
thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.

     (d)  In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section
10.9, the Agent shall execute and deliver to each Pledgor, at such Pledgor's
sole expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to
evidence such termination or release, in each case without recourse,
representations or warranties of any kind.

          SECTION 10.10. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Agent and
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the Lenders hereunder, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and
all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of:

     (a)  Any claim as to the validity, regularity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the
Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the
foregoing;

     (b)  Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other
term of, all of or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of
or any consent to any departure

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from this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or
instrument relating to any of the foregoing;

     (c)  Any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any
issuer of Pledged Securities, or any liquidation, dissolution, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any such issuer or its
assets;

     (d)  Any change in the Laws of any jurisdiction;

     (e)  The occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

     (f)  Any exchange, release or non-perfection of the Lenders' security
interest in any other Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or
consent to or departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Obligations; or

     (g)  Any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, such Pledgor in respect of the Obligations or
in respect of this Agreement (other than the indefeasible payment in full of all
Obligations).

                                  SECTION 11.

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 11.1.  Representation of the Lenders.  Each Lender hereby
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represents that it is a commercial lender which makes loans in the ordinary
course of its business and that it will make Bridge Loans hereunder for its own
account or the account of its Affiliates in the ordinary course of such
business.

          SECTION 11.2.  Participations in and Assignments of Bridge Loans.  (a)
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Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign, transfer or
negotiate all or any portion of its Bridge Loans or its Bridge Loan Commitment
in an aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 to any Eligible Assignee.  In
the case of any sale, transfer or negotiation of all or part of any Bridge Loan
or any Bridge Loan Commitment authorized under this Section 11.2(a), the
assignee, transferee or recipient shall become a party to this Agreement as a
Lender by execution of an assignment and assumption agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto; provided, that (i) at such time Section 2.1 shall
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be deemed modified to reflect the Bridge Loan Commitment of such new Lender and
of the existing Lenders, (ii) upon surrender of the Bridge Notes evidencing all
or any portion of any Bridge Loan so sold, transferred, assigned or negotiated,
new Bridge Notes will be issued, at the Borrower's expense to such new Lender
and to the assigning Lender, such new Bridge Notes to be in conformity with the
requirements of Section 2.4 (with appropriate modifications), and (iii) PSCC
shall receive at the time of each such assignment, from the assigning or
assignee Lender, the payment of a non-refundable assignment fee of $3,500.  To
the extent of any assignment pursuant to this Section 11.2(a), the assigning
Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its
assigned Bridge Loan or Bridge Loan Commitment, and the assignee, transferee or
recipient shall have, to the extent of such sale, assignment, transfer or
negotiation, the same rights, benefits and obligations as it would if it were a
Lender with respect to such Bridge Loan or Bridge Loan Commitment, including,
without limitation, the right to approve or disapprove actions which, in
accordance

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with the terms hereof, require the approval of a Lender. At the time of each
assignment pursuant to this Section 11.2(a) to an Eligible Assignee which is not
already a Lender hereunder and which is not a United States Person (as such term
is defined in Section 7701 (a) (30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for Federal
income tax purposes, the respective Eligible Assignee shall provide to the
Borrower and the Agent the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Forms (and, if
applicable a Section 11.2(e)(ii) Certificate) described in Section 11.2(e).

     (b)  Each Lender may grant participations in all or any part of its Bridge
Loans or its Bridge Loan Commitment in an aggregate amount of not less than
$5,000,000 to any Eligible Assignee.

     (c)  The Borrower shall, at its own cost and expense, provide such
certificates, acknowledgments and further assurances in respect of this
Agreement and the Bridge Loans as any Lender may reasonably require in
connection with any participation, transfer or assignment pursuant to this
Section 11.2.

     (d)  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit any Lender from
pledging its Bridge Notes hereunder to a Federal Reserve Bank in support of
borrowings made by such Lender from such Federal Reserve Bank.

     (e)  Each Lender that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under
this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.2(a) (unless the respective Lender was
already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer) and
that is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701 (a)
(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the
Agent, on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) two
accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-
8ECI or W-8BEN Parts I and II including such Lender's U.S. taxpayer
identification number (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender's
entitlement to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with
respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Bridge Note,
or (ii) if the Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c) (3)
(A) of the Internal Revenue Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN Parts I and II (or successor forms) pursuant to
clause (i) above, (X) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E
hereto (a "Section 11.2(e)(ii) Certificate") stating that such Lender is not a
"bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and (Y) two
accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-
8BEN Part I only (or successor form) certifying to such Lender's entitlement to
a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments
of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Bridge Note.  In
addition, each Lender agrees that, when a lapse in time or change in
circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any
material respect, it will deliver to the Borrower and the Agent two new accurate
and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or
W-8BEN (or successor forms), or a Section 11.2(e)(ii) Certificate and Form W-
8BEN Part I only (or successor form), as the case may be, and such other forms
as may be required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such
Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding
tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Bridge Note, or it
shall immediately notify the Borrower and the Agent of its inability to deliver
any such form or certificate; provided, however, that the Lender shall not be
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obligated to complete and deliver any

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form requiring disclosure of information or statements that it considers to be
confidential or otherwise disadvantageous to disclose. Subject to the
immediately succeeding sentence, and notwithstanding Section 2.9, the Borrower
shall be entitled, to the extent they are required to do so by law, to deduct or
withhold income or similar taxes imposed by the United States (or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other
amounts payable hereunder or made on any other Loan Document for the account of
any Lender which is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in
Section 7701 (a) (30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. Federal income tax
purposes to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the Borrower U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Forms that establish a complete exemption from such
deduction or withholding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 11.2(e), the Borrower agrees
to pay additional amounts and to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender
(without regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or
withholding), and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, in respect of
any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the immediately preceding
sentence as a result of any changes after the date of any assignment or transfer
in any applicable Law or treaty, or in the interpretation thereof, relating to
the deducting or withholding of income or similar taxes.

          SECTION 11.3.  Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated
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hereby shall be consummated, the Borrower and the Guarantor, jointly and
severally, agree to pay on demand (i) all reasonable costs and expenses of
preparation of the Loan Documents and all the costs of furnishing all opinions
by counsel for the Loan Parties (including without limitation any opinions
requested by the Lenders as to any legal matters arising hereunder), and of the
Loan Parties' performance of and compliance with all agreements and conditions
contained herein on their part to be performed or complied with; (ii) the
reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &
Hamilton in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and
administration of the Loan Documents, and any amendments, modifications and
waivers thereto and consents to departures from the terms thereof; (iii) all
costs and expenses incurred by the Lenders or the Agent in connection with the
custody or preservation of any of the Collateral in accordance with the terms
hereof; and (iv) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees, including allocated costs of
internal counsel, and costs of settlement) incurred by the Lenders or the Agent
in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from the Loan
Parties hereunder or under the Bridge Notes by reason of such Event of Default
(including, without limitation, in connection with the sale of, collection from,
or other realization upon, any of the Collateral in accordance with the terms
hereof or the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the pledgees
hereunder) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit
arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or of
any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings.

