St. Paul’s Counterclaims for $9 Million Barred by Breach of Late Notice Provision, R&Q Says



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PHILADELPHIA — R&Q Reinsurance Co. says counterclaims asserted by St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. in a multi-million dollar reinsurance dispute are barred by St. Paul’s failure to provide R&Q timely notice of the asbestos claims underlying the reinsurance billings.

In its Aug. 1 answer filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, R&Q argues that the counterclaims, in which St. Paul seeks more than $9 million in damages for R&Q’s alleged breach of the facultative certificates, are barred by the terms of those contracts.

On Dec. 1, 1979, R&Q and St. Paul entered into …

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