NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 3, 2018, the Superior Court of the City and County of Merced, California entered an Order Appointing Liquidator, in the case entitled Insurance Commissioner of the State of California v. Merced Property and Casualty Company, Case No. 18CV-04739 ("Liquidation Order"). The effective date of the liquidation order is December 3, 2018. Pursuant to the Liquidation Order, the California Insurance Commissioner has been appointed as the statutory Liquidator of Merced Property and Casualty Company (“Merced”). The Liquidation Order authorizes and empowers the Commissioner, through his Conservation & Liquidation Office, to liquidate Merced and its assets for the benefit of Merced’s policyholders, claimants, creditors, certificate of contribution holders and shareholder, as provided in Sections 1010 through 1062 of the Insurance Code of the State of California. The finding of insolvency triggers the California Insurance Guarantee Association to begin paying covered claims to Merced's claimants up to statutory limits.