RECAPTURES. Whenever State Mutual increases its maximum limit of retention for new business, it will have the option of recapturing a corresponding amount of insurance on each life reinsured under this agreement, provided that reinsurance will not be so recaptured before the end of the respective twentieth policy year of any give cession. Reinsurance will be eligible for recapture on each life on which State Mutual has maintained its maximum limit of retention, as shown in Schedule A, for the age, plan and mortality classification of the risk at time of issue. Special limits for specific underwriting hazards or impairments will not be considered to be maximum limits of retention. State Mutual will, within ninety days after the effective date for its increase in retention of new issues, notify Connecticut General of its intention to exercise its option to recapture and the effective date such recapture is to commence. Reinsurance in force will then be reduced, as herein provided, on the respective anniversary date next following, or the twentieth anniversary date, where applicable. If recapture as provided above is elected by State Mutual, then all reinsurance eligible for such recapture will be similarly recaptured. Recapture will commence with the effective date established by State Mutual and will continue uninterrupted by State Mutual until all eligible policies have been recaptured. Notwithstanding the above, whenever reinsurance is issued hereunder on the conversion of a policy originally reinsured under this or any other agreement between the two companies, the recapture provisions applicable to the original reinsurance will continue to apply to the reinsurance of the new policy. The reduction in each risk will be of such an amount as will increase State Mutual's share in the risk to its new maximum limit of retention for the age, plan and mortality classification at time of issue. If reinsurance is in force with other companies on a given risk, the reduction in the reinsurance in Connecticut General will be that proportion of the total reduction indicated which the reinsurance in Connecticut General is of the total amount reinsured.
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RECAPTURES. Whenever State Mutual increases its maximum limit of retention for new business, it will have the option of recapturing a corresponding amount of insurance on each life reinsured under this agreement, provided that reinsurance will not be so recaptured before the end of the respective twentieth tenth policy year of any give cessiongiven policy. Reinsurance will be eligible for recapture on each life on which State Mutual has maintained its maximum limit of retention, as shown in Schedule A, for the age, plan and mortality classification of the risk at time of issue. Special limits for specific underwriting hazards or impairments will not be considered to be maximum limits of retention. State Mutual will, within ninety days after the effective date for its increase in retention of new issues, notify Connecticut General of its intention to exercise its option to recapture and the effective date such recapture is to commence. Reinsurance in force will then be reduced, as herein provided, on the respective anniversary date next following, or the twentieth tenth anniversary date, where applicable. If recapture as provided above is elected by State Mutual, then all reinsurance eligible for such recapture will be similarly recaptured. Recapture will commence with the effective date established by State Mutual and will continue uninterrupted by State Mutual until all eligible policies have been recaptured. Notwithstanding the above, whenever reinsurance is issued hereunder on the conversion of a policy originally reinsured under this or any other agreement between the two companies, the recapture provisions applicable to the original reinsurance will continue to apply to the reinsurance of the new policy. The reduction in each Reinsurance on a risk eligible for recapture will be of such an amount as will increase reduced by chronological anniversary date order until State Mutual's share in the risk is increased to its new maximum limit of retention for the age, plan and mortality classification at time of issue. If reinsurance is in force with other companies on a given risk, the reduction in the reinsurance in Connecticut General any given policy will be that proportion of the total reduction indicated which the reinsurance on that policy in Connecticut General is of the total amount reinsuredreinsured on such policy.
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Sources: Reinsurance Agreement (Vel Ii Account of Allmerica Financial Life Ins & Ann Co)