          SECTION 11.4.  Indemnity.  In addition to the payment of expenses
                         ---------
pursuant to Section 11.3, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be consummated, the Borrower and the Guarantor, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify, pay and hold each of the Lenders and the Agent, and each of
their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and
affiliates (collectively called the "Indemnitees"), harmless from and against
any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without

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limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for such
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be
designated as a party thereto), which may be suffered by, imposed on, incurred
by, or asserted against that Indemnitee, in any manner resulting from, connected
with, in respect of, relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents or the Lenders' agreements to make Bridge Loans or the use or
intended use of any of the proceeds of the Bridge Loans hereunder or the
issuance of the Refinancing Securities or the breach of any representation,
warranty or covenant in this Agreement (the "Indemnified Liabilities");
provided, that the Loan Parties shall have no obligation to an Indemnitee
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hereunder with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such liabilities
are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of that Indemnitee. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify,
pay and hold harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable
because it is violative of any law or public policy, the Loan Parties shall
contribute the maximum portion which they are permitted to pay and satisfy under
applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities
incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.

          SECTION 11.5.  Setoff.  In addition to any rights now or hereafter
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granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights,
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each
Lender and the Agent is hereby authorized by any Loan Parties at any time or
from time to time, without notice to such Loan Party or to any other Person, any
such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to
apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to,
Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured
but not including trust accounts or any other accounts held for the benefit of
another Person) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such
Person to or for the credit or the account of such Loan Party against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of such Loan Party to such Person
under this Agreement and the Bridge Notes, including, but not limited to, all
claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected with this
Agreement or the Bridge Notes, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Person
shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) such Person shall have declared the
principal of or the interest on its portion of any Bridge Loan to be immediately
due and payable and although said obligations and liabilities, or any of them,
may be contingent or unmatured.

          SECTION 11.6.  Amendments and Waivers.  No amendment, modification,
                         ----------------------
termination or waiver of any term or provision of this Agreement, of the Bridge
Notes or any Guarantee or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom,
shall in any event be effective without the prior written concurrence of such
Loan Party and the Agent and the Required Lenders, and, upon the request of any
Lender, the receipt of a written opinion of counsel of such Loan Party addressed
to the Lenders to the effect that such amendment, modification, termination,
waiver or consent does not violate or conflict with any of the terms and
provisions of any Contract of such Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness for
money borrowed or other material agreement of such Loan Party otherwise known to
such counsel after reasonable inquiry; provided, that, notwithstanding the third
                                       --------
sentence of Section 11.15, without the prior written consent of each Lender and
the acknowledgement of the Agent, an amendment, modification, termination or
waiver of this Agreement, any Bridge Notes or any Guarantee or consent to
departure from a term or provision hereof or thereof may not:  (i) increase or
extend

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the Bridge Loan Commitment; (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Bridge Loan;
(iii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of principal or interest
on any Bridge Loan; (iv) reduce the principal amount of any Bridge Loan; (v)
make any Bridge Loan payable in money other than that stated herein; (vi) make
any change to this Section 11.6; (vii) reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of fees or other compensation payable to the Lenders hereunder; and
provided, further, that without the consent of the Agent, no such amendment,
--------  -------
modification, termination or waiver may amend, modify, terminate or waive any
provision of Section 8 as the same applies to the Agent or any other provision
of this Agreement as it relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent. Any
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan
Party in any case shall entitle such Loan Party to any further notice or demand
in similar or other circumstances.

          SECTION 11.7.  Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder
                         -------------------------
shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is
not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by
an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitation of, another covenant
shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action
is taken or condition exists.

          SECTION 11.8.  Entirety.  The Loan Documents embody the entire
                         --------
agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings,
if any, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

          SECTION 11.9.  Notices.  Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice
                         -------
or other communications herein required or permitted to be given shall be in
writing and may be personally served, telecopied, telexed or sent by mail and
shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person, upon receipt of
telecopy or telex against receipt of answer back or four Business Days after
depositing it in the mail, registered or certified, with postage prepaid and
properly addressed; provided, that notices shall not be effective until
                    --------
received.  For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until
notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section 11.9) shall
be set forth under each party's name on the signature pages hereto.

          SECTION 11.10. Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements. (a) All
                         ---------------------------------------------
agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Bridge Loans
hereunder and the execution and delivery of the Bridge Notes and,
notwithstanding the making of the Bridge Loans, the execution and delivery of
the Bridge Notes or any investigation made by or on behalf of any party, shall
continue in full force and effect. The closing of the transactions herein
contemplated shall not prejudice any right of one party against any other party
in respect of anything done or omitted hereunder or in respect of any right to
damages or other remedies.

     (b)  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the
contrary, the agreements of any Loan Party set forth in Sections 2.9, 2.10,
11.3, 11.4, 11.11, 11.15, 11.18, 11.19, and 11.20 shall survive the payment of
and the termination of this Agreement.

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          SECTION 11.11. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
                         -----------------------------------------------------
No failure or delay on the part of the Agent or any Lender in the exercise of
any power, right or privilege hereunder, under a Guarantee or under the Bridge
Notes shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver
of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof
or of any other right, power or privilege. All rights and remedies existing
under this Agreement, under a Guarantee or the Bridge Notes are cumulative to
and not exclusive of any rights or remedies otherwise available.

          SECTION 11.12. Severability.  In case any provision in or obligation
                         ------------
under this Agreement, under a Guarantee or the Bridge Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and
effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the
Lenders in order to carry out intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may
be possible.  The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision
hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction.

          SECTION 11.13. Headings.  Section and Sub-section headings in this
                         --------
Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any
substantive effect.

