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<br />ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
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<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THI~SE PRESENTS. that the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ~l corporation Cleated by and existing
<br />under Ihe laws of the Slate of New York docs hereby nominatc, consliwte and appoinl Matthew \-V. VARNER, .Jennifer B. GULLETI',
<br />Catherine THOMPSON, Vield RASM lJSSEN ~llld Waller CALDWELL, :111 of Charlotte, North Carolina, EACH its true and I"wful
<br />Anorneys-I.n-Faet with power and authority hcreby COllkllCd Iu Sigll, scal, alld C"Ccutc in its bch~lIf, during tl~~.pprjod bcginning with the date
<br />of Issuance of this power,: allY and ~lll bonds and undertakings, recognizances or other writteu ,o/Jligri.tiofls\in.ithe lUlturc thereof, ~md to
<br />bind ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY thereby, alld all of Ihe aClS of sai~I'oAH~tij?Y[~17~li~ri;Ct'pu,l;suanlto Ihese presents are
<br />hereby r"tillcd and confirmed. This Power of Altorney is made and executed pursuant to:an~:by.the .l\l.lfhpr~~y\(j.( [be followlIlg By-Law duly
<br />adoptcd by the Board of Directors of lhe Company which By-Law.h.;!.~.~lot been amended or rC~rin9.~(n\ ',"J \, ....1.
<br />Aniclc VI, Section 5. "...The Presidcnl or a Vice I'rcsk!enrJ.iiJa'~"''i,:ittcll il1strul11cnl alteS(e9\1:ly:.~'SedcJtary or an ASSISllUlt Sccretary may
<br />appoint any person Attorney-ln-Facl wilh 1I11tl1orilX. rQ..~xb:utbls'lii'cty b~lJ1ds on bchiJif.iif the Company and other forl11alunderwriling
<br />contracts in reference thereto anc! reinsuran.ec agI'Ceillb~inqh~~ib~\t~. il191vidual polices and bonds of all kinds and attach the corporate
<br />seal. Any such officers l11?y:\'~~~oke,(he powers gr<H)ted/1~~t)Afto'rlley-ln-Facl "
<br />ThiS Power of AHorney is signed and.scaled :u)' iiicsirnilc.under and by the ulIlhllll1Y or the following Resolution adoptcd by the Board of
<br />Directors of the ZURICH Al'v,1ERlr::PiN INSURANCE COMPANY by unanimolls consent in lieu of a special meeting dated December 15,
<br />1998 '. '\:.
<br />.. R[SOLVED, that the sIgnature or lhe President or a Vice President and the attesting signature of a Secretary or an Assistant
<br />Secretary and the seal of the Company may be. affixed by facsimile on an)' Powcr of Attorney pursuant to Article VI. Section:; of the
<br />l3y-Laws. and the signalure of a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsllnilc to any
<br />certificate of any such power. Any such power or any certificate thereof With such facsimile signature and seal shall be valid and
<br />bmding on the Company. Furthermore. such power so executed, scaled and certified by certificate so executed and scaled shall, with
<br />respeel to any bond or undertaking to which it IS auached, shall continue to be valid :lI1d binding on the Company."
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY has caused these presents to be exccllled In liS name and on
<br />its behalf and its Corporate Seal to be hereullto ilfflxed and attested by its offieers thereunto duly authorized, this 18th day of September, A.D.
<br />2006. This power of attomey revokes that issued 011 behalf of Matthew W. VARNER, Jennifer B. GULLETT, Catherine
<br />THOMPSON, Vicki RASMUSSEN, dated July 5,2005.
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<br />CITY OF BALTIMORE Gerald F. Haley Secretary Frank E. Martin Jr. Vice President
<br />On the 18th day of September, A.D. 2006, before lhe subscriber, a Notary Public of the State of Maryland, duly commissioned and qualified,
<br />came the above named Vice President and Secretary of ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, to me personally known 10 be the
<br />individuals and officers described in and who executed the preceding instrument and they each acknowledged the execution of the same and
<br />being by me duly sworn, they severally and eaeh for himself deposed and said that they respectively hold the offices in said Corporation as
<br />indicated, that the Seal affixed to the preceding instrumcnt is the Corporate Seal of ~aid Corporation. and that the said Corporute Seal. and their
<br />respective signature as such officers, were duly affixed and subscribed to the said instrulllent pursuant to all due corporate authorization.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal the day and year first above.
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<br />This Power of Attorney limits the acts of those named therein to the bonds and undertaking specifically named therein, and they have no
<br />authority to bind the Company except in the manner and to the extent herein stated.
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, the undersigned. a Secretary of the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, do hereby cenify that the foregoing Power of
<br />Attorney is still in full force and effect, and further certify that Article VI, Section 5 of the By-Laws of the Company and the Resolution of the
<br />Board of Directors set forth in said Power of Attorney arc still in force. .,.~':;'iNS;~"'"
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<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOf I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Company l'<?i..."";;~~""~"'~
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<br />Eric D. Bames
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<br />Secretal)!
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<br />POA-Z ZA 177-0035A
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<br />Serial Number: KE2006September18ZA 7/05ZA03/15/07ZA 177 -OO35A
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