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EX-10.125

  EXHIBIT 10.125

   

  RENEWAL RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
by and among 
UNITED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, 
UNITED INSURANCE HOLDINGS CORP., 
UNITED INSURANCE MANAGEMENT, L.C., 
HCI GROUP, INC. 
and 
HOMEOWNERS CHOICE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. 
Dated January 18, 2021

   

  

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

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  ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS	2

  Section 1.1	Definitions	2

  Section 1.2	Construction	9

  ARTICLE IL Reinsurance; renewal rights	9

  Section 2.1	Closing	9

  Section 2.2	Closing Transactions	9

  Section 2.3	Closing Deliveries	 10

  Section 2.4	Renewal Rights Commission	 10

  ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER PARTIES	11

  Section 3.1	Organization, Standing and Authority	 11

  Section 3.2	Authorization	 12

  Section 3.3	Actions and Proceedings	12

  Section 3.4	No Conflict or Violation	 12

  Section 3.5	Financial Statements; Permitted Accounting Practices	 13

  Section 3.6	Reserves	 13

  Section 3.7	Applicable Reinsurance Agreements	14

  Section 3.8	Books and Records	14

  Section 3.9	Compliance with Laws; Governmental Authorizations	 15

  Section 3.10	Insurance Policies	 15

  Section 3.11	Producers	15

  Section 3.12	Employees	16

  Section 3.13	Brokers and Financial Advisers	 16

  Section 3.14	Certain Investment Representations	 16

  Section 3.15	Other Information	17

  Section 3.16 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES	17

  ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER	17

  Section 4.1	Organization, Standing and Authority	 17

  Section 4.2	Authorization	 18

  Section 4.3	Actions and Proceedings	18

  Section 4.4	No Conflict or Violation	 18

  Section 4.5	Compliance with Laws; Governmental Authorizations.	 19

  Section 4.6	No Inducement or Reliance; Due Investigation	19

  Section 4.7	Financial Ability	20

  Section 4.8	Brokers and Financial Advisers	20

  Section 4.9	Tax	20

  Section 4.10 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES	20

  ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER PARENT	20

  Section 5.1	Organization, Standing and Authority	20

  Section 5.2	Authorization	21

  Section 5.3	Actions and Proceedings	21

  Section 5.4	No Conflict or Violation	21

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  Section 5.5	Brokers and Financial Advisers	21

  Section 5.6	Capital Structure; Shares	22

  Section 5.7	SEC Documents	22

  Section 5.8	NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES	23

  ARTICLE VI. COVENANTS	23

  Section 6.1	Operation of the Northeast Homeowners Lines	23

  Section 6.2	General Cooperation	24

  Section 6.3	Regulatory Filings	25

  Section 6.4	No Provision of Services and Systems	26

  Section 6.5	Reinsurance Agreement	26

  Section 6.6	Confidentiality	26

  Section 6.7	Further Assurances	27

  Section 6.8	Public Announcement	28

  Section 6.9	Employee Matters	28

  ARTICLE VII. RENEWAL RIGHTS	28

  Section 7.1	General	28

  Section 7.2	Withdrawal Plan	29

  Section 7.3	Information Concerning the Insurance Policies	29

  Section 7.4	Non-Renewals	30

  Section 7.5	Purchaser Replacement Policies	31

  Section 7.6	No Representation on Market Reaction	32

  Section 7.7	No Infringement of Producer Rights	32

  Section 7.8	No Limitations on Seller Parties' Operations	33

  Section 7.9	Noncompetition	33

  Section 7.10	Audit and Inspection Rights	33

  ARTICLE VIII. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT	34

  Section 8.1	Conditions to Seller Parties' Obligations	34

  Section 8.2	Conditions to Purchaser's and Purchaser Parent's Obligations	35

  ARTICLE IX. INDEMNIFICATION	36

  Section 9.1	Indemnification of Purchaser by Seller Parties	36

  Section 9.2	Indemnification of Seller Parties' by Purchaser and Purchaser 

  Parent	36

  Section 9.3	Indemnification Procedures	37

  Section 9.4	Certain Limitations	38

  Section 9.5	Exclusive Remedy	38

  Section 9.6	Additional Indemnification Provisions	38

  Section 9.7	Tax Treatment of Indemnity Payments	40

  Section 9.8	Survival	40

  ARTICLE X. TERMINATION PRIOR TO CLOSING	41

  Section 10.1	Termination of Agreement	41

  ARTICLE XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS	41

  Section 11.1	Fees and Expenses	41

  Section 11.2	Notices	41

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  Section 11.3	Amendment; Waivers, Etc	43

  Section 11.4	Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries	43

  Section 11.5	Assignment	43

  Section 11.6	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Enforcement	44

  Section 11.7	Severability	45

  Section 11.8	Counterparts	45

  Section 11.9	Specific Performance	45

  Section 11.10	Reserves	45

  INDEX OF SCHEDULES

  Seller Disclosure Schedule 
Purchaser Disclosure Schedule

  INDEX OF EXHIBITS

  Exhibit A	Form of Registration Rights Agreement

  Exhibit B	Form of Reinsurance Agreement

  Exhibit C	Form of Reinsurance Trust Agreement

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  RENEWAL RIGHTS AGREEMENT

  This Renewal Rights Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2021 (this "Agreement"), by and among United Property and Casualty Insurance Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Florida ("Seller"), United Insurance Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Seller Parent"), United Insurance Management, L.C., a Florida limited liability company ("UIM"), Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., an insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Florida ("Purchaser"), and HCI Group, Inc., a Florida corporation ("Purchaser Parent").

  WHEREAS, Seller conducts the Northeast Homeowners Lines business throughout the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island (the "Territory"); 

  WHEREAS, each of Seller and UIM is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Seller Parent;

  WHEREAS, Purchaser is a, direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser Parent;

  WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to acquire from Seller, on behalf of Purchaser or an Affiliate of Purchaser, any and all rights of Seller to renew and/or replace the Insurance Policies at the end of their respective policy periods or such earlier period to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and, in connection therewith, Purchaser Parent desires to issue to Seller, and Seller desires to acquire from Purchaser Parent, 100,000 duly authorized validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, no par value, of Purchaser Parent (the "Shares"); 

  WHEREAS, in connection with this Agreement and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, Seller and Purchaser will enter into a registration rights agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), by which Purchaser has agreed to grant Seller certain rights to have the Shares registered for resale to the public; and

  WHEREAS, in connection with this Agreement and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, Seller and Purchaser will enter into a quota share reinsurance agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Reinsurance Agreement"), by which Seller shall cede, and Purchaser shall reinsure, sixty nine and one half percent (69.5%) of all Reinsured Liabilities (as such term is defined in the Reinsurance Agreement, the "Reinsured Liabilities") on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

  WHEREAS, in connection with this Agreement and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, concurrently with the execution of the Reinsurance Agreement, Purchaser, as grantor, Seller, as the beneficiary, and Trustee, as trustee, will enter into a trust agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Trust Agreement"), by which Purchaser has agreed to establish and maintain a trust account to secure Purchaser's obligations to Seller under the Reinsurance Agreement.

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  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

  ARTICLE I. 
DEFINITIONS 

  SECTION 1.1 Defmitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

  "Action" means (a) any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, claim, litigation or similar proceeding, in each case before a Governmental Entity or (b) any investigation or written inquiry by a Governmental Entity other than any examination, audit or claim by a taxing authority, in each case other than complaint activity by or on behalf of policyholders unless and until any such policyholder complaint activity results in any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, claim, litigation or similar proceeding before a Governmental Entity, in which case it shall, without duplication, be treated as an Action hereunder.

  "Affiliate" of any Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with, such first Person.

  "Agreement" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

  "Annual Statutory Financial Statements" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5(a).

  "Applicable Law" means any United States federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, judgment, decree, principle of common law, constitution or treaty enacted, promulgated, issued, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity applicable to a party hereto, or any of its respective businesses, properties or assets, as may be amended from time to time.

  "Applicable Reinsurance Agreements" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

  "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or St. Petersburg, Florida are required or authorized by Applicable Law to be closed.

  "Books and Records" means the books, records and documents that exclusively pertain to or are exclusively used by Seller or its Affiliates to administer, reflect, monitor, evidence or record information exclusively relating to the Northeast Homeowners Lines, including customer lists, Producer information, policy information, insurance policy forms, rate filing information, rating plans, all filings and correspondence with Governmental Entities relating to the operation of the Northeast Homeowners Lines, claim records, sales records, underwriting records, advertising and promotional materials; provided, however, that Books and Records excludes (a) Tax returns and Tax records and all other data and information with respect to Taxes, (b) any materials prepared for the boards of directors of Seller or its Affiliates, (c) any

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  corporate minute books, stock records or similar corporate records of Seller or its Affiliates, (e) any materials that are privileged and/or confidential for which Seller or its Affiliates do not have a common interest with Purchaser, (e) any internal drafts, opinions, valuations, correspondence or other materials produced by, or provided between or among, Seller and its Affiliates or Representatives with respect to the negotiation, valuation and consummation of the specific transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or the terms of engagement of such Representatives with respect thereto and (f) consolidated financial records (including general ledgers) of Seller or its Affiliates, consolidated regulatory filings made by Seller or its Affiliates and any related correspondence with Governmental Entities, except to the extent the information contained therein specifically or separately identifies the Northeast Homeowners Lines and is not otherwise included in a Book and Record.

  "Closing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

  "Closing Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

  "Confidential Information" has the meaning specified in Section 6.6(d).

  "Confidentiality Agreement" has the meaning specified in Section 6.6(a).

  "Contagion Event" means the outbreak and ongoing effects of contagious disease, epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19).

  "Contagion Event Measures" means any reasonable action or inaction by Seller taken (or not taken) to the extent reasonably necessary to address a Contagion Event or address or comply with any workforce reduction, quarantine, "shelter in place," "stay at home," social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, safety or similar Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations promulgated by any industry group or any Governmental Entity, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, in each case in connection with or in response to a Contagion Event, including the CARES Act and Families First Act.

  "Contract" means any agreement, contract, instrument, guarantee, undertaking, lease, note, mortgage, indenture, license or other legally binding commitment or obligation, whether written or oral.

  "Control" or "Controlled" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or partnership or other interests, by contract or otherwise.

  "Covered Employees" means the individuals identified in Section 3.12 of the  Seller Disclosure Schedule, and who are employed by Seller, UIM or such other Affiliate of Seller, as applicable, as of immediately prior to the Closing.

  "Cut-Off Date" means March 31, 2021.

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  "Deductible" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4.

  "Disclosing Party" has the meaning specified in Section 6.6(b).

  "Eligible Insurance Proceeds" has the meaning specified in Section 9.6(d). "Employment Transfer Date" has the meaning specified in Section 6.9(a). "Enforceability Exceptions" has the meaning specified in Section 3.2(b). "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. "Governmental Authorizations" has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(a).

  "Governmental Entity" means any foreign, federal, state, local or other governmental, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory authority, agency, commission, board, body, court or entity or any instrumentality thereof or any self-regulatory body or arbitral body or arbitrator.

  "Indemnified Party" has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a). 
"Indemnifying Party" has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

  "Insurance Policies" means any and all insurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance, including all supplements, riders and endorsements issued or written in connection therewith and extensions thereto, as to the Northeast Homeowners Lines, and issued, renewed, assumed, reinsured or written by or on behalf of Seller. For the avoidance of doubt, the Insurance Policies shall not include any insurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance (a) as to commercial lines, (b) written outside the Territory or (c) not identified as constituting Northeast Homeowners Lines as defined herein.

  "Knowledge" means the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of those individuals listed (a) with respect to Seller, Seller Parent or UIM, on Section 1.1(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and (b) with respect to Purchaser and Purchaser Parent, on Section 1.1(a) of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule.

  "Liability" or "Liabilities" means a liability, obligation, commitment, expense, claim or cause of action (of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether absolute, accrued, contingent or other, and whether known or unknown).

  "Liens" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

  "Losses" means any damages, claims, losses, Liabilities, charges, Actions, suits, proceedings, deficiencies, Taxes, fees, assessments, interest, penalties and reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys' fees and expenses), but excluding consequential, special, incidental, indirect or punitive damages, lost profits, diminution in value or similar items.

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  "Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, results of operations or financial condition of Seller, solely with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no fact, circumstance, change or effect arising out of or resulting from any of the following, either alone or in combination, shall constitute or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would be reasonably likely to occur: (i) the effects of changes affecting the economy or securities markets generally; (ii) the effects of changes affecting the insurance, reinsurance and financial services industries generally, including the general competitive forces in the insurance and reinsurance markets; (iii) political conditions generally and any natural disasters, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions; (iv) any Contagion Event, Contagion Event Measures or other force majeure event, or any worsening of such matters existing as of the date hereof, or any declaration of martial law, quarantine or similar directive, policy or guidance or other action by any Governmental Entity in response thereto;

  (v)any occurrence or condition generally affecting participants in the Territory in any segment of the industries or markets in which the Northeast Homeowners Lines business is operated;

  (i)any downgrade or potential downgrade of the financial strength, claims paying ability, insurance or other ratings of any of Seller or any of its Affiliates; (vii) any changes in the financial condition or business plans of Seller or its Affiliates; (viii) any changes in Applicable Law, accounting or actuarial principles, or regulations or policies of general applicability; (ix) any changes in the customer, client, vendor, Policyholder, or Producer relationships of Seller or its Affiliates as a result of or related to, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (x) any changes resulting from actions or omissions of Seller or its Affiliates taken with the prior written consent of Purchaser or Purchaser Parent with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; and (xi) any adverse changes resulting from this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or from the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the identity of Purchaser or Purchaser Parent as a party to such transactions, or (b) a material impairment or delay of the ability of Seller to perform its material obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

  "Non-Renewal Date" has the meaning specified in Section 7.4(a).

  "Northeast Homeowners Lines" means the following lines of property and casualty insurance written by Seller within the Territory: (a) personal homeowners, (b) renters, (c) landlord and condominium / co-op insurance, (d) dwelling fire, (e) allied lines, (I) federal flood, (g) inland marine, (h) earthquake, (i) group accident and health and (j) general liability.

  "Organizational Documents" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.

  "Permitted Exceptions" means the inability of Seller to non-renew or otherwise cease renewing or issuing any Insurance Policies (i) to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law; (ii) to the extent such Insurance Policies are renewed or issued to honor quotes outstanding as of the Closing Date; or (iii) to the extent otherwise contemplated in the Withdrawal Plan.

  "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

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  "Policies" has the meaning specified in the Reinsurance Agreement.

  "Policyholders" means policyholders and named insureds of the Insurance Policies.

  "Policy Replacement Date" means June 1, 2021 or such other date mutually agreed by the parties.

  "Producer" means any agent, reinsurance intermediary, producer, broker or sales representative involved in the placement or marketing of the Insurance Policies since December 31, 2018.

  "Purchase Price" means, collectively, the Shares and the Renewal Rights Commission.

  "Purchaser" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

  "Purchaser Disclosure Schedule" has the meaning specified in Article IV.

  "Purchaser Fundamental Representations" has the meaning specified in Section 8.1(0.

  "Purchaser Indemnified Parties" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

  "Purchaser Material Adverse Effect" means a material impairment or delay of the ability of Purchaser or Purchaser Parent, as applicable, to perform its material obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

  "Purchaser Parent" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto. "Purchaser Parent Existing Shares" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

  "Purchaser Parent Fundamental Representations" has the meaning specified in Section 8.1(f).

