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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">9.  </font></b>
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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Derivative
Contracts</font></b>
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The following tables summarize information on the location and
amounts of derivative fair values on the consolidated balance
sheet as at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
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<b>Derivatives Not Designated as<br />
</b>
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</td>
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
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<b>As at March 31, 2011</b>
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<b>As at December 31, 2010</b>
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<b>Hedging Instruments<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>Notional<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>Fair<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>Notional<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
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<b>Under ASC 815</b>
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<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Balance Sheet Location</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Amount</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Value</b>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Amount</b>
</td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Fair Value</b>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>($ in millions)</b>
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<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
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Interest Rate Swaps
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Derivatives at Fair Value
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,000.0
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
7.4
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
500.0
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
6.8
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Forward Exchange Contracts
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Liabilities Under Derivative Contracts
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
240.3
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
3.5
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
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The following table provides the unrealized and realized
gains/(losses) recorded in earnings for the three months ended
March 31, 2011 and 2010:
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<b>Amount of Gain/(Loss)<br />
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<b>Derivatives Not Designated as<br />
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<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="7" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Recognized in Income</b>
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<b>Hedging Instruments<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="7" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Three Months Ended</b>
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<b>Under ASC 815</b>
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</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>Location of Gain/(Loss) Recognized in Income</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>March 31, 2011</b>
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<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="3" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>March 31, 2010</b>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="7" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>($ millions)</b>
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Credit Insurance Contract
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Change in Fair Value of Derivatives
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</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
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$
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
(2.0
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Forward Exchange Contracts
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Change in Fair Value of Derivatives
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<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
(3.5
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
)
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">
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Interest Rate Swaps
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Change in Fair Value of Derivatives
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
0.1
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
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<i>Credit insurance contract.</i>  On
November 28, 2006, the Company entered into a credit
insurance contract which, subject to its terms, insured the
Company against losses due to the inability of one or more of
our reinsurance counterparties to meet their financial
obligations to the Company. The Company considered the contract
to be a derivative instrument because the final settlement is
expected to take place two years after expiry of cover and
included an amount attributable to outstanding and IBNR claims
which may not at that point in time be due and payable to the
Company. The contract was treated as an asset or a liability and
measured at the directors’ estimate of fair value.
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The contract was for five years and provided 90% cover for a
named panel of reinsurers up to individual defined
<font style="white-space: nowrap">sub-limits.</font>
The contract did allow, subject to certain conditions, for
substitution and replacement of panel members if the
Company’s panel of reinsurers changes. Payments were made
on a quarterly basis throughout the period of the contract based
on the aggregate limit, which was set initially at
$477.0 million but is subject to adjustment. On
October 26, 2010, we gave notice of our intention to
cancel our credit insurance contract with effect from
November 28, 2010. The notice of cancellation triggered a
final payment of $1.9 million to the contract
counter-parties.
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<i>Foreign exchange contract.</i>  The Company uses
forward exchange contracts to manage foreign currency risk. A
forward foreign currency exchange contract involves an
obligation to purchase or sell a specified currency at a future
date at a price set at the time of the contract. Foreign
currency exchange contracts will not eliminate fluctuations in
the value of our assets and liabilities denominated in foreign
currencies but rather allow us to establish a rate of exchange
for a future point in time. The foreign currency contracts are
recorded as derivatives at fair value with changes recorded as a
net foreign exchange gain or loss in the Company’s
statement of operations. As at March 31, 2011, the Company
had three forward contracts outstanding, resulting in a charge
for the three months of $3.5 million (2010 —
$Nil).
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<i>Interest rate swaps.</i>  As at March 31,
2011, the Company held a number of standard fixed for floating
interest rate swaps with a total notional amount of
$1.0 billion that are due to mature between August 2,
2012 and November 9, 2020. The swaps are used in the
ordinary course of the Company’s investment activities to
partially mitigate the negative impact of rises in interest
rates on the market value of the Company’s fixed income
portfolio. As at March 31, 2011, there was a credit in
respect of the interest rate swaps of $0.1 million
(2010 — $Nil).
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Non-cash collateral with a fair value of $9.4 million as at
March 31, 2011 (December 31, 2010
— $7.7 million) was transferred by our
counterparties. In accordance with FASB ASC 860 Topic
Transfers and Servicing, no amount has been recorded in our
balance sheet for the pledged assets. None of the collateral has
been sold or re-pledged.
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Under the derivative accounting guidance, none of the
derivatives meets the requirements for hedge accounting. Changes
in the estimated fair value was included in the consolidated
statement of operations.
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