:¢tneriean Home Assurance Company POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />Natianal Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
<br />Principal Bond Office: 175 Water Street, New York, NY 10038 No. 23-B-40987
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
<br />That A merican H ome A ssurance C ompany, a N ew Y ork c orporation, a nd N ational Union F ire I nsurance C ompany of Pittsburgh, Pa., a
<br />Pennsylvania corporation, does each hereby appoint
<br />--Robert L. Cohen, Sheryll Shaw, Conrad Pobuda, Sarah Finn, Nicole L. McCollam,
<br />Lisa T. Solove: of Denver, Colorado-
<br />its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, with full authority [o execute on its behalf bonds, undertakings, recognizances and other contracts of
<br />indemnity and writings obligatory in the nature thereof, issued in the course of its business, and to bind the respective company thereby.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, American Home Assurance Company and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. have each
<br />executed these presents
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<br />th' 27`n day of ruar , 2006.
<br />Vincent P. Forte, Vice President
<br />STATE OF NEW YORK }
<br />COUNTY OF NEW YORK }ss.
<br />On this 27`h day of February. 2006 before me came the
<br />above named officer of American Home Assurance Company and
<br />National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., to me
<br />personally known [o be the individual and officer described herein,
<br />and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument and
<br />affixed the seals of said corporations thereto by authority of his
<br />office.
<br />~ 1_IANA E. HALLENBECK
<br />OTARY PUBLIC. S TATS CF NEW YORK
<br />No.O1HA6126671
<br />OUALIFIEC IPI BRON'XCOUNTY
<br />MY COMMISSIGti EXPIRES APRIL 18, 2009
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />Excerpts of Resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of American Home Assurance Company and National Union Fire Insurance Company of
<br />Pittsburgh, Pa. on May I8, 1976:
<br />"RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board, the President, or any Vice President be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint Attorneys-in-Fact to represent
<br />and act for and on behalf of the Company to execute bonds, undertakings, recognizances and other contracts of indemnity and writings obligatory in the
<br />nature thereof, and to attach thereto the corporate seal of the Company, in the transaction of its surety business;
<br />"RESOLVED, that the signatures and attestations 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 valid and
<br />binding upon the Company when so affixed with respect to any bond, undertaking, recognizance or other contract of indemnity or writing obligatory in the
<br />nature thereof;
<br />"RESOLVED, that any such Attomey-in-Fact delivering a secretarial certification [hat the foregoing resolutions still be in effect may insert in such
<br />certification [he date thereof, said date [o be not later than the date of delivery thereof by such Attomey-in-Fact."
<br />I, Elizabeth M. Tuck, Secretary of American Home Assurance Company and of National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. do hereby certify
<br />that the foregoing excerpts of Resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of these corporations, and the Powers of Attorney issued pursuant thereto, are
<br />true and correct, and that both the Resolutions and the Powers of Attomey are in full force and effect.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affzed the facsimile seal of each corporation
<br />®this 19th dayofDOctober , 2006
<br />"~ I zabe[h M. Tuck, Secretary
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