Volume 24, Issue 3, June 2010<= /o:p>

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> 3D"*" = Sam Garvin To Retire After 22 Years = with EIM

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> 3D"*" = EIM Underwriting News

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = Director Kim Greene Promoted at TVA<= /span><= /span>

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = EIM’s Financial Statement at March 3= 1, 2010

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = IAC’s Newest Member – Mark Webster

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = EIM/OCIL Alliance Provides $100M Lim= its

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = Pinnacle West, SPP - New Member Repr= esentatives

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = Resolutions of Tribute

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = PNG Companies Join EIM; Membership Remains at 168

<= span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'> =3D"*" = 27 Participate in EIM-Sponsored Ener= gy School in Philadelphia

Sam Ga= rvin To Retire After 22 Years with EIM

Sam Garvin, 54, EIM vice president and chief financial officer, will retire on = June 30, 2010, after more than 22 years with the Company.

Among the initial five hir= es when EIM moved its operations from Barbados= to Tampa, FL, Sam began Feb. 8, 1988, as accounting manager. He was elected vice president-finance Jan. 8, 1996, and he was promo= ted to vice president and CFO as of Jan. 1, 2001.

Having first talked about retiring at the end of 2009, newly elected President and CEO Scott Goodell asked Sam to continue for another six months for purposes of a smoother transition. Sam, who has a host of friends among the representatives of the Member Companies, was thereby able= to begin his official farewells at the 2010 Risk Managers Information Meeting = in February.

At the meeting, Sam led on= the opening night a heart-felt farewell to his friend and long-time colleague, David Hadler, toasting David as “someone we will never forget.” The next evening, Sam was present= ed a Steuben decanter and wine glasses which was followed by a standing ovation = from a large gathering of mostly risk managers, brokers, and their guests.<= /o:p>

He and his wife Jackie were further honored on Monday evening, May 3, in Dallas, when the C= ompany presented a formal Resolution of Tribute. His gift from the Company—a set of custom-made Ping golf clubs—had b= een presente= d to Sam earlier in Tampa.

Sam began his accounting c= areer in his native city of Mobile, AL, in 1977, the same year he earned a bachelor of science<= /span> degree in accounting from the University of South Alabama, Mobile. He moved in November 1981 to the insurance industry and to Tampa, having gone to work as chief accountant of Mo= rrison Assurance Company, before moving in 1987 to Healthwin<= /span> Insurance Company, also in Tam= pa, where he was accounting manager for a year before joining EIM.

Now, some 22 years after he began, Sam’s contribution to the financial soundness of EIM is apparent when one compares even a few year-end 2009 operating results with year-end 1987 numbers: 2009 Policyholders’ surplus was nearly $651.8 million—compared to = $71.4 million at year-end 1987; a record $212.6 million paid in claims in 2009—compared to zero in 1987; and total assets were almost $1,556.9 millio= n at the end of 2009—compared to $101.8 million at year-end 1987.

In 1975, Sam married his w= ife Jackie, the former Jacquelyn Charlotte Daniels, also of Mobile, a health ca= re professional for a number of years, who is now celebrated by her family and friends as an extraordinary chef. = Sam and Jackie, who are now on the eve of their 35th wedding anniversary, are t= he proud parents of three children—Marcia Garvin, 31, who works as an insurance manager in Tampa; Amy Garvin Wren, 29, who is married to David Wren and also lives in the Tampa Bay area and is the mother of Sam and Jackie’s twin grandchildren; and son Tyler, 19, who is a sophomore at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, studying music and business. The nine-month-old twins are Ella Payton Wren and Jackson Patrick Wr= en.

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Five N= ew Directors Join EIM Board

The EIM Membership elected five new EIM directors for three-year terms and re-elect= ed four sitting directors at the 2010 Annual General Meeting near Dallas on Ma= y 4.

The five new directors are:

Donald Chappel, senior vice president and chief financial officer, The Williams Companies, Inc., Tulsa,= OK;

Marian Durkin, senior vice president, general counsel, and chief compliance officer, Avista, Corp., Spokane, WA;

Benjamin Fowke, president = and chief operating officer, Xcel Energy Inc., Minneapolis, WI;

Scott Goodell, president a= nd chief executive officer, Energy Insurance Mutual, Tampa, FL; and=

Darren Olagues, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Cleco Co= rp., Pineville, LA.

