Opinion ID: 804140
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Aviva's Motion for Summary Judgment

Text: As discussed above, the Facultative Certificate, which is the only direct agreement between the parties on the record, unambiguously provides that Aviva's reinsurance obligation terminated after April 1, 1981. Further, also as previously discussed, even if we assume arguendo that the 1980 Aviva and OneBeacon Policies, rather than the Facultative Certificate, formed the original agreement between the parties, OneBeacon cannot show that the original agreement lasted beyond the end of the first policy year. As explained above, both the language of subsequent documents (the 1981 Aviva Endorsement and the 1981 OneBeacon Policy) and the extrinsic evidence (the premium payments and the lack of additional facultative certificates) show that whatever reinsurance arrangement between OneBeacon and Aviva that existed in the first policy year terminated at the end of that year. -15- Since it is OneBeacon's burden to prove Aviva's reinsurance obligation, which OneBeacon cannot do, summary judgment for Aviva was appropriate. Accordingly, we affirm the grant of summary judgment to Aviva.