  "Purchaser Replacement Premium" means the full amount of annual gross written premium with respect to the Purchaser Replacement Policies collected or collectable by Purchaser, which, in respect of Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies, shall mean the full amount of annual gross written premium with respect to such Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies as though such Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies were issued for a full annual term.

  "Purchaser Replacement Policies" means the policies or other evidences of insurance coverage on Purchaser's or Purchaser's Affiliate's forms and rates approved and/or authorized by the appropriate Governmental Entity, solicited, quoted, bound, written and/or issued to any Policyholder prior to or upon the expiration, cancellation or renewal date of such Policyholder's Insurance Policy(ies) for coverage of substantially the same subject business as covered under an Insurance Policy, as provided herein, subject in each case to Applicable Law and the rights of the Producers and Policyholders; provided, however, that Purchaser

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  Replacement Policies shall not include any policy or other evidence of insurance coverage issued by Purchaser that is a renewal or replacement of an in-force policy that was issued by Purchaser or an Affiliate of Purchaser prior to the Closing Date.

  "Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies" means Purchaser Replacement Policies, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, commencing on the Policy Replacement Date, (x) unless a Policyholder notifies Seller or Purchaser that such Policyholder opts out from receiving a Purchaser Replacement Policy or otherwise cancels an Insurance Policy, or (y) to the extent a Policyholder notifies Seller or Purchaser that such Policyholder opts in to receive a Purchaser Replacement Policy prior to such date, in each case as contemplated by the Withdrawal Plan, and expiring on the same dates that the Insurance Polic(ies) would have expired or renewed but for Seller's cancellation of the Insurance Polic(ies).

  "Purchaser SEC Documents" has the meaning specified in Section 5.7(a).

  "Qualifying Loss" means any individual indemnifiable Loss or series of related Losses in excess of $25,000.

  "Quarterly Statutory Financial Statements" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5(a).

  "Receiving Party" has the meaning specified in Section 6.6(a).

  "Registration Rights Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto. "Reinsurance Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto. "Reinsured Liabilities" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

  "Renewal Rights" means Seller's existing rights to (a) renew the Insurance Policies upon the expiration or cancellation thereof, and (b) offer, quote and solicit renewals of and replacement coverages for the Insurance Policies, subject in each case to all rights of Producers and Policyholders and Applicable Law.

  "Renewal Rights Commission" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a).

  "Representatives" means, with respect to any Person, the directors, officers, employees, partners, agents, contractors or advisors (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and fmancial advisors) of such Person.

  "Reserves" has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.

  "Restricted Person" has the meaning specified in Section 7.9. "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal Law, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same may from time to time be in effect.

  "Seller" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

  "Seller Disclosure Schedule" has the meaning specified in Article III.

  "Seller Fundamental Representations" has the meaning specified in Section 8.2(e).

  "Seller Indemnified Parties" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2. "Seller Parent" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

  "Seller Privacy Policies" means the privacy policies of Seller, a copy of which has been made available to Purchaser.

  "Statutory Financial Statements" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5(a).

  "Taxes" means any and all federal, state, local, or foreign income, premium, property (real or personal), sales, excise, employment, payroll, withholding, gross receipts, license, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, social security (or similar, including FICA), unemployment, disability, use, transfer, registration, value-added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind or any charge of any kind in the nature of (or similar to) taxes whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition imposed in connection with the payment, reporting or disclosure thereof; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, "Taxes" shall not include any guaranty fund assessment, or escheatment or similar Liabilities.

  "Territory" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto. "Third-Party Claim" has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

  "Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Reinsurance Agreement and the Trust Agreement.

  "Transaction Expenses" means, without duplication, all Liabilities incurred by any party hereto as a result of the contemplation, negotiation, efforts to consummate or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any fees and expenses of investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other advisors, and any fees payable by such parties to Governmental Entities or other third parties, in each case, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

  "Trust Account" means has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.

  "Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

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  "Trustee" means the trustee or custodian named under the Trust Agreement and any successor trustee or custodian appointed as such pursuant to the terms of such Trust Agreement.

  "UIM" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto. "Withdrawal Plan" has the meaning specified in Section 7.2(a).

  SECTION 1.2 Construction. The words "hereof', "herein" and "hereunder" and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections and Exhibits are to Articles, Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Disclosure Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized term used in any Exhibit or Disclosure Schedules but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning given to such term in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words "include", "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation", whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. "Writing", "written" and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Contract are to that Contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. Any reference to "days" means calendar days unless Business Days are expressly specified. If any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.

  ARTICLE II.

  REINSURANCE; RENEWAL RIGHTS 

  SECTION 2.1 Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall take place on such date on which the conditions set forth in Article VIII have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the "Closing"). The Closing shall take place at the offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on such date, or at such other time and place as may be agreed upon in writing by each of the parties hereto (such date, the "Closing Date"). The Closing shall be deemed effective as of 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date.

  SECTION 2.2 Closing Transactions.	Upon the terms, conditions, and

  limitations of this Agreement, and for the consideration stated herein, on the Closing Date (a) Seller will sell, assign and transfer to Purchaser, and Purchaser will accept and acquire, all of

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  Seller's rights, title and interest in the Renewal Rights, which will be assignable by Purchaser to an Affiliate, (b) Seller and Purchaser will enter into the Reinsurance Agreement, pursuant to which, and upon the terms, conditions, and limitations set forth therein, Seller will cede to Purchaser, and Purchaser will reinsure, sixty nine and one half percent (69.5%) of the Reinsured Liabilities, (c) Seller will transfer to Purchaser the information concerning the Insurance Policies upon the terms, conditions, and limitations set forth in Section 7.3, and (d) in partial consideration for the Renewal Rights, Purchaser Parent shall issue, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Seller, the Shares free and clear of any and all Liens, and such Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable when so issued, and Seller agrees to acquire and accept the Shares from Purchaser Parent.

  SECTION 2.3 Closing Deliveries.

  (a)	At the Closing, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser:

  (i)counterparts of each Transaction Document, other than this Agreement, to which Seller is a party, each duly executed by Seller;

  (ii)a certificate of Seller duly executed by an authorized officer of Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to Seller's compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(e) and Section 8.2(f); and

  (iii)a payment by Seller in cash in an amount due by Seller in accordance with Article 11, Section A of the Reinsurance Agreement, and, in satisfaction of the net amount due, Seller shall deposit such amount into the Trust Account on the Closing Date, on behalf of Purchaser as grantor of the Trust Account.

  (b)	At the Closing, Purchaser Parent or Purchaser, as applicable, shall deliver or cause to be delivered:

  (i)counterparts of each Transaction Document, other than this Agreement, to which Purchaser is a party, each duly executed by Purchaser;

  (ii)a certificate of Purchaser duly executed by an authorized officer of Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to Purchaser's compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.1(f) and Section 8.1(g); and

  (iii)evidence that Purchaser Parent has directed its transfer agent to issue the Shares to Seller, which issuance at Seller's election may be represented by one or more certificates or a transaction statement indicating the Shares have been recorded in Seller's name by book entry.

  SECTION 2.4 Renewal Rights Commission.

  (a)	In partial consideration for the Renewal Rights, following the collection by Purchaser of $80,000,000 of the Purchaser Replacement Premium, Purchaser shall pay to Seller in accordance with Section 2.4(c), a renewal rights commission (the "Renewal Rights Commission") in an amount equal to six percent (6%) of Purchaser Replacement Premium for

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  each Purchaser Replacement Policy issued by Purchaser after such time as required by Section 7.5; provided, that the aggregate amount payable by Purchaser to Seller under this Section 2.4(a) shall not exceed $3,100,000. For clarity, the Renewal Rights Commission will be based on the aggregate Purchaser Replacement Premium in excess of $80,000,000.

  (b)	Within forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of each calendar month following the Policy Replacement Date (each such calendar month, a "Renewal Rights Commission Settlement Period"), Purchaser shall report to Seller (each a "Renewal Rights Commission Report"), which shall set forth the following:

  (iv)the Purchaser Replacement Policies issued during the Renewal Rights Commission Settlement Period;

  (v)the Purchaser Replacement Premium for the Renewal Rights Commission Settlement Period; and

  (vi)the Renewal Rights Commission for the Renewal Rights Commission Settlement Period.

  (c)	The Renewal Rights Commission due Seller with respect to each Renewal Rights Commission Settlement Period ending after the Policy Replacement Date as reflected on a Renewal Rights Commission Report shall be paid in cash by Purchaser by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Seller no later than five (5) Business Days following the date of the delivery of the applicable Renewal Rights Commission Report.

  ARTICLE III.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER PARTIES

  Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule supplied by Seller to Purchaser dated as of the date hereof (the "Seller Disclosure Schedule"), Seller and, for the purposes of Section 3.1 through Section 3.4 and Section 3.16, each of Seller Parent and UIM, hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser and Purchaser Parent, in each case as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except, in all cases, to the extent any such representations and warranties address matters only as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall speak only as of such date), on a joint and several basis, as follows:

  SECTION 3.1 Organization, Standing and Authority. Seller is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Florida. Seller Parent is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. UIM is a limited liability company duly organised and validly existing under the laws of the State of Florida. Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets, properties and business and to carry on the operations of its business as they are now being conducted, except where the failure to have such authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those

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  jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 3.2 Authorization. 

  (a)Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it will be a party.

  (b)This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which Each of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM will be a party has been or will be duly executed and delivered by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM, as applicable, and, subject to the due execution and delivery by Purchaser and Purchaser Parent, as applicable, this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which Seller, Seller Parent or UIM will be a party is or will be a valid and binding obligation of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM, as applicable, enforceable against Seller, Seller Parent or UIM in accordance with their terms, subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium and other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights of creditors of insurance companies or creditor's rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) (such exceptions in clause (i) and (ii) above, as applicable to any Person, the "Enforceability Exceptions").

  SECTION 3.3 Actions and Proceedings. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding orders, decrees or judgments by or with any Governmental Entity applicable to Seller, Seller Parent or UIM, or Seller's, Seller Parent's or UIM's properties or assets that, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against, Seller, Seller Parent or UIM at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator of any kind which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 3.4 No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM of this Agreement or of any other Transaction Document to which Seller, Seller Parent or UIM will be a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof will not: (a) violate any provision of its charter, bylaws or other organizational document (collectively, the "Organizational Documents"); (b) subject to the matters referred to in the next sentence, violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any of the terms of, result in any modification of the effect of, otherwise give any other contracting party the right to terminate or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both, constitute) a default under, any Contract to which Seller, Seller Parent or UIM is a party or by or to which its properties may be bound or subject; (c) subject to the matters referred to in the next sentence, violate any order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, or any agreement with, or condition imposed by, any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, binding upon Seller, Seller Parent or UIM; (d) subject to the matters referred to in the next sentence, violate any Applicable Law; or (e) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or conditions of, constitute a default under, or otherwise cause an impairment of, any license or authorization

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  related to its business or necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Seller, Seller Parent or UIM will be a party, except for any such violations, conflicts or breaches which would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Seller, Seller Parent or UIM in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM, or the consummation by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (x) any consents or approvals set forth in Section 3.4 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and (y) any other consents, approvals or authorizations which would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 3.5 Financial Statements; Permitted Accounting Practices.

  (vii)Seller has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of (i) the audited annual statutory financial statements of Seller as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, including any actuarial opinions, affirmations or certifications, in each case, as filed with the insurance regulatory authority in the jurisdiction of domicile of Seller (collectively, the "Annual Statutory Financial Statements") and (ii) the unaudited quarterly statutory financial statements of Seller as of and for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020 (the statements described in (ii), the "Quarterly Statutory Financial  Statements", and together with the Annual Statutory Financial Statements, the "Statutory Financial Statements"). Except as expressly set forth in the notes thereto, the Statutory Financial Statements (A) were prepared in accordance with SAP consistently applied during the periods involved and (B) present fairly in all material respects, in accordance with SAP, the admitted assets, liabilities, capital and surplus and cash flows of Seller with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines as of the respective dates and for the respective periods referred to in the Statutory Financial Statements, subject to, in the case of the Quarterly Statutory Financial Statements, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of full footnote disclosures and other presentation items. No material deficiency has been asserted with respect to any Statutory Financial Statement by any Governmental Entity that remains unresolved prior to the date hereof.

  (viii)There are no accounting practices used by Seller in connection with the Statutory Financial Statements that depart from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual applicable to Seller with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines.

  SECTION 3.6 Reserves. The reserves and other actuarial amounts held in respect of the Policies (the "Reserves"), as established or reflected in the applicable Annual Statutory Financial Statements (a) were determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and practices applicable to Seller, consistently applied under the Applicable Laws in the jurisdiction of domicile of Seller, and were fairly stated, in all material respects, in accordance with SAP; (b) were based on actuarial assumptions which produce reserves at least as great as those called for in any Policy as to reserve basis and method, and are in accordance with all other Policy provisions; and (c) include provision for all actuarial reserves and related statement items which ought to be established by Seller pursuant to SAP.

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  SECTION 3.7 Applicable Reinsurance Agreements.

  (a)Section 3.7(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of (i) all treaties and agreements of assumed and ceded reinsurance of Seller related to the Insurance Policies, under which there remains any ceded reserves (calculated in accordance with SAP) or reinsurance recoverable (such treaties and agreements, and any amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, modifications, waivers or supplements thereto, the "Applicable Reinsurance Agreements") and (ii) all pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened material Actions related to any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement. True and complete copies of each Applicable Reinsurance Agreement (including any amendments thereof) have been made available by Seller to Purchaser. The Applicable Reinsurance Agreements are legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each other party thereto and are enforceable against the parties thereto, in each case in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and are in full force and effect. Seller has not breached or defaulted under (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) any material provision of any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement or any provision of any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement that would permit the termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of the performance, observance or fulfillment of such Applicable Reinsurance Agreement that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No party to any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement has provided any notice of any intention to terminate such Applicable Reinsurance Agreement or has repudiated any material provision of such Applicable Reinsurance Agreement. All reinsurance premiums due under each of the Applicable Reinsurance Agreements have been paid in full or were adequately accrued or reserved for by Seller. To the Knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement has materially breached or is in material default thereunder, and no other party to any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement is the subject of a rehabilitation, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy or similar proceeding. Seller has not received or given notice of early termination or recapture of any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement. Since December 31, 2018, (x) there has not been any dispute with respect to any material amounts recoverable or payable pursuant to any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement, and (y) no reinsurer party to an Applicable Reinsurance Agreement has denied coverage with respect to any current or prospective material claim. All amounts owed under any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement have been timely paid in accordance with their terms, except as set forth in Section 3.7(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

  (b)Except for the approvals, consents and notices required for the Applicable Reinsurance Agreements listed in Section 3.7(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no approval or consent is required to be obtained from, and no notice is required to be provided to, any Person that is a party to an Applicable Reinsurance Agreement in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. None of the Applicable Reinsurance Agreements contains any provision providing that the other party thereto may terminate, recapture, amend or alter the pricing or other terms thereof by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents.

  SECTION 3.8 Books and Records. The Books and Records (a) are true and complete in all material respects and (b) have been maintained in accordance with industry customary business practices and in accordance in all material respects with Applicable Law.

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  SECTION 3.9 Compliance with Laws; Governmental Authorizations.

  (ix)Seller is, and at all times since December 31, 2018 has been, in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and Governmental Authorizations with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines. Seller has not received, since December 31, 2018, any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity regarding any actual or alleged material violation of, or material failure on the part of, Seller to comply with any Applicable Laws or Governmental Authorizations with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines.

