This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Farmington
<br /> Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance
<br /> Company,St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company,St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,Travelers Casualty and
<br /> Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as
<br /> follows:
<br /> RESOLVED,that the Chairman,the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President,any Vice President,
<br /> any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint
<br /> Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of
<br /> authority may prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances,contracts of indemnity,and
<br /> other writings obligatory in the nature of a bond,recognizance,or conditional undertaking,and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at
<br /> any time may remove any such appointee and revoke the power given him or her;and It is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President or any
<br /> Vice President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that
<br /> each such delegation Is In writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary;and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory In the nature of a bond, recognizance, or
<br /> conditional undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a)signed by the President,any Vice Chairman,any Executive Vice
<br /> President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate
<br /> Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary; or(b)duly
<br /> executed (under seal, if required) by one or more Attorneys-in-Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or
<br /> their certificates of authority or by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority;and it is
<br /> FURTHER RESOLVED,that the signature of each of the following officers: President,any Executive Vice President,any Senior Vice President,
<br /> any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by
<br /> facsimile to any Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or
<br /> Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof,and
<br /> any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and
<br /> any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company In the
<br /> future with respect to any bond or understanding to which it is attached.
<br /> I, Kevin E. Hughes,the undersigned,Assistant Secretary, of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company,Fidelity and
<br /> Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc.,St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,St Paul Guardian Insurance Company,St.Paul Mercury Insurance
<br /> Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty
<br /> Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies,
<br /> which is in full force and effect and has not been revoked.
<br /> IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seals of said Companies this 3rd day of June +
<br /> Kevin E.Hughes,Assistant Secretary
<br /> (Doe;s�19i 1 S 2 Dt e � 1977� 710�BJi° �•�+ ac�aiw't E) e
<br /> To verify the authentldty of this Power of Attorney, call 1-800-421-3880 or contact us at www.travelersbond.com.Please refer to
<br /> the Attorney-In-Fad number,the above-named Indiv/duals and the details of the bond to which the power Is attached.
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