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(Cal. Complaint ¶ 84). After ISO got regulatory approval of the 1986 forms in most States where approval was needed, it eliminated its support services for the 1973 CGL form, thus rendering it impossible for most ISO members to continue to use the form. Id., at 32-33 (Cal. Complaint ¶¶ 97, 99).
The Fifth Claim for Relief in the California Complaint,
id., at 43-44 (¶¶ 131-135), and the virtually identical Third Claim for Relief in the Connecticut Complaint, id., at 92-94 (¶¶ 125-129), charge a conspiracy among a group of London reinsurers and brokers to coerce primary insurers in the United States to offer CGL coverage only on a claims-made basis. The reinsurers collectively refused to write new reinsurance contracts for, or to renew longstanding contracts with, "primary . . . insurers unless they were prepared to switch from the occurrence to the claims-made form," id., at 30 (Cal. Complaint ¶ 88); they also amended their reinsurance contracts to cover only claims made before a " 'sunset date,' " thus eliminating reinsurance for claims made on occurrence policies after that date, id., at 31 (Cal. Complaint
¶¶ 90-92).
The Sixth Claim for Relief in the California Complaint, id., at 45-46 (¶¶ 136-140), and the nearly identical Fourth Claim for Relief in the Connecticut Complaint, id., at 94-95 (¶¶ 130-134), charge another conspiracy among a somewhat different group of London reinsurers to withhold reinsurance for pollution coverage. The London reinsurers met and agreed that all reinsurance contracts covering North American casualty risks, including CGL risks, would be written with a complete exclusion for pollution liability coverage. Id., at 32 (Cal. Complaint ¶¶ 94-95). In accordance with this agreement, the parties have in fact excluded pollution liability coverage from CGL reinsurance contracts since at least late 1985. Ibid. (Cal. Complaint ¶ 94).
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