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EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General of the State of California W. DEAN FREEMAN Supervising Deputy Attorney General FELIX E. LEATHERWOOD Supervising Deputy Attorney General DIANE SPENCER SHAW, State Bar No. 073970 Deputy Attorney General LISA W. CHAO, State Bar No. 198536 Deputy Attorney General 300 South Spring Street, Room 1702 Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: (213) 897-2486 Fax: (213) 897-5775 LASZLO KOMJATHY, JR., State Bar No. 99861 California Department of Insurance 45 Fremont Street, 24th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 538-4413 Fax: (415) 904-5896 Attorneys for Plaintiff Steve Poizner, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, in his capacity as the Liquidator of Frontier Pacific Insurance Company UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

15 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff, 21 v. 22 23 24 Defendants. 25 26 27 28
DECLARATION OF LISA W. CHAO IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY PROSECUTION OF ACTION PENDING ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS

STEVE POIZNER, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, in his capacity as the Liquidator of Frontier Pacific Insurance Company,

CASE NO. 08 CV 772 L (POR) DECLARATION OF LISA W. CHAO IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY PROSECUTION OF ACTION PENDING ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS

NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Nebraska corporation; and DOES 1 through 10,

Hearing Date: Time: Courtroom: Judge:

August 18, 2008 10:30 a.m. 14 Hon. M. James Lorenz

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I, Lisa W. Chao, declare: 1. I am an attorney at law duly authorized to practice before all courts of the State of

California and this Court, and am employed as a Deputy Attorney General with the California Attorney General's Office, which represents Plaintiff Steve Poizner, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, in his capacity as the Liquidator of Frontier Pacific Insurance Company, in this matter. I have personal knowledge of the facts recited herein, and if called and sworn, would competently so testify. 2. On or about March 17, 2008, the Commissioner filed a Complaint for Declaratory

Relief against Defendant National Indemnity Company ("NICO") and attached in part the following documents as exhibits: a. Exhibit F: Order of Rehabilitation entered against Frontier Insurance Company by Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York on October 15, 2001. b. Exhibit I: Petition filed by Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York as Rehabilitator of Frontier Insurance Company on or about July 7, 2004, seeking approval of Endorsement No. 3 between Frontier and NICO. c. Exhibit K: Affirmation of Neal Connolly in Support of Rehabilitator's Motion to Renew and Reargue filed on or about April 4, 2005. d. Exhibit L: Decision/Order of Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Sullivan, dated July 25, 2005. 3. Said exhibits to the Complaint are attached hereto as Exhibits 1-4, respectively,

and incorporated herein by this reference. 4. On or about May 5, 2008, my office was served by a copy of Answer of National

Indemnity Company to Plaintiff's Complaint for Declaratory Relief ("Answer"), in which NICO admits the authenticity of Exhibits 1 through 4 attached hereto. A true and correct copy of the Answer is attached hereto as Exhibit 5 and incorporated herein by this reference. /// /// -2DECLARATION OF LISA W. CHAO IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY PROSECUTION OF ACTION PENDING ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS

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I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 4th day of August, 2008.

s/Lisa W. Chao Lisa W. Chao

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