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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) 277 DIAMONDS VALUED AT ) APPROXIMATELY $2,461,093.00, ) ) ONE (1) PAIR OF DIAMOND ) EARRRINGS, VALUED AT ) APPROXIMATELY $50,120.00 ) ) AND ) ) ONE (1) PLATINUM AND DIAMOND ) RING VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY ) $25,935.00, ) ) Defendant. )

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MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE COMES NOW Claimants GEORGE DALE, Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Mississippi, in his official capacity as Receiver of Franklin Protective Life Insurance Company ("FPL"), Family Guaranty Life Insurance Company ("FGL"), and First National Life Insurance Company of America (collectively "FNL"), LESLIE A. NEWMAN, Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance for the State of Tennessee, in her official capacity as Receiver of Franklin American Life Insurance Company ("FAL"), KIM HOLLAND, Insurance Commissioner for the State of Oklahoma, in her official capacity as Receiver of Farmers and Ranchers Life Insurance Company in Liquidation ("F&RL"), JULIE BENAFIELD BOWMAN, Insurance Commissioner for the State of Arkansas, in her official capacity as Receiver of Old Southwest Life Insurance Company ("OSL"), DOUGLAS M. OMMEN, Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration, for the State of

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Missouri, in his official capacity as Receiver of International Financial Services Life Insurance Company ("IFS"), (collectively, the "Receiver-Claimants"), by and through counsel, pursuant to Rule 17(a), Fed. R. Civ. P., Receiver-Claimants hereby move to substitute (1) Leslie A. Newman for Paula A. Flowers as the Receiver-Claimant of Franklin American Life Insurance Company and (2) Douglas M. Ommen for W. Dale Finke as the Receiver-Claimant of International Financial Services Life Insurance Company. As grounds for this Motion, Receiver-Claimants aver that on January 20, 2007, Leslie A. Newman succeeded Paula A. Flowers as the Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance for the State of Tennessee. Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann § 56-9-307(a), Commissioner Newman

assumed the position of Receiver-Liquidator of Franklin American Life Insurance Company. In addition, on January 2, 2007, Douglas M. Ommen succeeded W. Dale Finke as Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration for the State of Missouri. Pursuant to RSMO § 375.1176, Director Ommen assumed the position of ReceiverLiquidator of International Financial Services Life Insurance Company. Dated: New Haven, CT February 27, 2007

/s/ Douglas S. Skalka Douglas S. Skalka Fed. Bar No. 00616 NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510-2026 Telephone: (203) 821-2000 Facsimile: (203) 821-2009 Of Counsel and

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Douglas J. Schmidt MO # 34266 Terrance M. Summers MO # 38319 Patrick A. McInerney MO # 37638 BLACKWELL SANDERS PEPER MARTIN LLP 4801 Main, Suite 1000 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Tel (816) 983-8000 Fax (816) 983-8080 Counsel for DOUGLAS M. OMMEN, Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration for the State of Missouri, in his official capacity as Receiver of INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Alan F. Curley C. Philip Curley Cynthia H. Hyndman ROBINSON CURLEY & CLAYTON, P.C. 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph (312) 663-3100 and Charles G. Copeland (MS Bar #6516) Rebecca Blunden (MS Bar #99611) COPELAND, COOK, TAYLOR & BUSH, P.A. P.O. Box 6020 Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158 Ph (601) 856-7200 Fx (601) 856-7626 Counsel for GEORGE DALE, Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Mississippi, in his official capacity as Receiver of FRANKLIN PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, FAMILY GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, and FIRST NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and

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William W. Gibson J. Graham Matherne Andrew B. Campbell WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, LLP 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1500 Nashville, Tennessee 37203-1423 Ph (615) 244-0020; Fx (615) 256-1726 Thomas C. Gerity WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, LLP 4450 Old Canton Road Jackson, MS 39211 Counsel for LESLIE A. NEWMAN, Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance for the State of Tennessee, in her official capacity as Receiver of FRANKLIN AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Susan B. Loving, Esq. LESTER, LOVING AND DAVIES 1701 South Kelly Edmond, Oklahoma 73013 Ph (405) 844-9900 Fx (405) 844-9958 Counsel for KIM HOLLAND, Insurance Commissioner for the State of Oklahoma, in her official capacity as Receiver of FARMERS AND RANCHERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Steve A. Uhrynowycz, Esq. Arkansas Insurance Department Liquidation Division 1023 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 2 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1904 Ph (501) 371-2776 Fx (501) 374-0101 Counsel for JULIE BENAFIELD BOWMAN, Insurance Commissioner for the State of Arkansas, in her official capacity as Receiver of OLD SOUTHWEST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Attorneys for Receiver-Claimants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) 277 DIAMONDS VALUED AT ) APPROXIMATELY $2,461,093.00, ) ) ONE (1) PAIR OF DIAMOND ) EARRRINGS, VALUED AT ) APPROXIMATELY $50,120.00 ) ) AND ) ) ONE (1) PLATINUM AND DIAMOND ) RING VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY ) $25,935.00, ) ) Defendant. )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that on February 28, 2007 a copy of the foregoing was mailed to the following:

Alan F. Curley C. Philip Curley Cynthia H. Hyndman ROBINSON CURLEY & CLAYTON, P.C. 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 Charles G. Copeland Rebecca Blunden COPELAND, COOK, TAYLOR & BUSH, P.A. P.O. Box 6020 Ridgeland, MS 39158

William W. Gibson J. Graham Matherne Andrew B. Campbell WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, LLP 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1500 Nashville, TN 37203-1423 Thomas C. Gerity WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, LLP 4450 Old Canton Road Jackson, MS 39211

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Susan B. Loving, Esq. LESTER, LOVING AND DAVIES 1701 South Kelly Edmond, OK 73013

Steve A. Uhrynowycz, Esq. Arkansas Insurance Department Liquidation Division 1023 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 2 Little Rock, AR 72201-1904

/s/ Douglas S Skalka Douglas S. Skalka Fed. Bar No. 00616 NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510-2026 Telephone: (203) 821-2000 Facsimile: (203) 821-2009 Of Counsel

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