Committee Composition

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Michael H. Lee Chairman of the Board        

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lee currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer and has held these positions at the Company since its formation in 1995 and at its subsidiaries since their formation. Before founding the Company's first insurance subsidiary, Tower Insurance Company of New York, in 1990, Mr. Lee was an attorney in private practice specializing in advising entrepreneurs on the acquisition, sale and formation of businesses in various industries. Mr. Lee received a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University in 1980 and a J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1983. He is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey. Mr. Lee has worked in the insurance industry for over 20 years with experience in insurance, finance, underwriting, sales and marketing, claims management and administration and law. Mr. Lee also served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd. from its formation in 2006 until its merger into the Company in February 2009.

The Board of Directors believes that Mr. Lee possesses the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills necessary to serve on the Board because of his more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of insurance, finance, mergers and acquisitions and the formation of various businesses, his having provided leadership and strategic direction to the Company as its founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer since 1995, and his unparalleled knowledge of the Company and its business.

Holdings: 3,271,775 shares     View Transactions
Charles A. Bryan CPA, FCAS, CPCU Independent Director Member of Audit Committee Committee Chair for Compensation Committee Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee  
William W. Fox Jr. Independent Director Member of Audit Committee   Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee  
William A Robbie CPA Independent Director Member of Audit Committee     Member of Investment Committee
Steven W. Schuster Independent Director   Member of Compensation Committee Committee Chair for Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Member of Investment Committee
Robert S. Smith Independent Director   Member of Compensation Committee   Committee Chair for Investment Committee
Jan R. Van Gorder Independent Director   Member of Compensation Committee Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee  
Austin P. Young III, CPA Independent Director Committee Chair for Audit Committee     Member of Investment Committee

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