LETTER OF CREDIT AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION,

THE BANK(S) PARTY HERETO

AND

FLEET NATIONAL BANK

AS AGENT AND AS ISSUING BANK

_________________

$50,000,000

_________________

Dated as of December 4, 2001

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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|1. | DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION | 1                                                                           
|   | 1.1.                                       | Definitions                                                                  | 1 
|   | 1.2.                                       | Principles of Construction                                                   | 17
|2. | AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LETTERS OF CREDIT      | 18                                                                          
|   | 2.1.                                       | Issuance of Letters of Credit                                                | 18
|   | 2.2.                                       | Letter of Credit Participation and Funding Commitments                       | 20
|   | 2.3.                                       | Interest Rate                                                                | 21
|   | 2.4.                                       | Termination or Reduction of Commitment                                       | 21
|   | 2.5.                                       | Amendments to Letters of Credit                                              | 21
|   | 2.6.                                       | Extension of Commitment and Termination Date                                 | 23
|   | 2.7.                                       | Extension of the Stated Expiration Date of Each Letter of Credit             | 23
|   | 2.8.                                       | Reimbursement Obligations Absolute                                           | 24
|   | 2.9.                                       | No Liability of the Issuing Bank                                             | 25
|   | 2.10.                                      | Increased Costs: Capital Adequacy                                            | 25
|   | 2.11.                                      | Taxes                                                                        | 26
|   | 2.12.                                      | Agent's Records                                                              | 27
|   | 2.13.                                      | Use of Proceeds                                                              | 28
|   | 2.14.                                      | Collateral                                                                   | 28
|   | 2.15.                                      | Replacement of Banks                                                         | 29
|   | 2.16.                                      | Commitment Fee                                                               | 30
|   | 2.17.                                      | Letter of Credit Commissions                                                 | 30
|   | 2.18.                                      | Utilization of Commitment in Optional Currencies                             | 30
|3  | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT                       | 31                                                                          
|   | 3.1.                                       | Conditions to Effectiveness                                                  | 31
|   | 3.2.                                       | Conditions for Issuance of All Letters of Credit and Extension and Increases
|   |                                            | thereof and Conditions to Effectiveness of Letters of Credit                 | 33
|   | 3.3.                                       | Transitional Arrangements                                                    | 34
|4  | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES             | 35                                                                          
|   | 4.1.                                       | Corporate Organization and Power                                             | 35
|   | 4.2.                                       | Authorization                                                                | 36
|   | 4.3.                                       | No Violation                                                                 | 36

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|  | 4.4.                  | Governmental Authorization; Permits                        | 36
|  | 4.5.                  | Litigation                                                 | 37
|  | 4.6.                  | Taxes                                                      | 37
|  | 4.7.                  | Subsidiaries                                               | 37
|  | 4.8.                  | Full Disclosure                                            | 37
|  | 4.9.                  | Margin Regulations                                         | 38
|  | 4.10.                 | No Material Adverse Change                                 | 38
|  | 4.11.                 | Financial Matters                                          | 38
|  | 4.12.                 | Ownership of Properties                                    | 39
|  | 4.13.                 | ERISA                                                      | 39
|  | 4.14.                 | Environmental Matters                                      | 40
|  | 4.15.                 | Compliance With Laws                                       | 40
|  | 4.16.                 | Regulated Industries                                       | 41
|  | 4.17.                 | Insurance                                                  | 41
|  | 4.18.                 | Certain Contracts                                          | 41
|5 | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 41                                                        
|  | 5.1.                  | GAAP Financial Statements                                  | 42
|  | 5.2.                  | Statutory Financial Statements                             | 42
|  | 5.3.                  | Other Business and Financial Information                   | 43
|  | 5.4.                  | Corporate Existence; Franchises; Maintenance of Properties | 46
|  | 5.5.                  | Compliance with Laws                                       | 46
|  | 5.6.                  | Payment of Obligations                                     | 46
|  | 5.7.                  | Insurance                                                  | 47
|  | 5.8.                  | Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection               | 47
|  | 5.9.                  | Dividends                                                  | 47
|  | 5.10.                 | Ownership of Insurance Subsidiaries                        | 47
|  | 5.11.                 | Further Assurances                                         | 47
|6 | FINANCIAL COVENANTS   | 48                                                        
|  | 6.1.                  | Capitalization Ratio                                       | 48
|  | 6.2.                  | Cash Coverage Ratio                                        | 48
|  | 6.3.                  | Statutory Surplus                                          | 48
|  | 6.4.                  | Risk-Based Capital                                         | 48
|7 | NEGATIVE COVENANTS    | 49                                                        

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|   | 7.1.             | Merger; Consolidation; Disposition of Assets | 49
|   | 7.2.             | Indebtedness                                 | 49
|   | 7.3.             | Liens                                        | 50
|   | 7.4.             | Investments; Acquisitions                    | 51
|   | 7.5.             | Restricted Payments                          | 52
|   | 7.6.             | Transactions with Affiliates                 | 52
|   | 7.7.             | Certain Amendments                           | 52
|   | 7.8.             | Lines of Business                            | 53
|   | 7.9.             | Limitations on Certain Restrictions          | 53
|   | 7.10.            | Fiscal Year                                  | 53
|   | 7.11.            | Accounting Changes                           | 53
|8  | DEFAULT          | 54                                          
|   | 8.1.             | Events of Default                            | 54
|9  | THE AGENT        | 58                                          
|   | 9.1.             | Appointment                                  | 58
|   | 9.2.             | Delegation of Duties                         | 58
|   | 9.3.             | Exculpatory Provisions                       | 58
|   | 9.4.             | Reliance by Agent                            | 59
|   | 9.5.             | Notice of Default                            | 59
|   | 9.6.             | Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Banks        | 59
|   | 9.7.             | Indemnification                              | 60
|   | 9.8.             | Agent in Its Individual Capacity             | 61
|   | 9.9.             | Successor Agent                              | 61
|10 | OTHER PROVISIONS | 61                                          
|   | 10.1.            | Amendments and Waivers                       | 61
|   | 10.2.            | Notices                                      | 62
|   | 10.3.            | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies               | 64
|   | 10.4.            | Survival of Representations and Warranties   | 64
|   | 10.5.            | Payment of Expenses and Taxes                | 64
|   | 10.6.            | Assignments and Participants                 | 65
|   | 10.7.            | Counterparts                                 | 66
|   | 10.8.            | Adjustments; Set-off                         | 67
|   | 10.9.            | Construction                                 | 67

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| | 10.10. | Indemnity                        | 68
| | 10.11. | Governing Law                    | 68
| | 10.12. | Headings Descriptive             | 68
| | 10.13. | Severability                     | 69
| | 10.14. | Integration                      | 69
| | 10.15. | Consent to Jurisdiction          | 69
| | 10.16. | Service of Process               | 69
| | 10.17. | No Limitation on Service or Suit | 69
| | 10.18. | WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY          | 70
| | 10.19. | Confidentiality                  | 70

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|EXHIBITS         |                                                                
|---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------
|                 |                                                                
|Exhibit A        | List of Commitment Percentages                                 
|Exhibit B        | Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement                    
|Exhibit C        | Form of Letter of Credit Request                               
|Exhibit D        | Form of Letter of Credit                                       
|Exhibit E-1      | Form of Compliance Certificate (GAAP Financial Statements)     
|Exhibit E-2      | Form of Compliance Certificate (Statutory Financial Statements)
|Exhibit F        | Form of Financial Condition Certificate                        
|Exhibit G        | Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Applicant                    
|Exhibit H        | Form of Extension Request                                      
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|SCHEDULES       
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|Schedule I       | Existing Letters of Credit                                     
|Schedule 1.1     | Management Group                                               
|Schedule 4.4     | Licenses                                                       
|Schedule 4.6     | Taxes                                                          
|Schedule 4.7     | Subsidiaries                                                   
|Schedule 4.14(a) | Environmental Matters                                          
|Schedule 4.14(b) | Environmental Matters                                          
|Schedule 4.18    | Material Contracts                                             
|Schedule 7.2     | Indebtedness                                                   
|Schedule 7.3     | Liens                                                          
|Schedule 7.6     | Transactions with Affiliates                                   
|Schedule 10.2    | List of Banks and their Addresses                              

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LETTER OF CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of December 4, 2001, by and among PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION, a
Pennsylvania corporation (the Applicant), each Co-Applicant
(as defined in Section 1), the bank(s) or other lending institution(s)
party hereto (together with their respective successors and assigns, the
Banks, and each a Bank) and FLEET NATIONAL
BANK, as agent for itself and the other Banks (in such capacity, together with
its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent), and
as issuing bank (in such capacity, together as with its successors and assigns
in such capacity, the Issuing Bank) for the Letters of Credit
(as defined in Section 1).

|1. |  | DEFINITIONS
AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION
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| | 1.1. | Definitions
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As
used in this Agreement, terms defined in the preamble have the meanings therein
indicated, and the following terms have the following meanings:

Affiliate shall
mean, as to any Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, owns or controls, is controlled by or under common control with,
such Person or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition,
with respect to any Person, control shall mean (i) the possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, or (ii) the beneficial ownership of securities or other ownership interests of
such Person having ten percent (10%) or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding securities or other ownership interests of such Person ordinarily (and apart
from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right to vote in the
election of directors or other governing body of such Person.

Agent means
Fleet in its capacity as agent for the Banks hereunder, and its successors and assigns in
such capacity.

Agreement means
this Letter of Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.

Alternate
Base Rate means on any date, a rate of interest per annum equal to the higher of
(i) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such date plus one half of one percent (1⁄2 of
1%) or (ii) the Prime Rate in effect on such date. Each change in the Alternate Base
Rate resulting from a change in the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate shall take
effect on the date when such change in the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate occurs.

Annual
Statement shall mean, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary for any fiscal
year, the annual financial statements of such Insurance Subsidiary as required to be
filed with the Insurance Regulatory Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile and in
accordance with the laws of such jurisdiction, together with all exhibits, schedules,
certificates and actuarial opinions required to be filed or delivered therewith.

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Applicable
Fee Percentage means (i) with respect to the Letter of Credit Commissions,
0.450% and (ii) with respect to Commitment Fees, 0.150%.

Assignment
and Acceptance Agreement means an assignment and acceptance agreement executed
by a Bank and an Eligible Assignee substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

Assignment
Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(b).

Authorized
Signatory means as to (i) any Person which is a corporation, the chairman of the
board, the president, any vice president, the chief financial officer or any other duly
authorized officer of such Person and (ii) any Person which is not a corporation, the
general partner or other managing Person thereof.

Available
Amount means at any time the amount of the Commitment less the Letter of Credit
Exposure.

Available
Dividend Amount shall mean, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary for any
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the aggregate maximum amount of dividends
that is, or would be if such period were a fiscal year, permitted by the Insurance
Regulatory Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile, under applicable Requirements of
Law (without the necessity of any consent, approval or other action of such Insurance
Regulatory Authority involving the granting of permission or the exercise of discretion
by such Insurance Regulatory Authority), to be paid by such Insurance Subsidiary to the
Applicant or another Subsidiary of the Applicant in respect of such four-quarter period
as if such period were a fiscal year (whether or not any such dividends are actually
paid).

Bank means
each bank listed on the signature pages hereof and each assignee which becomes a Bank
pursuant to Section 10.6, and their respective assigns, each of which shall meet the
criteria of Eligible Assignee hereunder.

Bankruptcy
Code shall mean 11 U.S.C.ss.ss.101 et seq., as amended from time to time, and any
successor statute.

Beneficiary
Notification Date shall mean, with respect to an Evergreen Letter of Credit, the
last day on which the beneficiary thereof may be notified in order that such Stated
Expiration Date is not to be automatically extended.

Benefit
Arrangement shall mean any time, an employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained
or otherwise contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.

Benefitted
Bank has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8.

Business
Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks located in Boston or New York are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action to close; and with respect to draws or reimbursements under a Letter

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of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency such day shall be a day (i)
on which dealings in deposits in the relevant Optional Currency are carried on in the
applicable interbank market, and (ii) on which foreign exchange markets are open for
business in the principal financial center of the country of the relevant Optional
Currency.

Caliber shall
mean Caliber One Indemnity Company, a Delaware insurance company.

Capitalization
Ratio shall mean, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i)
Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date to (ii) the sum of Consolidated Indebtedness
and Consolidated Net Worth, each as of such date.

Cash
Coverage Ratio shall mean as of the last day of any period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters (the Measurement Period), the ratio of:

(i)
the aggregate of (y) the Available Dividend Amount for the Measurement Period for the
Insurance Subsidiaries, other than each Insurance Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of
another Insurance Subsidiary plus (z) the Net Tax Sharing Payments (whether a
positive or negative number) for the Measurement Period, to

(ii)
the aggregate of (x) Interest Expense incurred during the Measurement Period, (y) the
aggregate of all operating costs and expenses of the Applicant, including rent, utilities
and payroll expenses paid by the Applicant during the Measurement Period, and (z) all
dividends paid by the Applicant during the Measurement Period.

Cash
Equivalents shall mean (i) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America and maturing within one hundred eighty
(180) days from the date of acquisition, (ii) commercial paper issued by any Person
organized under the laws of the United States of America, maturing within one hundred
eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, having a
rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by Standard &Poors and at
least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys, (iii) time deposits, certificates of
deposit and bankers acceptances maturing within one hundred eighty (180) days from
the date of issuance and issued by a bank or trust company organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof that has combined capital and surplus
of at least $500,000,000 and that has (or is a subsidiary of a bank holding company that
has) a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least A or the equivalent thereof by
Standard &Poors or at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys, and
(iv) repurchase obligations of a bank or trust company described in clause (iii) above or
of a broker-dealer or other party that has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least
A by Standard &Poors (or an equivalent rating of a nationally recognized rating
agency) and having a term not exceeding seven (7) days with respect to underlying
securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank or trust
company meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above.

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CMOs shall
mean any security or certificate representing any interest or participation in a pool of
Mortgage Backed Securities (it being understood that Mortgage Backed Securities
themselves are not CMOs).

Collateral has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.14.

Collateral
Accounts has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14 hereof.

Co-Applicant shall
mean individually and Co-Applicants shall mean collectively each of (i)
PMACIC, (ii) PMAIC, (iii) High Mountain Reinsurance, Ltd., a Cayman Island corporation,
and (iv) each other Subsidiary of the Applicant which hereafter becomes a party hereto.

Combined
Annual Statement shall mean, with respect to PMACIC and its combined Affiliates,
the combined annual statement of such entities on the Fire and Casualty form (or any
successor form thereto) as required to be filed by any such entity with the Insurance
Regulatory Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile in accordance with the laws of such
jurisdiction, together with all exhibits, schedules, certificates and actuarial opinions
required to be filed or delivered therewith.

Commitment means
the commitment of Fleet, as Issuing Bank, to issue Letters of Credit having an aggregate
outstanding Dollar Equivalent face amount up to $50,000,000 (as reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.4), and with respect to the Banks shall mean their commitment to
participate in the Letter of Credit Exposure in an amount equal to their respective
Commitment Percentages as set forth in Section 2.2 in an aggregate amount up to their
respective Commitment Amounts.

Commitment
Amount means as to any Bank, the maximum Dollar amount of its Commitment set
forth opposite the name of such Bank in Exhibit A under the heading Commitment
Amount.

Commitment
Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

Commitment
Percentage means as to any Bank, the percentage set forth opposite the name of
such Bank in Exhibit A under the heading Commitment Percentage.

Commitment
Period means the period from the Effective Date through the day preceding the
Termination Date.

Compliance
Certificate shall mean a fully completed and duly executed certificate in the
form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2, as applicable.

Consolidated
Affiliates shall mean, collectively, Caliber, the PMA Group and any other fire
and casualty insurance company that is or hereafter becomes an Affiliate of PMACIC and
the accounts of which are prescribed or permitted by Statutory Accounting

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Principles to be consolidated with those of PMACIC for purposes of any
Combined Annual Statements.

Consolidated
Indebtedness shall mean, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the aggregate
(without duplication) of all Indebtedness of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries as of
such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles but excluding reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of
credit issued hereunder.

Consolidated
Net Worth shall mean, at any time, the net worth of the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries at such time, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles but (i) excluding any preferred stock or other
class of equity securities that, by its stated terms (or by the terms of any class of
equity securities issuable upon conversion thereof or in exchange therefor), or upon the
occurrence of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, or is redeemable at the
option of the holders thereof, in whole or in part, and (ii) without regard to the
requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 issued by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Consolidated
Statutory Surplus shall mean, as to all Insurance Subsidiaries, as of any date,
the sum (without duplication) of the total amounts shown (i) with respect to each
Insurance Subsidiary not legally domiciled in the United States, the shareholdersequity
of such Insurance Subsidiary as determined in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (without regard to the requirements of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 115 issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board), (ii)
with respect to each other Insurance Subsidiary that is a life and accident and health
insurance company, on line 38, column 1, page 3 of the Annual Statement of such
Insurance Subsidiary, and (iii) with respect to each other Insurance Subsidiary, on line
27, column 1, page 3 of the Annual Statement of such Insurance Subsidiary, excluding in
each case under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) any finance Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary
of an Insurance Subsidiary, or the sum of amounts determined in a consistent manner for
any date other than one as of which an Annual Statement is prepared.

