NAS SURETY 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 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 />Itasca, Illinois, each does hereby make, constitute and appoint: <br />JOYCE A. BJORGE, JEFFREY L. BROYLES, SHARI K. WELBORN, KRISTEN McGILLVREY, KRISTY MARTIN, SUSAN WILSON, <br />MIKE J. GODFREY, JAMES R. COX, CATHY DAMSTRA-LEPLEY, BARBARA PINKHAM, REBECCA GWYNN, BRIAN P. CORCORAN <br />JULIE HAMMOND, GARY GITHENS, KAREN VENEGAS, MICHELLE LAUERMAN and PATTY CLARK 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: <br />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 International Insurance Company at meetings duly called and held <br />on the 24th 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 Attorney 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 Attorney 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." <br />`~~ti~Q~,11A11rY j/p/~~ <br />wwwuxxu~a <br />y •G~Rf'~Rj'•. G i <br />rF,~ ~ <br />'-TJ S~L 1 n <br />By <br />Steven P <br />Anderson <br />President & Chief Executive Officer of Washin <br />ton International In <br />C <br />ZIONq( <br />ti``~ oRPO pq Ysl. <br />r' <br />:.S <br />Z <br />1979 <br />t <br />. <br />, <br />g <br />surance <br />ompany <br />& S <br />i <br />Vi <br />P <br />id <br />f N <br />h <br />EAL <br />. <br />l, <br />e <br />y <br />en <br />or <br />ce <br />res <br />ent o <br />ort <br />American Specialty Insurance Company <br />0: :m <br />David M. Layman, Senior Vice President of Washington International Insurance Company <br />xMlkNi <br />& Vice President of North American Specialty Insurance Company <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 6th day of January 20 09 <br />North American Specialty Insurance Company <br />Washington International Insurance Company <br />State of Illinois <br />County of Du Page ss: <br />On this 6th day of January 20 09 , 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 MDavid M. Laan <br />Senior Vice President of Washington International Insurance Company and Vice President of North 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 />acknowledged said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of their respective companies. <br />"0FMCIAL SEAL" <br />D 1 D. SSLENS <br />NotaryPublic, State of Minois <br />My Commission Expires 10/06011 <br />LOW0 A",A_6 <br />Donna D. Sklens, Notary Public <br />I, James AJames A. Caenter , 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 International Insurance Company, which is still in full force and effect. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seals of the Companies this 10th day of May 120 10 <br />James A. Carpenter, Vice President & Assistant Secretary of Washington International Insurance Company & <br />North American Specialty Insurance Company <br />