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7 Master Service List Parties IN RE: Reliance Insurance Company In Liquidation No. 1 REL 2001 (Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania) Preston M. Buckman, Esquire, (717) Department Counsel for Insurance Governor's Office of General Counsel Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Insurance Department Office of the Chief Counsel Capitol Associates Building 901 North 7 th Street Harrisburg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) pbuckman@pa.gov (Attorneys for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department) Marilyn K. Kincaid, Esquire, (215) Reliance Insurance Company (in Liquidation) Three Parkway 5 th Floor Philadelphia, PA Phone: (215) Fax: (215) marilyn.kincaid@relianceinsurance.com (Attorney for Reliance Insurance Company (in Liquidation)) Nicholas M. Insua McCarter & English LLP 1600 Market Street Suite 3900 Phone: (215) Fax: (215) ninsua@mccarter.com (Attorney for Water Applications Distribution Group, Inc. formerly known as U.S. Filter Distribution Group, Inc. as successor-by-merger to Pacific Water Works Supply Co., Inc.) Timothy P. Law, (215) Reed Smith LLP Three Logan Square 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3100 Phone: (215) Fax: (215) tlaw@reedsmith.com (Counsel for Henry Company) Timothy J. O Driscoll, (215) Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP One Logan Square Suite 2000 Phone: (215) Fax: (215) Timothy.ODriscoll@dbr.com (Counsel for Aurora National Life Assurance Company) Emily Grim, (202) Richard Shore Daniel I. Wolf Gilbert LLP 1100 New York Avenue, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC Phone: (202) Fax: (202) grime@gotofirm.com shorer@gotofirm.com wolfd@gotofirm.com (Counsel for Armstrong World Industries, Inc. and The Shook & Fletcher Asbestos Settlement Trust) Charles J. Jesuit, Jr., (215) Cozen O Connor 1900 Market Street Phone: (215) Fax: (215) cjesuit@cozen.com (Attorney for Aramark Corporation) Patricia Rothbardt, (212) Reliance Insurance Company (in Liquidation) Legal Department- 10 th Floor 75 Broad Street New York, NY Phone: (212) Fax: (212) patricia.rothbardt@relianceinsurance.com (Attorney for Reliance Insurance Company (in Liquidation)) 1

8 Anthony J. Piazza, Jr., (570) Piazza Law Group 194 Cypress Street, Suite 200 Throop, PA Phone: (570) Fax: (570) And Alpheus Raymond Hamrick, III, (818) Hamrick & Evans LLP 111 Universal Hollywood Drive Suite 2200 Universal City, CA Phone: (818) Fax: (818) (Counsel for Woodbridge Films, Inc.) Ryan T. Becker, Esquire, (215) Fox Rothschild LLP 2000 Market St. 20th Floor Philadelphia, PA, Phone: (215) Fax: (215) (Counsel for Respondent, TriStar Pictures, Inc.) Douglas Y. Christian, (215) /8136 Ballard Spahr LLP 1735 Market Street, 51 st Floor Phone: (215) /8136 Fax: (215) / (Counsel for Carlson Holdings, Inc. and NAFCO Insurance Company Ltd) Steven B. Davis, (215) Karl S. Myers Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP 2600 One Commerce Square Phone: (215) Fax: (215) (Counsel for Reliance Insurance Company (in Liquidation)) Steven J. Englemyer, Lorena E. Ahumada Kleinbard LLC 1650 Market Street 46th Floor Phone: (Counsel for Reliance Insurance Company (in Liquidation)) 2

9 Master Service List Non-Parties IN RE: Reliance Insurance Company In Liquidation No. 1 REL 2001 (Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania) David L. Harbaugh, Esquire, (215) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1701 Market Street Phone: (215) Fax: (215) dharbaugh@morganlewis.com (Attorney for Fuji Bank) Richard F. McMenamin, Esquire, (215) McCarter & English, LLP 1600 Market Street Suite 3900 Phone: (215) Fax: (215) rmcmenamin@mccarter.com (Attorney for Milliken & Company) Richard F. McMenamin, Esquire, (215) McCarter & English, LLP 1600 Market Street Suite 3900 Phone: (215) Fax: (215) rmcmenamin@mccarter.com (Attorneys for The Bank of New York Mellon (Formerly Mellon Bank, N.A.) Stanley E. Maron, (310) Maron & Sandler 1250 Fourth Street, Suite 550 Santa Monica, California Phone: (310) Fax: (310) smaron@maronsandler.com Joel Hopkins, (717) Saul Ewing LLP Penn National Insurance Plaza 2 North Second Street 7 th Floor Harrisburg, PA Phone : (717) Fax: (717) jhopkins@saul.com (Attorney for Milken Institute) James S. Gkonos Saul Ewing LLP Centre Square West, 38 th Floor 1500 Market Street Philadelphia, PA Phone: (215) Fax: (215) jgkonos@saul.com (Attorney for Milken Institute) Jayson R. Wolfgang, Esquire, (717) Buchanan Ingersoll One South Market Square 213 Market Street, 3 rd Floor Harrisburg, PA Phone: (717) Fax: (717) jayson.wolfgang@bipc.com (Attorneys for Federal Insurance Company) Rowe W. Snider, Esquire, (312) Steven T. Whitmer, Esquire Julie L. Young, Esquire Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP 111 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois Phone: (312) Fax: (312) rsnider@lockelord.com swhitmer@lockelord.com jyoung@lockelord.com (Attorneys for Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund) Daryn E. Rush, Esquire, (215) White and Williams LLP 1650 Market Street One Liberty Place, Suite 1800 Phone: Fax: rushd@whiteandwilliams.com (Attorney for Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., Palm Springs General Hospital, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Co.) / v.1 1