Contingent
Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Person, (without duplication) any
direct or indirect liability of such Person with respect to any Indebtedness, liability
or other obligation (the primary obligation) of another Person (the primary
obligor), whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise
acquire such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (b) to advance or provide funds (i) for the payment or discharge of any such
primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary
obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item,
level of income or financial condition of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such
primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor, in respect thereof, to make
payment of such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assume or hold harmless the owner
of any such primary obligation against loss or failure or inability to perform in respect
thereof; provided, however, that, with respect to the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries, the term Contingent Obligation shall not include (w) guarantees or
agreements issued by the Applicant to Insurance Regulatory Authorities pursuant to which
the Applicant agrees to maintain the statutory surplus

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of PMAIC and MAIC in an amount (in each case) not to exceed $7,500,000,
(x) guarantees or agreements issued by Applicant to PMAIC pursuant to which Applicant
agrees to maintain the statutory surplus of PMA Cayman in an amount not to exceed
$15,000,000, (y) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business or (z) obligations entered into by an Insurance Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of its business under insurance policies or contracts issued by it or to which it
is a party, including reinsurance agreements (and security posted by any such Insurance
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business to secure obligations thereunder).

Control
Agreements shall mean each of those certain Control Agreements from time to time
in effect among the Applicant and one or more Co-Applicants, the Agent and the Custodian
relating to the Pledge Agreement and the Collateral Accounts, as replaced, amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Covenant
Compliance Worksheet shall mean a fully completed worksheet in the form of
Attachment A to Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2, as applicable.

Credit
Documents means collectively, this Agreement, each Letter of Credit Request, the
Pledge Agreement, the Control Agreements, and all other agreements, instruments,
documents and certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered to the Agent or any
Bank by or on behalf of the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case as amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time.

Credit
Party means the Applicant, each Co-Applicant and each other party (other than
the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Banks) that is a signatory to a Credit Document.

Custodian shall
mean Fleet in its capacity as custodian of the Collateral Accounts and its successors and
assigns in such capacity.

Date
of Issuance means any Business Day specified in a Letter of Credit Request as a
date on which the Applicant and, if applicable, a Co-Applicant, requests the issuance by
the Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit.

Debt
Agreement means the Revolving Credit Agreement and any renewal, replacement,
extension, refinancing or refunding thereof and any other indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument pursuant
to which debt for borrowed money shall be incurred, which, in the aggregate, does not
exceed $300,000,000 of outstanding or available debt.

Default means
any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.

Discounted
Collateral Value means, in respect of Eligible Collateral consisting of (i)
cash, one hundred percent (100%) of the amount thereof, (ii) Treasury Securities, ninety.

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percent (90%) of the fair market value thereof, and (iii) U.S. Federal
Agency Obligations, eighty (80%) of the fair market value thereof,. The fair market value
of Treasury Securities and U.S. Federal Agency Obligations shall be as determined in good
faith by the Agent and the Agents good faith determination thereof shall be
conclusive absent manifest error

Dollar
Equivalent shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency, the
Equivalent Amount of such currency expressed in Dollars.

Dollar
Roll Agreements shall mean, as to any Person, an agreement pursuant to which
such Person sells securities to another Person and agrees to repurchase substantially
the same securities (as determined by the Public Securities Association and
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) at a described or specified date and price.

Dollars and
$ means lawful currency of the United States of America.

Duff
& Phelps shall mean Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Inc., its successors and
assigns.

Effective
Date means December 4, 2001.

Eligible
Assignee shall mean and include a commercial bank or other financial institution
(other than a property or casualty insurance company) acceptable to the Issuing Bank and
the Agent.

Eligible
Collateral means cash (in Dollars), Treasury Securities and U.S. Federal Agency
Obligations.

Environmental
Claims shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions,
suits, demands, demand letters, claims (other than claims in the ordinary course of
business covered by insurance or reinsurance written or assumed by any Insurance
Subsidiary), liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than
internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of its business and not in
response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any
way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such
Environmental Law (collectively, Claims), including, without
limitation, (i) any and all Claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup,
removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages,
contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting
from Hazardous Substances or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to human
health or the environment.

Environmental
Laws shall mean any and all federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances,
rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations, rules of common law
and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human
health or occupational safety or the environment, now or hereafter in effect and in each
case as amended from time to time, including, without limitation, requirements pertaining
to the

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manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation
of Hazardous Substances.

Equivalent
Amount shall mean, at any time, as determined by the Agent (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error), with respect to an amount of any currency
(the Reference Currency) which is to be computed as an equivalent
amount of another currency (the Equivalent Currency): (i) if the
Reference Currency and the Equivalent Currency are the same, the amount of such Reference
Currency, or (ii) if the Reference Currency and the Equivalent Currency are not the same,
the amount of such Equivalent Currency converted from such Reference Currency at Agents
spot selling rate (based on the rates quoted by Reuters) for the sale of such Equivalent
Currency for such Reference Currency at the open of Agents business on the Business
Day on which such calculation is made.

Equivalent
Currency shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
Equivalent Amount.

ERISA shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time,
and any successor statute, and all rules and regulations from time to time promulgated
thereunder.

ERISA
Group shall mean the Applicant and all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common
control which, together with the Applicant, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Event
of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

Evergreen
Letter of Credit shall mean a Letter of Credit, the Stated Expiration Date of
which, by terms of such Letter of Credit, is automatically extended for the period
therein specified unless the beneficiary thereof is notified a specified number of days
prior to the then scheduled Stated Expiration Date that such scheduled Stated Expiration
Date will not be extended.

Exchange
Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time, and any successor statute, and all rules and regulations from time to time
promulgated thereunder.

Existing
Credit Agreement shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Letter Of
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2000, as amended, by and among the Applicant,
each subsidiary of the Applicant which is party thereto, the banks or other lending
institutions party thereto (the Existing Banks) and PNC, as agent for
itself and the other Existing Banks, and as issuing bank of the Existing Letters of
Credit.

Existing
Letters of Credit shall mean the outstanding letters of credit issued by the
PNC, as issuing bank, under the Existing Credit Agreement and described in Schedule I
hereto.

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Extension
Consent Period means the period which is less than thirty-five (35) days, but
equal to or greater than thirty (30) days, prior to the then current Termination Date
(provided, however, that if such thirtieth (30th) prior day falls on a day
that is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next following Business
Day).

Extension
Request has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.

Federal
Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the
Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (i) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii)
if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds
Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to Fleet on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Agent.

Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles, as followed in the United States and as set forth in the statements, opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board, the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or, to the
extent not so set forth in such statements, opinions and pronouncements, as generally
followed by entities similar in size to the Applicant and engaged in generally similar
lines of business), consistently applied and maintained and in conformity with those used
in the preparation of the most recent financial statements of the Applicant referred to
in Section 4.1l(a).

Governmental
Authority shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof and any central bank thereof, any municipal, local, city or county
government, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other
entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of
the foregoing.

Hazardous
Substances shall mean any substances or materials (i) that are or become defined
as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances
under any Environmental Law, (ii) that are defined by any Environmental Law as toxic,
explosive, corrosive, ignitable, infectious, radioactive, mutagenic or otherwise
hazardous, (iii) the presence of which require investigation or response under any
Environmental Law, (iv) that constitute a nuisance, trespass or health or safety
hazard to Persons or neighboring properties, (v) that consist of underground or
aboveground storage tanks, whether empty, filled or partially filled with any substance
or (vi) that contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or
wastes, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.

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Hedge
Agreement shall mean any interest or foreign currency rate swap, cap, collar,
option, hedge, forward rate or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect
against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates.

Historical
Statutory Statements shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
4.11(b).

Indebtedness shall
mean, with respect to any Person (without duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money or in respect of loans or advances, (ii) all obligations of
such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (iii) all
reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit
(other than Letters of Credit issued hereunder) and bankersacceptances (in each
case, whether or not drawn or matured and in the stated amount thereof), (iv) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services,
(v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (vi) all
obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that are or should be, in accordance
with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, recorded as capital leases, to the extent
such obligations are required to be so recorded, (vii) all obligations of such Person to
purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any capital
stock or other equity securities that, by their stated terms (or by the terms of any
equity securities issuable upon conversion thereof or in exchange therefor), or upon the
occurrence of any event, mature or are mandatorily redeemable, or are redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (viii) the net termination obligations
of such Person under any Hedge Agreements, other than any Hedge Agreement that qualifies
as a hedge of an exposure to an identifiable interest rate risk as determined in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 80 issued by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, calculated as of any date as if such agreement or
arrangement were terminated as of such date, (ix) all indebtedness of such Person in
respect of Reverse Repurchase Agreements and Dollar Roll Agreements, (x) all Contingent
Obligations of such Person and (xi) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i)
through (x) above secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such
Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by
such Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of such Person.

Indemnified
Person has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10.

Insurance
Agreement shall mean all contracts of insurance issued by any Insurance
Subsidiary.

Insurance
Regulatory Authority mean, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the
insurance department or similar Governmental Authority charged with regulating insurance
companies or insurance holding companies, in its jurisdiction of domicile and, to the
extent that it has regulatory authority over such Insurance Subsidiary, in each other
jurisdiction in which such Insurance Subsidiary conducts business or is licensed to
conduct business.

Insurance
Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Applicant the ability of which to
pay dividends is regulated by an Insurance Regulatory Authority or that is otherwise

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required to be regulated thereby in accordance with the applicable
Requirements of Law of its jurisdiction of domicile, and shall mean and include, without
limitation, each of PMACIC and PMAIC.

Interest
Expense shall mean, for any period, total interest expense of the Applicant for
such period in respect of Indebtedness of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries (including
all such interest expense accrued or capitalized during such period, whether or not
actually paid during such period, and such portion of finance leases properly
characterized as interest), adjusted to give effect to all interest rate swap, cap or
other interest rate hedging arrangements and fees and expenses paid in connection
therewith, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.

Internal
Revenue Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and any successor statute, and all rules and regulations from time to time
promulgated thereunder.

Invested
Assets shall mean, with respect to any Person, the amount, on a consolidated
basis, of such Persons investments, cash and cash equivalents as reflected on its
most recent balance sheet.

Investment
Grade Securities shall mean (i) non-equity securities (other than those issued
by an Affiliate of the Applicant and other than CMOs and REMICS) that, if rated by the
NAIC, are rated NAIC 2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by the NAIC, or,
if not rated by the NAIC, are rated BBB- (or the equivalent thereof) or higher
by Standard & Poors, Baa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or higher by
Moodys, or BBB- (or the equivalent thereof) or higher by Duff & Phelps,
(ii) municipal bonds that, if rated by the NAIC, are rated NAIC 2 (or the
equivalent thereof) or better by the NAIC, or if not rated by the NAIC, are rated SP-2 (or
the equivalent thereof) or higher by Standard &Poors, Baa3 or MIG4 (or
the equivalent thereof) or higher by Moodys, or BBB- (or the equivalent
thereof) or higher by Duff & Phelps, and (iii) Permitted CMOs and Mortgage Backed
Securities that, if rated by the NAIC, are rated NAIC 2 (or the equivalent
thereof) or higher by the NAIC or, if not rated by the NAIC, are rated BBB- (or
the equivalent thereof) or higher by Standard &Poors, Baa3 (or the
equivalent thereof) or higher by Moodys, or BBB- (or the equivalent
thereof) or higher by Duff & Phelps (or, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
above, in the event all such rating agencies cease to publish investment ratings,
carrying an equivalent rating of a nationally recognized rating agency).

Issuing
Bank means Fleet in its capacity as issuing bank hereunder, and its successors
in such capacity.

Letters
of Credit shall mean letters of credit issued by the Issuing Bank for the
account of the Applicant and any Co-Applicant as defined in Section 2.1.

Letter
of Credit Commissions has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17.

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Letter
of Credit Exposure means at any date, (i) in respect of all the Banks, the
Dollar Equivalent sum, without duplication, of (x) the aggregate undrawn face amount of
the outstanding Letters of Credit at such date, (y) the aggregate amount of unpaid drafts
drawn on all Letters of Credit at such date, and (z) the aggregate unpaid reimbursement
obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit at such date, and (ii) in respect of any
Bank, a Dollar Equivalent amount equal to such Banks Commitment Percentage
multiplied by the amount determined under clause (i) of this definition.

Letter
of Credit Request means a request from the Applicant, or from the Applicant and
a Co-Applicant, for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.

Licenses shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Lien shall
mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (statutory
or otherwise), preference, priority, charge or other encumbrance of any nature, whether
voluntary or involuntary, including, without limitation, the interest of any vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale agreement, title retention agreement, capital lease or
any other lease or arrangement having substantially the same effect as any of the
foregoing, except as created under the Credit Documents.

MAIC shall
mean Manufacturers Alliance Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania insurance corporation.

Management
Group shall mean, collectively, the individuals listed on Schedule 1.1; provided,
however, each individual shall be included in the Management Group only so long as
such individual is a member of the Applicants Board of Directors or is employed by
the Applicant or any Material Insurance Subsidiary in a senior management position.

Margin
Stock shall have the meaning given to such term in Regulation U.

Material
Adverse Change shall mean a material adverse change in the condition (financial
or otherwise), operations, business, properties or financial prospects of the Applicant
or the Applicant and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Material
Adverse Effect shall mean a material adverse effect upon (i) the condition
(financial or otherwise), operations, business, properties or financial prospects of the
Applicant or the Applicant and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of
the Applicant to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit
Documents or (iii) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of
the other Credit Documents.

Material
Insurance Subsidiary shall mean any Insurance Subsidiary that is a Material
Subsidiary.

Material
Plan shall mean, at any time, a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded
Liabilities in excess of $10,000,000.

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Material
Subsidiary shall mean each of (i) PMACIC, (ii) Caliber, (iii) the members
of the PMA Group, (iv) at the relevant time of determination, any Subsidiary of the
Applicant having (after the elimination of intercompany accounts) (y) assets constituting
at least ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, or (z) revenues constituting at least twelve and one-half percent
(12.50%) of the total revenues of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, in each case as determined as of the date of the financial statements of the
Applicant and its Subsidiaries most recently delivered under Section 5.1 prior to such
time, and (v) any Subsidiary that has one of the foregoing as a Subsidiary;

Moody's
shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc., its successors and assigns.

Mortgage
Backed Securities shall mean investment securities representing any undivided
interest or participation in or which are secured by, a pool of loans secured by
mortgages or deeds of trust.

Multiemployer
Plan shall mean, at any time, an employee pension benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then
making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five
(5) plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased
to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five (5) year period.

NAIC shall
mean the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and any successor thereto.

Net
Tax Sharing Payments shall mean, for any period, (i) the aggregate (without
duplication) of all payments made or to be made to the Applicant by its Subsidiaries
pursuant to tax sharing or allocation agreements or arrangements or otherwise in respect
of taxable income realized during such period, minus (ii) the aggregate (without
duplication) of all foreign, federal, state or local income, franchise and other tax
payments made or to be made by the Applicant in respect of taxable income realized during
such period and any payments made or to be made by the Applicant during such period
pursuant to such tax sharing or tax allocation agreement or arrangement.

Obligations means
all of the obligations and liabilities of the Applicant and the Co-Applicants under the
Credit Documents, including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations (whether
absolute or contingent) under any Letter of Credit or Credit Document and all obligations
in respect of fees, expenses and other amounts payable under any Credit Document, in each
case whether fixed, contingent, now existing or hereafter arising, created, assumed,
incurred or acquired.

Optional
Currency shall mean any of the following currencies: (i) British pounds, (ii)
Canadian dollars, (iii) German marks, (iv) euros, (v) French francs, (vi) Mexican

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pesos, (vii) Swiss francs and (viii) Japanese yen and any other currency
approved by Agent pursuant to Section 2.18(b).

Other
Taxes shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.11.

Outstanding
Letters of Credit means at any time the Letters of Credit outstanding at such
time.

PAC
I shall means a planned amortization class bond which is a tranche or class of
CMO or REMIC that is retired according to a predetermined amortization schedule
independent of the prepayment rate on the underlying collateral and which has the highest
level of protection within the pool against prepayment or extension.

Parent means,
with respect to any Bank, any Person controlling such Bank.

PBGC shall
mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.

Permitted
CMOs and Mortgage Backed Securities shall mean (i) mortgage participation
certificates issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, (ii) mortgage backed
securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association, (iii) securities
guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, and (iv) other securities and
certificates representing participations in any CMO or REMIC which are PAC Is or
which have comparable priority in respect of the repayment thereof.

Permitted
Liens shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 7.3.

Person shall
mean any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company,
organization, business, individual, trust, Governmental Authority or other entity of
whatever nature.

Plan shall
mean, at any time, an employee Pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to,
by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii)
has at any time within the preceding five (5) years been maintained, or contributed to,
by any Person which was at such a time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any
Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.

Pledge
Agreement shall mean that certain Pledge and Security Agreement from the
Applicant to the Agent relating to the Collateral Accounts, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

PMA
Cayman shall mean PMA Holdings, Cayman Ltd., a Cayman Island corporation.

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PMA
Group shall mean PMAIC, Manufacturers Alliance Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania
insurance corporation, and Pennsylvania Manufacturers Indemnity Company, a Pennsylvania
insurance corporation.

PMACIC shall
mean PMA Capital Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania insurance corporation.

PMAIC shall
mean Pennsylvania ManufacturersAssociation Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania
insurance corporation.

PNC shall
mean PNC Bank, National Association.

Prime
Rate means the rate of interest publicly announced by Fleet in Philadelphia from
time to time as its Prime Rate.

Property means
all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property.

Quarterly
Statement shall mean, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary for any fiscal
quarter, the quarterly financial statements of such Insurance Subsidiary as required to
be filed with the Insurance Regulatory Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile,
together with all exhibits, schedules, certificates and actuarial opinions required to be
filed or delivered therewith.

Reference
Currency shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
Equivalent Amount.

Regulations
D, T, U and X shall mean Regulations D, T, U and X respectively, of the Federal
Reserve Board, and any successor regulations.

Reinsurance
Agreement shall mean any agreement, contract, treaty, certificate of other
arrangement whereby any Insurance Subsidiary agrees to transfer, cede or retrocede to
another insurer or reinsurer all or part of the liability assumed or assets held by such
Insurance Subsidiary under a policy or policies of insurance issued by such Insurance
Subsidiary.

REMIC shall
mean real estate mortgage investment conduit.