Two current directors were re-elected to three-year terms. They are:

Trevor Carmichael, barrist= er at law, Chancery House, Bridgetow= n, Barbados,= and Charles Shivery,

chairm= an, president, and chief executive officer, Northeast Utilities, Berlin, CT.

Two directors, now retired from their companies, whose terms expired at the 2010 Annual General Meeting were re-elected for one-year terms since directors m= ay serve for only two annual meetings beyond their retirement dates. They are:

Barry Mitchell, retired, president and chief operating officer, ComEd, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Chicago, IL, and Michael

O’Donn= ell, retired, executive vice president, NiSource Inc., Merrillville, IN.

On March 10, Director Allen Leverett, who is execu= tive vice president and chief financial officer of Wisconsin Energy Corporation,= Milwaukee, announ= ced his resignation from the EIM Board of Directors. Allen had been a director since November 2002.

In addition to the five newly elected and four re-elected directors, the other members of the EIM Board are:

Kim Greene, group presiden= t of strategy and external relations, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN;

Jim Hatfield, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Phoenix, AZ, who begins his second year as EIM chairman of the board;<= /p>

Ed Holland, executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, Southern Company, Atlanta, GA; and

Rich M= arsh, retired, senior vice president and chief financial officer, FirstEnergy Cor= p., Akron, = OH.

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Meet Our New Directors<= o:p>

Professional Profiles of New EIM Directors

What follows are biographical sketches of the newly elected EIM directors: Don Chappel, Marian Durkin, Ben Fowke, Scott Goodell, and Darren Olagues.<= /o:p>

In 2008,= Don Chappel was named to Institutional Investor magazine’s top CFO list for the third consecutive year. Once again, Don received recognition as the top-performing CFO in the Energy/Natural Gas sector.

Don joined Williams in Apr= il 2003 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He led the successful restructuring of the company’s finances, the implementat= ion of an EVA-based disciplined financial management system and administrative = cost reduction program, and Williams’ IPOs of Williams Partners and Williams Pipeline Partners.

Don’s previous experience includes serving twice in the late 1990s as chief financial officer of Waste Management, Inc., during periods before and after its 1998 merger with USA Waste Services. Don joined Waste M= anagement in 1987 as vice president and controller of a newly formed operating subsidiary. He then served in a nu= mber of positions of increasing responsibility in operating subsidiaries, leadin= g to his appointment as chief financial officer by the company’s board of direct= ors during a period of crisis.

Don graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree = in accounting. He completed his certification as a public accountant.

Don serves on the boards of directors of Family and Children’s Services, Children’s Hospital Foundation= at Saint Francis, and the Un= iversity of Tulsa’s Friends = of Finance. He served as treasurer and chairman of the Planning Commission of a municipality in the Chicago area.

As Avista’s chief legal officer, Marian provides counsel= and guidance to the Avista Corp. board of directors= and officers on legal matters relevant to the company and its subsidiaries. As chief compliance officer, she is responsible for coordinating and overseeing Avista’s ethics and compliance programs.

Prior to joining Avista in 2005, Marian was vice president, deputy gen= eral counsel, and assistant secretary of United Airlines in Chicago. Her experience also includes 18 years with the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs and Morg= an, P.A.

A native of Narberth, PA, Marian graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY, with a bachelor’s in political science. S= he received her law degree and LLM in taxation from Williams Mitchell College = of Law in St. Paul, MN.

A frequent lecturer at leg= al conferences, Marian also has served as an adjunct professor at William Mitc= hell College of Law. She is currently o= n the board of directors for Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery and the board of truste= es for the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, both in Spokane.

Ben Fowk= e is president and COO of Xcel Energy, where he is responsible for overall corpo= rate operations, energy supply and Xcel’s four opera= ting companies that do business in eight states. He also is a member of Xcel Energy’s board of directors.<= /span>

Before assuming his current responsibilities, Ben held a variety of executive positions with the compan= y, including vice president and chief financial officer and vice president and= CFO of Energy Markets, where he was responsible for the financial operations of= the company’s commodities trading and marketing business unit. Prior to the 2000 mergers of Northern S= tates Power Co. and New Century Energies (NCE)that for= med Xcel Energy, he was vice president in the NCE retail business unit.

Prior to Xcel Energy, Ben = served 10 years with FPL Group, Inc., in Florida where he held various management positions. He also has held positions outside the energy industry with DWG Corp. and KPMG.

