d. pre-judgment interest awarded against the Insured on that part of the judgment we pay. If we make an offer to pay the applicable Limit of Insurance, we will not pay any pre-judgment interest based on that period of time after the offer;

e. all interest that accrues after entry of judgment and before we have paid, offered to pay or deposited in court the part of the judgment that is within our applicable Limit of Insurance;

f. the Insured's expenses incurred at our request.

We will not defend any suit or claim after our applicable Limits of Insurance have been exhausted by payment of judgments or settlements.

All expenses we incur in the defense of any suit or claim are in addition to our Limits of Insurance.

C. In all other instances except A. above, we will not be obligated to assume charge of the investigation, settlement or defense of any claim made, suit brought or proceeding instituted against the Insured. We will, however, have the right and shall be given the opportunity to participate in the defense and trial of any claims, suits or proceedings relative to any Occurrence which, in our opinion, may create liability on our part under the terms of this policy. If we exercise such right, we will do so at our own expense.

III. Limits of Insurance

A. The Limits of Insurance shown in Item 3 of the Declarations and the rules below state the most we will pay regardless of the number of:

1. Insureds;
2. Claims made or suits brought; or
3. Persons or organizations making claims or bringing suits.

B. The General Aggregate Limit is the most we will pay for all damages covered under Insuring Agreement I except:

1. Damages included in the Products-Completed Operations Hazard; and
2. Coverages included in the policies listed in the Schedule of Underlying Insurance to which no underlying aggregate limit applies.

C. The Products-Completed Operations Aggregate Limit is the most we will pay for all damages included in the Products-Completed Operations Hazard.

D. Subject to B. and C. above, whichever applies, the Each Occurrence Limit is the most we will pay for the sum of damages covered under Insuring Agreement I because of all Bodily Injury, Property Damage, Personal Injury and Advertising Injury arising out of any one Occurrence.

If the applicable limits of insurance of the policies listed in the Schedule of Underlying Insurance or of other insurance providing coverage to the Insured are reduced or exhausted by payment of one or more claims that would be insured by our policy we will:

1. In the event of reduction, pay in excess of the reduced underlying limits of insurance; or
2. In the event of exhaustion of the underlying limits of insurance, continue in force as underlying insurance.

The Limits of Insurance of this policy apply separately to each consecutive annual period and to any remaining period of less than 12 months, starting with the beginning of the policy period shown in the Declarations, unless the policy period is extended after issuance for an additional period of less than 12 months. In that case, the additional period will be deemed part of the last preceding period for purposes of determining the Limits of Insurance.