          SECTION 11.14. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver
                         -----------------------------------------------------
of Jury Trial. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
-------------
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     (a)  Any legal action or proceeding with respect to the Bridge Notes, this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents may be brought in the courts of the State
of New York or of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and
each of the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and
in respect of its respective Property, generally and unconditionally, the
jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.  Each Loan Party irrevocably appoints
Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, New York, 12207-2543, as
its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of
any such action or proceeding.  So long as any Loan Party has any obligation
under this Agreement, the Bridge Notes or the Guarantee, it will maintain a duly
appointed agent in the State of New York for the service of such process or
summons, and if such Loan Party fails to maintain such an agent, any such
process or summons may be served by mailing a copy thereof by registered mail,
or a form of mail substantially equivalent thereto, addressed to it at its
address as provided for notices hereunder.  Each of the parties to this
Agreement hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such courts lack
jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal
action, or proceeding with respect to this Agreement brought in any of the
aforesaid courts, that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.  Each
of the parties to this Agreement irrevocably consents to the service of process
in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its respective address for
notices pursuant to Section 11.9, such service to become effective 30 days after
such mailing.  To the extent permitted by law, each of the parties to this
Agreement hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and
further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or
proceeding commenced hereunder that service of

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process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Nothing herein shall affect the
right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against
any party in any other jurisdiction.

     (b)  Any such action or proceeding may be brought and enforced in the
courts of Bermuda, Ireland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of
Missouri or any other jurisdiction where any Loan Party or any of its property
may be found, and each such Loan Party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction
of each such court in respect of any such action or proceeding.

     (c)  Each Loan Party irrevocably waives all immunity (whether on the basis
of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, attachment (both before and
after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in any
action or proceeding relating in any way to this Agreement, the Bridge Notes or
the Guarantee in the courts of Bermuda, of Ireland, of the States of New York,
Pennsylvania or Missouri, of the United States or of any other country or
jurisdiction, and each Loan Party shall not raise or claim or cause to be
pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such action or proceeding.

     (d)  Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of
the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement brought in the courts referred to in clause (b) or (c) above and
hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such
court that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.

     (e)  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH PARTY'S RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL WITH
RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, CLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THE
PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

          SECTION 11.15. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
                         ----------------------
upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of the
Lenders. The terms and provisions of this Agreement and each Guarantee shall
inure to the benefit of any assignee or transferee of the Bridge Loans pursuant
to Section 11.2(a), and in the event of such transfer or assignment, the rights
and privileges herein conferred upon the Lenders shall automatically extend to
and be vested in such transferee or assignee which becomes a Lender pursuant to
Section 11.2(a), all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. Except as
provided in Section 11.6, in determining whether the holders of a sufficient
aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Loans shall have consented to any
action under this Agreement, any amount of the Bridge Loans owned or held by the
Borrower, the Pledgors and the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates
shall be disregarded. The Loan Parties' rights or interest therein hereunder may
not be assigned without the prior express written consent of each of the
Lenders.

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          SECTION 11.16. Counterparts; Effectiveness.  This Agreement and any
                         ---------------------------
amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but
all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

          SECTION 11.17. Payments Pro Rata. (a) The Agent agrees that promptly
                         -----------------
after its receipt of each payment of any interest or principal of the Bridge
Loans from or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantor, it shall, except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, distribute such payment to the Lenders
(other than any Lender that has consented in writing to waive its pro rata share
of such payment) pro rata based upon their respective pro rata shares, if any,
of such payment.

     (b)  Each of the Lenders agrees that, if it should receive any amount
hereunder (whether by voluntary payment, by realization upon security, by the
exercise of the right of set-off or banker's lien, by counterclaim or cross
action, by the enforcement of any right under the Loan Documents, or otherwise)
which is applicable to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any
Bridge Loan of a sum which with respect to the related sum or sums received by
other Lenders is in a greater proportion than the total of such Obligation then
owed and due to such Lender bears to the total of such Obligation then owed and
due to all of the Lenders immediately prior to such receipt, then such Lender
receiving such excess payment shall purchase for cash without recourse or
warranty from the other Lenders an interest in the Obligations of the Borrower
to such Lenders in such amount as shall result in a proportional participation
by all of the Lenders in such amount; provided, that, if all or any portion of
                                      --------
such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such purchase shall
be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest.

          SECTION 11.18. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Loan
                         ---------------------------------------
Parties covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they will not
at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law
that would prohibit or forgive the Loan Parties from paying all or any portion
of the principal of or interest on the Bridge Loans as contemplated herein,
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Agreement; and (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) the Loan Parties hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage
of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Agent, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

          SECTION 11.19. Confidentiality. Each Lender shall hold all non-public
                         ---------------
information obtained pursuant to the requirements of or in connection with this
Agreement which has been identified as confidential by the Borrower in
accordance with such Lender's customary procedures for handling confidential
information of this nature, it being understood and agreed by the Borrower that
(i) in any event a Lender may make disclosures reasonably required by any bona
fide assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated
assignment or transfer by such Lender of any Bridge Loan or any participation
therein or as required or requested by any governmental agency or representative
thereof or pursuant to legal

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process; provided, that unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or
--------
court order, each Lender shall notify the Borrower of any request by any
governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in
connection with any examination of the financial condition of such Lender by
such governmental agency) for disclosure of any such non-public information
prior to disclosure of such information and (ii) a Lender may share with any of
its Affiliates, and such Affiliates may share with any Lender, any information
related to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (including information relating
to creditworthiness); and provided, further, that in no event shall any Lender
                          --------  -------
be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries. In connection with any sales, assignments or transfers
referred to in Section 11.2(a), a Lender shall obtain agreements from the
purchasers, assignees or transferees, as the case may be, reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower, that such parties will comply with this Section
11.19.

          SECTION 11.20. Compensation. The Borrower shall compensate each
                         ------------
Lender, upon its written request (which request shall set forth the basis for
requesting such compensation), for all reasonable losses, expenses and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any loss, expense or liability
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
required by such Lender to fund its Bridge Loan but excluding loss of
anticipated profit with respect to any Bridge Loan) which such Lender may
sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender or the
Agent) a borrowing under any Bridge Loan does not occur on a date specified
therefor in the notice of borrowing (whether or not withdrawn by the Borrower);
(ii) if any repayment of any Bridge Loan occurs on a date which is not the last
day of an Interest Period applicable thereto; (iii) if any prepayment of any
Bridge Loan is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by
the Borrower; or (iv) as a consequence of any other default by the Borrower to
repay any Bridge Loan when required by the terms of this Agreement. Calculation
of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 11.20 shall be made as
though that Lender had actually funded the relevant Bridge Loan utilizing the
Applicable Interest Rate, through the purchase of a LIBOR rate deposit bearing
interest at the Applicable Interest Rate in an amount equal to the amount of
that Bridge Loan, having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period.

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     WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers
of the undersigned as of the date first written above.

                              BORROWER:
                              MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.