  (x)Seller has made available to Purchaser, as of the date hereof, true and complete copies of all reports (or the most recent drafts thereof, to the extent any final reports are not available) reflecting the results of any financial examinations or market conduct examinations related to the Northeast Homeowners Lines conducted by any insurance regulatory authority since December 31, 2018 and, in any event, the most recent financial examination and market conduct examination reports related to the Northeast Homeowners Lines from the applicable insurance regulatory authority.

  SECTION 3.10 Insurance Policies. Except as set forth in Section 3.10 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule:

  (a)since December 31, 2018, all Insurance Policy benefits due and payable by or on behalf of Seller have in all material respects been paid in accordance with the terms of the Insurance Policies under which they arose, except for such benefits for which Seller believes there is a reasonable basis to contest payment;

  (b)all policy forms for Insurance Policies currently in use by Seller, and all amendments, applications, and certificates pertaining thereto, where required by Applicable Law, have been approved by all applicable Government Entities or filed with and not objected to by such Governmental Entities within the period provided by Applicable Law for objection, subject to such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

  (c)any rates currently in use by Seller, solely with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines, that are required to be filed with or approved by any Governmental Entity have been so filed or approved, and the rates currently in use by Seller, solely with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines, conform to such filed or approved rates subject to such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Northeast Homeowners Lines; and

  (d)as of the date hereof, there are no material unpaid claims or assessments made against Seller by any state insurance guaranty associations or similar organizations in connection with such association's insurance guarantee fund relating to the Northeast Homeowners Lines.

  SECTION 3.11 Producers. Except as set forth in Section 3.11 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of Seller, since December 31, 2018, (a) each Producer, at any time that it wrote, sold or produced Insurance Policies for Seller, was duly licensed,

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  authorized and appointed (for the type of business written, sold or produced by such Producer) in the particular jurisdiction in which such Producer wrote, sold or produced such Insurance Policies, and (b) no such Producer is in violation of any term or provision of applicable Law relating to the writing, sale or production of such Insurance Policies for Seller, in each case except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 3.12 Employees. Seller, for itself and on behalf of UIM, has disclosed to Purchaser the: (a) salary information, (b) target compensation opportunity for the current fiscal year, (c) severance benefits, (d) pension and welfare elections for the current calendar year, (e) job description; and (f) job title for each of the Covered Employees, as of the date hereof, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

  SECTION 3.13 Brokers and Financial Advisers. Except for Raymond James & Associates, Inc., no broker, finder or financial adviser has acted directly or indirectly as such for, or is entitled to any compensation from, Seller in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents to which Seller will be a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

  SECTION 3.14 Certain Investment Representations. Seller is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Shares acquired by Seller pursuant to this Agreement are being acquired in the ordinary course of business for investment only for its own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution thereof, in whole or in part, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act, and Seller does not have a present arrangement or agreement to effect any distribution of the Shares to or through any Person. Seller (either alone or together with its advisors) has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Shares and is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment. Seller understands that an investment in the Shares involves a high degree of risk and that it is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. Seller has independently evaluated the merits of a decision to acquire the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and Seller confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Person and/or such Person's legal counsel in making such decision. Seller has had access to and has received, read and understands all materials that have been requested by Seller and has had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from Purchaser Parent and its Representatives. Seller understands that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, that the Shares will be issued on the basis of the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and under exemptions under certain state securities laws, that this transaction has not been reviewed by, passed on or submitted to any federal or state agency or self-regulatory organization where an exemption is being relied upon, and that Purchaser Parent's reliance thereon is based in part upon the representations made by Seller in this Agreement. Seller understands that a restrictive legend stating substantially the following will be included on any certificate representing the Shares:

  THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND HAVE BEEN

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  ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS THE CORPORATION RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

  SECTION 3.15 Other Information. To the best of Seller's Knowledge, information and belief, the information made available to Purchaser in the "Venue" electronic data room and information contained in the confidential information memorandum made available to Purchaser are true and correct in all material respects and fairly present, in all material respects, the business comprised by Northeast Homeowners Lines. To the best of Seller's Knowledge, information and belief, the data delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section 7.3(a) is accurate in all material respects.

  SECTION 3.16 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE III (AS MODIFIED BY THE SELLER DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE) AND IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, NEITHER SELLER, SELLER PARENT NOR UIM NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO SELLER, SELLER PARENT OR UIM, THE NORTHEAST HOMEOWNERS LINES, THE PROBABLE SUCCESS OR PROFITABILITY OF THE NORTHEAST HOMEOWNERS LINES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH OF SELLER, SELLER PARENT AND UIM DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, FORECASTS, PROJECTIONS, STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER MADE BY SELLER, SELLER PARENT OR UIM OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES.

  ARTICLE IV.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

  Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule supplied by Purchaser and Purchaser Parent to Seller dated as of the date hereof (the "Purchaser Disclosure Schedule"), Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such representations and warranties address matters only as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall speak only as of such date) as follows:

  SECTION 4.1 Organization, Standing and Authority.	Purchaser is a

  corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Florida and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets, properties and business and to carry on the operations of its business as they are now being conducted, except where the failure to have such authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to

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  have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. Purchaser is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Purchaser's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document.

  SECTION 4.2 Authorization. Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document has been or will be duly executed and delivered by Purchaser, and, subject to the due execution and delivery by Seller, this Agreement and each other Transaction Document is or will be a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

  SECTION 4.3 Actions and Proceedings. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding orders, decrees or judgments by or with any Governmental Entity applicable to Purchaser or its properties or assets that, individually or in the aggregate, have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against, at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator of any kind which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 4.4 No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement or of any other Transaction Document and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof will not: (a) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Purchaser; (b) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any of the terms of, result in any modification of the effect of, otherwise give any other contracting party the right to terminate or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both, constitute) a default under, any Contract to which Purchaser is a party or by or to which its properties may be bound or subject; (c) violate any order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, or any agreement with, or condition imposed by, any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, binding upon, Purchaser; (d) violate any Applicable Law; or (e) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or conditions of, constitute a default under, or otherwise cause an impairment of, any license or authorization related to Purchaser's business or necessary to enable Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, except for any such violations, conflicts or breaches which would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Purchaser's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. No consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or of any other Transaction Document by Purchaser, or the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (x) the consents, approvals, filings and notices set forth in Section 4.4 of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, and (y) any other consents, approvals or authorizations which would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

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  SECTION 4.5 Compliance with Laws; Governmental Authorizations.

  (xi)Purchaser is, and at all times since December 31, 2018 has been, in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and Governmental Authorizations with respect to the Purchaser or its assets, properties or businesses. Purchaser has not received, since December 31, 2018, any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity regarding any actual or alleged material violation of, or material failure on the part of, Purchaser to comply with any Applicable Laws or Governmental Authorizations with respect to the Purchaser or its assets, properties or businesses.

  (xii)Except as set forth in Section 4.5(b) of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser has all material licenses, authorizations and permits necessary to perform its obligations under the Reinsurance Agreement.

  (xiii)Except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser, all material deficiencies or violations with respect to its insurance businesses in all reports of examinations related to Purchaser and such businesses (including financial, market conduct and similar examinations) conducted by any insurance regulatory authority since December 31, 2018, and, in any event, with respect to the most recent fmancial examination and market conduct examination reports related to Purchaser and such businesses, has been resolved.

  SECTION 4.6 No Inducement or Reliance; Due Investigation.

  (a)Purchaser has not been induced by and has not relied upon any representations, warranties or statements, whether express or implied, made by Seller or its Affiliates or Representatives that are not expressly set forth in Article III (including the Seller Disclosure Schedule), whether or not any such representations, warranties or statements were made in writing or orally.

  (b)Without limiting the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in Article III  (i) none of Seller or its Affiliates or Representatives makes, will make or has made any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the prospects of the Northeast Homeowners Lines or their profitability for Purchaser, or with respect to any forecasts, projections, statements or information made available to Purchaser or any other Person (including Purchaser's Affiliates or Representatives) in connection with Purchaser's review of the Northeast Homeowners Lines; and (ii) any estimates, assumptions, projections and predictions contained or referred to in the materials that have been provided or made available to Purchaser by or on behalf of Seller, including any confidential information memorandum, the electronic data room and all management presentations established or provided in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, (A) are not and shall not be deemed to be representations or warranties of any of Seller or any of its Affiliates and (B) shall not form the basis, in whole or in part, for any claim against any of the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates.

  (c)Purchaser (i) has performed its own independent investigation, analysis and assessment of the Renewal Rights, and that, during the course of conducting such investigation, analysis and assessment, Purchaser has asked such questions, examined such

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  documents, materials, and information, and performed such other investigations, as it deemed appropriate in its own discretion, (ii) acknowledges that Seller has made no representation or warranty (express or implied) as to the accuracy or completeness of any information (whether written or oral) transmitted or made available to Purchaser or any of its Representatives, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iii) acknowledges that it has not relied on Seller's or its Representatives' opinions or underwriting and actuarial criteria and analyses, and (iv) has reached its own independent judgments to enter into and close this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents based upon its own independent judgments and underwriting and actuarial criteria and analyses.

  SECTION 4.7 Financial Ability. Purchaser has, and will have at the Closing, all funds necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and to pay all amounts contemplated to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Transaction Documents.

  SECTION 4.8 Brokers and Financial Advisers. No broker, finder or financial adviser has acted directly or indirectly as such for, or is entitled to any compensation from, Purchaser in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

  SECTION 4.9 Tax. Purchaser is a "United States person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of Code.

  SECTION 4.10 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE IV (AS MODIFIED BY THE PURCHASER DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE) AND IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, NEITHER PURCHASER NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASER, AND PURCHASER DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHETHER MADE BY PURCHASER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES.

  ARTICLE V.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER PARENT

  Except as set forth in the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser Parent hereby represents and warrants to Seller as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such representations and warranties address matters only as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall speak only as of such date) as follows:

  SECTION 5.1 Organization, Standing and Authority. Purchaser Parent is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Florida and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets, properties and business and to carry on the operations of its business as they are now being conducted, except where the failure to have such authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. Purchaser Parent is duly qualified to do business as a foreign

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  corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Purchaser Parent's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

  SECTION 5.2 Authorization. Purchaser Parent has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser Parent, and, subject to the due execution and delivery by Seller, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser Parent, enforceable against Purchaser Parent in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

  SECTION 5.3 Actions and Proceedings. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding orders, decrees or judgments by or with any Governmental Entity applicable to Purchaser Parent or its properties or assets that, individually or in the aggregate, have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against, at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator of any kind which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 5.4 No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser Parent of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof will not: (a) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Purchaser Parent; (b) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any of the terms of, result in any modification of the effect of, otherwise give any other contracting party the right to terminate or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both, constitute) a default under, any Contract to which Purchaser Parent is a party or by or to which its properties may be bound or subject; (c) violate any order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, or any agreement with, or condition imposed by, any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, binding upon, Purchaser Parent; (d) violate any Applicable Law; or (e) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or conditions of, constitute a default under, or otherwise cause an impairment of, any license or authorization related to Purchaser Parent's business or necessary to enable Purchaser Parent to perform its obligations under this Agreement, except for any such violations, conflicts or breaches which would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Purchaser Parent's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement. No consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Purchaser Parent in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser Parent, or the consummation by Purchaser Parent of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (x) the consents, approvals, filings and notices set forth in Section 5.4 of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, and (y) any other consents, approvals or authorizations which would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.

  SECTION 5.5 Brokers and Financial Advisers. No broker, fmder or fmancial adviser has acted directly or indirectly as such for, or is entitled to any compensation from,

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  Purchaser Parent in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

  SECTION 5.6 Capital Structure; Shares.

  (a)The authorized capital stock of Purchaser Parent as of the date hereof consists of (i) 40,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value, of which, as of the date hereof, 7,976,717 shares are issued and outstanding, (ii) 1,500,000 shares of 7% Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock, no par value, of which, as of the date hereof, no shares are issued and outstanding, (iii) 400,000 shares of Series B junior participating preferred stock, no par value, of which, as of the date hereof, no shares are issued and outstanding, and (iv) 18,100,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value, of which, as of the date hereof, no shares are issued and outstanding, and which together constitute all of the equity interests of Purchaser Parent (the "Purchaser Parent Existing Shares"). Except for the Purchaser Parent Existing Shares, the senior convertible notes disclosed in the Purchaser SEC Documents, shares reserved and stock options issued to employees pursuant to Purchaser Parent's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, no shares of capital stock or other equity interests of Purchaser Parent are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All outstanding shares of capital stock of Purchaser Parent were duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and are not subject to any preemptive rights. Except as set forth on Section 5.6(a) of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule, there are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of the Purchaser Parent Existing Shares pursuant to the Organizational Documents of Purchaser Parent or any agreement to which Purchaser Parent is a party. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in the manner contemplated hereby, the Shares will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive rights, and shall be free and clear of all pledges, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of any kind (collectively, "Liens") (other than transfer restrictions under securities Laws) and with no restrictions on the voting rights or transfer thereof and other incidents of beneficial ownership pertaining thereto. There are no securities, options, warrants, rights, or other commitments or agreements (other than this Agreement) of any kind to which Purchaser Parent is a party or by which it is bound obligating it to issue, sell or deliver shares of capital stock or other equity interests of Purchaser Parent.

  (b)Purchaser Parent has, and at the Closing will have, an adequate amount of authorized shares of common stock to effect the issuance of the Shares in accordance with this Agreement. At the Closing, the Seller will be vested with good and marketable title in and to all of the Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under securities Laws).

  (c)Except as set forth in the Purchaser SEC Documents, as of the date hereof, Purchaser Parent has no material outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money and there are no material outstanding guarantees by Purchaser Parent of indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person.

  SECTION 5.7 SEC Documents.

  (a)	Since December 31, 2018, Purchaser Parent has timely filed all registration statements and other material reports and documents (including any amendments thereto) required to be filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the

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  rules and regulations of the SEC (the "Purchaser SEC Documents"), and all such Purchaser SEC Documents have complied in all material respects, as of their respective filing dates and effective dates, and the date of the most recent amendment thereto, as the case may be, with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. As of their respective filing and effective dates, and the date of the most recent amendment thereto, none of the Purchaser SEC Documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

  (b)	The audited consolidated fmancial statements contained or incorporated

  by reference in Purchaser Parent's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the unaudited interim fmancial statements included in Purchaser Parent's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, and, together with the notes thereto, present fairly the consolidated financial position of Purchaser Parent and its subsidiaries at the dates shown and the consolidated results of their operations, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for the periods then ended. Each interim financial statement as of, and for, periods ending after December 31, 2019 included in Purchaser Parent's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as may be filed with the SEC from time to time, shall include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the fmancial position of Purchaser Parent and its subsidiaries and the results of their operations for the interim periods presented, subject to normal, recurring year-end adjustments and the omission of footnote disclosure.

  SECTION 5.8 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE V (AS MODIFIED BY THE PURCHASER DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE) AND IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, NEITHER PURCHASER PARENT NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASER PARENT, AND PURCHASER PARENT DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHETHER MADE BY PURCHASER PARENT OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES.