Replaced
Bank has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

Required
Banks means at any time Banks representing at least 51% of the Commitment or, if
the Commitment shall have been terminated, at least 51% of the Letter of Credit Exposure
at such time.

Requirement
of Law shall mean, with respect to any Person, the charter, articles or
certificate of organization or incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation,
order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any arbitrator or court or other
Governmental Authority, in each

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case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or
to which such Person or any of its property is subject or otherwise pertaining to any or
all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Reverse
Repurchase Agreement shall mean, as to any Person, an agreement pursuant to
which such Person sells securities to another Person (the Counterparty)
and agrees to repurchase such securities at a described or specified date and price; provided,
however, that Reverse Repurchase Agreements shall not include any
agreement pursuant to which such Person lends securities pursuant to a securities lending
arrangement to a Counterparty who collateralizes such borrowing with cash, Cash
Equivalents, letters of credit or other collateral acceptable to the Required Banks, and
agrees to return such securities to such Person at a described or specified date.

Revolving
Credit Agreement shall mean that certain Revolving Credit Agreement among the
Applicant and the lenders party thereto, The Bank of New York, as administrative agent
for the lenders, and First Union National Bank, as documentation agent for the lenders,
dated as of March 14, 1997, as amended, together with the Credit Documents (as defined in
such Revolving Credit Agreement).

Standard
& Poor's shall mean, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., its successors and assigns.

Stated
Expiration Date means, with respect to each Letter of Credit, the date occurring
up to one year after the Date of Issuance, as such date may be extended in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.

Statutory
Accounting Practices shall mean, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the
statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the relevant Insurance
Regulatory Authority of its state of domicile, consistently applied and maintained and in
conformity with those used in the preparation of the most recent Historical Statutory
Statements.

Subsidiary with
respect to any Person, any corporation or other Person of which more than fifty percent
(50%) of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors, in the case of a corporation, or of the ownership or
beneficial interests, in the case of a Person not a corporation, is at the time, directly
or indirectly, owned or controlled by such Person and one or more of its other
Subsidiaries or a combination thereof (irrespective of whether, at the time, securities
of any other class or classes of any such corporation or other Person shall or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). When used without reference
to a parent entity, the term Subsidiary shall be deemed to refer to a
Subsidiary of the Applicant.

Surplus
Relief Reinsurance Agreement shall mean any agreement or other arrangement
whereby any Insurance Subsidiary cedes business under a reinsurance agreement that would
not be considered a transaction that indemnifies an insurer against loss or liability
relating to insurance risk, as determined in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 113 (FAS 113) issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.

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Taxes shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 2.11.

Termination
Date means December 2, 2002, or such earlier date on which the Commitment is
terminated, or if the Commitment is extended with the consent of the Banks pursuant to
Section 2.6, such later date.

Trabaja shall
mean Trabaja Reinsurance Company, a Cayman Island insurance company.

Treasury
Security shall mean any Treasury security under, and as such term is
defined in, 31 C.F.R. part 306, subpart O, as amended.

United
States means the United States of America, including the States and the District
of Columbia, but excluding its territories and possessions.

Unfunded
Liabilities shall mean, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if
any) by which (i) the present value of all benefits under such Plan exceeds (ii) the fair
market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits (excluding any accrued but
unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a
member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.

U.S.
Federal Agency Obligations shall mean bonds, debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association or issued
or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association.

Wholly
Owned shall mean, with respect to any Subsidiary of any Person, that one hundred
percent (100%) of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of such
Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

| | 1.2. | Principles
of Construction.
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(a)
All terms defined in a Credit Document shall have the meanings given such terms therein
when used in the other Credit Documents or any certificate, opinion or other document
made or delivered pursuant thereto, unless otherwise defined therein.

(b)
Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, all accounting terms used
herein that are not specifically defined shall have the meanings customarily given them,
and all financial computations hereunder shall be made, in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (or, to the extent that such terms apply solely to any
Insurance Subsidiary or if otherwise expressly required, Statutory Accounting Practices).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any changes in Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles or Statutory Accounting Practices after the date hereof are
required to be applied to the transactions described herein and would affect the
computation of the financial covenants contained in Section 6.1 through 6.4, as
applicable, such changes shall be followed in the

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computation of such financial covenants only from and after the date this
Agreement shall have been amended to take into account any such changes, provided the
parties agree to negotiate in good faith to so amend this Agreement as soon as
practicable after such a change. References to amounts on particular exhibits, schedules,
lines, pages and columns of any Annual Statement or Quarterly Statement are based on the
format promulgated by the NAIC for the 2000 Annual Statements and Quarterly Statements.
In the event such format is changed in future years so that different information is
contained in such items or they no longer exist, or if the Annual Statement or Quarterly
Statement is replaced by the NAIC or by any Insurance Regulatory Authority after the date
hereof such that different forms of financial statements are required to be furnished by
the Insurance Subsidiaries in lieu thereof, such references shall be to information
consistent with that reported in the referenced item in the 2000 Annual Statements or
Quarterly Statements, as the case may be.

(c)
The words hereof, herein, hereto and hereunder and
similar words when used in a Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a
whole and not to any particular provision thereof, and Section, schedule and exhibit
references contained therein shall refer to Sections thereof or schedules or exhibits
thereto unless otherwise expressly provided therein.

(d)
The phrase "may not" is prohibitive and not permissive.

(e)
Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular number include the plural,
and words in the plural include the singular.

(f)
Unless specifically provided in a Credit Document to the contrary, references to a time
shall refer to Philadelphia city time.

(g)
Unless specifically provided in a Credit Document to the contrary, in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means
from and including and the words to and until each means
to but excluding.

(h)
References in any Credit Document to a fiscal period shall refer to that fiscal period of
the Applicant.

|2. |  | AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
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| | 2.1. | Issuance
of Letters of Credit.
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(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Issuing Bank agrees, in
reliance on the agreement of the other Banks set forth in Section 2.2, to issue standby
letters of credit (collectively, the Letters of Credit; each,
individually, a Letter of Credit) during the Commitment Period for the
account of the Applicant, or jointly and severally for the account of the Applicant and
each Co-Applicant delivering a Letter of Credit Request. The aggregate Letter of Credit
Exposure shall not at any time exceed the amount of the Commitment at such time, and such
Letters of Credit may be denominated in either Dollars or an Optional Currency. In
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the Commitment Period for the account of Subsidiaries of the Applicant
which are not Material Insurance Subsidiaries shall not at any time exceed $15,000,000 in
the aggregate. Each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Section shall have a Stated
Expiration Date. No Letter of Credit shall be issued if the Agent determines that the
conditions set forth in Section 3.2 have not been satisfied.

(b)
Each Letter of Credit shall be issued for the account of the Applicant, individually, or
for the account of the Applicant and one or more Co-Applicants, jointly and severally, in
support of an obligation of the Applicant or of the Applicant and one or more
Co-Applicants in favor of a beneficiary which has requested the issuance of such Letter
of Credit as a condition to a transaction entered into in connection with the Applicants
or the Co-Applicants or Co-Applicants reinsurance or insurance business or
otherwise for the general corporate purposes of the Applicant or Co-Applicant(s); provided,
however, that the Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit
issued for the general corporate purposes of the Applicant or Co-Applicant(s) shall not
at any time exceed $15,000,000. The Applicant, and any Co-Applicant, as the case may be,
shall give the Agent a Letter of Credit Request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit
by 11:00 A.M., one Business Day prior to the requested Date of Issuance. Each Letter of
Credit Request executed by a Co-Applicant shall provide that such Co-Applicant shall be,
from and after the Date of Issuance of the Letter of Credit which is requested, a party
hereto and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Co-Applicant under this
Agreement and under the other Credit Documents to which it is a party. Such Letter of
Credit Request shall specify (i) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and the
obligations of the Applicant and/or Co-Applicant in respect of which such Letter of
Credit is to be issued, (ii) the Applicants and/or Co-Applicants proposal as
to the conditions under which a drawing may be made under such Letter of Credit and the
documentation to be required in respect thereof, (iii) the maximum Dollar Equivalent
amount to be available under such Letter of Credit, (iv) the requested Date of Issuance,
(v) the requested Stated Expiration Date for such Letter of Credit which shall not be
more than one year from the requested Date of Issuance, (vi) whether such Letter of
Credit is to be an Evergreen Letter of Credit and, if so, the Beneficiary Notification
Date (which shall be at least thirty (30) days prior to the Stated Expiration Date
thereof), (vii) the account party with respect to such Letter of Credit and (viii)
whether such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or an Optional Currency.
Upon receipt of such Letter of Credit Request, the Agent shall promptly notify the
Issuing Bank and each other Bank thereof. The Issuing Bank shall make every effort on the
proposed Date of Issuance and subject to the other terms and conditions of this
Agreement, issue the requested Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall be in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank, with such provisions with
respect to the conditions under which a drawing may be made thereunder and the
documentation required in respect of such drawing as the Issuing Bank shall reasonably
require. The parties agree that a Letter of Credit substantially in the form of Exhibit D
shall be deemed to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank;
provided, however, that Letters of Credit issued pursuant hereto need not
be in the form of said Exhibit D. Each Letter of Credit shall be used solely for the
purposes described therein.

(c)
Each payment by the Issuing Bank of a draft drawn under a Letter of Credit shall give
rise to an immediate obligation on the part of the Applicant, or to an immediate joint
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be, to reimburse the Issuing Bank in Dollars for the Dollar Equivalent amount
thereof on the Business Day on which the payment of such draft has been made to the
beneficiary (which notice shall be given promptly and shall be deemed to constitute a
demand for reimbursement).

| | 2.2. | Letter
of Credit Participation and Funding Commitments.
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------

(a)
Each Bank hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, severally for itself only and without
any notice to or the taking of any action by such Bank, takes an undivided participating
interest in the obligations of the Issuing Bank under and in connection with each Letter
of Credit in an amount equal to such Banks Commitment Percentage of the Dollar
Equivalent amount of such Letter of Credit provided that the aggregate Letter of Credit
Exposure of such Bank shall not exceed such Banks Commitment Amount. Each Bank
shall be liable to the Issuing Bank for its Commitment Percentage of the unreimbursed
Dollar Equivalent amount of any draft drawn and honored under each Letter of Credit. Each
Bank shall also be liable for a Dollar Equivalent amount equal to the product of its
Commitment Percentage and any amounts paid by the Applicant or any Co-Applicant that are
subsequently rescinded or avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned. Subject to
the penultimate sentence of subsection (b) below, such liabilities (i) shall be payable
in Dollars and (ii) shall be unconditional and without regard to the occurrence, of any
Default or Event of Default or the compliance by the Applicant or any Co-Applicant with
any of their obligations under the Credit Documents.

(b)
The Agent will promptly (and in no event later than two (2) Business Days) notify each
Bank (which notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing) of the date and the Dollar
Equivalent amount on the Business Day paid of any draft presented under any Letter of
Credit with respect to which full reimbursement of payment is not made by the Applicant
or any Co-Applicant immediately, and forthwith upon receipt of such notice, such Bank
(other than the Issuing Bank) shall make available to the Agent for the account of the
Issuing Bank its Commitment Percentage of such amount of such unreimbursed draft at the
office of the Agent specified in Section 10.2, in lawful money of the United States and
in immediately available funds, before 4:00 P.M., on the day such notice was given by the
Agent, if the relevant notice was given by the Agent at or prior to 1:00 P.M., on such
day, and before 12:00 Noon, on the next Business Day, if the relevant notice was given by
the Agent after 1:00 P.M., on such day. The Agent shall distribute the payments made by
each Bank (other than the Issuing Bank) pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to
the Issuing Bank promptly upon receipt thereof in like funds as received. Each Bank shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Issuing Bank from and against any and all
losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), actions, suits, judgments,
demands, costs and expenses) resulting from any failure on the part of such Bank to
provide, or from any delay in providing, the Agent with such Banks Commitment
Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent amount of any payment made by the Issuing Bank under
a Letter of Credit in accordance with this subsection (b) above (except in respect of
losses, liabilities or other obligations suffered by the Issuing Bank). If a Bank does
not make available to the Agent, when due, such Banks Commitment Percentage of any
unreimbursed payment made by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit (other than
payments made by the Issuing Bank by reason of its gross negligence or willful
misconduct), such Bank shall be required to pay interest in Dollars to the Agent for the
account of the Issuing Bank on such Banks Commitment Percentage of such payment
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the Agent at a rate of interest per annum equal to (i) for the first
three (3) days after the due date of such payment, the Federal Funds Rate and (ii)
thereafter, the Federal Funds Rate plus two percent (2%). The Agent shall distribute such
interest payments to the Issuing Bank upon receipt thereof in like funds as received.

(c)
Whenever the Agent is reimbursed by the Applicant or any Co-Applicant, for the account of
the Issuing Bank, for the Dollar Equivalent of any payment under a Letter of Credit and
such payment relates to an amount previously paid by a Bank in respect of its Commitment
Percentage of the amount of such payment under such Letter of Credit, the Agent will pay
over such payment in Dollars to such Bank (i) before 4:00 P.M. on the day such payment
from the Applicant or the Co-Applicant is received, if such payment is received at or
prior to 1:00 P.M. on such day, or (ii) before 12:00 Noon on the next succeeding Business
Day, if such payment from the Applicant or the Co-Applicant is received after 1:00 P.M.
on such day.

| | 2.3. | Interest
Rate.
| | ---- | --------------

If
all or any portion of the Dollar Equivalent of any reimbursement obligation in respect of
a Letter of Credit shall not be paid on the Business Day on which payment of such draft
has been made, such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
Alternate Base Rate plus two percent (2%) from the date of such nonpayment until paid in
full (whether before or after the entry of a judgment thereon). All such interest shall
be payable in Dollars and monthly in arrears on the last day of each month of each year.
Interest computed with reference to the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be
calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year for the actual number of
days elapsed. The Applicant acknowledges that to the extent interest is based on the
Prime Rate, such rate is only one of the bases for computing interest on extensions of
credit made by the Banks, and by basing interest on the Prime Rate, the Banks have not
committed to charge, and neither the Applicant nor any Co-Applicant has in any way
bargained for, interest based on a lower or the lowest rate at which the Banks may now or
in the future make extensions of credit to other Persons.

| | 2.4. | Termination
or Reduction of Commitment.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------

The
Applicant shall have the right, upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written
notice to the Agent, at any time to terminate or reduce the amount of the Commitment in
an amount of $10,000,000 or such amount plus multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof,
provided that after giving effect thereto, the Commitment shall not be less than
the Letter of Credit Exposure at such time. Any reduction of the Commitment shall be
applied pro rata according to the Commitment Percentage of each Bank. Simultaneously with
any reduction of the Commitment the Applicant shall pay the Commitment Fee accrued on the
amount by which the Commitment has been reduced.

| | 2.5. | Amendments
to Letters of Credit.
| | ---- | --------------------------------

(a)
At any time during the Commitment Period:

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(i)
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.7(a), Evergreen Letters of Credit shall be
automatically extended unless at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Beneficiary
Notification Date, the Agent shall have received written notice from the Applicant, a
Co-Applicant or a Bank that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing in which event the Agent shall instruct the Issuing Bank to, and the Issuing
Bank shall, notify the beneficiary of such Evergreen Letter of Credit on or before the
Beneficiary Notification Date that the Stated Expiration Date of such Evergreen Letter of
Credit will not be extended;

(ii)
the Applicant, together with the Co-Applicant, if any, with respect to an Outstanding
Letter of Credit, shall have the right to request in writing that such Outstanding Letter
of Credit be amended, including an amendment to increase or reduce the undrawn face
amount thereof and/or, in the case of a Letter of Credit other than an Evergreen Letter
of Credit, to extend for up to one year from the date of such amendment the then Stated
Expiration Date. Provided that (A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be
continuing and (B) after giving effect thereto (1) the Letter of Credit Exposure does not
exceed the Commitment and (2) the Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to Letters of
Credit issued for the account of Subsidiaries of the Applicant which are not Material
Insurance Subsidiaries does not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate, the Agent shall
promptly request that the Issuing Bank amend such Letter of Credit to give effect to such
increase, reduction, extension and/or other requested amendment, and the Issuing Bank
shall either amend such Letter of Credit or issue a substitute Letter of Credit
containing such amended terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a
requested amendment of a Letter of Credit would reduce the amount available to be drawn
thereunder, reduce the period during which drawings can be made thereunder or would
otherwise be adverse to the beneficiary thereof, such amendment or such substitute Letter
of Credit shall not, by its term, be effective unless and until such beneficiary shall
have consented in writing thereto.

