Key legal question
Whether the appellant must finance the early-retirement benefits paid under § 11 of the insurance regulations.
Extracted holding
Yes. § 11 VV applies according to the Federal Supreme Court's case law, so the appellant must fund the benefits and related interest.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the attachment agreement is distinct from the insurance regulations, but the parties had a legal consensus that § 11 VV would not be applied autonomously against the case law. A later judicial interpretation differing from the parties' initial understanding was foreseeable, and the appellant's reliance on a contrary contractual meaning failed.