10 Henry M. Sneath, (412) Amber L. Reiner, (412) Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. Four Gateway Center 444 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1105 Pittsburgh, PA Phone: (412) (412) Fax: (412) (Counsel for Washington Mutual Bank ( WAMU ), as successor to Hawthorne Financial Corp. and Hawthorne Saving, F.S.B.) Gregory P. Deschenes, (617) NIXON PEABODY LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, MA Phone: (617) gdeschenes@nixonpeabody.com (Counsel for Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund) Anthony A. Geyelin, Esquire, (610) Chimicles & Tikellis LLP 361 W. Lancaster Avenue Haverford, PA Phone: (610) Fax: (610) TonyGeyelin@Chimicles.com (Counsel for Petitioner, the Certified Class in the In re Phoenix Leasing Limited Partnership Litigation) Timothy A. Diemer, (313) Jacobs and Diemer, P.C. The Guardian Building 500 Griswold St., Suite 2825 Detroit, MI Phone: (313) Fax: (313) TimDiemer@jacobsdiemer.com (Counsel for DTE Energy Company) Timothy P. Law, (215) Matthew D. Rosso Reed Smith LLP Three Logan Square 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3100 Phone: (215) Fax: (215) tlaw@reedsmith.com mrosso@reedsmith.com (Counsel for Unisys Corporation and Tribune Company, Lincoln National Corporation, Warrantech et. al) Jayne A. Risk, (215) DLA Piper (US) LLP One Liberty Place 1650 Market Street Philadelphia PA Phone: (215) fax: (215) jayne.risk@dlapiper.com Stephen A. Loney, Jr., (267) Hogan & Hartson LLP 1835 Market Street 29 th Floor Phone: (267) Fax: saloney@hhlaw.com (Counsel for Genworth Life Insurance Company and Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (formerly General Electric Capital Assurance Company, First Colony Life Insurance Life Insurance Company, Federal Home Life Insurance Company, and GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company) and National Structured Settlements Trade Association) / v.1 2

11 Exhibit A

15 Exhibit B

16 IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: Reliance Insurance Company in Liquidation NO. 1 REL 2001 NOTICE OF FILING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AN ESTIMATED CLAIMS VALUE PROCESS The Liquidator of Reliance Insurance Company is providing this Notice in compliance with an Order of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ( Court ) in the above-referenced proceedings which established a deadline for filing any responses to the Liquidator s Application for Approval of an Estimated Claims Value Process ( ECVP Application ). The DEADLINE for filing any RESPONSE to the ECVP Application is APRIL 30, In order to expedite the conclusion of the Reliance liquidation proceedings and facilitate a final distribution of assets, this Application asks the Court to order that: 1. Within 70 days from the date of a request by the Liquidator for an Estimated Claim Value ( ECV ), all claimants with Proofs of Claim ( POCs ) for which Notices of Determination ( NODs ) have not yet been issued ( Pending POCs ) must provide the Liquidator with an ECV, along with an explanation of the calculation and information and documentation supporting the calculation for that Pending POC; 2. If a claimant does not provide a properly supported ECV within the 70 day deadline 1, the Liquidator is authorized to issue a $0 NOD for the claimant s Pending POC to which objections will not be allowed; 3. The Liquidator will submit NODs for approval to the Court in the next Report and Recommendation on Resolved Claims after the expiration of the objection period if no objection is filed and a distribution will be paid on the NODs in the next distribution cycle after Court approval; 1 If the 70 day deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal or state holiday, the required information and documentation will be due on the next business day.

17 4. The requirement for providing a properly supported ECV does not apply to any NODs that have already been issued by the Liquidator (including those currently in objection proceedings) or to Guaranty Associations; and 5. Referees currently appointed for Reliance objection disputes or Referees appointed to handle Reliance objection disputes in the future, including those involving Guaranty Associations, are directed to expedite those objection disputes by, for example; a. promptly issuing case management orders for appropriately limited discovery, dispositive motions, and briefing schedules; b. bifurcating issues, especially when certain dispositive issues would not require factual development; c. utilizing stipulations to limit factual disputes; d. addressing any discovery issues by promptly ruling on, for example, motions to compel, motions for protective orders, or motions in limine; e. utilizing dispositive motions, such as full or partial summary judgments, when facts are not disputed; f. avoiding extensive or unnecessary hearings and oral argument, but scheduling them promptly if the referee deems either to be necessary; and g. submitting a report and recommendation to the Court within 45 days after the close of evidence or final briefing in an objection proceeding. The Order requested in this Application is intended to replace and supersede the Claims Information Orders issued on May 1 and November 27 of However, until and unless the Order requested in the Application is entered, all claimants must continue to comply with the deadlines mandated in the Claims Information Orders. You may view, download, or print a copy of the ECVP Application by accessing the Reliance Documents website at and choosing the Recently Filed Documents link and then the link for the ECVP Application. If you do not have access to the internet or if for any reason you are unable to view, download, or print the ECVP Application from the Reliance Documents website, you may contact Reliance as follows and request that a copy of the ECVP Application be mailed to you: by mail: Liquidator-ECVP Application Reliance Insurance Company (In Liquidation) Three Parkway, 5 th Floor, Philadelphia, PA or P. O. Box 7757, Philadelphia, PA by telephone: (215) or by fax:(215) or by Liquidator@relianceinsurance.com. Commonwealth Court rules applicable to filing responses to Applications such as this one are also available by clicking on the link for Selected PA Rules Governing Insurance Liquidations at

18 Exhibit C

Master Service List Parties IN RE: Reliance Insurance Company In Liquidation No. 1 REL 2001 (Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania)

Master Service List Parties IN RE: Reliance Insurance Company In Liquidation No. 1 REL 2001 (Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania) Preston M. Buckman, Esquire, (717) 787-6009 Department Counsel for Insurance