(b)
Following the Termination Date, provided that no Default or Event of Default shall then
exist and be continuing, the Applicant, together with the Co-Applicant, if any, with
respect to an Outstanding Letter of Credit, may request that an Outstanding Letter of
Credit be amended, including an amendment to increase or reduce the undrawn face amount
but excluding any amendment which extends the Stated Expiration Date which extensions are
governed by Section 2.7, provided that any such increase in the face amount of
Outstanding Letters of Credit which expire on the same date, after giving effect to any
reductions which become effective on the same date as such increase with respect to such
Outstanding Letters of Credit which expire on the same date, shall not cause an increase,
at such date, in the undrawn face amount of Outstanding Letters of Credit which expire on
the same date. Upon receipt of such request, the Agent shall promptly request that the
Issuing Bank amend such Letter of Credit to give effect to such amendment, and the
Issuing Bank, shall either amend such Letter of Credit or issue a substitute Letter of
Credit containing such amended terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing (i) in the event that
such requested amendment would increase the amount available to be drawn therewith, the
Agent shall not request the Issuing Bank to either amend such Letter of Credit or issue a
substitute Letter of Credit, and the Issuing Bank shall not so amend or issue unless all
of the Banks shall have consented thereto and (ii) in the event that a requested
amendment of a Letter of Credit would reduce the amount available to be drawn thereunder,
reduce the period during which drawings can be made thereunder or would otherwise be
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to the beneficiary thereof, such amendment or such substitute Letter of
Credit shall not, by its terms, be effective unless and until such beneficiary shall have
consented in writing thereto.

| | 2.6. | Extension
of Commitment and Termination Date.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------

Provided
that no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing, the Applicant may
request that the Commitment be extended for an additional period of three hundred
sixty-four (364) days by giving written notice of such request substantially in the form
of Exhibit H (an Extension Request) to the Agent during the period not
more than one hundred eighty (180) days but not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
then Termination Date, and upon the receipt of such notice, the Agent shall promptly
notify each Bank of such request. If each Bank consents to such Extension Request during
the Extension Consent Period by giving written notice thereof to the Agent, then
effective on the first day of the Extension Consent Period, the then applicable
Termination Date shall be extended by three hundred sixty-four (364) days. If all of the
Banks have not consented to such Extension Request during the Extension Consent Period
and such nonconsenting Bank or Banks have not been replaced pursuant to Section 2.15
during the Extension Consent Period, the Termination Date shall not be extended.

| | 2.7. | Extension
of the Stated Expiration Date of Each Letter of Credit.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------

The
Stated Expiration Date of each Letter of Credit shall be up to one year from its Date of
Issuance thereof, or, if extended during the Commitment Period as provided in Section 2.5, such
later date. In addition, with respect to a Letter of Credit the Stated Expiration Date of
which is after the Termination Date, such Stated Expiration Date thereof may be extended
as follows:

(a)
Evergreen Letters of Credit. In the case of an Evergreen Letter of Credit the
Beneficiary Notification Date for which is before the Termination Date, the Stated
Expiration Date for such Letter of Credit shall be automatically extended for a term of
up to one (1) year from the then Stated Expiration Date in accordance with the provisions
of this subsection (a) unless either (i) the Applicant and/or Co-Applicant, if any, for
such Letter of Credit have or (ii) any bank has notified the Agent and the Issuing
Bank at least ten (10) days prior to such Beneficiary Notification Date that such
Evergreen Letter of Credit is not to be extended. The Agent shall advise each Bank of any
such extension of the Stated Expiration Date of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Beneficiary
Notification Date the Agent shall have received written notice from the Applicant, a
Co-Applicant or a Bank that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, or if the Beneficiary Notification Date for such Evergreen Letter of Credit
is after the Termination Date, the Agent shall instruct the Issuing Bank to, and the
Issuing Bank shall, notify the beneficiary of such Evergreen Letter of Credit on or
before the Beneficiary Notification Date that the Stated Expiration Date of such
Evergreen Letter of Credit will not be extended.

(b)
Other Letters of Credit. In the case of a Letter of Credit other than an Evergreen
Letter of Credit, the Applicant and the Co-Applicants, if any, may request in writing
delivered to the Agent that the Stated Expiration Date thereof be extended for a term of
up to one (1) year from the then Stated Expiration Date, and the Agent shall then elect,
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discretion, to extend such Stated Expiration Date. Upon receipt of such
request, the Agent will promptly notify each Bank thereof. If all of the Banks consent to
such extension, the Agent shall notify the Issuing Bank and the Issuing Bank shall amend
such Letter of Credit to reflect such extended Stated Expiration Date. Each Bank will use
its best efforts to promptly respond to any such request; provided that no Banks
failure to so respond shall create any claim against it or have the effect of extending
the Stated Expiration Date of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that the Agent shall have received prior written notice from the Applicant, a
Co-Applicant or Bank that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Agent shall not extend the Stated Expiration Date of such Letter of
Credit.

(c)
In General. Each Letter of Credit may be extended in the manner set forth herein
an unlimited number of times. In the event that the Termination Date is extended pursuant
to Section 2.6 after the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7 have
commenced, the provisions of Section 2.5 shall apply and shall supercede the
provisions of this Section 2.7.

2.8.
Reimbursement Obligations Absolute.   The reimbursement obligations of
the Applicant and each Co-Applicant, if any, in respect of a Letter of Credit (x) shall
be payable in Dollars, (y) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and (z)
shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, irrespective
of any circumstances, including, without limitation, the following:

| | (i)
any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
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| | (ii)
any amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, all or any of the other Credit
Documents;
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| | (iii)
the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Applicant, any
Co-Applicant, or any other Person may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any Person or entity for whom any such beneficiary
or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Bank, the Agent, any Bank, any
participant or assignee, or any other Person or entity, whether in connection with this
Agreement, any other Credit Document or any unrelated transaction;
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| | (iv)
any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect whatsoever;
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| | (v)
payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or
certificate which does not comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit; or
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| | (vi)
any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing.
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| | 2.9. | No
Liability of the Issuing Bank.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------

It
is understood that in making any payment under a Letter of Credit (i) the Issuing Banks
exclusive reliance on the documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any
and all matters set forth therein, including reliance on the Dollar Equivalent amount of
any draft presented under such Letter of Credit, whether or not the Dollar Equivalent
amount due to the beneficiary equals the amount of such draft and whether or not any
document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any
respect, if such document on its face appears to be in order, and whether or not any
other statement or any other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves
to be forged or invalid or any statement therein proves to be inaccurate or untrue in any
respect whatsoever; and (ii) any noncompliance of the documents presented in an
immaterial respect under a Letter of Credit with the terms thereof shall in each case not
be deemed willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Issuing Bank.

| | 2.10. | Increased
Costs: Capital Adequacy.
| | ----- | ----------------------------------

(a)
If on or after the Effective Date the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation,
or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
compliance by the Issuing Bank or any Bank with any request or directive after such date
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without
limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, the Issuing Bank or any Bank
or shall impose on any Bank any other condition affecting its Commitment or the term
thereof or its obligation to issue or participate in Letters of Credit and the result of
any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Issuing Bank or such Bank of issuing
or maintaining the Letters of Credit or its obligations pursuant to Section 2.2, or to
reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Issuing Bank or such Bank
under this Agreement with respect thereto, by an amount deemed by the Issuing Bank or
such Bank to be material, then, within fifteen (15) days after demand by the Issuing Bank
or such Bank (with a copy to the Agent), the Applicant shall pay in Dollars to the
Issuing Bank or such Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the
Issuing Bank or such Bank for such increased cost or reduction.

(b)
If any Bank or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that, after the Effective Date, the
adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any
change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation
or administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital
of such Bank or the Issuing Bank (or its Parent) as a consequence of such Banks or
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below that which such Bank or the Issuing Bank (or its Parent) could have
achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive (taking into consideration
its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Bank or the
Issuing Bank to be material, then from time to time, within fifteen (15) days after
demand by such Bank or the Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Agent), the Applicant shall
pay in Dollars to such Bank or the Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Bank or the Issuing Bank (or its Parent) for such reduction.

(c)
Each Bank or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Applicant and
the Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which
will entitle such Bank to compensation pursuant to this Section. A certificate of any
Bank or the Issuing Bank claiming compensation under this Section and setting forth the
additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Bank or the Issuing Bank may
use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

| | 2.11. | Taxes.
| | ----- | ------

(a)
All payments made by the Applicant and Co-Applicants hereunder shall be made free and
clear of and without deduction for any present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto
(excluding, in the case of the Agent and each Bank, income taxes and franchise or gross
receipts taxes or other revenue-based taxes imposed on the Agent or such Bank, as the
case may be, levied by any Governmental Authority or other taxing authority imposing such
tax (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions and
withholdings being hereinafter called Taxes)). If the Applicant and
Co-Applicants shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of any sum payable hereunder, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable
to additional sums payable under this Section) the Agent and each Bank receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the
Applicant and Co-Applicants shall make such deductions and (iii) the Applicant and
Co-Applicants shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant tax authority or
other authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b)
In addition, the Applicant and Co-Applicants agree to pay any present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies which
arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, or registration
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note (hereinafter referred to as
Other Taxes).

(c)
The Applicant and Co-Applicants shall indemnify the Agent and each Bank for the full
amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this subsection) paid by the Agent
or any Bank and any liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses other than
those arising solely from the Agents or any such Banks failure to timely
notify the Applicant of such Taxes or Other Taxes payable hereunder) arising therefrom or
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not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. This
indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days from the date the Agent or a Bank
makes written demand therefor.

(d)
Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of any Taxes by the Applicant and
Co-Applicants, if available, the Applicant and Co-Applicants shall furnish to the Agent
and each Bank, at its address referred to herein, the original or a certified copy of a
receipt evidencing payment thereof.

(e)
Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the
agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in subsections 2.11(a) through (d)
shall survive the payment in full of all payments due hereunder.

(f)
At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first date on which interest or fees are
payable hereunder, each Bank that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States
of America or a state thereof agrees that it will deliver to the Applicant and
Co-Applicants and the Agent (i) two duly completed copies of United States Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN or successor applicable form, as the case may be,
and (ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9 or successor applicable form. Each
such Bank also agrees to deliver to the Applicant and the Agent two further copies of the
said Form W-8ECI or W-BEN and Form W-8 or W-9, or successor applicable forms or other
manner of certification, as the case may be, on or before the date that any such form
expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in
the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Applicant, and such extensions or
renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by the Applicant or the Agent, unless in
any such case an event (including, without limitation, any change in treaty, law or
regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Bank from
duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Bank so advises
the Applicant and the Agent. Each such Bank shall certify (i) in the case of a Form
W-8ECI or W-BEN, that it is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and (ii) in the case
of a Form W-8 or W-9 or successor applicable form, that it is entitled to an exemption
from United States backup withholding tax.

(g)
Notwithstanding the foregoing subsections 2.11(a) through (e), the Applicant and
Co-Applicants shall not be required to pay any additional amounts to any Bank in respect
of United States withholding tax pursuant to such subsections if (i) the obligation to
pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Bank to
comply with the requirements of subsection 2.11(f) or (ii) such Bank shall not have
furnished the Applicant with such forms listed in subsection 2.11(f) and shall not have
taken such other steps as reasonably may be available to it under applicable tax laws and
any applicable tax treaty or convention to obtain an exemption from, or reduction (to the
lowest applicable rate) of, such United States withholding tax.

| | 2.12. | Agent's
Records.
| | ----- | ----------------

The
Agents records regarding the amount of each Letter of Credit, each payment

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by the Applicant or any Co-Applicant of reimbursement obligations in
respect of Letters of Credit and other information relating to the Letters of Credit
shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error.

2.13.
Use of Proceeds. The Applicant and Co-Applicants will use the Letters of Credit
only for the following purposes:

(a)
The collateralization of reinsurance liabilities assumed by direct and indirect Wholly
Owned Consolidated Subsidiaries of the Applicant;

(b)
The collateralization of insurance liabilities of any direct and indirect Wholly Owned
Consolidated Subsidiaries of the Applicant;

(c)
The collateralization of reinsurance recoverable from Trabaja, not to exceed $24,000,000;
and

(d)
Otherwise for the Applicant's or Co-Applicant's general corporate purposes.

Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any Credit Document, the Applicant and each
Co-Applicant agrees that no part of the proceeds of any Letters of Credit will be used,
directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of
buying or carrying any Margin Stock.

| | 2.14. | Collateral.
| | ----- | -----------

(a)
In General.

(i)
With respect to each Letter of Credit, on or prior to the Date of Issuance thereof, the
Applicant and/or any Co-Applicant, if applicable, shall deliver to the Custodian for
deposit in the Collateral Accounts (as defined below) Eligible Collateral, the Discounted
Collateral Value of which together with the Discounted Collateral Value of all other
Eligible Collateral then held in the Collateral Accounts shall not be less than the
Letter of Credit Exposure determined with respect to all Letters of Credit.

(ii)
The Applicant hereby unconditionally agrees that at all times the Obligations
attributable to Letters of Credit shall be secured by a security interest in Eligible
Collateral, the Discounted Collateral Value of which equals or exceeds the Letter of
Credit Exposure attributable to all Letters of Credit at such time; provided, however,
that at no time shall U.S. Federal Agency Obligations issued by the Federal National
Mortgage Association represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the Eligible Collateral
securing the Obligations. In the event that the Discounted Collateral Value of the
Eligible Collateral is less than such amount, the Applicant or, if applicable, the
Co-Applicant(s), shall promptly (and in no event later than two (2) Business Days)
deliver to the Custodian additional Eligible Collateral as shall be necessary so that the
Discounted Collateral Value of all Eligible Collateral then held in the Collateral
Accounts shall equal or exceed the Letter of Credit Exposure attributable to all Letters

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of Credit at such time.

(iii)
In the event that the Discounted Collateral Value of the Eligible Collateral in the
Collateral Accounts is greater than one hundred five percent (105%) of the Letter of
Credit Exposure at such time and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall then
exist, the Applicant and/or Co-Applicant, if applicable, shall have the right to withdraw
from the Collateral Accounts Eligible Collateral in an amount such that after giving
effect to such withdrawal the Discounted Collateral Value of the Eligible Collateral
remaining in the Collateral Accounts is equal to or greater than the above one hundred
five percent (105%), subject to the terms of the Control Agreements and the Pledge
Agreement and the Agent agrees to direct the Custodian to make any such permitted
withdrawal.

(b)
Collateral Accounts. To secure prompt and complete payment, observance and
performance of the Obligations, the Applicant and certain of the Co-Applicants have,
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, pledged and granted to the Agent a security interest in
and to all of the Applicants and each such Co-Applicants right, title and
interest in and to the Collateral Accounts and all Property, including all money and
securities, at any time and from time to time on deposit therein, and all of the Proceeds
(which shall include all distributions and income on and in respect of all of the
foregoing and all other rights and benefits in respect thereof) of all of the foregoing,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter arising or acquired (collectively, the Collateral).
The Applicant and certain of the Co-Applicants have established and shall maintain, at
the offices of the Custodian located at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
in their names in favor of the Agent, one or more securities custody accounts
(collectively, the Collateral Accounts) pursuant to one or more
Custody Agreements between the Applicant, certain of the Co-Applicants and the Custodian.
Subject to the provisions of the Control Agreements and the Pledge Agreement, the
Custodian shall hold any Eligible Collateral delivered to it as Collateral.

(c)
All Property in the Collateral Accounts shall be held by the Custodian as collateral for
the payment and performance of all Obligations. At the direction of the Agent, Collateral
may (A) be applied to reimburse the Issuing Bank for Letter of Credit payments and
disbursements, and (B) be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of
the Applicant and Co-Applicants for the then outstanding Letter of Credit Exposure. After
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Agent may, in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, apply or cause
the Custodian to apply all or any portion of the Collateral held in the Collateral
Accounts to the Obligations and shall have the power to sell, or cause the Custodian to
sell, any securities held therein in connection therewith.

| | 2.15. | Replacement
of Banks.
| | ----- | ---------------------

(a)
If any Bank does not consent to an Extension Request pursuant to Section 2.6, the
Applicant shall have the right, if no Default or Event of Default then exists, to replace
such Bank (any such Bank being referred to herein as Replaced Bank)
with one or more Eligible Assignee or Eligible Assignees, each of which shall be
acceptable to the Agent and the Issuing Bank, and such Replaced Bank shall assign to such
Eligible Assignee or Eligible

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Assignees who are willing to so purchase the same for such Replaced Bank,
all (but not less than all) of such Replaced Banks rights and obligations under
this Agreement, providedthat such Eligible Assignee or Eligible Assignee shall pay
to such Replaced Bank, an amount equal to all interest, fees and other amounts owing or
accrued to such Replaced Bank to the date of such assignment, but without any premium.

(b)
For each assignment, the parties shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement. Upon such execution and delivery, from and after the effective date
specified in such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a
party hereto and the assignor Bank released from its obligations hereunder to the extent
provided therein.

| | 2.16. | Commitment
Fee
| | ----- | --------------

The
Applicant agrees to pay in Dollars to the Agent, for the account of the Banks in
accordance with each Banks Commitment Percentage, a fee (the Commitment Fee),
during the Commitment Period, equal to the Applicable Fee Percentage per annum on the
average daily Available Amount. The Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears
on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year and on the
Termination Date or other date on which the Commitment shall expire or otherwise
terminate, and upon each reduction of the Available Amount. The Commitment Fee shall be
calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six
(366) day year, as applicable, for the actual number of days elapsed.

| | 2.17. | Letter
of Credit Commissions.
| | ----- | -----------------------------

The
Applicant agrees to pay in Dollars to the Agent, for the account of the Banks in
accordance with each Banks Commitment Percentage, commissions (the Letter
of Credit Commissions) with respect to each Letter of Credit for the period
from and including the Date of Issuance thereof to and including the expiration date
thereof (giving effect to any extensions, cancellations or other amendments thereto), at
a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Fee Percentage per annum on the average daily
Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. The Letter of
Credit Commissions shall be (i) calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five
(365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) day year, as applicable, for the actual number of
days elapsed, (ii) payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June,
September and December of each year and on the date that the Commitment shall expire and
(iii) nonrefundable. In addition to the Letter of Credit Commissions, the Applicant
agrees to pay in Dollars to the Issuing Bank, for its own account, its standard fees and
charges customarily charged to customers similar to the Applicant with respect to any
Letter of Credit.

| | 2.18. | Utilization
of Commitment in Optional Currencies.
| | ----- | -------------------------------------------------

(a)
The Agent will determine the Dollar Equivalent amount of (i) proposed Letter of Credit to
be denominated in an Optional Currency as of the Date of Issuance and (ii) Outstanding
Letters of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency as of the last Business Day of each
month.

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(b)
The Applicant and/or Co-Applicant, if applicable, may deliver to Agent a written request
that Letters of Credit issued hereunder also be permitted to be made in any other lawful
currency (other than Dollars), in addition to the currencies specified in the definition
of Optional Currency herein provided that such currency must be freely traded
in the offshore interbank foreign exchange markets, freely transferable, freely
convertible into Dollars and available to the Agent in the applicable interbank market.
The Agent will promptly notify the Banks of any such request promptly after the Agent
receives such request. The Agent may grant or accept such request in their sole
discretion. The requested currency shall be approved as an Optional Currency hereunder
only if the Agent approves of the Applicants and/or Co-Applicants request.