  ARTICLE VI. 
COVENANTS

  SECTION 6.1 Operation of the Northeast Homeowners Lines. During the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, except (a) as required by Applicable Law or expressly contemplated by the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (b) as set forth on Section 6.1 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (c) to the extent Purchaser otherwise consents in advance, (d) for actions taken in the ordinary course of business or (e) any Contagion Event Measures or any change in Applicable Law or policy as a result of or related to any Contagion Event, Seller Parent, Seller and UIM (x) shall generally operate the Northeast Homeowners Lines business in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practices; and (y) shall not do any of the following:

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  (i)fail to pay or satisfy when due any material liability with respect to the Insurance Policies;

  (ii)modify or amend in any material respect or extend or terminate any Applicable Reinsurance Agreement or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder or enter into any Contract which would, if entered into prior to the date hereof, have been an Applicable Reinsurance Agreement;

  (iii)make any material changes in claims administration, reinsurance, reserving, actuarial, underwriting, claims or accounting practices or policies applicable to the Insurance Policies, except as required by SAP or any insurance regulatory authority with jurisdiction over Seller;

  (iv)increase the base salary (or wages) or target incentive compensation opportunity paid or payable to any Covered Employee, except for increases in the ordinary course of business; or

  (v)enter into any Contract or make any commitment with respect to any of the foregoing.

  SECTION 6.2 General Cooperation.

  (a)Upon the terms and subject to the conditions and other agreements set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties (i) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) (A) shall refrain from taking any actions that would reasonably be expected to impair, delay or impede the Closing and (B) not in limitation of any other provision of this Agreement, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be met as soon as reasonably practicable.

  (b)Each party shall, in connection with the efforts referenced in Section 6.2(a), keep the other party reasonably apprised of the status of the matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including by providing the other party with copies of any orders or authorizations necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

  (c)Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM shall cause its Affiliates to cooperate with Purchaser and its Affiliates in connection with fulfilling its obligations and duties arising under this Agreement, and each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM will enter into and execute amendments to any contracts with such Affiliates as may be necessary or appropriate to fulfill the terms of this Agreement. At a minimum, such amendments shall cause such Affiliates to assign any right, title, or interest they may have to Renewal Rights, except as set forth in this Agreement.

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  (d)UIM agrees to be bound by any covenant, duty or obligation applicable to the Seller under this Agreement to the extent such covenant, duty or obligation requires consent, cooperation or performance by UIM in order for Seller to comply with such covenant, duty or obligation. If any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision of that certain agreement, dated March 12, 1999, as amended from time to time, between Seller and the UIM, Seller and UIM hereby agree that the UIM Agreement shall be deemed to be waived to avoid any such conflict with the provisions of this Agreement.

  SECTION 6.3 Regulatory Filings.

  (a)Seller and Purchaser shall each use their respective commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate fully (i) to comply as promptly as practicable with all governmental requirements applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and (ii) to obtain as promptly as practicable all necessary permits, orders or other consents, approvals or authorizations of Governmental Entities necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party (each, a "Governmental  Authorization"). In connection therewith, Seller and Purchaser shall make or cause to be made all legally required filings as promptly as practicable in order to facilitate prompt consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, shall provide such information and communications to Governmental Entities as such Governmental Entities may request, shall take all steps that are necessary, proper or advisable to avoid any Action by any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, shall defend or contest in good faith any Action by any third party (excluding any Governmental Entity) challenging this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or that could otherwise prevent, impede, interfere with, hinder or delay in any material respect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including by using commercially reasonable efforts to have vacated or reversed any stay or temporary restraining order entered with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in connection with any Action brought by any third party (excluding any Governmental Entity). Each of Seller and Purchaser shall not take or cause to be taken any action that, to its Knowledge, would be reasonably likely to materially delay or impair the receipt of any such permits, orders or other consents from a Governmental Entity.

  (b)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, within twenty (20) Business Days following the date hereof, Seller shall make all required filings and notifications set forth on Section 6.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

  (c)Subject to Applicable Laws relating to the sharing of information, each of the parties shall promptly advise each other upon receiving any communication from any Governmental Entity whose consent, approval, waiver or authorization is required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including promptly furnishing each other copies of any written or electronic communication, and shall promptly advise each other when any such communication causes such party to believe that there is a reasonable likelihood that any such consent, approval, waiver

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  or authorization will not be obtained or that the receipt of any such consent, approval, waiver or authorization will be materially delayed or conditioned. Prior to the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective Representatives to participate in any live or telephonic meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any consent, approval, waiver or authorization or investigation or other inquiry (other than for routine or ministerial matters or a telephone call initiated by such Governmental Entity and not scheduled in advance) relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, unless it consults with the other party in advance and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and by such Governmental Entity, gives the other party the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting.

  (d)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither party nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be required to disclose pursuant to this Section 6.3  (i) any information that in the reasonable judgment of such party would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of such party or Third Parties, (ii) any privileged information or confidential competitive information or (iii) any information to the other party or any of its Affiliates that in the reasonable judgment of such non-disclosing party would violate any of its contractual obligations with respect to confidentiality. Neither party shall be required to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.3(d) or Section 6.3(c) to the extent that such compliance would be prohibited by Applicable Law.

  SECTION 6.4 No Provision of Services and Systems. Except in respect of the services provided by Seller in accordance with Article 17 of the Reinsurance Agreement, Purchaser shall be solely responsible for obtaining, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, at Purchaser's sole cost and expense, any licenses, services and systems required to perform Purchaser's obligations following the Closing in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

  SECTION 6.5 Reinsurance Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, the parties shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions which the Reinsurance Agreement states that the parties shall take or shall have taken prior to the Closing Date.

  SECTION 6.6 Confidentiality. 

  (a)The terms of the confidentiality agreement, dated October 14, 2020 (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), between the Raymond James & Associates, Inc., on behalf of Seller, and Purchaser Parent are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and shall continue in full force and effect until the Closing, at which time the confidentiality obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate; provided, however, to the extent of any conflict between the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement and the provisions of this Section 6.6, the provisions of this Section 6.6 shall govern. If, for any reason, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, the Confidentiality Agreement shall nonetheless continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

  (b)Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, on the one hand, and Purchaser and Purchaser Parent, on the other hand (each, the "Receiving Party"), hereby covenants and agrees,

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  each on behalf of itself and on behalf of their respective Affiliates, that from and after the Closing Date, the Receiving Party and its Affiliates will not disclose, give, sell, use or otherwise divulge any Confidential Information (defined below) of the other party (the "Disclosing Party") or permit their respective Representatives to do the same, except that each Receiving Party may disclose such Confidential Information or portions thereof (i) if legally compelled to do so, (ii) to the extent necessary for the performance of such Receiving Party's obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, (iii) to the extent necessary for the enforcement of the rights of such Receiving Party and its Affiliates under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, (iv) to those of such Receiving Party's Affiliates, and to their respective Representatives in each case who need to know such information for the foregoing purposes or (v) as required under any Applicable Law. If the Receiving Party or its Affiliates, or any of their respective Representatives become legally compelled to disclose any Confidential Information, the Receiving Party shall provide the Disclosing Party with prompt written notice of such requirement so that the Disclosing Party may seek a protective order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 6.6. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Disclosing Party waives compliance with this Section 6.6, the Receiving Party or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall furnish only that portion of Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided and exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that appropriate confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information.

  (xiv)The Receiving Party, on behalf of itself and on behalf of its Affiliates and their respective Representatives, acknowledges that a breach of its obligations under this Section 6.6 may result in irreparable injury to the Disclosing Party. In the event of the breach by the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates or their respective Representatives of any of the terms and conditions of this Section 6.6 to be performed, the Disclosing Party shall be entitled to the remedies provided in Section 11.9.

  (xv)For the purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means all information of any kind concerning the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates obtained directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, except information (i) ascertainable or obtained from public or published sources, (ii) received from a third party who is under no obligation to keep such information confidential, (iii) which is or becomes known to the public (other than through a breach of this Agreement or any other confidentiality or non-disclosure obligation of any Person), (iv) which was in the Receiving Party's possession prior to disclosure thereof to the Receiving Party and which was not subject to any obligation to keep such information confidential; or (v) which is independently developed by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates without the use or benefit of any information that would otherwise be Confidential Information.

  SECTION 6.7 Further Assurances. At any time after the Closing Date, each party shall or shall cause its Affiliates to promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any assurances or documents reasonably requested by the other party and necessary for each party as to satisfy its obligations hereunder or to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

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  SECTION 6.8 Public Announcement. The parties shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or other public statement or communication with respect to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and each party will accept reasonable comments it deems appropriate or desirable to any such release, statement or communication; provided, that the parties hereto may, without the prior consent of the other parties (but after prior consultation, to the extent practicable in the circumstances), issue such communication or make such public statement as may be required by Applicable Law or stock exchange rules. The parties shall cooperate in good faith to jointly develop all public communications.

  SECTION 6.9 Employee Matters.

  (a)No later than sixty (60) calendar days after the Closing, Purchaser or its Affiliate may offer employment to any Covered Employees that Purchaser or its Affiliate wishes to employ as of the Closing, and any such Covered Employees who accept those offers shall be transferred to Purchaser or its Affiliate as of a date to be mutually agreed between Seller, UIM and the Purchaser or Purchaser's Affiliate (the "Employment Transfer Date"). Any other Covered Employees who do not receive an offer from Purchaser or do not accept an offer of employment as of the Employment Transfer Date shall not transfer to Purchaser (or its Affiliate) and shall remain employed by Seller, UIM or such other Affiliate of Seller as of the Employment Transfer Date, and Seller, UIM or such other Affiliate of Seller, as applicable, shall be responsible for all costs, including severance (if applicable) relating to those non-transferred Covered Employees.

  (b)Nothing herein expressed or implied in this Section 6.9 shall confer upon any Covered Employee or legal representatives thereof, any rights or remedies, including, without limitation, right to employment or continued employment for any specified period, under or by reason of this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all provisions contained in this Section 6.9 are included for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, and that nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall create any third-party beneficiary or other rights in any other Person, including any Covered Employee or any dependent or beneficiary thereof.

  ARTICLE VII.

  RENEWAL RIGHTS 

  SECTION 7.1 General. 

  (a)The parties hereto agree that the purpose of this Agreement is to transfer the Renewal Rights to the Purchaser and to effectuate the issuance or renewal by Purchaser or its Affiliate of Insurance Policies as promptly following the Closing Date as is reasonably practicable, subject in all cases to Applicable Law and the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Purchaser will be entitled to assign portions of the Renewal Rights to an Affiliate.

  (b)The parties hereto intend that (i) to the extent a Purchaser Replacement Stub Policy is permitted by Applicable Law, Seller Parent shall, and shall cause Seller and UIM

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  to, cancel or otherwise cease renewing Insurance Policies effective as of the Policy Replacement Date, and Purchaser or its Affiliate will issue Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies for such Insurance Policies, and (ii) in all other cases to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, Seller Parent shall, and shall cause Seller and UIM to cease renewing Insurance Policies no later than the applicable Non-Renewal Date of each Insurance Policy, and Purchaser or its Affiliate will offer to issue a Purchaser Replacement Policy for such Insurance Policies no later than the applicable Non-Renewal Date of each such Insurance Policy.

  (xvi)The parties hereto agree to cooperate and consult in good faith with one another to the extent necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing.

  SECTION 7.2 Withdrawal Plan.

  (a)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each of Seller Parent, Seller, UIM and Purchaser shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, consult and reasonably cooperate and collaborate with one another in connection with the implementation of a withdrawal plan (the "Withdrawal Plan") to obtain any approvals or non-disapprovals from Governmental Entities set forth on Section 7.2 of the Seller Disclosure  Schedule in order to achieve the successful and prompt withdrawal of Seller from the Northeast Homeowners Lines in the Territory, and in a manner designed to minimize any disruption to the conduct of the Northeast Homeowners Lines by the parties and any delay or impairment in the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The terms and conditions of Section 6.3(c) and Section 6.3(d)  hereof shall apply to this Section 7.2.

  (b)For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that each shall (i) in the first instance, use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the approval of each applicable Governmental Entity to allow Seller to cancel or otherwise cease renewing Insurance Policies and for Purchaser or its Affiliate to issue Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies as contemplated by Section 7.1(b)(i) and (ii) to the extent that a Governmental Entity disapproves or it becomes reasonably likely that a Governmental Entity will disapprove or otherwise not approve the use of Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies as contemplated by Section 7.1(b)(i), then the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to implement the Withdrawal Plan to allow Seller to cease renewing Insurance Policies no later than the applicable Non-Renewal Date of each Insurance Policy, and Purchaser or its Affiliate to offer to issue a Purchaser Replacement Policy (excluding Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies) as contemplated by Section 7.1(b)(ii).

  SECTION 7.3 Information Concerning the Insurance Policies.

  (a)	Seller Parent, Seller and UIM shall provide Purchaser no more than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (i) a list, which is true and complete in all material respects, of the Insurance Policies that are either (x) in force on such date or (y) lapsed as of such date but subject to reinstatement, as well as (ii) a list of all still in-force policies that were not renewed during the 90 days preceding such date but that would have been Insurance Policies had they been in effect on the Closing Date. In addition, on the Closing Date subject to Applicable Law, Seller Parent, Seller and UIM will deliver to Purchaser via electronic media substantially

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  all of Seller Parent's, Seller's and UIM's data and information in their possession that has been collected or produced by them primarily in connection with Insurance Policies since January 1, 2016, including, without limitation, data and information primarily relating to claims, policyholder applications, underwriting, policy administration and property inspections with respect to the Insurance Policies.

  (xvii)Subject to Applicable Law and the Seller Privacy Policies, Seller Parent, Seller and UIM shall furnish any additional information as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser to exercise its Renewal Rights, including claims files that are complete in all material respects, the name and address of the policyholder, the policy number, the coverage provided by the policy, the total premium for the policy, the amount of premium paid by the policyholder, the amount of unpaid premium, the terms of any payment plan applicable to the policy, the amount of unearned premium reserves attributed to the policy, and name and contact information for the policyholder's agent of record.

  (xviii)In cooperation with Purchaser, each of Seller Parent, Seller and UIM shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the reinsurers, reinsurance intermediaries and other Persons relating to the Insurance Policies are notified concerning the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent reasonably requested by the Purchaser to facilitate the Purchaser's exercise of the Renewal Rights.

  (xix)Purchaser shall not, and will not permit any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives, to use any of the information referred to in this Section 7.3, including any information relating to Policyholders, Producers, and/or the Insurance Policies, in a manner that would (i) cause Seller Parent, Seller or UIM or their Affiliates to be in breach of any Contract with any Person or Applicable Law, and (ii) be in violation of any Applicable Law including any applicable state or federal privacy laws. Except as expressly set forth in Article III of this Agreement, Seller Parent, Seller and UIM shall have no Liability for the accuracy of the data provided to Purchaser under this Section 7.3.

  (xx)Nothing herein shall require Seller Parent, Seller or UIM or their Affiliates to disclose any information to Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives if such information is not primarily related to the Insurance Policies or to the extent any such information related to the Insurance Policies cannot in the exercise of good faith by Seller Parent, Seller and UIM and their Affiliates be segregated or separated, without material cost or effort, from information that they believe in good faith is not permitted to be disclosed or transferred to Purchaser or its Affiliates pursuant to applicable Law or that would otherwise reveal sensitive competitive information concerning the business of Seller Parent, Seller and UIM and hteir Affiliates (other than the Insurance Policies).

  SECTION 7.4 Non-Renewals.