Ben currently serves on the board of directors of the American Gas Association and the Minnesota Orchestra. He also is a member of = the board of advisors for the University of Colorado Denver Business School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from Towson University and obtained his CPA in 1982.

Scott Goodell was announced on December 9, 2009, as EIM’s next president and chief executive officer and moved into that position January 11, 2010. He was appointed to the Board of Directors at its me= eting in Barbados in January and has been elected to his first three-year term.

At the time of his selecti= on, Scott was managing director of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a $900-million risk and reinsurance specialist that is= part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies. Guy Carpenter has over 50 offices worldwide.

Since 2005, Scott had been responsible for Guy Carpenter’s West Region’s broking operations and was a member of the region’s senior management team. From 2001 to 2005, Scott was managing director responsible for Guy Carpenter’s East Region. From 1998= to 2001, he was managing director of the firm’s Instrat unit, a global quantitative analytics group. From 1987 to 1998, Scott was senior vice president, general counsel,= and secretary of Sedgwick Re, Inc., which was later merged into Guy Carpenter.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>

Scott began his insurance = career in 1985 with American Centennial Insurance Company, the reinsurance arm of Beneficial Insurance Group, Peapack, NJ. He practiced law for five years in Morristown, NJ.

A native of New Jersey, Scott received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 1976. He graduated magna cum laude with major= s in political science and psychology. = He received his law degree in 1979 from Boston College.=

In late = April 2009, Cleco Corp. announced that Darren J. Olag= ues had been named senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective= May 7 of that year.

Since joining Clec= o in July 2007, Darren had been serving as senior vice president of Cleco Midstream Resources LLC, the company’s competit= ive wholesale generation business.

Before joining Cleco, Darren was vice president of asset management = and development for Exelon Power. Prio= r to that, he served as Exelon’s director of corporate development and as senior vice president and CFO at Sithe Energies. A certified public accountant, Darren a= lso worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was senior manager of audit.

Darren, 38, graduated in 1= 992 from Tulane University with a bachelor’s degre= e in management.

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Jim Ha= tfield Re-elected Chairman;

Ed Holland New Vice Chairma= n

At the May 4 Board meeting near Dallas, EIM Chair-man Jim Hatfield of Pinnacle West, Phoenix, was re-elected chairman of the board and Board Member Ed Hol= land of Southern Company, Atlanta, was elected vice chairman.

The other EIM officers re-elected are:

Scott Goodell, president a= nd chief executive officer; Sam Garvin, vice president and chief financial officer; Jill Dominguez, vice president—underwriting; Robert Schmid, vice president, subsidiary operations; Tommy Bolton, controller and chief accoun= ting officer; Joan Bryant, secretary; and Trevor Carmichael, assistant secretary= .

Jim Hatfield

Jim, appointed to the EIM Board in 1998, was elected to his first three-year ter= m in 1999. He has been the Company’s ch= airman of the board since April 2009.

Two years ago, Jim moved to Pinnacle West where he is senior vice president and chief financial officer= of the parent company and its operating utility, Arizona Public Ser-vice. With 30 years of electric and gas indus= try experience, Jim was previously at OGE Energy Corp., = Oklahoma City, where he also was senior= vice president and CFO.

From 1980-1993, Jim worked= for UtiliCorp United Inc., of San Antonio, TX<= /st1:place>, where he held several positions in accounting and finance. During 1994, he was with Aquila Gas Pip= eline Corporation, a subsidiary of UtiliCorp. During this time, he held the position = of vice president-investor relations and corporate secretary, until joining OG&E in August 1994 as treasurer. He was elected vice president and treasurer on January 15, 1997, and senior vi= ce president and chief financial officer on November 17, 1999.

A native of Bennington, NE= , Jim received a bachelor’s in accounting from Central Missouri State University,= Maryville, MO, and an MBA, concentration in finance, from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

He and his wife, Eileen, h= ave three children and two grandchildren.

Pinnacle West has consolidated assets of about $12 billion. Through its subsidiaries, the company generates, sells, and delivers electricity and sells energy-related products and services to retail and wholesale customers in the western United States.

Ed Holland

G. Edison (“Ed”) Holland, Jr., the newly elected EIM vice chairman, is Southern Company’s chief compliance officer as well as executive vice president, gen= eral counsel, and corporate secretary.