(c)
If at any time the Agent determines that the Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit
Exposure of all the Banks exceeds the aggregate of the Commitment Amounts of all the
Banks whether because of currency fluctuations or otherwise (the amount of such excess
being referred to as the Excess Letter of Credit Exposure), the Applicant
shall (i) promptly, and in any event not later than thirty (30) days from the date the
Agent notifies the Applicant of such Excess Letter of Credit Exposure, eliminate any such
Excess Letter of Credit Exposure by arranging for the surrender of, or reduction in
amount available to be drawn under, one or more Letters of Credit, and (ii) until such
time as it has taken the action required by subsection (i) above, cause the Eligible
Collateral at such time contained in the Collateral Accounts (x) to include an amount of
cash (in Dollars) equal to or greater than the Excess Letter of Credit Exposure and (y)
to otherwise meet the coverage requirements of Section 2.14(a).

|3. |  | CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
|-- |  | --------------------

| | 3.1. | Conditions
to Effectiveness.
| | ---- | ----------------------------

The
effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue any
Letter of Credit on the Effective Date or any day thereafter, and the Banks to
participate therein shall be subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions
precedent:

(a)
The Agent shall have received the following, each dated as of the Effective Date (unless
otherwise specified) and in sufficient copies for each Bank:

| | (i)
counterparts of the Pledge Agreement and the Control Agreements duly executed by the
parties thereto and evidence satisfactory to the Agent of the establishment of the
Collateral Accounts and the transfer thereto of sufficient Eligible Collateral to satisfy
the requirements of Section 2.14;
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| | (ii)
a certificate, signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or an
executive vice president of the Applicant, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent, certifying that (A) all representations and warranties of the Applicant contained
in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material
respects as of the Effective Date, (B) no Default or Event of Default has
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| | occurred and is
continuing, (C) there are no insurance regulatory proceedings pending or, to such
individuals knowledge, threatened against any of the Insurance Subsidiaries in any
jurisdiction that, if adversely determined, would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (D) both immediately before and after giving effect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no Material Adverse
Change has occurred since September 30, 2001, and, to such officers knowledge,
there exists no event, condition or state of facts that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change;
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| | (iii)
a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of each of the Applicant and its
Material Subsidiaries, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, certifying (A)
that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the articles or certificate of
incorporation and all amendments thereto of the Applicant or such Subsidiary, as the case
may be, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or comparable
Governmental Authority) of its jurisdiction of organization, and that the same has not
been amended since the date of such certification, (B) that attached thereto is a true
and complete copy of the bylaws of the Applicant or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
as then in effect and as in effect at all times from the date on which the resolutions
referred to in clause (C) below were adopted to and including the date of such
certificate, and (C) as to the Applicant only, that attached thereto is a true and
complete copy of resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Applicant
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents to which it is a party, and as to the incumbency and genuineness of the
signature of each officer of the Applicant executing this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, and attaching all such copies of the documents described above;
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| | (iv)
a certificate of the Applicant's chief financial officer as to the financial condition of
the Applicant in the form of Exhibit F; and
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| | (v)
a favorable opinion of Charles A. Brawley, III, Esq., covering the matters set forth in
items 1 through 8 of Exhibit G and a favorable opinion of Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP as
to item 9 of Exhibit G, in each case acceptable to the Agent, addressed to Agent and the
Banks.
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b)
The Agent shall have received (i) a certificate as of a recent date of the good standing
of each of the Applicant and its Material Subsidiaries under the laws of its jurisdiction
of organization from the Secretary of State (or comparable Governmental Authority) of
such jurisdiction, and (ii) as to each Material Insurance Subsidiary, a certificate of
compliance as of a recent date, issued by the Insurance Regulatory Authority of its
jurisdiction of legal domicile and any other jurisdiction in which such Insurance
Subsidiary is reasonably likely to be commercially domiciled as defined under the laws
and revelations of such jurisdiction.

(c)
All approvals, permits and consents of any Governmental Authorities (including, without
limitation, all relevant Insurance Regulatory Authorities) or other Persons required in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of

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conditions that are not reasonably acceptable to the Agent), and all
related filings, if any, shall have been made, and all such approvals, permits, consents
and filings shall be in full force and effect and the Agent shall have received such
copies thereof as it shall have requested; all applicable waiting periods shall have
expired without any adverse action being taken by any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction; and no action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall
have been instituted, threatened or proposed before, and no order, injunction or decree
shall have been entered by, any court or other Governmental Authority, in each case to
enjoin, restrain or prohibit, to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or that is
otherwise related to or arises out of, this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or that, in the opinion of the Agent, would otherwise
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)
Since September 30, 2001, both immediately before and after giving effect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement there shall not have
occurred any Material Adverse Change or any event, condition or state of facts that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(e)
The Agent shall be satisfied with the actuarial review and valuation statement of, and
opinion as to the adequacy of, each Insurance Subsidiarys loss and loss adjustment
expense reserve positions as of December 31, 2000, with respect to the insurance business
then in force, prepared and given by each Insurance Subsidiarys chief actuary.

(f)
The Applicant shall have paid all fees and expenses of the Agent required hereunder or
under any other Credit Document to be paid on or prior to the Effective Date (including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.

(g)
Where applicable, the Agent shall have received an agreement in substantially the form of
the Letter of Credit Request from each Co-Applicant with respect to any Existing Letter
of Credit issued for the account of such Co-Applicant.

(h)
The Agent and each Bank shall have received such other documents, certificates, opinions
and instruments as it shall have reasonably requested.

3.2.
Conditions for Issuance of All Letters of Credit and Extension and Increases thereof and
Conditions to Effectiveness of Letters of Credit.

The
obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit on a Date of Issuance and
each Bank to participate therein and any increase of the face amount of any Letter of
Credit or any extension of the Stated Expiration Date of any Letter of Credit is subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as of such Date of Issuance or
the date of such increase or extension:

(a)
On each Date of Issuance, and on each date on which the face amount of any Letter of
Credit is to be increased or the Stated Expiration Date of any Letter of Credit is to be
extended, and both before and after giving effect to the Letters of Credit to be issued
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or such increase or extension, as the case may be, (i) each of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4 and in the other Credit Documents
shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of such date with the same effect as
if made on and as of such date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty
is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date),
(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date,
(iii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Exposure will not exceed the Commitment, (iv) the
aggregate Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the
account of Subsidiaries of the Applicant which are not Material Insurance Subsidiaries
will not exceed $15,000,000 and (v) the aggregate Letter of Credit Exposure with respect
to Letters of Credit issued for the general corporate purposes of the Applicant or a
Co-Applicant shall not exceed $15,000,000. Each request by the Applicant for the issuance
of a Letter of Credit shall constitute a certification by the Applicant as of such date
that each of the foregoing matters is true and correct in all material respects.

(b)
All documents required by the provisions of the Credit Documents to be executed or
delivered to the Agent on or before the applicable Date of Issuance shall have been
executed and shall have been delivered at the office of the Agent set forth in Section
10.2 on or before such Date of Issuance.

(c)
With respect to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Agent shall have received a
Letter of Credit Request duly executed by an Authorized Signatory of the Applicant and,
if applicable, the Co-Applicant.

(d)
With respect to each Letter of Credit, the Applicant or the Co-Applicants, as the case
may be, shall have delivered Eligible Collateral to the Agent as required by Section
2.14.

| | 3.3. | Transitional
Arrangements.
| | ---- | --------------------------

(a)
On the Effective Date, replacement Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank under
this Agreement shall be substituted for the Existing Letters of Credit issued by PNC
under the Existing Credit Agreement, the effectiveness of which replacement Letters of
Credit shall be conditioned on the surrender to PNC for cancellation of the corresponding
Existing Letter of Credit. By execution of this Agreement, the Applicant and each
Co-Applicant, as applicable, requests the Issuing Bank to issue such replacement Letters
of Credit in substantially the same form as the Existing Letters of Credit they are to
replace. The Applicant agrees to use its best efforts to cause each beneficiary of an
Existing Letter of Credit to promptly surrender such Existing Letter of Credit in
exchange for the corresponding replacement Letter of Credit.

(b)
Each Letter of Credit substituted for an Existing Letter of Credit pursuant to Section
3.3(a) hereof shall supersede such Existing Letter of Credit in its entirety, shall be
deemed to be made under this Agreement and shall be governed by this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents.

(c)
As of the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,

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the Existing Credit Agreement shall be superseded by this Agreement and
the Credit Documents and shall be of no further force and effect.

(d)
Until such time as an Existing Letter of Credit is surrendered to PNC for cancellation,
such Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder,
and PNC shall be entitled to the rights and benefits of the Issuing Bank hereunder in
respect of such Existing Letter of Credit for purposes of the obligations (i) of the
Applicant and Co-Applicant, as the case may be, to reimburse PNC for any payments of
drafts under such Existing Letter of Credit as provided in Sections 2.1(c) and 2.3 hereof
and to indemnify PNC as provided in Section 10.10, and (ii) of each Bank, as defined
herein, to participate in and to make available for PNCs account such Banks
Commitment Percentage of the amount of any unreimbursed draft on such Existing Letter of
Credit as provided in Section 2.2 hereof. Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be
entitled to the benefits of the security otherwise provided under Section 2.14 for the
Letter of Credit issued hereunder in replacement for such Existing Letter of Credit for
so long as it remains outstanding or any draft thereunder has not been fully reimbursed.
In no event shall the maturity date of any Existing Letter of Credit be extended by PNC
and as to any Existing Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms of which the Stated
Expiration Date would be automatically extended, unless the beneficiary thereof is
notified in advance of the then scheduled expiration date that such scheduled expiration
date will not be extended, PNC shall give such a notice of non-extension to the
beneficiary at the earliest permitted opportunity following the Effective Date if such a
notice has not been given prior to the Effective Date.

(e)
All interest, commissions and all commitment and other fees and expenses owing or accrued
under or in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Letters of Credit
not replaced hereunder, shall be calculated as of the Effective Date (prorated in the
case of any fractional periods), and shall be paid on such date in accordance with the
method specified in the Existing Credit Agreement, as if it were still in effect.

|4. |  | REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
|-- |  | ------------------------------

In
order to induce the Agent and the Banks to enter into this Agreement and the Issuing Bank
to issue the Letters of Credit and the Banks to participate therein, the Applicant makes
the following representations and warranties to the Agent, each Bank and the Issuing
Bank:

| | 4.1. | Corporate
Organization and Power.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------

Each
of the Applicant and its Material Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, (ii) has the full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform the Credit Documents to which it is or will be a party, to own and hold its
property and to engage in its business as presently conducted, and (iii) is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership of its properties requires
it to be so qualified except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.

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| | 4.2. | Authorization.
| | ---- | --------------

The
Applicant has taken all necessary corporate action to execute, deliver and perform each
of the Credit Documents to which it is or will be a party, and has, or on the Effective
Date (or any later date of execution and delivery) will have, validly executed and
delivered each of the Credit Documents to which it is or will be a party. This Agreement
constitutes, and each of the other Credit Documents upon execution and delivery by the
Applicant will constitute, assuming the due execution of the other parties hereto, the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Applicant, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditorsrights
generally or by general equitable principles.

| | 4.3. | No
Violation.
| | ---- | -------------

The
execution, delivery and performance by the Applicant of this Agreement and each of the
other Credit Documents, and compliance by it with the terms hereof and thereof, do not
and will not (i) contravene any Requirement of Law applicable to the Applicant, (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with notice, lapse of time or both) a
default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a
party, by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it is subject, or (iii)
result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or
assets except to the extent provided in the Credit Documents. No Subsidiary is subject to
any restriction or encumbrance on its ability to make dividend payments or other
distributions in respect of its capital stock, to make loans or advances to the Applicant
or any other Subsidiary, or to transfer any of its assets or properties to the Applicant
or any other Subsidiary, in each case other than such restrictions or encumbrances
existing under or by reason of the Credit Documents or any Debt Agreement or applicable
Requirements of Law.

| | 4.4. | Governmental
Authorization; Permits.
| | ---- | ------------------------------------

(a)
No consent, approval, authorization or other action by, notice to, or registration or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is or will be required as a
condition to or otherwise in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance
by the Applicant of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or the legality,
validity or enforceability hereof or thereof.

(b)
Each of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries has, and is in good standing with respect to,
all governmental approvals, licenses, permits and authorizations necessary to conduct its
business as presently conducted and to own or lease and operate its properties except
where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)
Schedule 4.4 lists with respect to each Material Insurance Subsidiary, as of the
Effective Date, all of the jurisdictions in which such Material Insurance Subsidiary
holds licenses (including, without limitation, licenses or certificates of authority from
relevant Insurance Regulatory Authorities), permits or authorizations to transact
insurance and reinsurance business (collectively, the Licenses), and
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which each such Material Insurance Subsidiary is permitted to be engaged
with respect to each License therein listed. To the knowledge of the Applicant, (i) no
such License is the subject of a proceeding for suspension, revocation or limitation or
any similar proceedings, (ii) there is no sustainable basis for such a suspension,
revocation or limitation, and (iii) no such suspension, revocation or limitation is
threatened by any relevant Insurance Regulatory Authority. No Material Insurance
Subsidiary transacts as of the Effective Date any insurance business, directly or
indirectly, in any jurisdiction other than those listed on Schedule 4.4, where such
business requires any license, permit or other authorization of an Insurance Regulatory
Authority of such jurisdiction.

| | 4.5. | Litigation.
| | ---- | -----------

There
are no actions, investigations, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Applicant, threatened, at law, in equity or in arbitration, before any court, other
Governmental Authority or other Person, (i) against or affecting the Applicant, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that would, if adversely
determined, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) with respect
to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

| | 4.6. | Taxes
| | ---- | -----

Each
of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all federal and all material state
and local tax returns and reports required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes,
assessments, fees and other charges levied upon it or upon its properties that are shown
thereon as due and payable, other than those that are being contested in good faith and
by proper proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Such returns accurately reflect in all
material respects all liability for taxes of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries for the
periods covered thereby. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6, there is no ongoing audit
or examination or, to the knowledge of the Applicant, other investigation by any
Governmental Authority of the tax liability of the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries;
and there is no unresolved claim by any Governmental Authority concerning the tax
liability of the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries for any period for which tax
returns have been or were required to have been filed, other than claims for which
adequate reserves have been established in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles.

| | 4.7. | Subsidiaries.
| | ---- | -------------

Schedule
4.7 sets forth a list, as of the Effective Date, of all of the Subsidiaries of the
Applicant and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage ownership (direct and indirect)
of the Applicant in each class of its capital stock and each direct owner thereof, and
indicates in each case whether such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary.

| | 4.8. | Full
Disclosure
| | ---- | ---------------

All
factual information heretofore or contemporaneously furnished to the Agent

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or any Bank in writing by or on behalf of the Applicant or any of its
Subsidiaries for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby is, and all other such factual information hereafter furnished to the
Agent or any Bank in writing by or on behalf of the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries
will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such
information is dated or certified (or, if such information has been amended or
supplemented, on the date as of which any such amendment or supplement is dated or
certified) and not made incomplete by omitting to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which such
information was provided, not misleading.

| | 4.9. | Margin
Regulations
| | ---- | ------------------

Neither
the Applicant nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its
important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying Margin Stock. No Letter of Credit will be used, directly or indirectly, to
purchase or carry any Margin Stock, to extend credit for such purpose or for any other
purpose that would violate or be inconsistent with Regulations T, U or X or any provision
of the Exchange Act.

| | 4.10. | No
Material Adverse Change
| | ----- | --------------------------

There
exists no event, condition or state of facts that could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change.

| | 4.11. | Financial
Matters.
| | ----- | ------------------

(a)
The Applicant has heretofore furnished to the Agent copies of the audited consolidated
balance sheets of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000, 1999,
1998, and 1997, and the related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash
flows for the fiscal years then ended, together with the opinions of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (or its predecessor, Coopers & Lybrand, LLP) thereon. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (subject, with respect to the unaudited financial statements, to the absence
of notes required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and to normal year-end
audit adjustments) and present fairly the financial condition of the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of operations of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries for the
respective periods then ended. Except as fully reflected in the most recent financial
statements referred to above and the notes thereto, there are no material liabilities or
obligations with respect to the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries of any nature
whatsoever (whether absolute, contingent or otherwise and whether or not due).