  (a)	As soon as practicable following the Closing Date and in any event no later than (i) to the extent the applicable Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over Insurance Policies issued or written within the Territory has approved the cancellation of an Insurance Policy and issuance of a Purchaser Replacement Stub Policy prior to the first renewal date of such Insurance Policy, as soon as practicable following the approval of such Governmental

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  Entity or such other date as mutually agreed by the parties, (ii) to the extent the applicable Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over Insurance Policies issued or written within the Territory, the first renewal date of each Insurance Policy occurring after the Closing Date or (iii) with respect to such Insurance Policies as remain in effect with Seller subsequent to such renewal date on account of any Permitted Exception, the next such policy renewal date or, if that is not permitted on account of a Permitted Exception, the earliest following policy renewal date on which the Insurance Policy may be non-renewed in accordance with Applicable Law and the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as applicable, the "Non-Renewal  Date"), Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and Purchaser shall cooperate, as permitted or required by Applicable Law, to send to each Policyholder selected by the Purchaser a written notice, the forms of which shall be agreed among the parties, notifying such Policyholder of the non-renewal or cancellation of such Insurance Policy by Seller. The parties shall cooperate, as permitted or required by Applicable Law, to send a copy of such non-renewal or cancellation notice to the Producer of such Insurance Policy and, subject to Applicable Law, shall also send a notice, the forms of which shall be agreed among the parties following the date hereof, to such Producer, informing such Producer of the availability of replacement insurance from Purchaser or its Affiliate and encouraging such Producer to place such insurance with Purchaser or its Affiliate. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller, Seller Parent or UIM will produce and send the notices contemplated by this Section 7.4(a) at its own expense, and all postage costs and other expenses relating to the delivery of such notices shall be borne by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM.

  (b)	Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: (i) except to the extent required by Applicable Law, in no event shall Seller be obligated under this Agreement to renew any Insurance Policy subsequent to the applicable Non-Renewal Date, or to send any notices to Policyholders or their appointed Producers or otherwise attempt to encourage Policyholders to obtain coverage with Purchaser after such date; and (ii) with respect to Insurance Policies covering risks located in a Territory in which approvals or non-disapprovals from Governmental Entities set forth on Section 7.2 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule are received, Seller shall renew or non-renew, as the case may be, such Insurance Policies in accordance with Applicable Law.

  SECTION 7.5 Purchaser Replacement Policies. In connection with the transfer hereunder of the Renewal Rights to Purchaser, Purchaser agrees, from and after the Closing Date, that:

  (a)	Purchaser or its Affiliate shall quote, write and issue, and/or cause to be

  quoted, written or issued, the Purchaser Replacement Policies to every Policyholder, as provided herein, and effect the orderly transition of the Insurance Policies to Purchaser Replacement Policies on (i) with respect to Purchaser Replacement Stub Policies, approved or authorized policy forms and rates of Purchaser or its Affiliate that reflect substantially the same terms,

  forms, coverages and rates as those applicable to the Insurance Policies as of the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to other Purchaser Replacement Policies, approved or authorized policy forms and rates of Purchaser or its Affiliate in each case subject to exceptions for material misstatement, nonpayment of premium, substantial change in the risk or fraud, in each case in accordance with Applicable Law, the Withdrawal Plan and the terms of the Insurance Policies, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

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  (b)Purchaser and its Affiliate (as applicable) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to possess, secure, and maintain, in full force and effect, (i) all material licenses, authorizations and permits, and (ii) all approved insurance forms and rates, in both the case of (x) and (y), necessary for Purchaser or its Affiliate as applicable to write, issue, renew and service the Purchaser Replacement Policies, as contemplated herein, in each jurisdiction in the Territory in which Purchaser or its Affiliate is required by Applicable Law to possess such license, authorization, permit, forms and rates in order to write, issue, renew and service the Purchaser Replacement Policies, as provided herein.

  (c)Promptly after the issuance of a Purchaser Replacement Policy by the Purchaser or its Affiliates, the Seller will pay to the Purchaser or its Affiliates the unearned premium, less the unearned agent commission attributable to the Insurance Policy canceled and replaced by such Purchaser Replacement Policy, and following such payment the Seller shall have no liability for any return premium or agent commission obligation due to or from the Producer of such Insurance Policy. It is the intent of the parties to make the replacement policy process seamless to the policyholder and the agent by having the Seller transfer to the Purchaser or its Affiliates the rights and obligations with respect to return premium and agent commission payments typically due to or from a Producer in partial consideration for the Renewal Rights and the issuance of a Purchaser Replacement Policy, including a Purchaser Replacement Stub Policy. This Section 7.5(c) shall not be applicable with respect to any Insurance Policy that is cancelled or non-renewed with no Purchaser Replacement Policy issued in respect thereof.

  SECTION 7.6 No Representations on Market Reaction. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, except as expressly set forth in Article III hereof, no representation or warranty (express or implied) or covenant, or except as expressly set forth in Article IX hereof, no indemnity, is made herein, or has been made, by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM or their Affiliates, or their Representatives, that, regardless of whether the public becomes aware of the proposed transactions contemplated by this Agreement prior to, on or after the Closing Date:

  (a)any Producer, Policyholder, customer, client, or vendor relationships of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM or any of their Affiliates, or any other business relationships of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM or any of their Affiliates or other service providers, will or are likely to continue to do business with Purchaser and/or its Affiliates in the same manner as such business has been conducted historically with Seller, Seller Parent and UIM and their Affiliates, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise;

  (b)the general reaction in the marketplace of third parties (including Producers, Policyholders, customers, clients and business prospects) to the sale of the Renewal Rights to Purchaser hereunder will be favorable; and

  (c)any Covered Employee will accept or continue in employment with Purchaser or its Affiliates at or after the Employment Transfer Date.

  SECTION 7.7 No Infringement of Producer Rights. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither Seller, Seller Parent nor UIM nor any of their Affiliates has the power or ability to require any Policyholder or

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  Producer to renew, cancel or rewrite any Insurance Policy(ies) or offer to renew, cancel or rewrite any Insurance Policy(ies) with Purchaser or its Affiliates upon expiration or otherwise or to cause any Producer to place or offer to place any Purchaser Replacement Policies with Purchaser or its Affiliates. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall impair any rights that the Producers have to renewal rights or expirations with respect to the Insurance Policies or the Purchaser Replacement Policies by Applicable Law or contract.

  SECTION 7.8 No Limitations on Seller Parties' Operations. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit in any way Seller's, Seller Parent's, UIM's and/or their Affiliates' ability to reinsure, merge, sell, acquire, consolidate, restructure, or reorganize, or take any actions similar to or in furtherance of the foregoing.

  SECTION 7.9 Noncompetition. For a period from the Closing Date to July 1, 2024, each of Seller, Seller Parent, and UIM on behalf of itself and each of its controlled subsidiaries (each, a "Restricted Person"), shall not, directly or indirectly, including without limitation through a joint venture, participation as a shareholder, as an owner of equity interest in any Person, or by contract with or management of any person, engage in marketing, selling, writing, renewing, or servicing (other than the servicing of those Insurance Policies existing as of the Closing Date or renewals of such Insurance Policies required by Applicable Law or as otherwise provided by the Transaction Documents) any insurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance in the Northeast Homeowners Lines. A "Restricted Person" shall not include any Person once such Person is no longer a controlled subsidiary of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 7.9 shall be construed to restrict: (i) Seller Parent's, Seller's, UIM's or their Affiliates' commercial lines business within the Territory either in the present or in the future; (ii) Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and/or their Affiliates from owning (in the aggregate), either in the present or in the future, less than twenty percent (20%) of a Person which, either in the present or in the future, writes, renews, or services any insurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance in the Northeast Homeowners Lines; provided that such Person shall not be permitted to sell, market or service any such insurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance in the Northeast Homeowners Lines in the name of Seller Parent, Seller, UIM or their current or future Affiliates; and provided further that none of Seller Parent, Seller, UIM or their current or future Affiliates perform marketing, sales or servicing on behalf of such Person; or (iii) Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and/or their Affiliates from seeking and obtaining excess and surplus lines authority to write, renew, or service any insurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance in any line of business, other than the Northeast Homeowners Lines.

  SECTION 7.10 Audit and Inspection Rights. Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and their Affiliates or their authorized Representatives shall have access to the books and records of Purchaser on matters relating to the Replacement Insurance Policies and Purchaser Replacement Premium upon reasonable advance written notice to Purchaser and at reasonable times during the regular business hours of Purchaser, at the location where such books and records are maintained in the ordinary course of business, for the purpose of obtaining information concerning this Agreement or the subject matter thereof. Likewise Purchaser, its Affiliates and Representatives shall have access to the books and records of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM upon reasonable advance written notice to such party and at reasonable times during the regular business hours of

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  such party, at the location where such books and records are maintained in the ordinary course of business, for the purpose of, subject to Section 7.3(e), obtaining information concerning this Agreement or the subject matter thereof. With respect to the audit and inspection rights hereunder granted to Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and Purchaser, as applicable, such access shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of business of the other party, and be given in a manner to ensure the health and safety of any employee of such party in light of any Contagion Event or applicable Contagion Event Measures (provided, further, that Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and Purchaser, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow for such access or disclosure in a manner that does not jeopardize such health and safety). It is understood that reasonable advance written notice shall not be less than five (5) business days. Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and Purchaser and their Affiliates or their authorized Representatives may make copies of records related to this Agreement, but at their sole expense. The audit and inspection rights provided by this Section 7.10 will expire January 1, 2023.

  ARTICLE VIII.

  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

  SECTION 8.1 Conditions to Seller Parties' Obligations. The obligations of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and the other actions to be taken by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

  (a)All Governmental Authorizations required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby set forth in Section 6.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by Applicable Law shall have expired or been terminated.

  (b)No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and no statute, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity preventing the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares or any other transaction contemplated hereby or by any other Transaction Document shall be in effect; provided, however, that the party invoking this condition shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to have any such order or injunction vacated.

  (c)No Action brought by any Governmental Entity shall be pending before any Governmental Entity that has the effect, or would be reasonably likely to have the effect if determined adversely, of preventing the consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents; and no Action brought by any third party that is reasonably likely to result in one of the foregoing effects shall be pending before any Governmental Entity.

  (d)Purchaser and Purchaser Parent shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 2.3(b).

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  (e)All third-party consents, waivers or approvals set forth on Section 3.4(a)  of the Seller Disclosure Schedule shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect.

  (f)(i) All of the representations and warranties that Purchaser has made in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.8 (the "Purchaser Fundamental Representations") and that Purchaser Parent has made in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.5 and 5.6 (the "Purchaser Parent Fundamental Representations") shall be true and correct in all respects and (ii) all of the other representations and warranties that Purchaser has made in Article IV and Purchaser Parent has made in Article V shall be true and correct in all material respects (without regard to any qualifications or references to "Purchaser Material Adverse Effect", "material" or any other materiality qualifications or references contained in any specific representation or warranty), in each case, as of the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date (other than any representation or warranty expressly made as of another date, which representation or warranty shall have been true and correct as of such date).

  (g)Purchaser and Purchaser Parent shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements, obligations, undertakings and covenants required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.

  (h)The Shares to be issued to Seller pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the New York Stock Exchange subject to official notice of issuance.

  SECTION 8.2 Conditions to Purchaser's and Purchaser Parent's Obligations. The obligations of Purchaser and Purchaser Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and the other actions to be taken by Purchaser at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Purchaser and Purchaser Parent, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

  (a)All Governmental Authorizations required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby set forth in Section 6.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by Applicable Law shall have expired or been terminated.

  (b)No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and no statute, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity preventing the consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby or by any other Transaction Document shall be in effect; provided, however, that the party invoking this condition shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to have any such order or injunction vacated.

  (c)No Action brought by any Governmental Entity shall be pending before any Governmental Entity that has the effect, or would be reasonably likely to have the effect if determined adversely, of preventing the consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents; and no Action brought by any third party that is

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  reasonably likely to result in one of the foregoing effects shall be pending before any Governmental Entity.

  (xxi)Seller shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 2.3(a).

  (xxii)(i) All of the representations and warranties that each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, as applicable, has made in Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.13 (the "Seller Fundamental Representations") shall be true and correct in all respects and (ii) all of the other representations and warranties that each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, as applicable, has made in Article III  shall be true and correct in all material respects (without regard to any qualifications or references to "Material Adverse Effect", "material" or any other materiality qualifications or references contained in any specific representation or warranty), in each case, as of the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date (other than any representation or warranty expressly made as of another date, which representation or warranty shall have been true and correct as of such date).

  Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, as applicable, shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements, obligations, undertakings and covenants required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.

  ARTICLE IX.

  INDEMNIFICATION

  SECTION 9.1 Indemnification of Purchaser and Purchaser Parent by Seller Parties. Each of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser, Purchaser Parent and their Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors and employees (the "Purchaser Indemnified Parties") from and against, and pay and reimburse the Purchaser Indemnified Parties for, all Losses imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, the Purchaser Indemnified Parties to the extent such Losses arise out of:

  (a)any breach of any representation or warranty made by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM in Article III of this Agreement (without regard to any qualifications or references to "Material Adverse Effect", "material" or any other materiality qualifications or references contained in any specific representation or warranty);

  (b)any breach or nonfulfillment by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM of, or any failure by Seller, Seller Parent or UIM to perform, any of the covenants, terms or conditions of or any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement; and

  (c)any liabilities under Insurance Policies arising prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement and the Reinsurance Agreement.

  SECTION 9.2 Indemnification of Seller Parties' by Purchaser and Purchaser Parent. Purchaser and Purchaser Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller, Seller Parent, UIM and their Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors and employees (the

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  "Seller Indemnified Parties") from and against, and pay and reimburse the Seller Indemnified Parties for, all Losses imposed on, sustained or incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, the Seller Indemnified Parties to the extent such Losses arise out of:

  (xxiii)any breach of any representation or warranty made by Purchaser in Article IV or by Purchaser Parent in Article V of this Agreement (without regard to any qualifications or references to "Purchaser Material Adverse Effect", "material" or any other materiality qualifications or references contained in any specific representation or warranty);

  (xxiv)any breach or nonfulfillment by Purchaser or Purchaser Parent of, or any failure by Purchaser or Purchaser Parent to perform, any of the covenants, terms or conditions of or any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement; and

  (xxv)any liabilities under Insurance Policies arising after the issuance of a Purchaser Replacement Policy.

  SECTION 9.3 Indemnification Procedures.

  (a)Any Purchaser Indemnified Party or Seller Indemnified Party who may be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless under Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 (the "Indemnified Party"), shall promptly notify the party obligated to indemnify such Indemnified Party (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing of any pending or threatened claim, demand or allegation by a third party that the Indemnified Party has determined has given or could reasonably give rise to such a right under this Agreement (including a pending or threatened claim, demand or allegation asserted by a third party against the Indemnified Party, such claim, demand or allegation, a "Third-Party Claim"), describing in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances with respect to the subject matter of such claim or demand and the specific allegations thereof; provided, that the failure to provide such notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations under this Article IX except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure. Following delivery of a notice of a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after the Indemnified Party's receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating to such Third-Party Claim.

  (b)Following receipt of a notice of a Third-Party Claim from the Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 9.3(a), the Indemnifying Party may assume the defense and control of such Third-Party Claim by delivery of written notice to the Indemnified Party. The assumption of the defense by the Indemnifying Party of any Third-Party Claim shall not require the Indemnifying Party to agree to be liable for any Losses in respect of such Third-Party Claim and shall be without prejudice to any rights or defenses of the Indemnifying Party in respect of whether the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under this Article IX for any particular Loss or Losses.