Prior to assuming his curr= ent position at Southern Company in May 2001, Ed was president and chief execut= ive officer of Savannah Electric from July 1997-April 2001. Savannah Electric was merged into Georg= ia Power, Southern’s largest operating subsidiary,= in July 2007.

Ed joined Southern Company subsidiary Gulf Power, Pensaco= la, FL, in 1992 as vice preside= nt and corporate counsel and served concurrently as Southern Company system compli= ance officer until 1995. He then was na= med Gulf Power’s vice president of power generation and transmission, a positio= n he held along with corporate counsel until 1997.

Prior to joining Gulf Power, Ed was a partner in the law firm of Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, where h= e served as general counsel to Gulf Power.

A native of Ruthe= rfordton, NC, Ed received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and earned a Jurist Doc= tor from the University of Virginia School of Law.

= Ed joined the EIM Board a year ago. H= e also is a member of the boards of directors of First Chatham Bank Financial Corporation, Georgia Appleseed, the Georgia Aquarium, and the Southern Golf Association.

He is a past chairman of t= he Edison Electric Institute’s Legal Committee, is a director of the Institute= for Legal Reform of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Electricity Committee of the Public Utility, Communications, and Transporta= tion Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Ed is married to the former Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird of Marietta, GA. They have two daughters, Laura and Caroline. Laura is an attorney in Washington, DC. Caroline is in graduate school in Charlotte, NC. Ed’s hobbies include golf, boating, and hunting.

Southern Company, one of EIM's 17 founding Members, has 4.4 million customers in four southeastern states and more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Headquartered in downtown Atlanta, Sout= hern Company has more than 500,000 stockholders and about 26,000 employees.=

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EIM Bo= ard Committee for 2010-2011

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Three EIM Directors Ele= cted to EIS Board

Ed Holland, Tommy Bolton New EIS Officers=

At the Energy Insurance Services Annual General Meeting, also on May 4 near Dallas, three EIM directors joined the EIS Board, while four others continue as directors.

The new EIS directors are Ed Holland,= Scott Goodell, and Barry Mitchell. Jim Hatfield, Sam Garvin, Robert Schmid, and Chuck Shivery are the other four members who also serve on the EIS Board.

At the EIS Board meeting, = Ed Holland, the newly elected vice chairman of EIM was elected vice chairman of EIS and Tommy Bolton was elected controller and chief accounting officer of EIS. He has the same title with EI= M.

The other EIS officers who= were re-elected are: Jim Hatfield, chairman; Scott Goodell, president and chief executive officer; Sam Garvin, vice president and chief financial officer; Robert Schmid, vice president and chief operating officer, and Joan Bryant, secretary.

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EIM Underwriting News<= /p>

On May 11, 2010, an article in the online publication AEGIS News reported that= the AEGIS Risk Management Advisory Committee (RMAC) and management agreed AEGIS should place a $35-million per occurrence/$70-million annual aggregate limit (or twice the per occurrence limit, if lower) on the excess liability polic= y. The intent is to put a finite limit on the policy no matter how many “occurrences” are reported. The article further states the aggregate will take effect with excess liability policies renewing on a= nd after January 1, 2011.

As many of you are aware, EIM continues periodic interaction with AEGIS to identify potential changes in underlying policy terms and conditions and to ensure EIM Member Company coverage continuity. This “aggregation” issue has been discussed already at the EIM Insurance Advisory Committee (IAC) level. Currently, there are no definite details on the AEGIS wording and how its strategy affects EIM. While the details are still in the work= s, please be assured EIM and the IAC are committed to working through this development. EIM will have a timely response as soon as we are c= lear on how this change will ultimately affect our Policyholders’ following form coverage.

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Director Kim Greene Pro= moted at TVA

Kimberly S. Greene, who had been TVA’s chief financial officer and executive vice president of financial services since 2007 and became the regional power supplier’s chief risk officer in 2008, was promoted this past January to gr= oup president of strategy and external relations.

Kim went to TVA three years ago from Southern Company, Atlanta, where she was senior vice president of finance and treasurer. She had joined Southern Company Service= s in 1991 as a mechanical engineer and progressed through various areas of engineering. In 1994, she moved to Southern Energy Inc., which became Mirant, where she was responsible for Mirant’s south region asset management and coordination of transmission sys= tem loads with adjoining utilities, including TVA.