(b)
The Applicant has heretofore furnished to the Agent copies of (i) the Annual Statements
of each of the Insurance Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, and for
the fiscal years then ended, each as filed with the relevant Insurance Regulatory
Authority (collectively, the Historical Statutory Statements). The
Historical Statutory Statements (including, without limitation, the provisions made
therein for investments and the valuation thereof, reserves, policy and contract claims
and statutory liabilities) have been

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prepared in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices (except as may
be reflected in the notes thereto), were in compliance with applicable Requirements of
Law when filed and present fairly the financial condition of the respective Insurance
Subsidiaries covered thereby as of the respective dates thereof and the results of
operations, changes in capital and surplus and cash flow of the respective Insurance
Subsidiaries covered thereby for the respective periods then ended. Except for
liabilities and obligations disclosed or provided for in the Historical Statutory
Statements (including, without limitation, reserves, policy and contract claims and
statutory liabilities), no Insurance Subsidiary had, as of the date of its respective
Historical Statutory Statements, any material liabilities or obligations of any nature
whatsoever (whether absolute, contingent or other-wise and whether or not due) that, in
accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices, would have been required to have been
disclosed or provided for in such Historical Statutory Statements. All books of account
of each Insurance Subsidiary fully and fairly disclose all of its material transactions,
properties, assets, investments, liabilities and obligations, are in its possession and
are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

(c)
Each of the Applicant and its Material Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (i) will have capital sufficient to
carry on its businesses as conducted and as proposed to be conducted, (ii) will have
assets with a fair saleable value, determined on a going concern basis, (y) not less than
the amount required to pay the probable liability on its existing debts as they become
absolute and matured and (z) greater than the total amount of its liabilities
(including identified contingent liabilities, valued at the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become absolute and matured), and (iii) will not intend to, and will not
believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay such debts and
liabilities as they mature.

| | 4.12. | Ownership
of Properties.
| | ----- | ------------------------

Each
of the Applicant and its Material Subsidiaries (i) has good and marketable title to all
real property owned by it, (ii) holds interests as lessee under valid leases in full
force and effect with respect to all material leased real and personal property used in
connection with its business, and (iii) has good title to all of its other properties and
assets reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 4.11(a)
(except as sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course of
business), in each case under (i), (ii) and (iii) above free and clear of all Liens other
than Permitted Liens.

| | 4.13. | ERISA
| | ----- | -----

Each
member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding
standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in
Compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and
the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan. No member of the ERISA Group has (i)
sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan
or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to
any Plan or Benefit Arrangement, which has resulted or could result in the imposition of
a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue
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any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC
for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.

| | 4.14. | Environmental
Matters.
| | ----- | ----------------------

(a)
Except as set forth in Schedule 4.14(a), no Hazardous Substances are or, to the knowledge
of the Applicant, have been generated, released, treated or disposed of by the Applicant
or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Applicant, by any other Person or
otherwise, in, on or under any portion of any real property owned by the Applicant or any
of its Subsidiaries, except in material compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws, and, to the knowledge of the Applicant, no portion of any such real property has
been contaminated by any Hazardous Substance. For purposes of this Section 4.14, contaminated means
the presence of Hazardous Substances that require or required, as the case may be,
remediation under any Environmental Law.

(b)
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(b), to the knowledge of the Applicant, (i) no
portion of any real property owned by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries has been
used as or for a mine, a landfill, a dump or other disposal facility, a gasoline service
station, or (other than for petroleum substances stored in the ordinary course of
business) a petroleum products storage facility, (ii) no portion of such real
property or any other real property at any time owned by the Applicant or any of its
Subsidiaries has, pursuant to any Environmental Law, been placed on the National
Priorities List or CERCLIS List (or any similar federal, state or local
list) of sites subject to possible environmental problems, and (iii) there are not
and have never been any underground storage tanks situated on any real property owned by
the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c)
All activities and operations of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent the
failure so to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Other than normal claims in the ordinary course of
business pursuant to insurance policies written by an Insurance Subsidiary, neither the
Applicant nor any of its Subsidiaries is involved in any suit, action or proceeding, or
has received any notice, complaint or other request for information from any Governmental
Authority or other Person, with respect to any actual or alleged Environmental Claims
that, if adversely determined, would be reasonably likely, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the Applicant,
there are no threatened actions, suits, proceedings or investigations with respect to any
such Environmental Claims, nor any basis therefor.

| | 4.15. | Compliance
With Laws.
| | ----- | ---------------------

Each
of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all material reports, documents
and other materials required to be filed by it under all applicable Requirements of Law
with any Governmental Authority, has retained all material records and documents required
to be retained by it under all applicable Requirements of Law, and is otherwise in
compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law in respect of the conduct of its
business and the ownership and operation of its properties, except for such Requirements
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comply with which, individually or in the aggregate, would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

| | 4.16. | Regulated
Industries.
| | ----- | ---------------------

Neither
the Applicant nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) an investment company, a
company controlled by an investment company, or an investment
advisor, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or
(ii) a holding company, a subsidiary company of a holding
company, or an affiliate of a holding company or of a subsidiary
company of a holding company, within the meaning of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

| | 4.17. | Insurance
| | ----- | ---------

The
assets, properties and business of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries are insured against
such hazards and liabilities (other than normal life insurance risk), under such
coverages and in such amounts, as are customarily maintained by prudent companies
similarly situated and under policies issued by insurers of recognized responsibility. No
notice of any pending or threatened cancellation or material premium increase has been
received by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such insurance
policies, and the Applicant and each of its Subsidiaries are in substantial compliance
with all conditions contained therein.

| | 4.18. | Certain
Contracts.
| | ----- | ------------------

Schedule
4.18 lists, as of the Effective Date, each material contract, agreement or commitment,
written or oral, other than Reinsurance Agreements and Insurance Agreements, to which the
Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, by which any of them or their respective
properties is bound or to which any of them is subject (other than insurance policies
written in the ordinary course of business) and that (i) relates to employment or labor
matters, (ii) involves aggregate consideration payable to or by any party thereto of
$1,000,000 or more or (iii) is otherwise material to the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), operations, performance or properties of the Applicant or any
of its Subsidiaries, and also indicates the parties, subject matter thereof. As of the
Effective Date, each such contract is in full force and effect, and neither the Applicant
nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Applicant, any other party
thereto, is in breach of or in default under any such contract. As of the Effective Date,
none of such other parties has notified the Applicant that it has any presently
exercisable right to terminate any such contract nor will any such other party have any
right to terminate any such contract on account of the execution, delivery and
performance of the Credit Documents.

|5. |  | AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
|-- |  | ---------------------

The
Applicant agrees that so long as this Agreement is in effect, any reimbursement
obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of any Letter of Credit remain
outstanding and unpaid, or any other amount is owing under any Credit Document to the
Issuing Bank, any Bank or the Agent:

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| | 5.1. | GAAP
Financial Statements.
| | ---- | --------------------------

The
Applicant will deliver to each Bank:

(a)
As soon as available and in any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, beginning with the first fiscal quarter
ending March 31, 2002, unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and unaudited consolidated statements
of income, comprehensive income and cash flows for the Applicant and its Subsidiaries for
the fiscal quarter then ended and for that portion of the fiscal year then ended, in each
case setting forth comparative consolidated figures as of the end of and for the
corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (subject to the absence of notes required by
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments) applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding quarter or
containing disclosure of the effect on the financial condition or results of operations
of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during such
quarter; and

(b)
As soon as available and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end
of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, (i) an
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries as of the end of
such fiscal year and audited consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income,
stockholders equity and cash flows for the Applicant and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal year then ended, including the applicable notes, in each case setting forth
comparative figures is of the end of and for the preceding fiscal year, certified by the
independent certified public accounting firm regularly retained by the Applicant or
another independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing
reasonably acceptable to the Required Banks, together with a report thereon by such
accountants that is not qualified as to going concern or scope of audit and to the effect
that such financial statements present fairly the consolidated financial condition and
results of operations of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the
periods indicated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and (ii)
unaudited consolidating statements of income and cash flows for the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail, all prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles applied on a consistent basis
with that of the preceding fiscal year or containing disclosure of the effect on the
financial condition or results of operations of any change in the application of
accounting principles and practices during such fiscal year.

| | 5.2. | Statutory
Financial Statements.
| | ---- | -------------------------------

The
Applicant will deliver to each Bank:

(a)
As soon as available and in any event within sixty-five (65) days after the end of each
of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, beginning with the first fiscal
quarter ending after the date hereof, a Quarterly Statement of each Material Insurance
Subsidiary as of the end of such fiscal quarter and for that portion of the fiscal year
then ended, in the form filed with the relevant Insurance Regulatory Authority, prepared
in accordance with Statutory

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Accounting Practices;

(b)
As soon as available and in any event within sixty-five (65) days after the end of each
fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, an Annual Statement
of each Material Insurance Subsidiary as of the end of such fiscal year and for the
fiscal year then ended, in the form filed with the relevant Insurance Regulatory
Authority, prepared in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices; and

(c)
As soon as available and in any event within one hundred twenty-six (126) days after the
end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, a
Combined Annual Statement of PMACIC and its combined Affiliates as of the end of such
fiscal year and for the fiscal year then ended, in the form filed with the relevant
Insurance Regulatory Authority, prepared in accordance with Statutory Accounting
Practices.

| | 5.3. | Other
Business and Financial Information
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------

The
Applicant will deliver to each Bank:

(a)
Concurrently with each delivery of the financial statements described in Sections 5.1 and
5.2, a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit E-1 (in the case of the financial
statements described in Section 5.1) or Exhibit E-2 (in the case of the financial
statements described in Section 5.2) with respect to the period covered by the financial
statements then being delivered, executed by the chief financial officer of the Applicant
(or a vice president of the Applicant having significant responsibility for financial
matters), together, in the case of the financial statements described in Section 5.1,
with a Covenant Compliance Worksheet reflecting the computation of the financial
covenants set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 as of the last day of the period covered by
such financial statements, and in the case of the financial statements described in
Section 5.2, with a Covenant Compliance Worksheet reflecting the computation of the
financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.3 and 6.4 as of the last day of the period
covered by such financial statements;

(b)
Promptly upon filing with the relevant Insurance Regulatory Authority and in any event
within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001, a copy of each Insurance Subsidiarys Statement
of Actuarial Opinion (or equivalent information should the relevant Insurance
Regulatory Authority not require such a statement) as to the adequacy of such Insurance
Subsidiarys loss reserves for such fiscal year, together with a copy of its
management discussion and analysis in connection therewith, each in the format prescribed
by the applicable insurance laws of such Insurance Subsidiarys jurisdiction of
domicile;

(c)
Promptly upon the sending or filing thereof, copies of any internal control letter
filed by on behalf of the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries with any Insurance
Regulatory Authority;

(d)
Promptly upon the sending, filing or receipt thereof, copies of (i) all financial
statements, reports, notices and proxy statements that the Applicant or any of its

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Subsidiaries shall send or make available generally to its shareholders,
(ii) all regular, periodic and special reports, registration statements and prospectuses
that the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries shall render to or file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any
national securities exchange, (iii) all significant reports on examination or
similar significant reports, financial examinations reports or market conduct examination
reports by the NAIC or any Insurance Regulatory Authority or other Governmental Authority
with respect to any Insurance Subsidiarys insurance business, and (iv) all
significant filings made under applicable state insurance holding company acts by the
Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, filings seeking
approval of transactions with Affiliates;

(e)
Promptly upon (and in any event within five (5) Business Days after) an officer of the
Applicant obtaining knowledge thereof, written notice of any of the following:

(i)
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, together with a written statement of
the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Applicant specifying the
nature of such Default or Event of Default, the period of existence thereof and the
action that the Applicant has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;

(ii)
the institution or threatened institution of any action, suit, investigation or
proceeding against or affecting the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries, including any
such investigation or proceeding by any insurance Regulatory Authority or other
Governmental Authority (other than routine periodic inquiries, investigations or
reviews), that would, if adversely determined, be reasonably likely, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and any material development in any
litigation or other proceeding previously reported pursuant to Section 4.5 or this
Section 5.3(e)(ii);

(iii)
the receipt by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries from any Insurance Regulatory
Authority or other Governmental Authority of (A) any notice asserting any failure by the
Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries to be in compliance with applicable Requirements of
Law or that threatens the taking of any action against the Applicant or such Subsidiary
or sets forth circumstances that, if taken or adversely determined, would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) any notice of any actual or threatened
suspension, limitation or revocation of, failure to renew, or imposition of any
restraining order, escrow or impoundment of funds in connection with, any license,
permit, accreditation or authorization of the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries, where
such action would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iv)
the occurrence of any of the following, together with a reasonably detailed description
thereof and copies of any filings, communications, reports or other information relating
thereto made available to the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries: (A) the assertion of
any Environmental Claim against or affecting the Applicant, any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective real property, leased or owned; (B) the receipt by the Applicant
or any of its Subsidiaries of notice of any alleged violation of or noncompliance with
any Environmental Laws by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries; or (C) the taking of
any remedial action by the Applicant, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person in
response to the

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actual or alleged generation, storage, release, disposal or discharge of
any Hazardous Substances on, to, upon or from any real property leased or owned by the
Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries; but in each case under clauses (A), (B) and (C)
above, only to the extent the same would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect;

(v)
the occurrence of any actual changes in any insurance statute or regulation governing the
investment or dividend practices of any Insurance Subsidiary that would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(vi)
if and when any member of the ERISA Group (A) gives or is required to give notice to the
PBGC of any reportable event (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with
respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under
Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is
required to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such
reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (B) receives notice of
complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice that any
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been terminated, a copy of
such notice; (C) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to
terminate, impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in
respect of, or appoint a trustee to administer, any Plan, a copy of such notice; (D) applies
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code, a copy of such application; (E) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under
Section 4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the
PBGC; (F) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063 of
ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (G) fails to make any payment or contribution to any
Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement or makes any
amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement which has resulted or could result in the
imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security, a certificate of the
chief financial officer or the chief accounting officer of the Applicant setting forth
details as to such occurrence and action, if any, which the Applicant or applicable
member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take; and

(vii)
any other matter or event that has, or would have a Material Adverse Effect together with
a written statement of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the
Applicant setting forth the name and period of existence thereof and the action that the
Applicant has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;

(f)
Promptly, notice of (i) the occurrence of any material amendment or modification to any
Reinsurance Agreement (whether entered into before or after the Effective Date),
including any such agreements that are in a runoff mode on the Effective Date, which
amendment or modification would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
or (ii) the receipt by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries of any written notice of
any denial of coverage, litigation, claim or arbitration arising out of any Reinsurance
Agreement to which it is a party which would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect;

(g)
As promptly as reasonably possible, such other information about the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), operations or properties of the Applicant or any of its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, financial, actuarial and other information
with

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respect to Reinsurance Agreements) as the Agent or any Bank may from time
to time reasonably request; and

(h)
Upon the request of the Agent at the direction of the Required Banks (which absent a
showing of good cause shall not be more often than one time during any twelve-month
period), at the Applicants expense, deliver to each Bank within sixty (60) days of
such request an actuarial review of the liabilities and other items of each Insurance
Subsidiary prepared by an actuary or a firm of actuaries reasonably acceptable to the
Agent, such actuarial review to be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Required Banks.

| | 5.4. | Corporate
Existence; Franchises; Maintenance of Properties.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------

The
Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and preserve in full
force and effect its corporate existence, except as expressly permitted otherwise by
Section 7.l. The Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) obtain,
maintain and preserve in full force and effect all other rights, franchises, licenses,
permits, certifications, approvals and authorizations required by Governmental
Authorities and necessary to the Ownership, Occupation or use of its properties or the
conduct of its business, except to the extent the failure to do so would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) keep all material
properties in good working order and condition (normal wear and tear excepted) and from
time to time make all necessary repairs to and renewals and replacements of such
properties, except to the extent that any of such properties are obsolete or are being
replaced.

| | 5.5. | Compliance
with Laws.
| | ---- | ---------------------

The
Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in all respects with
all Requirements of Law applicable in respect of the conduct of its business and the
ownership and operation of its properties, except to the extent the failure so to comply
would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

| | 5.6. | Payment
of Obligations.
| | ---- | -----------------------

The
Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) pay all liabilities and
obligations as and when due (subject to any applicable subordination provisions), except
to the extent failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (ii) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies imposed upon it, upon its income or profits or upon any of its properties, prior
to the date on which penalties would attach thereto, and all lawful claims that, if
unpaid, might become a Lien upon any of the properties of the Applicant or any of its
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that neither the Applicant nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim
that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which the
Applicant or such Subsidiary is maintaining adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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| | 5.7. | Insurance.
| | ---- | ----------

The
Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies insurance with respect to its assets, properties
and business, against such hazards and liabilities (other than normal life insurance
risk), of such types and in such amounts, as is customarily maintained by companies in
the same or similar businesses similarly situated.

| | 5.8. | Maintenance
of Books and Records; Inspection
| | ---- | --------------------------------------------

The
Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain adequate books,
accounts and records, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all
financial transactions in relation to its business and properties, and prepare all
financial statements required under this Agreement, in each case in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or Statutory Accounting Practices, as
applicable, and in compliance with the requirements of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over it, and (ii) permit employees or agents of the Agent or any Bank, at
the Agents or Banks expense (except as provided in Section 10.5), to inspect
its properties and examine or audit its books, records, working papers and accounts and
make copies and memoranda of them, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with
its officers and employees and, with the prior consent of the Applicant (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld), the independent public accountants of the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries (and by this provision the Applicant authorizes such accountants to discuss
the finances of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and from time to
time, upon reasonable notice and during business hours, as may be reasonably requested.

| | 5.9. | Dividends
| | ---- | ---------

The
Applicant will take all action necessary to cause its Subsidiaries to make such
dividends, distributions or other payments to the Applicant as shall be necessary for the
Applicant to make payments of the Obligations. In the event the approval of any
Governmental Authority or other Person is required in order for any such Subsidiary to
make any such dividends, distributions or other payments to the Applicant, or for the
Applicant to make any such principal or interest payments, the Applicant will forthwith
exercise its best efforts and take all actions permitted by law and necessary to obtain
such approval.

| | 5.10. | Ownership
of Insurance Subsidiaries.
| | ----- | ------------------------------------

The
Applicant will cause each of its Insurance Subsidiaries to remain at all times a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Applicant, except as expressly permitted otherwise by Section 7.1.

| | 5.11. | Further
Assurances.
| | ----- | -------------------

The
Applicant will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, make, execute, endorse,
acknowledge and deliver any amendments, modifications or supplements hereto and

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restatements hereof and any other agreements, instruments or documents,
and take any and all such other actions, as may from time to time be reasonably requested
by the Agent or the Required Banks to effect, confirm or further assure or protect and
preserve the interests, rights and remedies of the Agent and the Banks under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

|6. |  | FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
|-- |  | -------------------

The
Applicant agrees that so long as this Agreement is in effect, any reimbursement
obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of any Letter of Credit remain
outstanding and unpaid, or any other amount owing under any Credit Document to the
Issuing Bank, any Bank or the Agent:

| | 6.1. | Capitalization
Ratio
| | ---- | --------------------

The
Applicant will not permit the Capitalization Ratio to be greater than 0.35 to 1.0 as of
the last day of any fiscal quarter, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30,
2001.

