National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh PA

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint, in ACE American Insurance Company, on its own behalf and as assignee of Allied World Assurance Company Ltd.; Liberty Specialty Markets Bermuda, formerly known as Ironshore Insurance Ltd., of Bermuda; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, UK, Subscribing to Policy No. PRPNA1300417, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, UK, Subscribing to Policy No. PRPNA1300429, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, UK, Subscribing to Policy No. S1EMG0311906S, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company;National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh PA;General Security Indemnity Company of Arizona;XL Insurance America, Inc. v. Golder Associates Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Max Bermuda Ltd. and a US subsidiary of Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group are among several insurers being sued for in excess of $60 million by the owners and operators of an oil refinery in Kansas that was damaged by flooding.

Two United States-based subsidiaries of Bermuda firms have joined a slew of litigation by insurers and reinsurers who are seeking damages against the United States Government for claims caused by Hurricane Katrina.The two new actions were filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 7, 2008 and brought to 1,568 the number of Katrina-related cases filed at the court against the Government, which have been rolled into one lead action.

Three Bermuda-based insurers are being sued by Citigroup Inc. for allegedly failing to honor up to $100 million of claims concerning the settlement of litigation for the alleged mis-selling of financial products. Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation based in New York, as successor in interest to Associates First Capital Corporation, filed a civil complaint at the 164th District Court of Harris County, Texas on October 23, 2006, with the case being transferred to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on November 17, 2006.