In 2002, Kim moved to Sout= hern Company Generation and Energy Marketing as director of portfolio management, responsible for trading strategies and long-term resource plans. She was named treasurer of Southern Com= pany Services in 2003.

A native of Knoxville, TN, where TVA is headquartered, Kim earn= ed a bachelor’s degree in engineering science and mechanics from the University of Tennes= see, Knoxville. She also earned a master’s in biomedical engineering from the University = of Alabama at Birmingham and a master’s in business administration from <= span class=3DSpellE>Samford U= niversity in Birmingham.

Kim joined the EIM Board of Directors in 2004 and currently chairs the Board’s Audit Committee. She also serves on the Nominating and Reinsurance committees.

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EIM’s Financial Stateme= nt at March 31, 2010

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IAC’s Newest Member

Mark Webster – Naval Nuke Officer Turned Risk Manager

Mark Web= ster, the liability and financial insurance manager for Duke Energy Corporation, = Charlotte, NC, and the Member Company’s EIM Risk Manager Representative since early 2007, = was approved in January by the EIM Board for membership on the Company’s Insura= nce Advisory Committee.

Filling a seat vacated by long-time IAC Member Bob Semet, who has since r= etired from Exelon, Mark joined Duke in November 2006, having been previously a vi= ce president with Marsh’s power and utility group in Charlotte. He was with Marsh for nearly four years. Before Marsh, Mark served over 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineering and submarine operations officer.

A native of Ohio, Mark received a mechanical engineering degree from <= st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Ohio Northern University in 1994.= He received a MBA from The Citadel Coll= ege of Graduate and Professional Studies, Charleston, SC, in 2002. He also has the CPCU and ARM profession= al designations.

Why did you seek IAC membership?

I wanted to learn more about how our ind= ustry mutual works. Essentially, I wante= d to peek behind the curtains to better understand how decisions are made, decis= ions that impact both EIM and its Members.

What are your expectations as an IAC member?

I hope I can use this liai= son position between the Board and the Members to make beneficial contributions= for both EIM and its Members.

Is the IAC role changing?

Not on paper, but I cannot= see how it won’t in operation with the changes in EIM’s top management. Because I’m new, I don’t have any persp= ective for which I can compare it though.

How did you get into risk management?

Late in 2002, when I decid= ed to leave Active Duty Naval service, I interviewed with Dan McGarvey of Marsh who is also a Naval Nuke Officer as they were looking for a nuclear risk consultant/broker. I remember= he said it was easier to teach insurance to a Nuke than teach nuclear power to= an insurance professional. The positi= on, Dan, Marsh, and Charlotte all seemed like a good fit so I took it, with no regrets to date. I wanted to try the other side of the b= roker/client relationship. Duke was one of my clients. They had an opening, good people, and Duke is a company where I thought I fit well; and I did not hav= e to relocate.

Describe the risk management function at Duke Energy.=

Duke’s risk management department is a great grou= p of people to work with. There is a go= od blend of contract reviews, insurance placements, project risk analysis, and captive subsidiary coordination to keep us busy but also keep it interestin= g.

What are your most significant challenges as a risk manager?

Finding time and finding t= he contract, project, or operational risks that we don’t know about.

What is it like in general working for Duke Energy?

It is great to be with a financially sound, employee-friendly company that continues to develop and update operations.

How did mechanical engineering prepare you for risk management?<= o:p>

It didn’t help me specifically for general risk management, but it is helpful in understanding the technical side of operat= ions and projects that dovetail with risk management in the power and utility sectors.

Tell us about your 10 years in the U.S. Navy.<= /p>

I spent about three years learning nuclear power, about three years standing watch on a nuclear-powered submarine that carried intercontinental nuclear warhead missiles, and then about three years teach= ing nuclear power to new officers. We did get to launch a couple o= f the 130,000-pound missiles across the ocean. Obviously, as you can tell since there wasn’t a World War III, we to= ok the nuclear warheads off before launching them.

Describe your seven months in Afghanistan.

I was proud to serve a need requested from our country, but leaving the family was hard. It was a good experience that I don’t ever want to do again. I was disa= ppointed to see the international politics within NATO challenging our effectiveness= .

What are your thoughts on the U.= S. role in Afghanistan<= /st1:place>?