  (c)If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall allow the Indemnified Party a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense of such Third-Party Claim with its own counsel and at its own expense, and the

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  Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for legal expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof. The Indemnified Party shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates and Representatives to, cooperate fully with the Indemnifying Party in the defense of any Third-Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall be authorized to consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third-Party Claim, with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, that the Indemnifying Party may consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third-Party Claim, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party if (i) such settlement provides only for the payment of monetary damages (and does not impose any injunctive relief or otherwise impose any conditions or restrictions on the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates) and does not involve any finding or admission of any violation of Law on the part of the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates, (ii) the Indemnifying Party pays or causes to be paid all amounts arising out of such settlement or judgment concurrently with the effectiveness of such settlement and (iii) the Indemnifying Party obtains, as a condition of any settlement or other resolution, a complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party and its Affiliates from any and all liability in respect of such Third-Party Claim.

  (d)	The Indemnifying Party shall not have any liability under this Article IX

  for any Losses arising out of or in connection with any Third-Party Claim that is settled or compromised by the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party.

  SECTION 9.4 Certain Limitations. No Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify and hold harmless its respective Indemnified Party under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.2(a) (other than in respect of any Seller Fundamental Representations, Purchaser Fundamental Representations or Purchaser Parent Fundamental Representations) (a) in respect of any Loss incurred or suffered by any Indemnified Party that is not a Qualifying Loss and (b) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Qualifying Losses of the Indemnified Parties under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.2(a), as the case may be, exceeds $100,000 (the "Deductible"), at which point such Indemnifying Party shall be liable to its respective Indemnified Parties for the full amount of Qualifying Losses in excess of the Deductible, under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.2(a), as the case may be, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX. The maximum aggregate liability of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, on the one hand, and Purchaser and Purchaser Parent on the other hand, to their respective Indemnified Parties for any and all Losses under Section 9.1(a), in the case of Seller, Seller Parent and UIM, or Section 9.2(a), in the case of Purchaser and Purchaser Parent, shall be $1,000,000.

  SECTION 9.5 Exclusive Remedy. Following the Closing, and except as otherwise provided in Section 11.9, the indemnification provisions of Article DC and as otherwise provided in the other Transaction Documents shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of the Indemnified Party for any claim related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

  SECTION 9.6 Additional Indemnification Provisions.

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  (a)With respect to each indemnification obligation in this Article IX, all Losses shall be net of any related Eligible Insurance Proceeds (as defined below).

  (b)In any case where the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates recovers from a third party any amount in respect of any Loss paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article IX, the Indemnified Party shall promptly pay over to the Indemnifying Party the amount so recovered (after deducting therefrom the amount of reasonable costs incurred by it or its Affiliates in procuring such recovery, which costs shall not exceed the amount so recovered) but not in excess of the sum of (i) any amount previously paid by the Indemnifying Party to or on behalf of the Indemnified Party in respect of such claim and (ii) any amount expended by the Indemnifying Party in pursuing or defending any claim arising out of such Loss.

  (c)If any portion of Losses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article IX could be recovered from a third party not affiliated with the Indemnified Party based on the underlying claim or demand asserted against the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly give notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party and, upon the request of the Indemnifying Party, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to collect the maximum amount recoverable from such third party, in which event the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such collection (which costs and expenses of collection shall not exceed the amount recoverable from such third party). If any portion of Losses actually paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article IX could have been recovered from a third party not affiliated with the Indemnified Party based on the underlying claim or demand asserted against the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnified Party shall transfer, to the extent transferable, such of its rights to proceed against such third party as are necessary to permit the Indemnifying Party to recover from such third party any amount actually paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article IX.

  (d)If any portion of Losses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article IX may be covered, in whole or in part, by third-party insurance coverage, the Indemnified Party shall promptly give notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the failure to provide such notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations under this Article IX except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure. The Indemnified Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to collect the maximum amount of insurance proceeds thereunder, and all such proceeds actually collected in respect of any Loss (net of (i) the amount of reasonable costs incurred by the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates in collecting such proceeds and (ii) the present value of any increase in insurance premiums or other charges paid or reasonably expected to be paid by the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates arising out of such Loss) shall be considered "Eligible Insurance Proceeds."

  (e)The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable under this Article IX in respect of any Loss which is contingent unless and until such contingent Loss becomes an actual liability and is due and payable.

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  to avoid or mitigate any Losses, which in the absence of mitigation might give rise to or increase a Loss in respect of any claim under this Article IX. In the event the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates fails to so mitigate an indemnifiable Loss, the Indemnifying Party shall have no liability for any portion of such Loss that could reasonably have been avoided had the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates made such efforts.

  (xxvi)The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the same Loss may be subject to indemnification under more than one subsection of Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.2(a), respectively; provided, however, that in no event shall the Seller Indemnified Parties, on the one hand, or the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, on the other hand, be entitled to duplicative recoveries for the same underlying Loss; and, provided, further, that there shall be no indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 with respect to any Losses which are expressly subject to indemnification under any of the other Transaction Documents, the sole remedy for which shall be as set forth in such other Transaction Documents.

  (xxvii)If, prior to the Closing, Purchaser or Purchaser Parent has knowledge of any breach by any of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM, as applicable, of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, Purchaser and Purchaser Parent shall be deemed to have waived such breach, and Purchaser, Purchaser Parent and the other Purchaser Indemnified Parties shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.1 to sue for Losses or to assert any other right or remedy arising from any matters relating to such breach, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein.

  SECTION 9.7 Tax Treatment of Indemnity Payments. Seller, Purchaser and Purchaser Parent agree to report each indemnification payment made in respect of a Loss as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for federal income Tax purposes unless otherwise required by Law.

  SECTION 9.8 Survival. 

  (a)The representations and warranties of Seller, Seller Parent, UIM, Purchaser and Purchaser Parent contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing solely for purposes of this Article IX and shall terminate and expire on the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, that the Seller Fundamental Representations, the Purchaser Fundamental Representations and Purchaser Parent Fundamental Representations shall survive indefinitely, or until the latest date permitted by Applicable Law. Any claim for indemnification in respect of any representation or warranty that is not asserted by notice given as required herein prior to the expiration of the specified period of survival shall not be valid, and any right to indemnification is hereby irrevocably waived after the expiration of such period of survival. Any claim properly made for a Loss in respect of such a breach asserted within such period of survival as herein provided will be timely made for purposes hereof.

  (b)To the extent that it is to be performed after the Closing, each covenant in this Agreement will survive and remain in effect in accordance with its terms plus a period of six (6) months thereafter, after which no claim for indemnification with respect thereto may be brought hereunder. All covenants in this Agreement that by their terms are required to be fully

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  performed prior to the Closing will not survive the Closing, after which time no claim for indemnification with respect thereto may be brought hereunder.

  ARTICLE X.

  TERMINATION PRIOR TO CLOSING

  SECTION 10.1 Termination of Agreement.

  (a)	This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing:

  (xxviii)by the written agreement of each of the parties hereto;

  (xxix)by any party hereto in writing, if there shall be any order, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity that prohibits or restrains any party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby, and such order, injunction or decree shall have become final and non-appealable with respect to such party; provided, that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(a)(ii) shall have performed in all material respects its obligations under this Agreement;

  (xxx)by any party hereto in writing, if a breach of any provision of this Agreement that has been committed by the other party would cause the failure of any mutual condition to the Closing or any condition to the Closing for the benefit of the non-breaching party and such breach is not capable of being cured or is not cured within thirty (30) calendar days after the breaching party receives written notice from the non-breaching party that the non-breaching party intends to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(a)(iii); or

  (xxxi)by any of the parties hereto on or after the Cut-Off Date.

  (b)	If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 10.1, this Agreement shall become null and void and of no further force and effect without liability of either party (or any Representative of such party) to the other party to this Agreement, except for (i) the provisions of this Article X, Article XI and Section 6.6, and (ii) rights and obligations arising from any fraud or intentional breach by a party of its obligations under this Agreement prior to such termination.

  ARTICLE XI.

  GENERAL PROVISIONS 

  SECTION 11.1 Fees and Expenses. Whether or not the Closing is consummated, each party hereto shall, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, pay its own Transaction Expenses incident to preparing for, entering into and carrying out this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

  SECTION 11.2 Notices. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and if served by personal delivery upon the party for whom it is intended, if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt

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  requested, or by a national courier service, or if sent by e-mail; provided, that the e-mail is promptly confirmed, to the Person at the address set forth below, or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally by courier or by overnight delivery service or sent by e-mail (and immediately after transmission, receipt of which has been confirmed by telephone by the sender) or, if mailed, four (4) Business Days after the mailing as follows:

  (xxxii)if to Seller, Seller Parent or UIM:

  United Insurance Holdings Corp. 
800 2nd Avenue S.

  St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 
Telephone: (727) 471-1479

  E-mail:	bkalter@upcinsurance.com 

  Attn:	Brad S. Kalter

  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 
919 Third Avenue

  New York, New York 10022 
Telephone: (212) 909 6870

  (212) 909-7235

  Email:	ggooding@debevoise.com 

  mddevins@debevoise.com 

  Attn:	Gregory V. Gooding 
Michael D. Devins

  (xxxiii)if to Purchaser:

  Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance

  Company, Inc.

  5300 West Cypress Street

  Suite 100

  Tampa, FL 33607

  Telephone: (727) 560-4207

  E-mail:	kcoleman@HCIgroup.com 

  Attn:	Karin Coleman, President

  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

  Foley & Lardner LLP

  100 North Tampa Street

  Suite 2700

  Tampa, FL 33602

  Telephone: (813) 225-4122

  E-mail:	ccreely@foley.com 

  Attn:	Curt Creely, Esq.

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  (c)	if to Purchaser Parent:

  HCI Group, Inc.

  5300 West Cypress Street

  Suite 100

  Tampa, FL 33607

  Telephone: (813) 484-7331

  E-mail:	agraham@HCIgroup.com 

  Attn:	Andrew L. Graham, General Counsel

  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

  Foley & Lardner LLP

  100 North Tampa Street

  Suite 2700

  Tampa, FL 33602

  Telephone: (813) 225-4122

  E-mail:	ccreely@foley.com 

  Attn:	Curt Creely, Esq.

  SECTION 11.3 Amendment; Waivers, Etc. No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed by all of the parties hereto. No waiver hereunder shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought. Any such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with respect to the specific matter described in such writing and shall in no way impair the rights of the party granting such waiver in any other respect or at any other time. Neither the waiver by any of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure by any of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall be construed as a waiver of any other breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any of such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and none is exclusive of any other, or of any rights or remedies that any party may otherwise have at law or in equity.

  SECTION 11.4 Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents contain the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters. Except as provided in Article IX, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties and their permitted successors and assigns and nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

  SECTION 11.5 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under it may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by any of the parties without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any attempted or purported

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  assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 11.5 shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

  SECTION 11.6 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Enforcement.

  (a)This Agreement and its enforcement will be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, without regard to any principles of conflicts of laws principles of such State that would provide for the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

  (b)Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and of any Florida state court sitting in Hillsborough County, for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof. In any such action, suit or other proceeding, each party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceedings brought in such court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party also agrees that any final and unappealable judgment against a party in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding shall be conclusive and binding on such party and that such award or judgment may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction, either within or outside of the United States. A certified or exemplified copy of such award or judgment shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such award or judgment. Each party agrees that any process or other paper to be served in connection with any action or proceeding under this Agreement shall, if delivered, sent or mailed in accordance with Section 11.2, constitutes good, proper and sufficient service thereof.

  (c)EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION, ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) EACH PARTY HAS

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  BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.6.

  SECTION 11.7 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or entity or any circumstance, is found by a court or other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision, and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

  SECTION 11.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to constitute an original, and may be delivered by facsimile or other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic or pictorial appearance of a document.

  SECTION 11.9 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any court specified in Section 11.6(b) in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. The parties hereby waive, in any action for specific performance, the defense of adequacy of a remedy at law and the posting of any bond or other security in connection therewith.

  SECTION 11.10 Reserves. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither Seller, Seller Parent nor UIM nor any of their Affiliates makes any representation or warranty with respect to, and nothing contained in this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, or in any other agreement, document or instrument to be delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, is intended or shall be construed to be a representation or warranty (express or implied) of Seller, Seller Parent or UIM or any of their Affiliates, for any purpose of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or any other agreement, document or instrument to be delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, with respect to (a) the adequacy or sufficiency of the Reserves, (b) the future profitability of the Northeast Homeowners Lines, (c) the effect of the adequacy or sufficiency of the Reserves on any "line item" or asset, Liability or equity amount or (d) that reinsurance recoverables taken into account in determining the amount of such Reserves will be collectible.

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers, all on the date first written above.

  UNITED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

  		
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Name: Bennett Bradford Martz
	 

  Title: President & Chief Financial Officer UNITED INSURANCE HOLDINGS CORP.

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  Name: Bennett Bradford Martz

  Title: President & Chief Financial Officer

  UNITED INSURANCE MANAGEMENT, L.C.

   

   

  By:

  Name: Bennett Bradford Martz

  Title: President & Chief Financial OfficrHOMEOWNERS CHOICE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.

  By: 	 

  Name: Karin Coleman 
Title: President

  HCI GROUP, INC.

  By: 	 

  Name: Paresh Patel

  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  [Signature Page to Renewal Rights Agreement]

   

  

  Exhibit A 

  Form of Registration Rights Agreement

  [see attached.]

   

  

  Exhibit B 

  Form of Reinsurance Agreement

  [see attached.]

   

  

  Exhibit C 

  Form of Reinsurance Trust Agreement

  [see attached.]

   

  

   

  'MEX-10.126

   

   

   

   

  EXHIBIT 10.126

Property Quota Share Reinsurance Contract

  issued to

  UNITED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

  St. Petersburg, Florida

   

   

   

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	PROPERTY QUOTA SHARE REINSURANCE CONTRACT
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Article
	 
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	Preamble
	3
	 

	1
	 
	Business Covered
	3
	 

	2
	 
	Retention and Limit
	3
	 

	3
	 
	Term
	4
	 

	4
	 
	Special Termination
	5
	 

	5
	 
	Territory
	6
	 

	6
	 
	Exclusions
	6
	 

	7
	 
	Special Acceptance
	6
	 

	8
	 
	Premium
	7
	 

	9
	 
	Ceding Commission
	7
	 

	10
	 
	Trust Account..........................................................
	7
	 

	11
	 
	Reports and Remittances
	8
	 

	12
	 
	Definitions
	9
	 

	13
	 
	Extra Contractual Obligations/Excess of Policy Limits
	10
	 

	14
	 
	Net Retained Liability
	11
	 

	15
	 
	Original Conditions
	11
	 

	16
	 
	No Third Party Rights
	11
	 

	17
	 
	Loss Settlements
	11
	 

	18
	 
	Salvage and Subrogation
	12
	 

	19
	 
	Currency
	12
	 

	20
	 
	Security
	12
	 

	21
	 
	Taxes
	15
	 

	22
	 
	Access to Records
	15
	 

	23
	 
	Confidentiality
	16
	 

	24
	 
	Indemnification and Errors and Omissions
	17
	 

	25
	 
	Insolvency
	17
	 

	26
	 
	Arbitration
	18
	 

	   27
	 
	Governing Law
	19
	 

	28
	 
	Entire Agreement
	19
	 

	29
	 
	Non-Waiver
	19
	 

	30
	 
	Mode of Execution
	19
	 

	 
	 
	Company Signing Block 
	20
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Exhibit A
	Trust Agreement 
	21
	 

   

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	Exhibit B
	 
	Third Party Claims Administration Agreement
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  PROPERTY QUOTA SHARE REINSURANCE CONTRACT

  issued to

  UNITED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

  St Petersburg, Florida

  (the “Company”)

  by

   THE SUBSCRIBING REINSURER(S) IDENTIFIED IN THE 
INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT(S) ATTACHED TO 
AND FORMING PART OF THIS CONTRACT

   

   (the “Reinsurer”)

   

  ARTICLE 1

  Business Covered

  This Contract is to indemnify the Company in respect of the liability that may accrue to the Company as a result of loss or losses under Policies classified by the Company as Northeast Property, in force at the inception of this Contract, or written or renewed during the term of this Contract by or on behalf of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.  

