<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<br />Direct Inquiries/Claims to:
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<br />THE HARTFORD
<br />BOND, T-4
<br />P.O. BOX 2103. 690 ASYLUM AVENUE
<br />HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06115
<br />call: 888-266-3488 or fax: 860-757.5835
<br />Agency Code: 21-221533
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<br />KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS THAT:
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<br />[X:=J Hartford Fire Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized lmder the laws of the State of Connecticut
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<br />[X:=J Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Indiana
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<br />[X:=J Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut
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<br />CJ Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut
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<br />CJ Twin City Fire Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Indiana
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<br />CJ Hartford Insurance Company of illinois, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of \IIi no is
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<br />CJ Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State ofIndiana
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<br />CJ Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Florida
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<br />having their home office in Hartford, Connecticut, (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Companies.) do hereby make, constitute and appoint,
<br />up to the amount of unlimited:
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<br />Emesto Freyre, Fausto Alvarez, Ramon A. Rodriguez, Victor M. Pantin, Carl H. Moll, Carlos Lacasa,
<br />Wiffiam E. Beckham, Marc D. Jacobson, Michael L. Keeby, Mayra Rodriguez
<br />of
<br />Miami, FL
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<br />their true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact, each in their separate capacity if more than one is named above, to sign its name as surety(ies) only as
<br />delineated above by [8], and to execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, undertakings, contracts and other written instruments in the
<br />nature thereof, on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and
<br />executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law.
<br />In Witness Whereof, and as authorized by a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Companies on July 21, 2003 the Companies
<br />have caused these presents to be signed by its Assistant Vice President and its corporate seals to be hereto affixed, duly attested by its Assistant
<br />Secretary. Further, pursuant to Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Companies, the Companies hereby unambiguously affirm that they are
<br />and will be bound by any mechanically applied signatures applied to this Power of Attorney.
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<br />Paul A. Bergenholtz, Assistant Secretary
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<br />David T. Akers, Assistant Vice President
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<br />STATE OFCONNECTlaJT}
<br />ss. Hartford
<br />COUNlY OF HARTFORD
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<br />On this 4th day of August, 2004, before me personally came David T. Akers, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and
<br />say: that he resides in the County of Hampden, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that he is the Assistant Vice President of the Companies, the
<br />corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seals of the said corporations; that the seals affixed to the
<br />said instrument are such corporate seals; that they were so affixed by authority of the Boards of Directors of said corporations and that he signed
<br />his name thereto by like authority.
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<br />ScOIl E. Paseka
<br />Nolary Public
<br />CERTFlCATE My Commission Expires October 31. 2007
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<br />I, the undersigned, Assistant Vice President of the Companies, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and correct
<br />copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which is still in full force effective as of November 14, 2007.
<br />Signed and sealed at the City of Hartford.
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<br />Gary W. Stumper, Assistant Vice President
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<br />POA 2004
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