                              By:__________________________________

                              Name:
                              Title:

                              Notice Address:
                              --------------

                              44 Church Street
                              P.O. Box HM 2064
                              Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                              Attention: Richard O'Brien
                              ---------

                              Telephone: (441) 295-5688

                              Telecopy: (441) 292-1867

                              GUARANTOR:

                              MUTUAL GROUP, LTD.

                              By:__________________________________

                              Name:
                              Title:

                              Notice Address:
                              --------------

                              One Logan Square
                              Suite 1400
                              P.O. Box 59239
                              Philadelphia, PA 19103

                              Attention: Andrew Walsh
                              ---------

                              Telephone: (215) 963-1240

                              Telecopy: (215) 963-1210
<PAGE>

                                   PLEDGORS:

                                   MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   44 Church Street
                                   P.O. Box HM 2064
                                   Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                                   Attention: Richard O'Brien
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (441) 295-5688
                                   Telecopy: (441) 292-1867

                                   MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   44 Church Street
                                   P.O. Box HM 2064
                                   Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                                   Attention: Richard O'Brien
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (441) 295-5688
                                   Telecopy: (441) 292-1867
<PAGE>

                                   MUTUAL GROUP, LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   One Logan Square
                                   Suite 1400
                                   P.O. Box 59239
                                   Philadelphia, PA 19103

                                   Attention: Andrew Walsh
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (215) 963-1240
                                   Telecopy: (215) 963-1210

                                   LEGION FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   One Logan Square
                                   Suite 1400
                                   P.O. Box 59239
                                   Philadelphia, PA 19103

                                   Attention: Andrew Walsh
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (215) 963-1240
                                   Telecopy: (215) 963-1210
<PAGE>

                                   LENDERS:

                                   PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES CREDIT CORP.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   One New York Plaza, 14/th/ floor
                                   New York, NY 10292

                                   Attention: Fred Angelo
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (212) 214-7365
                                   Telecopy: (212) 214-7678

                                   AGENT:

                                   PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES CREDIT CORP.
                                   as Agent

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   One New York Plaza, 14/th/ floor
                                   New York, NY 10292

                                   Attention: Fred Angelo
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (212) 214-7365
                                   Telecopy: (212) 214-7678
<PAGE>

                                   COLLATERAL SUBSIDIARIES:

                                   MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   44 Church Street
                                   P.O. Box HM 2064
                                   Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                                   Attention: Richard O'Brien
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (441) 295-5688
                                   Telecopy: (441) 292-1867

                                   MUTUAL INDEMNITY (DUBLIN) LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   44 Church Street
                                   P.O. Box HM 2064
                                   Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                                   Attention: Richard O'Brien
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (441) 295-5688
                                   Telecopy: (441) 292-1867
<PAGE>

                                   MUTUAL HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   44 Church Street
                                   P.O. Box HM 2064
                                   Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                                   Attention: Richard O'Brien
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (441) 295-5688
                                   Telecopy: (441) 292-1867

                                   IPC MUTUAL HOLDINGS, LTD.

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   44 Church Street
                                   P.O. Box HM 2064
                                   Hamilton, HM HX, Bermuda

                                   Attention: Richard O'Brien
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (441) 295-5688
                                   Telecopy: (441) 292-1867
<PAGE>

                                   LEGION FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   One Logan Square
                                   Suite 1400
                                   P.O. Box 59239
                                   Philadelphia, PA 19103

                                   Attention:  Andrew Walsh
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (215) 963-1240
                                   Telecopy: (215) 963-1210

                                   LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY

                                   By:__________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

                                   Notice Address:
                                   --------------

                                   One Logan Square
                                   Suite 1400
                                   P.O. Box 59239
                                   Philadelphia, PA 19103

                                   Attention:  Andrew Walsh
                                   ---------

                                   Telephone: (215) 963-1240
                                   Telecopy: (215) 963-1210
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 3.10
                                 -------------

                            LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES/1/

SUBSIDIARY                                        JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Alpine Meadows                                    Bermuda
Capital Management of Bermuda Ltd.                Bermuda
Captive Resources, Inc.                           Delaware
CFM Insurance Managers Ltd.                       Bermuda
Commonwealth Risk Services, LP                    Delaware
Commonwealth Risk Services (Europe) Limited       United Kingdom
CompFirst, Inc.                                   Georgia
Continental Benefit Company                       Bermuda
Genesis Holdings                                  Cayman
H&H Reinsurance Brokers, Ltd.                     Bermuda
Hamilton Management Ltd.                          Wisconsin
Hemisphere Financial Services, LLC                Delaware
Hemisphere Management Ltd.                        Bermuda
Hugo Trust Company                                United Kingdom
Hurst Holme Insurance Company Ltd.                Bermuda
International Advisory Services, Ltd.             Bermuda
IPC Mutual Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)                Bermuda
Kensington Management Group, Ltd.                 Cayman
Legion Insurance Company                          Pennsylvania
Legion Financial Corporation                      Missouri
Legion Management Corporation                     Oklahoma
Legion Indemnity Company                          Illinois
Livery Management, Inc.                           Delaware
M&A Holdings Ltd.                                 Bermuda
Market Reinsurance Intermediaries, Inc.           California
MG Financial Ltd.                                 Delaware
MGL Investments, Ltd.                             Delaware
MRM Reinsurance Brokers                           Bermuda
MRM Financial Services Limited                    Bermuda
MRM Hancock Limited                               United Kingdom
MRM Life Ltd.                                     Bermuda
Mutual Finance Ltd.                               Bermuda
Mutual Group Ltd.                                 Delaware
Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.                    Bermuda

_____________________

/1/ The above list is all of the subsidiaries of the Borrower except for
various subsidiaries and investments that would not in the aggregate represent a
material subsidiary. For this purpose a "material subsidiary" means a subsidiary
that would represent more than 10% of the total assets or net income of the
Borrower.

