Superior National Insurance Company

Not for the first time, the Centre Solutions/Zurich Insurance Group has been accused of ripping off insolvent insurers not long before they went bust, allegedly enriching itself at the expense of creditors.Several entities and individuals within the group are involved in litigation with the California State Insurance Commissioner.The Commissioner is seeking to void and recover $202 million of allegedly fraudulent transfers and recover damages for losses suffered under the commutation of a reinsurance agreement.

American Re has claimed it was duped into providing $175 million of workers' compensation reinsurance coverage for Superior National Insurance Company subsidiary Business Insurance Group.The allegation is contained in American Re's answer to a lawsuit brought against it and Bermuda-based Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company by Superior National Insurance Company in the Superior Court of California.

Inside Bermuda has received a letter from Inter-Ocean President Mervin Holland in response to allegations made to the media about his company by Superior National Insurance Company President Chris Seaman.Holland was particularly upset at an article that appeared in The Royal Gazette newspaper on September 23 headlined: "Inter-Ocean tried to mug us - US insurer."