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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPOWER OF ATTORNEYZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation of the State of New York. [he COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a corporation or the State of Maryland, and the FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND a corporation of the State of Maryland (herein collectively called [he "Companies"), by GEOFFREY DELISIO, Vice President, in pursuance of authority granted by Article V. Section 8. of the By -Laws of said Companies. which are set forth on the reverse side hereof and are hereby certified to be in full force and effect on the date hereof, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint Pamela A. BEELMAN, Cynthia L. CHOREN, Heidi A. NOTHEISEN, JoArm R. FRANK, Karen L. ROIDER, Debra C. SCHNEIDER and Sandra L. HAM, all of SL Louis, Missouri, EACH its true and lawful agent and Attorney -in -Fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver, for, and on its behalf as surety. and as its act and deed: any and all bonds and undertakings, and the execution of such bonds or undertakings in pursuance of these presents, shall be as binding upon said Companies, as fully and arriply, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been duly executed mid acknowledged by the regularly elected officers of the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY at its office in New York, New York., the regularly elected officers of the COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY at its office in Owings Mills. Maryland., and the regularly elected officers ofthe FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND at its office in Owings Mills, Maryland., in their own proper persons. The said Vice President does hereby certify that the extract set forth on the reverse side hereof is a true copy of Article V. Section 8, of the By -Laws or said Companies, and is now in force. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Vice -President has hereunto subscribed his/her names and affixed the Corporate Seals of the said ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, and FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND. this 16th day of October, A.D. 2012. ATTEST: ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND SCANNED Olin, %. BY St. Lucie County 01-s-�,093 oi- Mtvv Assislant Secretary Vice President Grego" E. Murray Geoffrey Delisio State of Maryland city or Baltimore On this 16th day of October, A-D. 2012, before the subscriber. a Notary Public of the State of Maryland. duly comanissioned mid qualified. GEOFFREY DELISIO, Vice President, and GREGORY E. MURRAY, Assistant Secretary, of the Companies. to me personally known to be the individuals and officeis described in ad who executed the preceding instrument. and acknowledged the execution of same. and being by me duly sworn. deposeth and saith, that he/she is the said officer of the Company aforesaid. and that the seats affixed to the preceding instrument are the Corporate Seals of said Companies. and that the said Corporitte Seals =it the signature as such officer were duly affixed and subscribed to the mid instrument by the authority and direction of the said Corporitions. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal the day and year first above ritten. t i"Ic"I Maria D. Admnski, Notary Public My Commission Expires: July 8.2015 POA-F 079-0626B EXTRACT FROM BY-LAWS OF THE COMPANIES "Article V, Section S. Aum-neys-in-Fact The Chief Executive Officer, the President. or any Executive Vice President or Vice President may. by written instrument under the attested corporate sea]. appoint attomeys-in-fact with authority to execute bonds. policies. recognizinces. stipulations. undertakings, or other like instruments on behalf of the Company, and may authorize any officer or any such atiomey-in-fact to affix the corporate seal thercto; and may with or without cause modify of revoke any such appointment or authority at any time." CERTIFICATE 1. the undersigned. Vice President of the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY. the COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY. and the FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND, do hereby certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney is still in full force and effect on the date of this certificate; and I do further certify that Article V, Section 8. of the By -Laws of the Companies is still in force. This Power of Attorney and Certificate may be signed by facsimile under and by authority of the following resolution of the Board of Directors of the ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY at a meeting duly called and held on the 15th day of December 1998. RESOLVED: "Mat the signature of the President or a Vice President and the attesting signature of a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and the Sea[ of the Company may be affixed by facsimile on my Power of ALlorrey ... Any such Power or any certificate thereof bearing such facsimile signature and scil shall be valid and binding on the Company." This Power of Attorney and Certificate may be signed by facsimile under and by authority of the following resolution of the Board of Directors of the COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY at a, meeting duly called and held on the 5th day of May. 1994 . and the following resolution of the Board of Directors of the FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND at a meeting duly called and held on the 10th day of May. 1990. RESOLVED: "T'hat the facsimile or mechanically reproduced sea[ of the company and facsimile or mechanically reproduced signature of my vice-president. Secretary. or Assistant Secretary of the Company. whether made heretofore or hereafter. whcrever appearing upon a certifled copy of any power of attorney issued by the Company. shall be valid and binding upon the Company with the same force and effect as though manually affixed. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the corporate seals of the said Companies. this _27 _L t1by of November .2o 2. OZ. 0 Thomas 0. McClellan, Vice President