                                     S-1-1
<PAGE>

Mutual Holdings Ltd.                              Delaware
Mutual Holdings (U.S.) Ltd.                       Delaware
Mutual Indemnity (U.S.) Ltd.                      Bermuda
Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.                    Ireland
Mutual Indemnity (Barbados) Ltd.                  Barbados
Mutual Indemnity (Bermuda) Ltd.                   Bermuda
Mutual Indemnity Ltd.                             Bermuda
Mutual Risk Captive Group                         Bermuda
Mutual Risk Management (Cayman) Ltd.              Cayman
Mutual Risk Management (Barbados) Ltd.            Barbados
Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd.            Bermuda
Park International Limited                        Bermuda
Premium Securities                                Bermuda
Premium Securities (Bermuda) Ltd.                 Bermuda
Professional Underwriters Corp                    Delaware
PUC Midwest Acquisition Corp                      Delaware
Renaissance Underwriting Managers, Inc.           Georgia
SBU Southeast, Inc.                               Delaware
Shoreline Mutual Management (Bermuda) Ltd.        Bermuda
Tremont International Insurance Ltd.              Cayman
SPDA                                              Bermuda
Utility Management Insurance Services, Inc.       Delaware
Villanova Insurance Company                       Pennsylvania
Worksafe, Inc.                                    Delaware

                                     S-1-2
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 3.25
                                 -------------

           EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND PLACES OF BUSINESS OF LOAN PARTIES

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan Party                             Chief Executive Office/Place of Business
----------                             ----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mutual Risk Management, Ltd.           44 Church Street
                                       Hamilton HM HX, Bermuda
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mutual Group, Ltd.                     One Logan Square, Suite 1400
                                       Philadelphia, PA 19103
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mutual Risk Management (Holdings) Ltd. 44 Church Street
                                       Hamilton HM HX, Bermuda
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Legion Financial Corporation           One Logan Square, Suite 1400
                                       Philadelphia, PA 19103
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Legion Insurance Company               One Logan Square, Suite 1400
                                       Philadelphia, PA 19103
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.         Frederick House
                                       South Frederick Street
                                       Dublin 2, Ireland
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.         44 Church Street
                                       Hamilton HM HX, Bermuda
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IPC Mutual Holdings, Ltd.              44 Church Street
                                       Hamilton HM HX, Bermuda
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                      S-2
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 6.3
                                 ------------

                                     LIENS

Charges against Mutual Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd.:
---------------------------------------------

1.   Charge over Deposits in favor or The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
     Limited, dated February 26, 1993.

2.   Custodian Accounts Charge in favor of The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
     Limited as fiscal and collateral agent etc., dated November 1, 1996.

                                      S-3
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 10.1-A
                                ---------------

                             LEGION PLEDGED SHARES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Owner                    Certificate #       Number and Type of       Percentage of
         -----                    -------------       ------------------       -------------
                                                          Shares            Shares Outstanding
                                                          ------            ------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                               <C>                 <C>                   <C>
Legion Financial Corporation            58                39,992                  100%
                                                        Common Shares

                                                          Par Value:
                                                        $65 per Share
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                     S-4-1
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 10.1-B
                                ---------------

                  LEGION FINANCIAL CORPORATION PLEDGED SHARES

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Owner          Certificate #   Number and Type of       Percentage of
      -----          -------------   ------------------       -------------
                                            Shares          Shares Outstanding
                                            ------          ------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Mutual Group, Ltd.      1                 19,619                 100%
                                          Common Shares

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                     S-4-2
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 10.1-C
                                ---------------

                        MUTUAL HOLDINGS PLEDGED SHARES

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Owner            Certificate #  Number and Type of  Percentage of Shares
        -----            -------------  ------------------  --------------------
                                              Shares            Outstanding/1/
                                              ------            -------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mutual Risk Management        5              12,000                 100%
     (Holdings) Ltd.                       Common Shares

                                              Par Value:
                                              US$1.0000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

________________

/1/  Not taking into account the MH Preferred Shares.

                                     S-4-3
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 10.1-D
                                ---------------

                              IPC PLEDGED SHARES

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Owner          Certificate #   Number and Type of      Percentage of
       -----          -------------   ------------------      -------------
                                            Shares        Shares Outstanding/1/
                                            ------        ---------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Mutual Group, Ltd.        9               11,995
                                         Common Shares

                                            Par Value:
                                            US$1.0000                100%
----------------------------------------------------------
  Mutual Group, Ltd.        10                 5
                                         Common Shares

                                            Par Value:
                                            US$1.0000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

______________

/1/  Not taking into account the IPC Preferred Shares.

                                     S-4-4
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 10.1-E
                                ---------------

                           MI DUBLIN PLEDGED SHARES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Owner                Certificate #     Number and Type of     Percentage of Shares
          -----                -------------     ------------------     --------------------
                                                       Shares              Outstanding/1/
                                                       ------              --------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                            <C>               <C>                    <C>
  Mutual Risk Management, Ltd.       4                4,999,999                 100%
                                                   Ordinary Shares

                                                      Par Value:
                                                        US$1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

_______________

/1/  Not taking into account the MIDL Director Share.

                                     S-4-5
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 10.1-F
                                ---------------

                      MUTUAL RISK HOLDINGS PLEDGED SHARES

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

          Owner               Certificate #   Number and Type   Percentage of
          -----               -------------   ---------------   -------------
                                                  of Shares   Shares Outstanding
                                                  ---------   ------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Mutual Risk Management, Ltd.      1               12,000           100%
                                                 Common Shares

                                                    Par Value:
                                                    US$1.0000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                     S-4-6
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 10.2
                                 -------------

                              PLEDGED SECURITIES

Date:
----
Collateral Subsidiary:
----------------------
Pledgor:
-------

Pledged Shares
--------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Owner    Certificate #   Number and Type of Shares;  Percentage of Shares
     -----    -------------   --------------------------  --------------------
                                      Par Value                Outstanding
                                      ---------                -----------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pledgor                                                        ___%

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Additional Shares
-----------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Owner    Certificate #   Number and Type of Shares;  Percentage of Shares
     -----    -------------   --------------------------  --------------------
                                      Par Value                Outstanding
                                      ---------                -----------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Pledgor                                                        ____%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Securities, if any:
-------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Owner    Certificate #   Number and Type of Shares;  Percentage of Shares
     -----    -------------   --------------------------  --------------------
                                      Par Value                Outstanding
                                      ---------                -----------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Pledgor                                                        ____%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pledged Securities:
-------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

   Total Number of Shares;       Percentage of Shares
   -----------------------       --------------------
                                     Outstanding/1/
                                     --------------
----------------------------------------------------------
                                         100%

----------------------------------------------------------

_______________

/1/  Not taking into account (i) the MIDL Director Share in the case of Mutual
Indemnity (Dublin) Ltd., (ii) the MH Preferred Shares in the case of Mutual
Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., and (iii) the IPC Preferred Shares in the case of IPC
Mutual Holdings, Ltd.

                                     S-5-1
<PAGE>

This Schedule is true and complete and is delivered to the Agent pursuant to
Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement.

                                    [PLEDGOR]
                                    By:_______________________

                                     S-5-2
<PAGE>

                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                              FORM OF BRIDGE NOTE
                              -------------------

                          MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.
                                PROMISSORY NOTE

                                                              New York, New York

$__________                                                               [DATE]

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD., a company
incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (the "Company"), promises to pay to the
order of __________ (the "Lender"), on the Maturity Date, the principal amount
of __________ Dollars ($__________).

