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NASSURETY GROUP
<br />NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT North American Specialty Insurance Company, a corparation duly arganized and existing under
<br />laws of the State of New Hampshire, and having its principal off'ice in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Washington International
<br />Insurance Company, a corparation arganized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona and having its principal off'ice in the City of [tasca,
<br />Illinois, each does hereby make, constitute and appoint
<br />NICHOLAS L. NEWTON, JEFFREY R. MAAS,
<br />CHERYL L. BREYEN and STACEY SCHMIDT
<br />jointly ar severally
<br />Its true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver, far and'on its behalf and as its act and deed, bonds ar 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 b e required ar permitted by
<br />law, regulation, contract ar otherwise, provided that no bond ar undertaking ar contract ar suretyship executed under this autharity shall exceed the
<br />amount of:
<br />_ TEN MILLION (10,000,000.00) DOLLARS
<br />This Power of Attomey is granted and is signed by facsimile under and by the autharity of the following Resolutions adopted by the Boards of
<br />Directars of both Narth American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington International Insurance Company at meetings duly called and held
<br />on the 24`h of March, 2000:
<br />"RESOLVED, that any two of the President, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary ar any
<br />Assistant Secretary be, and each ar any of them hereby is autharized to execute a Power of Attarney qualifying the attarney named in the given Power
<br />of Attomey to execute on behalf of the Company bonds, undertakings and all contracts of surety, and that each ar any of them hereby is autharized to
<br />attest to the execution of any such Power of Attomey and to attach therein the seal of the Company; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of such officers and the seal of the Company may be affixed to any such Power of Attomey ar to any
<br />certificate relating thereto by facsimile, and any such Power of Attomey ar certificate bearing such facsimile signatures ar facsimile seal shall be
<br />binding upon the Company when so affixed and in the future with regard to any bond, undertaking ar contract of surety to which it is attached."
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<br />Vicc Preaidrnt of North Ameriean Specialty Insunnec Company
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington Intemational Insurance Company have caused their
<br />official seals to be hereunto affixed, and these presents to be signed by their autharized officers this 5 day of December , ry��� .
<br />Narth American Specialty Insurance Company
<br />Washington International InsuranceCompany
<br />State of Illinois
<br />County of Du Page �'
<br />On this �, day of December �{�3 , befare me, a Notary Public personally appeared Paul D. Amstutz , President and CEO of
<br />Washington Intemational Insurance Company and Vice President of North American Specialty Insurance Company and Steven P. Anderson ,
<br />Executive Vice President of Washington International Insurance Company and Vice President of Narth American Specialty Insurance Company,
<br />personally known to me, who being by me duly sworn, acknowledged that they signed the above Power of Attorney as officers of and
<br />aclrnowledged said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of their respective companies.
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<br />r`°°��:� �"' Yasmua A. Patel, Notary Public
<br />I, James A. Camenter , the duly elected Assistant Secretarv of North American Specialty Insurance Compaoy and Washington
<br />International Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and faregoing is a true and conect copy of a Power of Attarney given by said North
<br />American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington Intemational Insurance Company, which is still in full farce and effect.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seals of the Companies this � day of y�►.
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<br />lames A. Carpenter. Vice Praident & Assislent Sccrc[ary of N'ashington IMemationai lnsunnce Company&
<br />Assismnt Secmtary of North Amaican �ecialty fnsuranct Comparry
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