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NAS SURETY GROUP
<br />NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />WASHINGTON TNTERNATiONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
<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 New Hampshire and having its principal office in the City of
<br />Schaumburg, Illinois, each does hereby make, constitute and appoint:
<br />RAYMOND J. GARRUTO, MARTIN D. PALLAZZA, BRAD W. GIBSON,
<br />RAMONA I-SWELL, DEBRA S. RITTER and ANGELA M. YOUNT
<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 authority shall exceed the
<br />amount of: TWENTY-FIVE MILLION ($25,000,000.00) 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 American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington Intemational insurance Company at meetings duly called and held
<br />on the 24'h of March, 2000:
<br />"RESOLVED, that any two of the Presidents, any Managing Director, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President,
<br />the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary be, and each or any of them hereby is authorized to execute a Power of Attorney qualifying the attorney named
<br />in the given Power of Attorney to execute on behalf of the Company bonds, undertakings and all contracts of surety, and that each or any of them
<br />hereby is authorized to 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 Attorney or to any
<br />certificate relating thereto by facsimile, and any such Power of Attomey 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, undertaking or contract of surety to which it is attached."
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<br />DavM M. Layman, Senior Vice Presidentt oahfngton International insurance Cnmpany ^wuNin '
<br />& Vlce President of North American Specialty Insurance Cnmpany
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington International Insurance Company have caused their
<br />official seals to be hereunto affixed, and these presents to be signed by their authorized officers this 2nd day of September , 2010
<br />North American Specialty Insurance Company
<br />Washington International Insurance Company
<br />State of Illinois
<br />County of Cook ss:
<br />On this 2nd day of September 20 10 ,before me, a Notary Public personally appeared Steven P. Anderson ,President and CEO of
<br />Washington International Insurance Company and Senior Vice President of North American Specialty Insurance Company and David M. La man ,
<br />Senior Vice President of Washington International Insurance Company and Vice President of North American Specialty insurance Company,
<br />personally known tome, who being by me duly sworn, acknowledged that they signed the above Power of Attorney as officers of and
<br />acknowledged said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of their respective companies.
<br />"OFFICIAL SEAL"
<br />DONNA D. SRLENS
<br />Notary Pub1iG State of Illinois
<br />My Commission Expires 10,'06/2011
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<br />Donna D. Sklens, Notary Public
<br />T, James A. Carpenter ,the duly elected Assistant Secretary 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 Attorney given by said North
<br />American Specialty insurance Company and Washington Intemational insurance Company, which is still in full force and effect.
<br />TN WITNESS WHEREOF, T have set my hand and affixed the seals of the Companies this `day of , 20
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<br />James A. Ce~pemer, Vice Preaidenl & Assistant Secretary of Washington Intemational Insurance Company &
<br />Nonh American Specialty Insurence Company
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