          The Company also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount hereof from the date hereof until paid in full at the rates and at the
times which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Credit
Agreement dated as of December 6, 1999, as the same may at any time be amended,
modified or supplemented and in effect (the "Credit Agreement"), among the
Company, the Guarantor, the Pledgors and Collateral Subsidiaries named therein,
the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Prudential Securities Credit
Corp., as Agent.

          This Note is issued pursuant to and entitled to the benefits of the
Credit Agreement, to which reference is hereby made for a more complete
statement of the terms and conditions under which the Bridge Loan evidenced
hereby was made and is to be repaid.  Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

          The Payee is hereby authorized to endorse on the schedule attached to
this Note (or on a continuation of any such schedule attached to this Note and
made a part hereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of
each Bridge Loan, and each payment of principal made hereon, which schedule
shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information
                 ----- -----
contained therein.  The failure of the Payee to make a notation on the schedule
to this Note as aforesaid or the making of an incorrect notation by the Payee
shall not affect the obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder or under the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in any respect.

          This Note is subject to mandatory prepayment as provided in
subsections 2.12(c) and 2.12(d) of the Credit Agreement and prepayment at the
option of the Company as provided in subsection 2.12(b) of the Credit Agreement.
This Note is also subject to a mandatory offer to purchase upon the occurrence
of a Change of Control, in accordance with Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement.

          The full payment of this Note shall be (i) guaranteed by the Guarantor
pursuant to Section 9 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) secured by the Collateral
pursuant to Section 10 of the Credit Agreement.

                                      A-1
<PAGE>

          THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the unpaid balance of the
principal amount of this Note, together with all accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, may become, or may be declared to be, due and payable in the manner,
upon the conditions and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.

          The terms of this Note are subject to amendment only in the manner
provided in the Credit Agreement.

          No reference herein to the Credit Agreement and no provision of this
Note or the Credit Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, and in the currency
herein prescribed.

          Pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Company
promises to pay, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all costs and
expenses incurred by the Lenders or the Agent in enforcing any Obligations of or
in collecting any payments due from the Company hereunder or under the Bridge
Notes by reason of such Event of Default (including with respect to the sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral) or in
connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements
provided in the Credit Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or of any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings.

          The Company and the other Loan Parties hereby consent to renewals and
extensions of time at or after the maturity hereof, without notice, and hereby
waive diligence, presentment, protest, demand and notice of every kind and, to
the full extent permitted by law, the right to plead any statute of limitations
as a defense to any demand hereunder.

                                      A-2
<PAGE>

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year and at the
place first above written.

                                   MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.

By:
                                        ___________________________
                                        Name:

                                      A-3
<PAGE>

                          TRANSACTIONS ON BRIDGE NOTE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Amount of     Amount of Interest
           Amount of       Principal      Paid Through This
Date      Bridge Loan    Paid This Date         Date          Notation Made By
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                      A-4
<PAGE>

                      OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

                            (check as appropriate)

     In connection with the Change of Control Offer made pursuant to Section
     2.12 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby elects to have

     [ ]  the entire principal amount

     [ ]  $________________ ($1,000,000 in principal amount or an integral
     multiple thereof) of this Note

     repurchased by the Company.  The undersigned hereby directs the Agent to
     pay it or __________________________ an amount in cash equal to 101.0% of
     the principal amount indicated in the preceding sentence plus accrued and
     unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Offer Payment Date.

Dated: _______________________

_____________________________
Signature of Holder

NOTICE:  The signature to the foregoing must correspond to the Name as written
upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or any change
whatsoever.

                                      A-5
<PAGE>

                                                                       EXHIBIT B
                          FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
                          ---------------------------

Prudential Securities Credit Corp.,
as Agent
One New York Plaza, 14/th/ floor
New York, NY 10292

Attention: Fred Angelo

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          The undersigned, Mutual Risk Management Ltd. (the "Borrower"), refers
to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 6, 1999, as amended, supplemented
or restated from time to time (the "Credit Agreement," the terms defined therein
being used herein as therein defined) among the Borrower, the Guarantor, the
Pledgors and Collateral Subsidiaries named therein, the Lenders from time to
time party thereto and Prudential Securities Credit Corp., as Agent, and hereby
gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement that the
Borrower wishes to borrow under Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement and, in that
connection, sets forth below the information relating to such borrowing (the
"Proposed Borrowing") as required by Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement:

     (a)  The date of the Proposed Borrowing, being a Business Day, is ______.

            (ii)  The aggregate amount of the Proposed Borrowing is $__________.

            (iii) The Borrower wishes the proceeds of the Proposed Borrowing to
                  be credit to the following account:

                      Bank:_______________________________
                      Account Number:_____________________

                                        Yours truly,

                                        MUTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT LTD.

                                        By:__________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                      B-1
<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT C-1

                 FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF MAYER, BROWN & PLATT,
                 ----------------------------------------------
                        U.S. COUNSEL TO THE LOAN PARTIES
                        --------------------------------

                            [Distributed separately]

                                     C-1-1
<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT C-2

                FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN,
                ------------------------------------------------
                                BERMUDA COUNSEL
                                ---------------
                      TO THE BORROWER AND THE LOAN PARTIES
                      ------------------------------------

                            [Distributed separately]

                                     C-2-1
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT C-3

                   FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF A & L GOODBODY,
                   ---------------------------------------
                IRISH COUNSEL TO MUTUAL INDEMNITY (DUBLIN) LTD.
                -----------------------------------------------

                           [Distributed separately]

                                     C-3-1
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT C-4

               FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF LEWIS, RICE & FINGERSH,
               -----------------------------------------------
                  MISSOURI COUNSEL TO LEGION FINANCIAL CORP.
                  ------------------------------------------

                           [Distributed separately]

                                     C-4-1
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT C-5

                FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF RICHARD O'BRIEN, ESQ.
                ----------------------------------------------
                        GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE BORROWER
                        -------------------------------

                           [Distributed separately]

                                     C-5-1
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT C-6

                  FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF ANDREW WALSH, ESQ.
                  -------------------------------------------
                      COUNSEL TO LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY
                      -----------------------------------

                           [Distributed separately]

                                     C-6-1

<PAGE>

                                                                       EXHIBIT D

                  FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
                  -------------------------------------------

          Reference is made to the Agreement described in Item 2 of Annex I
annexed hereto (the "Credit Agreement").  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement
                     ----------------
are used herein as defined therein.

