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<br />NAS SURG�TY GROUP
<br />NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANti'
<br />GENERAL PO��'ER OF ATTORNEI'
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT North American Specialty Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under
<br />laws of the State of New Hampshire, and having its principal office in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Washington International
<br />Insurance Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona and having its principal office in thc City of [tasca,
<br />[Ilinois, each does hereby make, constitute and appoint:
<br />NICHOLAS L. NEWTON, JEFFREY R. M.4AS,
<br />CHERYL L. BREYEN and STACEY SCHn41DT
<br />JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY
<br />Its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver, for and on its behalf and as its act and deed, bonds or other writings
<br />obligatory in the nature of a bond on behalf of each of said Companies, as surety, on contracts of suretyship as are or may be required or permitted by
<br />law, regulation, contract or otherwise, provided that no bond or undertaking or contract or suretyship executed under this authurity shall exceed the
<br />amount of: TEN MILLION (IO,OOQOOO.OU) DOLLARS
<br />This Power of Attorney is granted and is signed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following Resolutions adopted by the Boards of
<br />Directors of both North An�erican Specialty Insurance Company and Washington Internationai Insurance Company at meetings duly called and held
<br />on the 24`�' of March, 2000:
<br />"RESOLVED, that any two of the President, any Executive Vice Pmsident, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary or am
<br />Assistant Secretary be, and each or any of them hereby is audiorized to execute a Power of Attomey qualitying the attomey named in the given Power
<br />of Attorney to execute on behalf of'the Company bonds. undenakings and all contracts of surery. and that each or any of them hereby is authorized to
<br />attest to the execution of any such Power of Attorney and to attach �herein the seal of the Company; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of such ofticers and the seal of the Company may be affixed to any such Power of Attorney or to any
<br />certificate relating thereto by facsimile, and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signatures or facsimile seal shall be
<br />binding upon the Company when so affixed and in the future with regard to any bond, undertal:ing or contract of surety to which it is attached."
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<br />=�d SEAL �i O� Steven P. Ande�rson, Presidenl & Chief Executive Officer of Washington Interna�ional Insurance Company & : ti� C�����TE '^"
<br />: W�;y 1973 �; n� Vice President of Nnrfh American Specialty Insurance Company b�� S E�i � � C:
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<br />David �7. Layman, \'ite P�rsident of N'nshington Inlemational Insurance Compnny S
<br />Vice PresiJen� of Nonh Ameritnn Specialry� Insurance Campany
<br />W WITNESS WHEREOF, North Ameriean Specialty [nsurance Company a��d Washington lntemational Insurance Company ha��e caused their
<br />official seals to be hereunto affixed, and these presents to be signed by their authorized officers this 23rd day of ___ 1�4ay ,�p�� .
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<br />��'ashinhton Intern:�tional Insurance Cumpam
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<br />On this 23rd day of May__ .?p p6 , betbre me. �i Not�i�� Puhlic ��crson�lly appaared _ Steven P. Anderson , President and CLO of
<br />Washington lnternational Insurance Company snd Vice President of North American Specialty Insuranee Company and David�M. Lavman .
<br />Vice President of Washington International Insurance Company and Vice President of North American Specialty lnsurance Compan}.
<br />personally kno���n to me, who being by me duly s��orn, ackno�+led�ed that the� si�ned the above Power of,4ttomey as of'ficers of and
<br />acknowledged said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of their respective companies.
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<br />SUSAN ANSEL ������ L ��-
<br />holary °utd�c. S1�le� "ii,,us Susan Ansel, Notary Public
<br />kl,y Commissror Ex;:ires 7,�6�2t,'Y�
<br />I, James A. Carpenter the duly elected Assistant�Secretarv of North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington
<br />International Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Power of Attorne� �iven by said North
<br />American Specialty ]nsurance Company and Washington International Insurance Company, which is still in full force and effect.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seals of the Companies this � 1 day of r� 20�.
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<br />James A Carpenter, \'ice Presidenl 8 Assistant Secrelap� of \Vashingion Intemational Insur;uice Companr K
<br />North Amencan $pecialh� Insurance Comparic
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