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Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
<br />° Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
<br />TRAVELER97St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company are
<br />corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (herein collectively called the "Companies"), and the Companies do hereby make,
<br />constitute and appoint Dana D. Rutledge of UNIONDALE , New York , their
<br />true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact to sign, execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, recognizances, conditional undertakings and other writings
<br />obligatory in the nature thereof on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of
<br />contracts and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed, and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed, this 16th day of
<br />February, 2024.
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<br />By:
<br />Bryce Grissom, Senior Vice President
<br />On this the 16th day of February, 2024, before me personally appeared Bryce Grissom, who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of
<br />each of the Companies, and that he, as such, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on
<br />behalf of said Companies by himself as a duly authorized officer.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal
<br />My Commission expires the 30th day of June, 2026
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<br />Anna P. Nowik, Notary Public
<br />This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of each of the Companies,
<br />which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as follows:
<br />RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
<br />Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys -in -Fact and
<br />Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe to sign
<br />with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the nature of
<br />a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking, and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such appointee and
<br />revoke the power given him or her; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice
<br />President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that each such
<br />delegation is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional
<br />undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any
<br />Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any
<br />Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary; or (b) duly executed (under seal, if
<br />required) by one or more Attorneys -in -Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by one
<br />or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of each of the following officers: President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any
<br />Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any
<br />Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys -in -Fact for
<br />purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such Power of Attorney or
<br />certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified
<br />by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond or understanding
<br />to which it is attached.
<br />I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of each of the Companies, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
<br />correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which remains in full force and effect.
<br />Dated this 30th day offl January 2025
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<br />............ Kevin E. Hughes, Assistant Secretary
<br />To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney, please calf us at 1-800-421-3880.
<br />Please refer to the above-namod Attorneys) -in -Fact and the details of the bond to which this Power of Attorney is attached.
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