          ______________ (the "Assignor") and ________________ (the "Assignee")
                               --------                              --------
agree as follows:

          The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse
and without representation or warranty except as expressly set forth herein, and
the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, that interest in
and to all of the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents as of the date hereof which represents the
percentage interest specified in Item 4 of Annex I of all outstanding rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  After
giving effect to such sale and assignment the Assignee's Bridge Loan Commitment
and the amount of the outstanding Bridge Loans owing to the Assignee under the
Credit Agreement will be as set forth in Item 4 of Annex I hereto.

          The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim created by the Assignor; (ii)
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect
to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with
the Loan Documents or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any other instrument
or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (iii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition
of any Loan Party or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of
its obligations under the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant thereto.

          The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein
and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Assignment Agreement;
(ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor,
the Agent or any other Lender, as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
the Credit Agreement; (iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee under the
terms of the Credit Agreement; (iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit
Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (v) agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender[; and (vi)
attaches the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the United
States certifying as to the purchasing Lender's status for purposes of
determining exemption from United States withholding taxes with respect to all
payments to be

                                      D-1
<PAGE>

made to the Assignee under the Credit Agreement or such other documents as are
necessary to indicate that all such payments are subject to such rates at a rate
reduced by an applicable tax treaty]/1/.

          Following the execution of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement by
the Assignor and the Assignee, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement will be
delivered to the Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent together with
the fee specified in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement.  The effective date
of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be the date of acceptance
hereof by the Agent, unless otherwise specified in Item 5 of Annex I hereto (the
"Settlement Date").
 ---------------

          Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, as of the Settlement
Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, shall have the
rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to
the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, relinquish its
rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.

          Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and after the
Settlement Date, the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement
and the Bridge Notes in receipt of the interest assigned hereby (including,
without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and commitment fees (if
applicable) with respect thereto) to the Assignee.  On the Settlement Date, the
Assignee shall pay to the Assignor the principal amount of any outstanding
Bridge Loans owing to the Assignor under the Credit Agreement and the Bridge
Notes and assigned to the Assignee hereunder. The Assignor and Assignee shall
make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement and the
Bridge Notes for periods prior to the Settlement Date directly between
themselves.

          THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS ASSIGNMENT AND
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

____________________
/1/   Insert bracketed language if the Assignee is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States.

                                      D-2

<PAGE>

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and
Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, as of the date first above written, such execution being made on
Annex I hereto.

                    [Name of Assignor],
                    as Assignor

                    By:_________________________________
                    Name:
                    Title:

                    [Name of Assignee],
                    as Assignee

                    By:_________________________________
                    Name:
                    Title:

Acknowledged and Agreed:

Prudential Securities Credit Corp.

By:________________________________
   Name:
   Title:

                                      D-3

<PAGE>

                                    ANNEX I
                               SCHEDULE OF TERMS

1  Borrower:
2. Name and Date of Credit Agreement:  Credit Agreement dated as of December 6,
   1999 by and among Mutual Risk Management Ltd., as Borrower, the Guarantor,
   the Pledgors and Collateral Subsidiaries named therein, the Lenders from time
   to time party thereto and Prudential Securities Credit Corp., as Agent.
3. Date of Assignment Agreement:
4. Amounts (as of Date of Item #3 above):
     (b)  Percentage Interest Assigned: ______ %

     (c)  Assignee's Bridge Loan Commitment: $______

     (d)  Aggregate Amount of Bridge Loan Commitment Assigned: $______

     (e)  Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount of Bridge Loan Assigned:
          $______

5. Settlement Date: /1/

6. Payment Instructions:

ASSIGNEE:                                    ASSIGNOR:
___________________________                  _____________________________
___________________________                  _____________________________
___________________________                  _____________________________
___________________________                  _____________________________
___________________________                  _____________________________

7. Notice Instructions:

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
8. Agreed & Accepted:

Name of Assignor                                        Name of Assignee

_________________________________
/1/   Should be no earlier than the date of acceptance by the Agent.

                                      D-4

<PAGE>

                                                                       EXHIBIT E

                        SECTION 11.2(e)(ii) CERTIFICATE
                        -------------------------------

          Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December
6, 1999, among Mutual Risk Management Ltd., as Borrower, the Guarantor, the
Pledgors and Collateral Subsidiaries named therein, the Lenders from time to
time party thereto and Prudential Securities Credit Corp., as Agent (as amended
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement").  Pursuant to the provisions of
Section 11.2e(ii) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that
it is not a "bank" as such term is used in Section 881(c)(34)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

                                         [NAME OF LENDER]

                                         By:______________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

Date:________________________

                                      E-1<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT 10b

                                                            [BELL ATLANTIC LOGO]

================================================================================

DIRECTORS' GROUP LIFE
INSURANCE (OPTIONAL)

SUMMARY
Non-employee Directors are covered through a rider on Bell Atlantic Network
Services, Inc.'s Group Life policy.

$100,000 coverage.

Term insurance, convertible at retirement, with no residuals.

The carrier is Metropolitan Life.

Director can accept coverage, elect to make an irrevocable assignment, or
decline coverage entirely.

TAX IMPLICATIONS OF LIFE INSURANCE OPTIONS

While the following is the Company's view of the tax implications of your
options under this life insurance program, a tax or financial advisor should be
consulted when considering an irrevocable assignment of your insurance coverage,
since an assignment would be an integral part of your estate and financial
planning.*

LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors has authorized $100,000 of life insurance coverage for
each outside director. However, the resolution also allows each outside director
to decline the life insurance coverage, which he might do for income tax
reasons. The actual premium cost of providing an outside director with $100,000
of life insurance coverage will have to be included in the outside director's
income, even though he receives no cash. Since an outside director is not an
employee of Bell Atlantic Corporation, the special income tax rules for group-
term life insurance coverage would not apply, even though the actual coverage
for outside directors may be provided through a Bell Atlantic group-term life
insurance policy. As a consequence, the actual premium cost to Bell Atlantic is
taxable as income. For example, if it costs Bell Atlantic Corporation $.75 per
month to provide a 58-year old director $1,000 of coverage, then the director
would have to report as income $900 for each year of coverage ($.75/$1,000 x
$100,000 coverage x 12 months/year). Similarly, if it cost $1.17 per month to
provide a 63-year old director $1,000 of coverage, the director would have to
report $1404 as income for each year of coverage.

