Committee Composition

Chairman of the Board = Chairman of the Board Committee Chair = Chair Committee Member = Member Independent Director = Independent Director
  Audit Compensation Corporate Governance & Nominating Investment
Michael H. Lee Chairman of the Board        
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  

Director

Mr. Fox, who became a Director in April 2006, has over 40 years experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Mr. Fox was employed by Balis & Co., Inc. and its successor, the Guy Carpenter reinsurance brokerage division of Marsh & McLennan Companies, from 1962 through 1988, and again from 1992 through 1999. Mr. Fox had a number of positions at Balis & Co., Inc., and Guy Carpenter, including President of Balis from 1985 through 1988 and again from 1992 through 1999. Mr. Fox also served as a member of Guy Carpenter's Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and as a Managing Director of J&H, Marsh & McLennan. Between 1992 and 1999, Mr. Fox was also the Chief Executive Officer of Excess Reinsurance Company. In 1988, Mr. Fox founded PW Reinsurance Management Company ("PW Group"), as a joint venture with Providence Washington Insurance Company ("Providence") to underwrite reinsurance on behalf of Providence. Mr. Fox was a Senior Vice President of Providence from 1988 to 1989 and was responsible for selecting and overseeing reinsurance intermediaries. In 1989, the Baloise Insurance Group acquired Providence and appointed Mr. Fox President of the PW Group. Mr. Fox has served on several insurance-related boards of directors and is currently the Chairman of the Board of MII Management Group, the Attorney-in-Fact for MutualAid Exchange. Mr. Fox is a member of the CPCU Society and holds a Pennsylvania Property and Casualty License.

The Board of Directors believes that Mr. Fox possesses the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills necessary to serve on the Board because of his more than 40 years of relevant industry-related experience in the fields of insurance and reinsurance, his years of service on various insurance-related boards of directors, and his extensive knowledge of the Company and its business.



Holdings: 8,140 shares     View Transactions
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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