  ARTICLE 2

  Retention and Limit

  A.	The Company shall cede, and the Reinsurer shall accept as reinsurance, a 100% share of all business covered hereunder.  The Reinsurer shall pay to the Company the Reinsurer’s quota share of losses under the Policies and of Loss Adjustment Expense associated therewith.  The Reinsurer shall also pay to the Company the Reinsurer’s quota share of Extra Contractual Obligations and Loss in Excess of Policy Limits covered under this Contract.

  B.	Other Reinsurance.  The Reinsurer shall maintain in place Property Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract during the term of this Contract containing the following minimum coverage:

  	100% of $570,000,000 excess of $4,000,000 each occurrence, and $1,140,000,000 in the aggregate for the term of this Contract.

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  Business covered under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract shall be limited to the business covered under this Contract and business written by TypTap Insurance Company outside the state of Florida.  The gross written premium for business written by TypTap Insurance Company outside the state of Florida and subject to the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract shall be limited to a maximum of $14 million in force premium for the term of the contract. 

  The Reinsurer shall maintain in place Reinstatement Premium Protection Reinsurance Contract during the term of this Contract with limits sufficient to reimburse the Reinsurer for 100% of the liability for any reinstatement premiums which may become due as a result of recoveries under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract.

  The participating reinsurers on the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract and the Reinstatement Premium Protection Reinsurance Contract shall have a minimum AM Best Financial Strength Rating of A- or provide trust funding which fully collateralizes their obligation.

  The Reinsurer shall deposit into the Trust Account, established in accordance with the Trust Account Article, all loss, reinstatement premiums, or any downward premium adjustments recovered under the Property Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract or the Reinstatement Premium Protection Reinsurance Protection Reinsurance Contract immediately upon receipt thereof.  Upon written request from the Reinsurer, the Company shall release any applicable amounts from the Trust Account necessary to pay the installment premiums or any upward premium adjustments due under the Property Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Contract or the Reinstatement Premium Protection Reinsurance Contract.

   Prior to the inception date of this Contract, the Reinsurer shall present to the Company for its review and approval the proposed contract wordings and interest and liabilities agreements for the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract and the Reinstatement Premium Protection Reinsurance Contract.

   

  ARTICLE 3

  Term

  A.	This Contract shall take effect at 12:01 a.m.  Eastern Time, June 1, 2021, and shall remain in effect until 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time June 1, 2022, in respect of losses occurring during the term of this Contract.

  B.	At expiration of this Contract, the Reinsurer shall return to the Company the ceded unearned portion of the Subject Written Premium, net of provisional ceding commission, as of the date 

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  of expiration, on business in force at that time and date. The Reinsurer shall have no liability for losses occurring after expiration.

  C.	However, at expiration of this Contract, by mutual agreement, the contract may be extended such that Reinsurer shall remain liable for all Policies covered by this Contract that are in force at expiration, until the termination, expiration or renewal of such Policies, whichever occurs first.

  D.	In the event this Contract expires on a run-off basis, the Reinsurer’s liability hereunder shall continue if the Company is required by statute or regulation to continue coverage for a Policy, until the earliest date on which the Company may cancel the Policy. 

   

  ARTICLE 4

  Special Termination

  A.	The Company may terminate a Reinsurer’s percentage share in this Contract at any time by giving written notice to the Reinsurer in the event of any of the following circumstances:

  1.	The Reinsurer ceases underwriting operations.

  2.	A state insurance department or other legal authority orders the Reinsurer to cease writing business, or the Reinsurer is placed under regulatory supervision.

  3.	The Reinsurer has become insolvent or has been placed into liquidation or receivership (whether voluntary or involuntary), or there have been instituted against it proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, rehabilitator, conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, or other agent known by whatever name, to take possession of its assets or control of its operations.

  4.	The Reinsurer has merged with or has become acquired or controlled by any company, corporation, or individual(s) not controlling the Reinsurer’s operations at the inception of this Contract.

  B.	Termination shall be effected on a run-off or cut-off basis as set forth in the Term Article, at the sole discretion of the Company.  The reinsurance premium due the Reinsurer hereunder shall be pro rated based on the period of the Reinsurer’s participation hereon, and the Reinsurer shall immediately return any unearned reinsurance premium received.

  C.	Additionally, in the event of any of the circumstances listed in paragraph A of this Article, the Company shall have the option to commute the Reinsurer’s liability for losses on Policies covered by this Contract.  In the event the Company and the Reinsurer cannot agree on the commutation amount, they shall appoint an actuary and/or appraiser to assess such amount and shall share equally any expense of the actuary and/or appraiser.  If the Company and the 

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  Reinsurer cannot agree on an actuary and/or appraiser, the Company and the Reinsurer each shall nominate three individuals, of whom the other shall decline two, and the final appointment shall be made by drawing lots.  Payment by the Reinsurer of the amount of liability ascertained shall constitute a complete and final release of both parties in respect of liability arising from the Reinsurer’s participation under this Contract.

  D.	The Company’s option to require commutation under paragraph C above shall survive the termination or expiration of this Contract.  

  ARTICLE 5

  Territory

  The territorial limits of this Contract shall be identical with those of the Company’s Policies and those written by TypTap Insurance Company outside the state of Florida.  

  ARTICLE 6

  Exclusions

  A.	This Contract shall not apply to and specifically excludes:

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

  2.	Any premium and liability arising from Policies in respect of coverage classified as (“Excluded Coverage”):

  a.	Flood (including National Flood Insurance Program and private coverage);

  b.	 Identity Theft;

  c.	 Equipment Breakdown

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  ARTICLE 7

  Special Acceptance

  Business that is not within the scope of this Contract may be submitted to the Reinsurer for special acceptance hereunder, and such business, if accepted by the Reinsurer shall be covered hereunder, subject to the terms and conditions of this Contract, except as modified by the special acceptance.     

  ARTICLE 8

  Premium

  The Company shall cede to the Reinsurer its exact proportion of the unearned portion of the Subject Written Premium for business in force at the inception of this Contract, and the Subject Written Premium of the Company for Policies written or renewed after said inception.  

  ARTICLE 9

  Ceding Commission

  The Reinsurer shall allow the Company a 24.0% commission on all Subject Written Premiums ceded to the Reinsurer hereunder.  The Company shall allow the Reinsurer return commission on return premiums at the same rate as such rate may be adjusted under this Article. 

  ARTICLE 10

  TRUST ACCOUNT

  A.The Reinsurer agrees to establish a Trust Account in accordance with the Trust Agreement entered into by the Company and the Reinsurer, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.  

   

  B.Collateral and Collateral Release.  As promptly as possible after the effective date of this Contract the Reinsurer shall provide collateral to be deposited into the Trust Account equal to the Reinsurer’s pro-rata share of $12,000,000 based upon the proportion of the total quota share to which the Reinsurer subscribes.

   

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  1.Losses and loss adjustment expenses paid by the Company, but not recovered from the Reinsurer net of any ceded paid losses and loss adjustment expenses recoverable by the Reinsurer under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract as of the applicable Calculation Date; plus

  2.Reserves for losses and loss adjustment expense reported and outstanding net of any ceded reserves for reported losses and loss adjustment expenses recoverable by the Reinsurer under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract as of the applicable Calculation Date; plus

  3.Reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred by not reported (IBNR) net of any ceded IBNR recoverable by the Reinsurer under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract as of the applicable Calculation Date; plus

  4.The unearned portion of the Subject Written Premium, if any, less the ceding commission theron.

  As respects all calculations, the amount calculated in accordance with the above shall be used to determine the amount of collateral required to be retained in the Trust Account applicable to this Contract.  In the event the collateral in the Trust Account is in excess of the amount calculated above as of any Calculation Date, the Company shall release to the Reinsurer such amount in excess thereof as promptly as possible.  In the event the collateral in the Trust Account is less than the amount calculated above as of any Calculation Date, the Reinsurer shall provide collateral to be deposited into the Trust Account equal to such shortfall amount as promptly as possible.

  ARTICLE 11

  Reports and Remittances

  A.	As promptly as possible after the effective date of this Contract, the Company shall remit to the Trust Account, established in accordance with the Trust Account Article, the Reinsurer’s share of the unearned portion of the Subject Written Premium, less provisional commission thereon applicable to subject business in force at the effective time and date of this Contract.

   

  B.	All Subject Written Premium of the Company for Policies written or renewed after the inception of this Contract, less ceding commission, shall be deposited into the Trust Account. Within 15 calendar days following the end of each month, the Company shall furnish the Reinsurer with a report summarizing:

  1.      Premium, as defined in Article 8 of this Contract during the month

  2.      the ceding commission as provided for in Article 9 of this Contract

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  3.   	loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses accrued under the Third Party Claims Administration Agreement during the month 

  4.     ceded subrogation, salvage, or other recoveries during the month, 

           Item (3) shall be paid to Griston from the Trust Account. The positive balance of (1) less (2) plus (4) shall be due the Reinsurer. Any balance shown to be due the Company shall be withdrawn from the Trust Account.  If the balance in the Trust Account is less than the amount due the Company, net of any ceded paid losses and loss adjustment expenses uncollected but recoverable by the Reinsurer under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract, then the Reinsurer shall pay the Company the balance shown to be due the company net of any ceded paid losses and loss adjustment expenses uncollected but recoverable by the Reinsurer under the Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract.

  C.	In addition, the Company shall furnish the Reinsurer with a monthly statement showing the unearned premium reserves, and the reserves for outstanding losses including Loss Adjustment Expense.  The Company shall also provide the Reinsurer with such other information as may be required by the Reinsurer for completion of its financial statements. 

     

  ARTICLE 12

  Definitions

  A.	“Northeast Property” means residential property and liability business written in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. 

  B.	“Loss Adjustment Expense” means costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the investigation, appraisal, adjustment, settlement, litigation, defense or appeal of a specific claim or loss, or alleged loss, including but not limited to:

  1.	court costs;

  2.	costs of supersedeas and appeal bonds;

  3.	monitoring counsel expenses;

  4.	legal expenses and costs incurred in connection with coverage questions and legal actions connected thereto, including but not limited to declaratory judgment actions, arbitration and mediation actions;

  5.	post-judgment interest;

  6.	pre-judgment interest, unless included as part of an award or judgment;

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  7.	a pro rata share of salaries and expenses of Company field employees, calculated in accordance with the time occupied in adjusting such loss, and expenses of other Company employees who have been temporarily diverted from their normal and customary duties and assigned to the field adjustment of losses covered by this Contract; and

  8.	subrogation, salvage and recovery expenses.

  “Loss Adjustment Expense” does not include salaries and expenses of the Company’s employees, except as provided in subparagraph (7) above, and office and other overhead expenses.

  C.	“Subject Written Premium” means gross written premium of the Company for the classes of business reinsured hereunder, less cancellations and return premiums, and less installment fees, MGA fees, inspection fees, Policy fees, Policy taxes or any other taxes, EMPAT fees, and pass through assessments or any recoupments of assessments.

  D.	“Subject Earned Premium” means the gross earned premium, less cancellations and return premiums, and less the earned portion of installment fees, MGA fees, inspection fees, Policy fees, Policy taxes or any other taxes, EMPAT fees, and pass through assessments or any recoupments of assessments.

  E.	“Policy” means any binder, policy, or contract of insurance issued, accepted or held covered provisionally or otherwise, by or on behalf of the Company in respect of Northeast Property.  

  F.	 “Third Party Claims Administration Agreement” means the agreement entered into between the Company and Griston Claim Management, Inc. (“Griston”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 

   

  ARTICLE 13

  Extra Contractual Obligations/Excess of Policy Limits

  A.	This Contract shall cover Extra Contractual Obligations, as provided in the Retention and Limit Article.  “Extra Contractual Obligations” shall be defined as those liabilities not covered under any other provision of this Contract and that arise from the handling of any claim on business covered hereunder, such liabilities arising because of, but not limited to, the following:  failure by the Company to settle within the Policy limit, or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.

  B.	This Contract shall cover Loss in Excess of Policy Limits, as provided in the Retention and Limit Article.  “Loss in Excess of Policy Limits” shall be defined as Loss in excess of the 

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  Policy limit, having been incurred because of, but not limited to, failure by the Company to settle within the Policy limit or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action.

  C.	An Extra Contractual Obligation and/or Loss in Excess of Policy Limits shall be deemed to have occurred on the same date as the loss covered under the Company’s Policy, and shall constitute part of the original loss.

  D.	For the purposes of the Loss in Excess of Policy Limits coverage hereunder, the word "Loss" shall mean any amounts for which the Company would have been contractually liable to pay had it not been for the limit of the original Policy.

  E.	Loss Adjustment Expense in respect of Extra Contractual Obligations and/or Loss in Excess of Policy Limits shall be covered hereunder in the same manner as other Loss Adjustment Expense.

  F.	However, this Article shall not apply where the loss has been incurred due to final legal adjudication of fraud of a member of the Board of Directors or a corporate officer of the Company acting individually or collectively or in collusion with any individual or corporation or any other organization or party involved in the presentation, defense or settlement of any claim covered hereunder.

  G.	In no event shall coverage be provided to the extent not permitted under law. 

  ARTICLE 14

  Net Retained Liability

  A.	This Contract applies only to that portion of any loss that the Company retains net for its own account (prior to deduction of any reinsurance that inures solely to the benefit of the Company).

  B.	The amount of the Reinsurer’s liability hereunder in respect of any loss or losses shall not be increased by reason of the inability of the Company to collect from any other reinsurer(s), whether specific or general, any amounts that may have become due from such reinsurer(s), whether such inability arises from the insolvency of such other reinsurer(s) or otherwise.   

  ARTICLE 15

  Original Conditions

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  Company.  However, in no event shall this be construed in any way to provide coverage outside the terms and conditions set forth in this Contract.   

  ARTICLE 16

  No Third Party Rights

  This Contract is solely between the Company and the Reinsurer, and in no instance shall any insured, claimant or other third party have any rights under this Contract except as may be expressly provided otherwise herein.   

  ARTICLE 17

  Loss Settlements

  A.	The Company, per the terms of the Third Party Claims Administration Agreement, has granted Griston Claim Management, Inc. (“Griston”) authority to adjust, settle or compromise all claims and losses, subject to the Company’s approval. 

  B.	As respects losses subject to this Contract, all loss settlements made by the Company, whether under strict Policy terms or by way of compromise, and any Extra Contractual Obligations and/or Loss in Excess of Policy Limits, shall be binding upon the Reinsurer, and the Reinsurer agrees to pay or allow, as the case may be, its share of each such settlement in accordance with this Contract.    

  ARTICLE 18

  Salvage and Subrogation

  A.	Salvages and all recoveries (including amounts due from all reinsurances that inure to the benefit of this Contract, whether recovered or not), shall be first deducted from any loss to the extent received prior to loss settlement hereunder to arrive at the amount of liability attaching hereunder.

  B.	All salvages, recoveries or payments recovered or received subsequent to loss settlement hereunder shall be applied as if recovered or received prior to the aforesaid settlement, and all necessary adjustments shall be made by the parties hereto.

