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<br />P.O. Box 772 • Des Moines, IA 50303-0712
<br />CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that:
<br />1. Employers Mutual Casualty Company, an Iowa Corporation 5. Dakota Fire Insurance Company, a North Dakota Corporation
<br />2. EMCASCO Insurance Company, an Iowa Corporation 6. EMC Property & Casualty Company, an Iowa Corporation
<br />"-3; Union Insuri»iCe Compagyof Providence, an Iowa Corporation 7. The Hamilton Mutual Insurance Company; an Ohio Coppration
<br />4. ~ IIIlnais:EMCASCO Insurance Company, an Iowa Corporation ~ ,
<br />hereinafter referred to severally., as Company" and collectively as "Companies", each does, by these presents, make, constitute and appant
<br />DONALD E: APPLEBY, GLORIA C. BLACKBURN, FLORIETTA ACOSTA, KRISTEN L. MCCORMICK, DILYNN GUERN,'' `
<br />PAMELA J. HANSEN, CYNTHIA M. BURNETT, J. R. RICHARDS, DOUGLAS J. ROTHEY, INDIVIDUALLY, DENVER, COLORADO ...............
<br />its tme and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority conferred to sign, seal, and execute its lawful bonds, undertakings, and other obligatory insWments of a
<br />similar nature as follows:
<br />ANY AND ALL BONDS
<br />and to bind each Company thereby as.fiully and to the same extent as if such insWmeots were signed by the duly authorized officers of each such Compatry; and aN of ~.
<br />the acts of said "attorney pursuant to the authority hereby given are hereby ratified and confirmed:
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<br />AUTHORITY FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />This Power-of-Attpmey is made, and executed pursuant to and by the authority of the following resolution of the Boards of Directors of each of the Companies at a
<br />regplaify scheduled meeting of each company duly called and held in 1999:
<br />"RESOLVED: The President and Chef executive Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer andrthe Secretary of Employers Mutual Gasualry-Companyshall"have pawef
<br />and'authonty to'(1j.appoint attomeys•in-fad and authorize them to execute on behalf of each Company and attach the seat of the Company thereto, tionits and
<br />uridt3rtakings, recdgnizances, contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and (2) to remove any such attorney-in-fact at any time and revoke
<br />the power and authority given to him or her. Attorneys-in-fact shall have power and authority, subject to the terms and limitations of the power-of-attorney issued to them,
<br />to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company, and to attach the seal of the Company thereto, bonds and undertakings, recognizances, contracts of indemnity and
<br />other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such instmment executed.by any such attorney-in-fad shall be fully and in all respects binding upon the Company.
<br />Certification as to the validity of any power-of-attorney authorized herein made by an officer of Employers Mutual Casualty Company shall be fully and in all respects
<br />binding upon this Company. The facsimile or mechanically reproduced signature of such officer, whether made heretofore or hereafter, wherever appearing upon.a
<br />celiified copy of any powar-of•a#tomey of the Company, shall be valid and binding upon the Company with the same force and affec€ as though;manually affixed
<br />iN WJ~~JESS WHEREOF, the,Com~ay have caused these pets to be signed for each by their officers as shown, and the Corporate seats td be hereto affixed this
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<br />Seals Y/d't.r^-rZ..~
<br />Bruce G. Kelley, Chairman Je ey S. Birdsley
<br />.•S~p1MSUggti, = JPpN~n ~~ aF"•;, ; ';~e„~,', s„'asG ; of Companies 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6; resident Assistant Secretary
<br />F~:''oa°°^+:.°~'s : 5 ='~~""°"9. ; o` ,' o ='~p"°°q+: ; y b of Company 1; Vice Chairman and
<br />`_ cent _~=Ezz iafi3°_e_;as 1953 = = CEO ofCompany7
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<br />7th _ May 2003m
<br />On this _ dey of ° AD = ' CtYafore me'a ;
<br />Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeareC Bruce G. Kelley and Jeffrey S.
<br />Birdsley, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that they are, and are known to me to be the
<br />Chairman, President, Vice Chairman and CEO, and/or Assistant Secretary, respectively, of
<br />each of The Companies above; that the seals affixed to this insWment are the seals of said
<br />corporations; that said instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of each of the Companies
<br />by authority of their respective Boards of Directors; and that the said Brace G. Kelley and
<br />Jeffrey S. Birdsley, as such officers, acknowledge the execution of said,insGUmantlo be"the
<br />voluntary act and deed of each of the Companies.
<br />My Commission Expires September 30, 2006.
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<br />r ROTA KRUMINS
<br />n ~ Commission Number 176255
<br />My Comm. Exp. Scot. 30.2006
<br />I, David L. Hixenbaugh, Vice President of the Companies, d
<br />Companies,
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<br />Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />o hereby certify that the foregoing resolution of the Boards of Directors by each of the
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<br />and effect. Cynthia M. Burnett, J. R. Richards, Douglas.J: R
<br />i my name and affixed the facsimile seal of each Company thisl3th
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<br />er/~,' , 2004
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