*See Commentary for the Benefit of the Director and His Attorney On Some Aspects
 of Absolute Assignments of Group Term Insurance", following in this section.
<PAGE>

                                                            [BELL ATLANTIC LOGO]

================================================================================

COMMENTARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DIRECTOR AND HIS* ATTORNEY ON SOME ASPECTS OF
ABSOLUTE ASSIGNMENTS OF GROUP TERM LIFE INSURANCE.

A. INTRODUCTION

The assignment of the ownership of life insurance, especially group term life
insurance such as that provided by Bell Atlantic to its Directors, is a popular
and effective estate planning tool. However, because the tax and state law rules
in this area are quite complicated, it is essential that the Director secure
advice from his own attorney before executing any assignment. Such advice cannot
be given to the Director by the Insurance Company or by representatives of Bell
Atlantic Corporation. Neither Bell Atlantic Corporation nor the Insurance
Company assumes any responsibility for the adequacy or effect of an assignment
for any purpose. These comments are for the purpose of informing the Director of
some of the considerations and problems involved in determining whether to make
an assignment.

B. RIGHTS IRREVOCABLY TRANSFERRED UNDER AN ASSIGNMENT

The Director who makes an assignment of Group Life Insurance irrevocably
transfers to the assignee and loses all control over all rights, title, interest
and incidents of ownership, both present and future, relating to the assigned
Group Life Insurance. The assigned rights over which the assignor loses all
control include but are not limited to the following:

1. The right to designate and change beneficiaries and contingent beneficiaries.

2. The right to elect or revise any Optional Mode of Settlement.

3. The right to make any application or election when and if the Director would
otherwise be eligible to make such application or election.

4. The right to elect any optional increases in the amounts of insurance.

5. All other rights or incidents of ownership of any nature relating to the
assigned insurance.

All the above rights, which would otherwise be exercisable by the Director
would, following an assignment, be exercisable by the assignee.

C. FEDERAL ESTATE TAX CONSEQUENCES

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that an absolute assignment by an insured
party of all of his incidents of ownership in a Group Term Life Insurance policy
wholly paid for by the Company is effective to prevent the insurance death
proceeds from being included in his gross estate for Federal Estate Tax purposes
under Internal Revenue Code Section 2042, provided that both the applicable
state law and the policy itself permit the insured party to make such
assignment, and that the assignment was made at least three years prior to the
death of the insured party, as required by Section 2035 of the Code.

D. ASSIGNABILITY UNDER STATE LAW

The laws of almost all states permit the assignment of Group Term Life
Insurance. Nonetheless, a Director contemplating an assignment should consult an
attorney to determine any particular requirements of applicable state law.

E. ASSIGNMENTS CANNOT BE REVOKED

Once done, an assignment cannot be undone without the cooperation of the
assignee. Therefore, a Director should reflect on the undesirable complications
and loss of control which might result-if an assignment is followed by changes
in family circumstances such as death of the assignee, divorce, remarriage,
incompetency, etc. Also, there could possibly be changes in the Federal tax law
that could

*For the sake of grammatical convenience, the masculine pronoun is used
throughout the commentary.
<PAGE>

                                                            [BELL ATLANTIC LOGO]

================================================================================

change some of the tax aspects involved.

F. DISPOSITION OF ASSIGNEE'S INTEREST BY WILL OR INTESTACY

If the assignee is an individual, when he dies the value of the assigned policy
will be included in his estate for death tax purposes. However, should the
assignee die before the insured Director--so that at the assignee's death the
insurance will not yet have been converted to cash proceeds-- the policy will
have only minimal value. A problem might arise in such a case, however, if the
assignee's Will, or in the absence of a Will the applicable state intestacy
laws, caused the policy to revert to the insured Director. In such a case, the
Director would again be the owner of the policy and on the Director's death the
full value of the proceeds of the policy would be included in his estate for
death tax purposes. Further problems along these lines might arise if the
assignee should by Will or under the intestate laws leave all or a portion of
the policy to a minor or an incompetent who would be unable without the
appointment of a guardian to exercise his ownership rights.

G. ADDITIONAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS--GIFT, ESTATE AND INCOME

The following very general Gift, Estate and Income Tax consequences should be
considered: 1. A gratuitous assignment of a policy constitutes a gift for
Federal gift tax purposes. However, as noted in F above, the value of the
assigned policy is likely to be minimal. In addition, each premium payment with
respect to the assigned policy made by the Company on behalf of the Director
will also constitute a gift by the Director to the assignee. Whether the policy
assignment or subsequent premium payments made on behalf of the Director will
qualify for the annual gift tax exclusion (currently $10,000 per donee), depends
on whether the assignment and subsequent premium payments are gifts of a
"present interest" as defined in the Internal Code. An assignment to a trust
(see 3 below), may not be a gift of a present interest, unless the trust is
carefully drafted to comply with the Code's requirements. 2. If the Director
should die within three years of making an assignment, the proceeds of the
assigned policy will be included in his estate for Federal estate tax purposes.
3. An irrevocable trust can be the assignee of a Director's Group Term Life
Insurance Policy. As noted above, if the Director lives for three years after
making the assignment to such a trust the proceeds of the policy will not be
included in his estate for Federal estate tax purposes. If the Director is
married, even though the trust is designed so that after his death the policy
proceeds are held in trust for his spouse and then for his children, the
proceeds will not be included in his spouse's estate on her death, provided, of
course, that the trust complies with the Internal Revenue Code's rules in this
area. 4. The Director's or his assignee's group life insurance proceeds payable
at his death are free from Federal income tax. If the policy beneficiary elects
payment of the proceeds in installments or in an annuity, the interest element
of the installment will constitute taxable income.

H. COMMUNITY PROPERTY LAW CONSIDERATIONS

In community property states, Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Texas and Washington, generally when any part of a life insurance
premium is paid from community funds during marriage, all or a part of the
insurance proceeds may be considered community property.

*For the sake of grammatical convenience, the masculine pronoun is used
throughout the commentary.
<PAGE>

                                                            [BELL ATLANTIC LOGO]

================================================================================

Where an assignment is made to an assignee other than the spouse, consideration
should be given to the rights of the Director's spouse under such laws in that
the insured Director may not make a gift of his spouse's interest without her
consent. These considerations apply to assignments made in states which have
community property laws. They may also apply to an assignment previously made in
a non-community property State if the Director subsequently becomes domiciled in
a community property State and premium contributions are paid from community
funds.

Since under community property laws a Director's spouse is considered a part
owner of the policy, the Federal tax consequences of an assignment governed by
community property law may be different from the consequences of an assignment
made in a common law jurisdiction.

*For the sake of grammatical convenience, the masculine pronoun is used
throughout the commentary.

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