  ARTICLE 19

  Currency

  A.	Where the word “Dollars” and/or the sign “$” appear in this Contract, they shall mean United States Dollars, and all payments hereunder shall be in United States Dollars.

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  B.	For purposes of this Contract, where the Company receives premiums or pays losses in currencies other than United States Dollars, such premiums or losses shall be converted into United States Dollars at the actual rates of exchange at which these premiums or losses are entered in the Company’s books.  

  ARTICLE 20

  Security

  A.	This Article applies only to the extent a Reinsurer does not qualify for credit with any insurance regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company’s reserves 

  B.	The Company agrees, in respect of its Policies or bonds falling within the scope of this Contract, that when it files with its insurance regulatory authority, or sets up on its books liabilities as required by law, it shall forward to the Reinsurer a statement showing the proportion of such liabilities applicable to the Reinsurer.  The “Reinsurer’s Obligations” shall be defined as follows:

  1.	the Reinsurer’s share of the unearned portion of the Subject Written Premium;

  2.	known outstanding losses that have been reported to the Reinsurer and Loss Adjustment Expense relating thereto;

  3.	losses and Loss Adjustment Expense paid by the Company but not recovered from the Reinsurer;

  4.	losses incurred but not reported and Loss Adjustment Expense relating thereto;

  5.	all other amounts for which the Company cannot take credit on its financial statements unless funding is provided by the Reinsurer.

  C.	The Reinsurer’s Obligations shall be funded by funds withheld, cash advances, Trust Agreement or a Letter of Credit (LOC).  The Company shall have the option of determining the method of funding provided it is acceptable to the insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company’s reserves.

  D.	When funding by Trust Agreement, the Reinsurer shall ensure that the Trust Agreement complies with the provisions of the “Trust Agreement Requirements Clause” attached hereto.  When funding by an LOC, the Reinsurer agrees to apply for and secure timely delivery to the Company of a clean, irrevocable and unconditional LOC issued by a bank and containing provisions acceptable to the insurance regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company’s reserves in an amount equal to the Reinsurer’s Obligations.  Such LOC shall be issued for a period of not less than one year, and shall be automatically extended for one year from its date of expiration or any future expiration date unless 30 days (or such other time period as may be required by insurance regulatory authorities), prior to any expiration date 

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  the issuing bank shall notify the Company by certified or registered mail that the issuing bank elects not to consider the LOC extended for any additional period.

  E.	The Reinsurer and the Company agree that any funding provided by the Reinsurer pursuant to the provisions of this Contract may be drawn upon at any time, notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract, and be utilized by the Company or any successor, by operation of law, of the Company including, without limitation, any liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or conservator of the Company, for the following purposes, unless otherwise provided for in a separate Trust Agreement:

  1.	to reimburse the Company for the Reinsurer’s Obligations, the payment of which is due under the terms of this Contract and that has not been otherwise paid;

  2.	to make refund of any sum that is in excess of the actual amount required to pay the Reinsurer’s Obligations under this Contract (or in excess of 102% of the Reinsurer’s Obligations, if funding is provided by a Trust Agreement);

  3.	to fund an account with the Company for the Reinsurer’s Obligations.  Such cash deposit shall be held in an interest bearing account separate from the Company’s other assets, and interest thereon not in excess of the prime rate shall accrue to the benefit of the Reinsurer.  Any taxes payable on accrued interest shall be paid out of the assets in the account that are in excess of the Reinsurer’s Obligations (or in excess of 102% of the Reinsurer’s Obligations, if funding is provided by a Trust Agreement).  If the assets are inadequate to pay taxes, any taxes due shall be paid or reimbursed by the Reinsurer;

  4.	to pay the Reinsurer’s share of any other amounts the Company claims are due under this Contract.

  F.	If the amount drawn by the Company is in excess of the actual amount required for E(1) or E(3), or in the case of E(4), the actual amount determined to be due, the Company shall promptly return to the Reinsurer the excess amount so drawn.  All of the foregoing shall be applied without diminution because of insolvency on the part of the Company or the Reinsurer.

  G.	The issuing bank shall have no responsibility whatsoever in connection with the propriety of withdrawals made by the Company or the disposition of funds withdrawn, except to ensure that withdrawals are made only upon the order of properly authorized representatives of the Company.

  H.	At annual intervals, or more frequently at the discretion of the Company, but never more frequently than monthly, the Company shall prepare a specific statement of the Reinsurer’s Obligations for the sole purpose of amending the LOC or other method of funding, in the following manner:

  1.	If the statement shows that the Reinsurer’s Obligations exceed the balance of the LOC as of the statement date, the Reinsurer shall, within 30 days after receipt of the 

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  statement, secure delivery to the Company of an amendment to the LOC increasing the amount of credit by the amount of such difference.  Should another method of funding be used, the Reinsurer shall, within the time period outlined above, increase such funding by the amount of such difference.

  2.	If, however, the statement shows that the Reinsurer’s Obligations are less than the balance of the LOC (or that 102% of the Reinsurer’s Obligations are less than the trust account balance if funding is provided by a Trust Agreement), as of the statement date, the Company shall, within 30 days after receipt of written request from the Reinsurer, release such excess credit by agreeing to secure an amendment to the LOC reducing the amount of credit available by the amount of such excess credit.  Should another method of funding be used, the Company shall, within the time period outlined above, decrease such funding by the amount of such excess.

  I.	Should the Company or the Reinsurer be in breach of its obligations under this Article, or any Trust Agreement entered into to collateralize the Reinsurer’s Obligations hereunder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Contract, including but not limited to the Arbitration Article, the Company or the Reinsurer may seek immediate relief in respect of said breach from any court sitting in Pinellas County, Florida having competent jurisdiction of the parties hereto or the state and federal courts having jurisdiction for disputes from Pinellas County, as determined by the Company, and the parties consent to jurisdiction of such court. The Company and the Reinsurer agree that in addition to obeying the order of such court, each will bear its own costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, incurred in seeking the relief sought from such breach. In the alternative, the Company or the Reinsurer may elect to demand arbitration of such dispute pursuant to the provisions of the Arbitration Article hereunder.    

  ARTICLE 21

  Taxes

  A.	In consideration of the terms under which this Contract is issued, the Company undertakes not to claim any deduction of the premium hereon when making Canadian tax returns.

  B.	1.	The Reinsurer has agreed to allow, for the purpose of paying the Federal Excise Tax, the applicable percentage of the premium payable hereon (as imposed under the Internal Revenue Code) to the extent such premium is subject to Federal Excise Tax.

  2.	In the event of any return of such premium becoming due hereunder, the Reinsurer shall deduct the applicable percentage of such premium from the amount of the return, and the Company or its agent should take steps to recover the Tax from the U.S. Government.

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  ARTICLE 22

  Access to Records

  The Reinsurer or its duly authorized representatives shall have the right to visit the offices of the Company to inspect, examine, audit, and verify any of the policy, accounting or claim files (“Records”) relating to the Policies reinsured under this Contract during regular business hours after giving five working days’ prior notice; provided, that the Company shall be permitted to exclude from such inspection, examination or audit information that is not primarily related to the Policies to the extent any such information related to the Policies cannot be segregated or separated, without material cost or effort, from information that the Company believes in good faith is not permitted to be disclosed or transferred to the Reinsurer or its affiliates pursuant to applicable law or that would otherwise reveal sensitive competitive information concerning the business of the Company and its affiliates (other than the Policies). This right shall be exercisable during the term of this Contract or after the expiration of this Contract.

  ARTICLE 23

  Confidentiality

  A.	The Reinsurer hereby acknowledges that the documents, information and data provided to it by the Company, whether directly or through an authorized agent, in connection with the placement and execution of this Contract ("Confidential Information") are proprietary and confidential to the Company. Confidential Information shall not include documents, information or data that the Reinsurer can show:

  1.	are publicly known or have become publicly known through no unauthorized act of the Reinsurer;

  2.	have been rightfully received from a third person without obligation of confidentiality; or

  3.	were known by the Reinsurer prior to the placement of this Contract without an obligation of confidentiality.

  B.	Absent the written consent of the Company, the Reinsurer shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any third parties, including any affiliated companies, except:

  1.	when required by retrocessionaires as respects business ceded to this Contract;

  2.	when required by regulators performing an audit of the Reinsurer’s records and/or financial condition; or

  3.	when required by external auditors performing an audit of the Reinsurer’s records in the normal course of business.

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  Further, the Reinsurer agrees not to use any Confidential Information for any purpose not related to the performance of its obligations or enforcement of its rights under this Contract.

  C.	Notwithstanding the above, in the event that the Reinsurer is required by court order, other legal process or any regulatory authority to release or disclose any or all of the Confidential Information, the Reinsurer agrees to provide the Company with written notice of same at least 10 days prior to such release or disclosure and to use its best efforts to assist the Company in maintaining the confidentiality provided for in this Article.

  D.	The provisions of this Article shall extend to the officers, directors and employees of the Reinsurer and its affiliates, and shall be binding upon their successors and assigns.   

  ARTICLE 24

  Indemnification and Errors and Omissions

  A.	The Reinsurer is reinsuring, subject to the terms and conditions of this Contract, the obligations of the Company under any Policy.  The Company shall be the sole judge as to:

  1.	what shall constitute a claim or loss covered under any Policy;

  2.	the Company’s liability thereunder;

  3.	the amount or amounts that it shall be proper for the Company to pay thereunder.

  B.	The Reinsurer shall be bound by the judgment of the Company as to the obligation(s) and liability(ies) of the Company under any Policy.

  C.	Any inadvertent error, omission or delay in complying with the terms and conditions of this Contract shall not be held to relieve either party hereto from any liability that would attach to it hereunder if such error, omission or delay had not been made, provided such error, omission or delay is rectified immediately upon discovery.   

  ARTICLE 25

  Insolvency

  A.	If more than one reinsured company is referenced within the definition of “Company” in the Preamble to this Contract, this Article shall apply severally to each such company.  Further, this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state shall apply in the event of the insolvency of any company covered hereunder.  In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state of any company covered hereunder, that domiciliary state’s laws shall prevail.

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  to the Company, or to its liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor, either:  (1) on the basis of the liability of the Company, or (2) on the basis of claims filed and allowed in the liquidation proceeding, whichever may be required by applicable statute, without diminution because of the insolvency of the Company or because the liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor of the Company has failed to pay all or a portion of any claim.  It is agreed, however, that the liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor of the Company shall give written notice to the Reinsurer of the pendency of a claim against the Company indicating the Policy or bond reinsured, which claim would involve a possible liability on the part of the Reinsurer within a reasonable time after such claim is filed in the conservation or liquidation proceeding or in the receivership, and that during the pendency of such claim, the Reinsurer may investigate such claim and interpose, at its own expense, in the proceeding where such claim is to be adjudicated any defense or defenses that it may deem available to the Company or its liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor.  The expense thus incurred by the Reinsurer shall be chargeable, subject to the approval of the court, against the Company as part of the expense of conservation or liquidation to the extent of a pro rata share of the benefit that may accrue to the Company solely as a result of the defense undertaken by the Reinsurer.

  C.	Where two or more reinsurers are involved in the same claim and a majority in interest elect to interpose defense to such claim, the expense shall be apportioned in accordance with the terms of this reinsurance Contract as though such expense had been incurred by the Company.

  ARTICLE 26

  Arbitration

  A.	Except as may be elected by the Company pursuant to paragraph I of the Security Article of this Contract, any dispute arising out of the interpretation, performance or breach of this Contract, including the formation or validity thereof, shall be submitted for decision to a panel of three arbitrators.  Notice requesting arbitration shall be in writing and sent certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

  B.	One arbitrator shall be chosen by each party and the two arbitrators shall then choose an impartial third arbitrator who shall preside at the hearing.  If either party fails to appoint its arbitrator within 30 days after being requested to do so by the other party, the latter, after 10 days’ prior notice by certified or registered mail of its intention to do so, may appoint the second arbitrator.

  C.	If the two arbitrators do not agree on a third arbitrator within 60 days of their appointment, the third arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with the procedures for selecting the third arbitrator in force on the date the arbitration is demanded, established by the AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society – U.S. (ARIAS).  The arbitrators shall be persons knowledgeable about insurance and reinsurance who have no personal or financial interest in the result of the arbitration.  If a member of the panel dies, becomes disabled or is 

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  otherwise unwilling or unable to serve, a substitute shall be selected in the same manner as the departing member was chosen and the arbitration shall continue.

  D.	Within 30 days after all arbitrators have been appointed, the panel shall meet and determine timely periods for briefs, discovery procedures and schedules of hearings. The arbitration hearing and any pre-hearing conferences shall be held in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the date(s) fixed by the arbitrators, provided that the arbitrators may call for pre-hearing conferences by means of teleconference or videoconference as they may deem appropriate.

  E.	The panel shall be relieved of all judicial formality and shall not be bound by the strict rules of procedure and evidence.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Contract, the arbitrators may at their discretion, consider underwriting and placement information provided by the Company to the Reinsurer, as well as any correspondence exchanged by the parties that is related to this Contract.  The arbitration shall take place in St Petersburg, Florida, or at such other place as the parties shall agree.  The decision of any two arbitrators shall be in writing and shall be final and binding.  The panel is empowered to grant interim relief as it may deem appropriate.

  F.	The panel shall interpret this Contract as an honorable engagement rather than as merely a legal obligation and shall make its decision considering the custom and practice of the applicable insurance and reinsurance business as promptly as possible after the hearings.  Judgment upon an award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

  G.	Each party shall bear the expense of its own arbitrator and shall jointly and equally bear with the other party the cost of the third arbitrator.  The remaining costs of the arbitration shall be allocated by the panel.  The panel may, at its discretion, award such further costs and expenses as it considers appropriate, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, to the extent permitted by law.

  ARTICLE 27

  Governing Law

  This Contract shall be governed as to performance, administration and interpretation by the laws of the State of Florida, exclusive of conflict of law rules.  However, with respect to credit for reinsurance, the rules of all applicable states shall apply.  

  ARTICLE 28

  Entire Agreement

  This Contract sets forth all of the duties and obligations between the Company and the Reinsurer and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written agreements with respect to matters referred to in this Contract.  This Contract may not be modified or changed except by an amendment to this Contract in writing signed by both parties.  However, this Article shall not be 

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  construed as limiting the admissibility of evidence regarding the formation, interpretation, purpose or intent of this Contract.   

  ARTICLE 29

  Non-Waiver

  The failure of the Company or the Reinsurer to insist on compliance with this Contract or to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any rights contained in this Contract nor prevent either party from thereafter demanding full and complete compliance nor prevent either party from exercising such remedy in the future.   

  ARTICLE 30

  Mode of Execution

  A.	This Contract may be executed by:

  1.	an original written ink signature of paper documents;

  2.	an exchange of electronic copies showing the original written ink signature of paper documents;

  3.	electronic signature technology employing computer software and a digital signature or digitizer pen pad to capture a person’s handwritten signature in such a manner that the signature is unique to the person signing, is under the sole control of the person signing, is capable of verification to authenticate the signature and is linked to the document signed in such a manner that if the data is changed, such signature is invalidated.

  B.	The use of any one or a combination of these methods of execution shall constitute a legally binding and valid signing of this Contract.  This Contract may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, when duly executed, shall be deemed an original.  

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Contract to be executed by its duly authorized representative.

  This ____________ day of June, 2021.	

  United Property & Casualty Insurance Company

   

  By: __________________________________________     

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  Name: _______________________________________  

  Title: ________________________________________

  EXHIBIT A

  TRUST AGREEMENT

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT B

  Third Party Claims Administration Agreement

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