I don’t think it is in the U.S.’ best interest to allow any group that wants to, supports, or does attack innocent American citizens to exist without diligent prosecution and best efforts to prevent = an attack again. If our national defe= nse experts ask for my help in this endeavor, I’ll serve accordingly. Only histo= ry will tell if our actions or inactions were beneficial, but none of it is easy or without sacrifice. I think any fig= ht against terrorist groups is worthwhile, as well as our helping innocent peo= ple try to gain self-sustaining freedom and prosperity. It’s a huge problem. With limited resources, picking the rig= ht battles is tough and never perfect.

Tell us about life in the Webster household.

I married my high school sweetheart 16 years ago<= span class=3DGramE>. She is very supportive, especially through the military separations that she did not li= ke. She has do= ne a great job raising our 14-year-old daughter Emi and our 11-year-old son Zack= . When work,= school, homework, sports and Navy Reserves give us an opening, we like to boat and = do water sports on one of Duke’s awesome lakes near Charlotte.

What are your interests outside work?

Bass f= ishing, golf, dirt bikes, and NASCAR.

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EIM/OC= IL Alliance Provides = $100M Limits<= /p>

In late February, EIM President Scott Goodell reported to the Membership that = the Company would continue to offer maximum limits of $100 million through the = use of a reinsurance arrangement with Oil Casualty Insurance, Ltd., which is ba= sed in Bermuda.

After a great deal of anal= ysis in 2009, the Company decided in December of this past year that it would re= duce maximum excess general liability policy limits from $100 million to $75 million. Yet, “subsequent discussi= ons with Members revealed that many wanted EIM to maintain the $100 million limits,” Scott said. “We listened.= ”

He also said the alliance = will be seamless to EIM Members and Member Brokers with all negotiations, policy terms, claims handling, and services to be handled by EIM. The $100-million policy will be issued = on EIM paper.

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Pinnac= le West, SPP Name New Member Reps

Two Member Companies—Pinnacle West Capital Corp and Southwest Power Pool, Inc.—= have named new EIM Member Representatives, Barbara M. Gomez and Thomas P. Dunn, respectively.

Barbara Gomez, a native of Queens, New York, is vice president, supply chain management, Arizona Publ= ic Service Company, Phoenix, Pinnacle West’s utility.

After graduating high school in Miami, AZ, Barbar= a earned in 1977 a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; then, in 1982, a MBA from Arizona State University, Tempe.

Barbara joined Arizona Pub= lic Service in 1978, working in a variety of financial positions. In 1999, she was elected vice president= and treasurer; in 2009, vice president and controller, both positions being with the parent company. In January 201= 0, she was elected to her present position with the utility.

She is on the board of dir= ectors of Goodwill of Central Arizona, The Wellness Community, and the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, where she serves as chairman of the finance council.

Tom Dunn= , a native of Fayetteville, AR, is the chief financial officer of Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmis= sion organization based in Little R= ock.

Tom received his bachelor’s degree in f= inance in 1987 from the University of <= st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Missouri, Columbia, and his master’s, also with a focus in finance, in 1994, also from Missouri.

From 1994 to 2001, Tom was= vice president, commercial banking, US Bank, Little Rock. In = 2001, he joined SPP as vice president-finance and CFO.

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Resolutions of Tribune<= o:p>

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PNG Companies Join EIM;

Membership Remains at 168

PNG Companies LLC, perhaps better known as Peoples Natural Gas Company, joined = EIM February 2, 2010; at the same time, RC Cape May Holdings, LLC, reduced its limits and left the Company, thereby keeping the total Membership at 168.

People= s is a Pittsburgh-based local gas distribution company serving approximately 375= ,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 16 counties throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.

PNG is an asset of SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners, which is an indep= endent investment management firm that invests in core infrastructure assets for t= he long term.

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27 Participate in EIM-Sponsored

Energ= y School in Philadelphia

Twenty-seven attendees, including EIM’s Gary Gresham, second from left, spent a rigorous week in late April of lectures, case studies, and peer reviews—all participating in the jointly sponsored Energy School, the third one being on t= he campus of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. In addition to EIM, the other two spons= oring companies are Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited and The OIL Group of Companies.

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Comments, questions, and suggested subjects from Members are sincerely welcomed.=

Please send them to the EIM office in Tampa at:

Energy Insurance Mutu= al

= 3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 550

Tampa, FL 33607-8412=

1-800-446-2270

Or, email us at: <= /span>publisher@eimltd.com