| | 6.2. | Cash
Coverage Ratio.
| | ---- | --------------------

The
Applicant will not permit the Cash Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.75 to 1.0, with
respect to any four fiscal quarter period ending on or after September 30, 2001.

| | 6.3. | Statutory
Surplus.
| | ---- | ------------------

The
Applicant will cause the Consolidated Statutory Surplus of the Insurance Subsidiaries to
be not less than $450,000,000 at all times from and after the Effective Date.

| | 6.4. | Risk-Based
Capital.
| | ---- | -------------------

The
Applicant will not permit total adjusted capital (within the meaning of the
Risk-Based Capital for Insurers Model Act as promulgated by the NAIC as of the date
hereof (the Model Act)) of the following Insurance Subsidiaries to be
less than the percentages set forth below, as of the dates set forth below, of the
applicable Company Action Level RBC (within the meaning of the Model Act):

| | (i)
with respect to PMACIC, as of the last day of any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2000, not less than one hundred fifty percent (150%);
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (ii)
with respect to any other Insurance Subsidiary (other than an Insurance Subsidiary not
required by the relevant Insurance Regulatory Authority to meet any RBC requirements), as
of the last day of any fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31,
2000, not less than, one hundred twenty percent (120%).
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|7. |  | NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
|-- |  | ------------------

The
Applicant agrees that, so long as this Agreement is in effect, any reimbursement
obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of any Letter of Credit remain
outstanding and unpaid, or any other amount is owing under any Credit Document to the
Issuing Bank, any Bank or the Agent:

| | 7.1. | Merger;
Consolidation; Disposition of Assets.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, liquidate,
wind up or dissolve, enter into any consolidation, merger or other combination, or sell,
assign, lease, convey, transfer, or otherwise dispose of (whether in one or a series of
transactions) all or any substantial portion of its assets, business or properties
outside of the ordinary course of its business, or agree to do any of the foregoing; provided,
however, that:

| | (i)
any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with, or sell or otherwise dispose of assets to,
another Subsidiary or the Applicant so long as (y) the surviving or transferee
corporation is the Applicant or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and (z) immediately after
giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist; and
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (ii)
the Applicant and its Subsidiaries may (x) sell, or otherwise dispose of, the capital
stock or all or any portion of the assets, business or properties of a Subsidiary that is
not a Material Subsidiary, (y) liquidate, windup or dissolve any Subsidiary that is not a
Material Subsidiary, and (z) sell, or otherwise dispose of, any asset or group of assets
constituting less than (A) in any single transaction or series of related transactions,
ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Statutory Surplus as of the last day of the fiscal
quarter ending on or immediately prior to the date of such sale, and (B) during any
fiscal year, in the aggregate with all such other sales pursuant to this clause (ii),
thirty percent (30%) of Consolidated Statutory Surplus as of the end of the immediately
preceding fiscal year.
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | 7.2. | Indebtedness.
| | ---- | -------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Indebtedness other than:

(i)
Indebtedness under any Debt Agreement;

(ii)
Accrued expenses, current trade or other accounts payable and other current liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business and not incurred through the borrowing of
money, provided that the same shall be paid when due except to the extent being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

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(iii)
Indebtedness of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Applicant to the Applicant or to
another Wholly Owned Subsidiary and of the Applicant to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

(iv)
Indebtedness due under the Credit Documents and the Existing Letters of Credit;

(v)
Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date as set forth on Schedule 7.2; provided that
for so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such
time, such Indebtedness may be extended, renewed or refunded as long as the principal
amount of such renewed Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount of such
Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refunded together with any accrued interest with
respect thereto;

(vi)
Indebtedness in respect of any Hedge Agreement covering a notional principal amount not
in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted under clause (i)
hereunder;

(vii)
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above) in the
aggregate principal amount outstanding not exceeding $15,000,000 at any time and
constituting (y) unsecured Indebtedness of the Applicant or (z) reimbursement obligations
under letters of credit (whether or not drawn or matured in the stated amount thereof)
issued on behalf of an Insurance Subsidiary in the ordinary course of such Insurance
Subsidiarys business; and

(viii)
Indebtedness in respect of guarantees for officer loan programs for the purpose of
purchasing Applicant's common stock not to exceed $20,000,000 outstanding at any time.

| | 7.3. | Liens
| | ---- | -----

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, make, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or enter into or suffer to
exist any agreement or restriction (other than under any Debt Agreement) that prohibits
or conditions the creation, incurrence or assumption of, any Lien upon or with respect to
any part of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or agree to
do any of the foregoing, other than the following (collectively, Permitted Liens):

(i)
Liens (x) securing the Indebtedness under any Debt Agreement, (y) securing Indebtedness
in existence on the Effective Date which is set forth on Schedule 7.3 and (z) arising out
of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness described in the
foregoing clauses (x) and (y), providedthat such Indebtedness is not increased and
is not secured by any additional assets;

(ii)
Liens imposed by law, such as Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and
landlords, and other similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of

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business for sums not constituting borrowed money that are not overdue
for a period of more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;

(iii)
Liens (other than any lien imposed by ERISA, the creation or incurrence of which would
result in an Event of Default under Section 8.1(k)) incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other
forms of governmental insurance or benefits, or to secure the performance of letters of
credit, bids, tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, leases, government
contracts and other similar obligations (other than obligations for borrowed money)
entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(iv)
Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or statutory obligations, that
are not delinquent or remain payable without any penalty or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;

(v)
Liens in connection with pledges and deposits made pursuant to statutory and regulatory
requirements of Insurance Regulatory Authorities by an Insurance Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of its business, for the purpose of securing regulatory capital or
satisfying other financial responsibility requirements;

(vi)
with respect to any real property occupied by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries,
all easements, rights of way, licenses and similar encumbrances on title that do not
materially impair the use of such property for its intended purposes;

(vii)
Liens in favor of the Agent and the Banks hereunder; and

(viii)
Liens (other than Liens specified in clauses (i) through (vii) above) securing
obligations in the aggregate principal amount not exceeding, at any time, the greater of
(y) five percent (5%) of Consolidated Net Worth as of the end of the immediately
preceding fiscal year or (z) $20,000,000.

| | 7.4. | Investments;
Acquisitions.
| | ---- | --------------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, purchase, own, invest in or otherwise acquire any capital stock, evidence of
indebtedness or other obligation or security or any interest whatsoever in any other
Person, or make or permit to exist any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any
investment in cash or by delivery of property in, any other Person, or purchase or
otherwise acquire (whether in one or a series of related transactions) any portion of the
assets, business or properties of another Person, or create or acquire any Subsidiary, or
become a partner or joint venturer in any partnership or joint venture (collectively,
Investments), or make a commitment or otherwise agree to do any of the
foregoing, if, immediately after any such Investment, the amount of the cash, Cash
Equivalents and Investment Grade Securities owned by the Applicant and its

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Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, would be less than eighty-five
percent (85%) of the total Invested Assets of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries
determined as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter.

| | 7.5. | Restricted
Payments.
| | ---- | --------------------

(a)
The Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, declare or make any dividend payment, or make any other distribution of
cash, property or assets, in respect of any of its capital stock or any warrants, rights
or options (other than employee stock options) to acquire its capital stock, or purchase,
redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of its capital stock or any
warrants, rights or options to acquire its capital stock, or set aside funds for any of
the foregoing, except that:

(i)
each Wholly Owned Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other
distributions to the Applicant or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent permitted
under applicable Requirements of Law and, as to the Insurance Subsidiaries, by each
relevant Insurance Regulatory Authority, and

(ii)
the Applicant may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions, and may
purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire shares of its capital stock, in cash or
in-kind, in each case, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto, no
Default or Event of Default would exist.

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, make (or
give any notice in respect of) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under any Debt Agreement) or, directly or
indirectly, make any redemption (including pursuant to any change of control provision),
retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of any Indebtedness, or make any
deposit or otherwise set aside funds for any of the foregoing purposes, provided that
immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist.

| | 7.6. | Transactions
with Affiliates.
| | ---- | -----------------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any transaction with any Affiliate of the Applicant or any Subsidiary, except in the
ordinary course of its business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less
favorable to it than would obtain in a comparable arms length transaction with a
Person other than an Affiliate of the Applicant or such Subsidiary; provided, however,
that nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit transactions described on Schedule
7.6 or otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.

| | 7.7. | Certain
Amendments.
| | ---- | -------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) amend,
modify or waive, or permit the amendment, modification or waiver of, any provision of any
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any Indebtedness, including, without
limitation, the Revolving Credit Agreement, or (ii) amend or modify its articles or
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incorporation or bylaws, in each case under clauses (i) and (ii) other
than any amendments or modifications that would not adversely affect the Banks in any
material respect.

| | 7.8. | Lines
of Business.
| | ---- | ------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to
any substantial degree in any business other than the lines of property and casualty
insurance or reinsurance business and other businesses engaged in by the Applicant and
its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or a business reasonably related thereto.

| | 7.9. | Limitations
on Certain Restrictions.
| | ---- | ------------------------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any
restriction or encumbrance on (i) the ability of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries to
perform and comply with their respective obligations under the Credit Documents or any
Debt Agreement, (ii) the ability of the Applicant or any Subsidiary to grant, assume or
permit to exist any Lien upon any of its assets or properties as security, directly or
indirectly, for the Obligations, other than the restrictions, set forth in the Credit
Documents or any Debt Agreement, or (iii) the ability of any Subsidiary of the payments
or other distributions in respect of its capital to the Applicant or any other
Subsidiary, or to transfer to the Applicant or any other Subsidiary, in each case other
existing under or by reason of the Credit Documents, any Debt Agreement or applicable
Requirements of Law.

| | 7.10. | Fiscal
Year.
| | ----- | ------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, change the
ending date of its fiscal year to a date other than December 31 unless (i) the
Applicant shall have given the Banks written notice of its intention to change such
ending date at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date thereof and (ii) prior
to such effective date this Agreement shall have been amended to make any changes in the
financial covenants and other terms and conditions to the extent necessary, in the
reasonable determination of the Required Banks, to reflect the new fiscal year ending
date.

| | 7.11. | Accounting
Changes.
| | ----- | -------------------

The
Applicant will not, and will not permit or cause any of its Subsidiaries to, make or
permit any material change in its accounting policies or reporting practices, except as
may be required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or Statutory Accounting
Practices, as applicable, and any change to an accounting principle that can be
demonstrated by the Applicant to be preferable in accordance with Statements
on Auditing Standards No. 58 as promulgated by the Auditing Standards Board.

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|8. |  | DEFAULT
|-- |  | -------

| | 8.1. | Events
of Default.
| | ---- | ------------------

The
following shall each constitute an Event of Default hereunder:

(a)
The failure of the Applicant or any Co-Applicant to pay any reimbursement obligations in
respect of any Letter of Credit within one (1) Business Day after demand; or

(b)
The failure of the Applicant or any Co-Applicant to pay any interest or any other fees or
expenses payable under any Credit Document or otherwise to the Agent with respect to the
credit facilities established hereunder within three (3) Business Days of the date when
due and payable; or

(c)
The issuance of any Letter of Credit for a purpose inconsistent with or in violation of
Section 2.1(b) or the use of the proceeds of any Letter of Credit in a manner
inconsistent with or in violation of Section 2.13; or

(d)
The failure of the Agent to have a perfected first priority security interest in the
Collateral (other than to the extent covered solely by the action or inactions of the
Agent); or

(e)
The Applicant, any Co-Applicant or any of the Applicants Subsidiaries shall fail to
observe, perform or comply with any condition, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents other than those enumerated in clauses
(a), (b), (c), or (d) above and such failure shall continue unremedied for any grace
period specifically applicable thereto or, if no such grace period is applicable, for a
period after the Applicant acquires knowledge thereof of (i) five (5) days with respect
to covenants set forth in Sections 2.14(a), 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.4(i) or (ii) thirty (30)
days with respect to any other condition, covenant or agreement; or

(f)
Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by the Applicant or any
Co-Applicant in this Agreement or in any Credit Document or any certificate, financial
statement or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made); or

(g)
The Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to pay when due (whether by
scheduled maturity, acceleration or otherwise and after giving effect to any applicable
grace period) any principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Agreement) having an aggregate principal amount of
at least $5,000,000; or (ii) fail to observe, perform or comply with any condition,
covenant or agreement contained in any agreement or instrument evidencing or relating to
any such Indebtedness, or any other event shall occur or condition exist in respect
thereof, and the effect of such failure, event or condition is to cause, or permit the
holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on its or their behalf) to
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time, or both), such Indebtedness to become due, or to be prepaid,
redeemed, purchased or defeased, prior to its stated maturity; or

(h)
The Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) file a voluntary petition or commence
a voluntary case seeking liquidation, winding-up, reorganization, dissolution,
arrangement, readjustment of debts or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Code or under
any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect,
(ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to controvert in a timely and
appropriate manner, any petition or case of the type described in subsection (i)
below, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, trustee, receiver or similar official for or of itself or all or a substantial
part of its properties or assets, (iv) fail generally, or admit in writing its inability,
to pay its debts generally as they become due, (v) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors or (vi) take any corporate action to authorize or approve any of the
foregoing; or

(i)
Any involuntary petition or case shall be filed or commenced against the Applicant or any
of its Subsidiaries seeking liquidation, winding-up, reorganization, dissolution,
arrangement, readjustment of debts, the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver or
similar official for it or all or a substantial part of its properties or any other
relief under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law now or hereafter in effect, and such petition or case shall continue
undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or an order, judgment or decree
approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered in any such proceeding; or

(j)
Any one or more money judgments, writs or warrants of attachment, executions or similar
processes involving an aggregate amount (exclusive of amounts fully bonded or covered by
insurance as to which the surety or insurer, as the case may be, has acknowledged its
liability in writing) in excess of $5,000,000 (other than a liability of an Insurance
Subsidiary under an insurance contract written in the ordinary course of business) shall
be entered or filed against the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties, and the same shall not be dismissed, stayed or discharged for a
period of thirty (30) days; or

(k)
Any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating
in excess of $5,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA;
or notice of intent to terminate a Material Plan shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA
by any member of the ERISA Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the
foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate,
to impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of,
or to cause a Trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan; or a condition
shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating
that any Material Plan must be terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial
withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with
respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which could cause one or more members of the
ERISA Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $5,000,000; or

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(l)
Any Insurance Regulatory Authority or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
shall issue any order of conservation, supervision, rehabilitation or liquidation or any
other order of similar effect in respect of any Insurance Subsidiary, and such action,
individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect; or

(m)
Any one or more licenses, permits, accreditations or authorizations of the Applicant or
any of its Subsidiaries shall be suspended, limited or terminated or shall not be
renewed, or any other action shall be taken, by any Governmental Authority in response to
any alleged failure by the Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries to be in compliance with
applicable Requirements of Law, and such action, individually or in the aggregate, would
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(n)
Any of the following shall occur: (i) any Person, including, without limitation, any
individual member of the Management Group, or group of Persons acting in concert as a
partnership or other group shall, as a result of a tender or exchange offer, open market
purchases, privately negotiated purchases or otherwise, have become, after the date
hereof, the beneficial owner (within the meaning of such term under Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Applicant representing thirty percent (30%)
or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Applicant
ordinarily (and apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having the right
to vote in the election of directors; provided, however, The PMA
Foundation, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, may become the beneficial owner of
securities of the Applicant representing fifty percent (50%) or less of the combined
voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Applicant so long as it remains a
non-profit corporation that has no members with voting rights and the Management Group
collectively may become the beneficial owner of securities of the Applicant representing
fifty percent (50 %) or less of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
securities of the Applicant (unless such increase in beneficial ownership beyond 50% is
the result of a decrease in the shares of voting stock outstanding), or (ii) the Board of
Directors of the Applicant shall cease to consist of a majority of the individuals who
constituted the Board of Directors of the Applicant as of the date hereof or who shall
have become a member thereof subsequent to the date hereof after having been nominated,
or otherwise approved in writing, by at least a majority of individuals who constituted
the Board of Directors of the Applicant as of the date hereof (or their replacements
approved as herein required).

Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter during the continuance
thereof, (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) above,
the Commitment shall immediately and automatically terminate and any reimbursement
obligations owing or contingently owing in respect of all Outstanding Letters of Credit
and all other amounts owing under the Credit Documents shall immediately become due and
payable, and the Agent may, and, upon the direction of the Required Banks shall, exercise
any and all remedies and other rights provided in the Credit Documents, and (b) if such
event is any other Event of Default, any or all of the following actions may be taken:
(i) with the consent of the Required Banks, the Agent may, and upon the direction of the
Required Banks shall, by notice to the Applicant, declare the Commitment to be terminated
forthwith, whereupon the Commitment shall immediately terminate, and (ii) with the
consent of the Required Banks, the Agent may, and

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upon the direction of the Required Banks shall, by notice of default to
the Applicant, declare any reimbursement obligations owing or contingently owing in
respect of all Outstanding Letters of Credit and all other amounts owing under the Credit
Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become
due and payable, and the Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Banks shall,
exercise any and all remedies and other rights provided pursuant to the Credit Documents.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other
notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived. Each Credit Party hereby further
expressly waives and covenants not to assert any appraisement, valuation, stay,
extension, redemption or similar laws, now or at any time hereafter in force which might
delay, prevent or otherwise impede the performance or enforcement of any Credit Document.

Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter during the continuance
thereof, the Agent may and, at the direction of Required Banks, shall (i) exercise any
and all rights and remedies granted to a secured party by the Uniform Commercial Code in
effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or otherwise allowed at law, and otherwise
provided by this Agreement, and (ii) dispose of the Collateral consisting of
Treasury Securities and U.S. Federal Agency Obligations as it may choose, so long as
every aspect of the disposition including the method, manner, time, place and terms are
commercially reasonable, and the Applicant and each Co-Applicant agrees that, without
limitation, the following are each commercially reasonable: (A) the Agent shall not in
any event be required to give more than five (5) days prior notice to the Applicant or
any Co-Applicant of any such disposition, (B) any place within the cities of New York,
Boston or Hartford may be designated by the Agent for disposition, and (C) the Agent may
adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and
place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and
place to which it was so adjourned.

In
the event that the Commitment shall have been terminated pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, any funds received by the Agent and the Banks from or on behalf of the
Applicant and/or any Co-Applicant shall, in the event that any Letters of Credit remain
outstanding, either be held by the Agent or applied by the Agent in liquidation of the
obligations of the Applicant and the Co-Applicants under the Credit Documents in the Agents
discretion. Any such funds to be applied by the Agent and the Banks in liquidation of the
obligations of the Applicant and the Co-Applicants under the Credit Documents shall be
applied (i) first, to reimburse the Agent and the Banks for any expenses due from the
Applicant and/or any Co-Applicant, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.5; (ii)
second, to the payment of the accrued and unpaid Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit
Commissions and all other fees, expenses and amounts due under the Credit Documents
(other than the reimbursement obligations); (iii) third, to the payment of interest due
on the reimbursement obligations, on a pro rata basis; (iv) fourth, to the payment of the
reimbursement obligations, on a pro rata basis; and (v) fifth, to the payment of any
other amounts owing to the Agent and the Banks under any Credit Document.

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|9. |  | THE
AGENT
|-- |  | ---------

| | 9.1. | Appointment
| | ---- | -----------

Each
Bank and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Fleet as Agent
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each such Bank and the Issuing Bank
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the
provisions of the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as
are expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Credit Documents, together with
such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary elsewhere in any Credit Document, the Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities other than those expressly set forth therein, or any fiduciary
relationship with any Bank or the Issuing Bank, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Credit
Documents or otherwise exist against the Agent.

| | 9.2. | Delegation
of Duties.
| | ---- | ---------------------

The
Agent may execute any of its duties under the Credit Documents by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties.

| | 9.3. | Exculpatory
Provisions.
| | ---- | -----------------------

Neither
the Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it
or such Person under or in connection with the Credit Documents (except for its or their
own gross negligence or willful misconduct, including gross negligence or willful
misconduct in selecting a Person to whom duties are delegated pursuant to Section 9.2),
or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Banks for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained
in the Credit Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or in connection with, the
Credit Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, perfection,
enforceability or sufficiency of any of the Credit Documents or for any failure of any
Credit Party or any other Person to perform its obligations thereunder. The Agent shall
not be under any obligation to any Bank or the Issuing Bank to ascertain or to inquire as
to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of,
the Credit Documents, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.
The Agent shall not be under any liability or responsibility whatsoever, as Agent, to any
Credit Party or any other Person as a consequence of any failure or delay in performance,
or any breach, by any Bank or the Issuing Bank of any of its obligations under any of the
Credit Documents.

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| | 9.4. | Reliance
by Agent.
| | ---- | ------------------

The
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, opinion, letter, cablegram,
telegram, facsimile, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or
made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel
(including, without limitations counsel to any Credit Party), independent accountants and
other experts selected by the Agent. The Agent may treat each Bank and the Issuing Bank,
or the Person designated in the last notice filed with it under this Section, as the
holder of all of the interests of such Bank or Issuing Bank hereunder until written
notice of transfer, signed by such Bank or Issuing Bank (or the Person designated in the
last notice filed with the Agent) and by the Person designated in such written notice of
transfer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, shall have been filed with the
Agent. The Agent shall not be under any duty to examine or pass upon the validity,
effective, enforceability, perfection or genuineness of the Credit Documents or any
instrument, document or communication furnished pursuant thereto or in connection
therewith, and the Agent shall be entitled to assume that the same are valid, effective
and genuine, have been signed or sent by the proper parties and are what they purport to
be. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
the Credit Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the
Required Banks as it deems appropriate. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected
in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request or direction of the
Required Banks, and such request or direction and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Banks, including all future Banks and the
Issuing Bank.

| | 9.5. | Notice
of Default.
| | ---- | ------------------

The
Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default unless the Agent has received written notice thereof from the Issuing
Bank, a Bank or the Applicant or any Co-Applicant. In the event that the Agent receives
such a notice, the Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Issuing Bank, the
Banks and the Applicant. The Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Banks; provided, however, that
unless and until the Agent shall have received such directions, the Agent may (but shall
not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect
to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Banks.

| | 9.6. | Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Banks.
| | ---- | --------------------------------------

Each
Bank and the Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that neither the Agent nor any of its
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent hereinafter,
including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute
any representation or warranty by the Agent to any Bank or the Issuing Bank. Each Bank
and the Issuing Bank represents to the Agent that it has, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank or the Issuing Bank, and based on such
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appropriate, made its own evaluation of and investigation into the
business, operations, Property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the
Credit Parties and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Bank and the
Issuing Bank also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, evaluations and
decisions in taking or not taking action under any Credit Document, and to make such
investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties.
Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the
Banks by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Bank or the Issuing Bank with any credit or other information concerning the
business, operations, Property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the
Credit Parties which may come into the possession of the Agent or any of its officers,
directors, employees, agent, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

| | 9.7. | Indemnification.
| | ---- | ----------------

Each
Bank agrees to indemnify and reimburse in Dollars the Agent in its capacity as such (to
the extent not promptly reimbursed by the Applicant or any Co-Applicant and without
limiting the obligation of any Credit Party to do so), in the Dollar Equivalent amount of
its pro rata share (based on its Commitment Percentage hereunder), from and against any
and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever including, without limitation,
any amounts paid to the Banks (through the Agent) by the Applicant or any Co-Applicant
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Documents, that are subsequently rescinded or
avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned) which may at any time be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the
Credit Documents or any other documents contemplated by or referred to therein or the
transactions contemplated thereby or any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent
under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Bank shall
be liable for the payment of any portion, of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the
extent resulting primarily from the finally adjudicated gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Agent (or any final settlement in which the Agent admits being guilty
of gross negligence or willful misconduct). Without limitation of the foregoing, each
Bank agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its pro rata share of any
unpaid fees owing to the Agent, and any costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) payable by the Applicant under
Section 10.5, to the extent that the Agent has not been paid such fees or has not been
reimbursed for such costs and expenses, by the Applicant or other Credit Party. The
failure of any Bank to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its pro rata share of
any amount required to be paid by the Banks to the Agent as provided in this Section
shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation hereunder to reimburse the Agent for
its pro rata share of such amount, but no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of
another Bank to reimburse the Agent for such other Banks pro rata share of such
amount. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of all amounts payable
under the Credit Documents.

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| | 9.8. | Agent
in Its Individual Capacity.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------

The
Agent and its respective affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, issue
letters of credit for the account of, and generally engage in any kind of business with,
any Credit Party as though the Agent were not Agent hereunder. With respect to its
Commitment and participation as a Bank with respect to Letters of Credit, the Agent, in
its individual capacity and not as Agent, shall have the same rights and powers under the
Credit Documents as any Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent,
and the terms Bankand Banks shall in each case include the Agent
in its individual capacity and not as Agent.

| | 9.9. | Successor
Agent.
| | ---- | ----------------

If
at any time the Agent deems it advisable, in its sole discretion, it may submit to each
of the Banks and the Issuing Bank a written notice of its resignation as Agent under the
Credit Documents, such resignation to be effective upon the earlier of (i) the written
acceptance of the duties of the Agent under the Credit Documents by a successor Agent and
(ii) on the thirtieth (30th) day after the date of such notice. Upon any such
resignation, the Required Banks shall have the right to appoint from among the Banks a
successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Banks
and accepted such appointment in writing within thirty (30) days after retiring Agents
giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks,
appoint a successor Agent, which successor Agent shall be a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof. Upon the acceptance
of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall
thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agents rights, powers, privileges and
duties as Agent under the Credit Documents shall be terminated. The Applicant,
Co-Applicant, Issuing Bank and the Banks shall execute such documents as shall be
necessary to effect such appointment. After any retiring Agents resignation as
Agent, the provisions of the Credit Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under the Credit Documents.
If at any time there shall not be a duly appointed and acting Agent, the Applicant agrees
to make each payment due under the Credit Documents directly to the Issuing Bank and the
Banks entitled thereto during such time.

|10. |  | OTHER
PROVISIONS
|--- |  | ----------------

| | 10.1. | Amendments
and Waivers.
| | ----- | -----------------------

With
the written consent of the Required Banks, the Agent and the appropriate Credit Parties
may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications of
the Credit Documents and, with the consent of the Required Banks, the Agent on behalf of
the Banks may execute and deliver to any such parties a written instrument waiving or a
consent to a departure from, on such terms and conditions as the Agent may specify in
such instrument, any of the requirements of the Credit Documents or any Default or Event
of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that:

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(a)
no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall, without the consent
of all of the Banks, (i) increase the Commitment Percentage of any Bank or the
Commitment, (ii) extend the Termination Date (except as provided in Section 2.6) or,
subject to Section 2.5, the Stated Expiration Date of any Letter of Credit, (iii) reduce
interest, any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (iv) postpone any date fixed for
payment of reimbursement obligations, interest or any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder, (v) change the provisions of Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 10.1 or 10.6(a), (vi)
increase the sublimit applicable to Letters of Credit issued at the request of
Subsidiaries of the Applicant which are not Material Insurance Subsidiaries, (vii) change
the definition of Required Banks or (viii) release any Collateral other than as expressly
permitted hereunder;

(b)
without the written consent of the Issuing Bank, no such amendment, supplement,
modification or waiver shall change the Commitment, change the amount or the time of
payment of the Letter of Credit Commissions or change any other term or provision which
relates to the Commitment or the Letters of Credit; and

(c)
without the written consent of the Agent, no such amendment, supplement, modification or
waiver shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 or otherwise change any of
the rights or obligations of the Agent hereunder or under the Credit Documents.

Any
such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver shall apply equally to each of the
Banks and shall be binding upon the parties to the applicable Credit Document, the Banks,
the Agent, the Issuing Bank and all future Banks. In the case of any waiver, the parties
to the applicable Credit Document, the Banks and the Agent shall be restored to their
former position and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents to the extent
provided for in such waiver, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall not extend
to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent
thereon. The Credit Documents may not be amended orally or by any course of conduct.

|10.2. |  | Notices.
|----- |  | --------

All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties to the Credit Documents
to be effective shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided therein,
shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or when deposited
in the mail, first-class postage or, in the case of notice by facsimile, when sent,
addressed as follows in the case of the Applicant, the Issuing Bank, the Agent and to the
address of a Bank designated as such on Schedule 10.2 hereto and to the address of a
Credit Party set forth in a Credit Document, or to such other addresses as to which the
Agent may be hereafter notified by the respective parties thereto:

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| |                                                         |                                                                                 
| | ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | The Applicant:                                         
| |                                                        
| | PMA Capital Corporation                                
| | Mellon Bank Center, 28th Floor                         
| | 1735 Market Street                                     
| | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-7590                 
| | Attention:                                              | Francis W. McDonnell,Senior Vice President,Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
| | Telephone:                                              | (215) 665-5070                                                                  
| | Facsimile:                                              | (215) 665-5043                                                                  
| |                                                        
| | with a copy to in the case of notices to the Applicant:
| |                                                        
| | PMA Capital Corporation                                
| | Mellon Bank Center, 28th Floor                         
| | 1735 Market Street                                     
| | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-7590                 
| | Attention:                                              | Charles A. Brawley, III, Esq.                                                   
| | Telephone:                                              | (215) 665-5039                                                                  
| | Facsimile:                                              | (215) 665-5043                                                                  
| |                                                        
| | The Agent:                                             
| |                                                        
| | Fleet National Bank                                    
| | 777 Main Street                                        
| | Hartford, Connecticut  06115                           
| | Attention:                                              | Anson T. Harris, Director                                                       
| | Telephone:                                              | (860) 986-7518                                                                  
| | Facsimile:                                              | (860) 986-1264                                                                  
| |                                                        
| | The Issuing Bank:                                      
| |                                                        
| | Fleet National Bank                                    
| | One Fleet Way                                          
| | Mail Stop: PA EH 0802SM                                
| | Scranton, PA 18507                                     
| | Attn:                                                   | Letter of Credit Department                                                     
| | Telephone:                                              | (570)330-4212                                                                   
| | Facsimile:                                              | (570) 330-4187                                                                  
| |                                                        

except that any notice, request or demand by the Applicant to or
upon the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Banks pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.5 or
2.6 shall not be effective until received, and any notice of payment or demand
for payment under Section 2.1(c) shall not be effective until received at the
facsimile number designated above for the Applicant. Any party to a Credit
Document may rely on signatures of the parties thereto which are transmitted by
facsimile or

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other electronic means as fully as if originally signed.

| | 10.3. | No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
| | ----- | -------------------------------

No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Bank, any right, remedy, power or privilege under any Credit Document shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right,
remedy, power or privilege under any Credit Document preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The
rights, remedies, powers and privileges under the Credit Documents are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

| | 10.4. | Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
| | ----- | -------------------------------------------

All
representations and warranties made under the Credit Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith shall
survive the execution and delivery of the Credit Documents.

| | 10.5. | Payment
of Expenses and Taxes.
| | ----- | ------------------------------

The
Applicant agrees, promptly upon presentation of a statement or invoice therefor, and
whether any Letter of Credit is issued (i) to pay or reimburse the Agent for all its
out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with (A) the
development, preparation and execution of, the Credit Documents and any amendment,
supplement or modification thereto (whether or not executed), any documents prepared in
connection therewith and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby,
including syndication, and (B) any costs incurred in connection with any confirmation of
any Letters of Credit and, including, in each case without limitation, the reasonable
attorneysfees and disbursements, (ii) to pay or reimburse the Agent or the Issuing
Bank for the cost of any confirmation of any Letter of Credit, (iii) to pay or reimburse
the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Banks for all of their respective costs and expenses,
including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred in
connection with (A) any Default or Event of Default and any enforcement or collection
proceedings resulting therefrom or in connection with the negotiation of any
restructuring or work-out (whether consummated or not) of the obligations of
the Credit Parties under any of the Credit Documents, and (B) the enforcement of this
Section, (iv) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Bank, the Issuing Bank and the Agent
harmless from and against any and all recording and filing fees and any and all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and
other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in
connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the directions
contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or
consent under or in respect of, the Credit Documents and any such other documents, and
(v) to pay, indemnify and hold each Bank, the Issuing Bank and the Agent and each of
their respective officers, directors and employees harmless from and against any and all
other liabilities, obligations, claims, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or name whatsoever (including,
without limitation reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) with respect to the
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the Credit Documents, the issuance and use of the Letters of Credit (all
the foregoing, collectively, the indemnified liabilities) and, if and
to the extent that the foregoing indemnity may be unenforceable for any reason, the
Applicant agrees to make the maximum payment permitted or not prohibited under applicable
law; provided, however, that the Applicant shall have no obligation hereunder to pay
indemnified liabilities to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Bank arising from the
finally adjudicated gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent, the Issuing Bank
or such Bank or claims between one indemnified party and another indemnified party (or
any final settlement in which the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or such Bank admits being
guilty of gross negligence or willful misconduct). The Applicant further agrees that all
payments made pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be made in Dollars. The agreements in
this Section shall survive the termination of the Commitment and the payment of all
amounts payable under the Credit Documents.

| | 10.6. | Assignments
and Participants.
| | ----- | -----------------------------

(a)
The Credit Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Applicant, the
Co-Applicants, the Banks, the Issuing Bank, the Agent, all future Banks and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Credit Party may assign, delegate or
transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Credit Documents without the prior
written consent of the Agent and each Bank.

(b)
Each Bank shall have the right at any time, upon written notice to the Agent of its
intent to do so, to sell, assign, transfer or negotiate all or any part of such Banks
rights under the Credit Documents to one or more of its affiliates which would otherwise
be Eligible Assignees, to one or more of the other Banks (or to affiliates of such other
Banks which would be an Eligible Assignee) or, with the prior written consent of the
Applicant, the Issuing Bank and the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld and which consent of Applicant shall not be required upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default), to sell, assign, transfer or negotiate
all or any part of such Banks rights and obligations under the Credit Documents to
any other bank, insurance company, pension fund, mutual fund or other financial
institution which meets the criteria of Eligible Assignee, provided that (i) each such
partial sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation (other than sales, assignments,
transfers or negotiations to affiliates of such Bank) shall be in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 and (ii) there shall be paid to the Agent by the assigning Bank a fee (the Assignment
Fee) of $3,000. For each assignment, the parties to such assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Agent for its acceptance and recording an Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording by the
Agent, from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in
such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, the assignor Bank thereunder shall be released
from its obligations under the Credit Documents. Upon any such sale, assignment or other
transfer, the Commitment Percentages set forth in Exhibit A shall be adjusted accordingly
by the Agent and a new Exhibit A shall be distributed by the Agent to the Applicant and
each Bank.

(c)
Each Bank may grant participations in all or any part of its Commitment Percentage to one
or more Persons (other than property and casualty insurance companies),

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provided that (i) such Banks obligations under the Credit Documents
shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Bank shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties to the Credit Documents for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the
Applicant, the Issuing Bank, the Agent and the other Banks shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Bank in connection with such Banks rights and obligations
under the Credit Documents, (v) no sub-participations shall be permitted and (vi) the
voting rights of any holder of any participation shall be limited to decisions that only
do any of the following: (A) subject the participant to any additional obligation, (B)
reduce interest, any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, or (C) postpone any date
fixed for the payment of reimbursement obligations, interest or any fees or other amounts
payable hereunder. The Applicant acknowledges and agrees that any such participant shall
for purposes of Sections 2.11 and 2.12 be deemed to be a Bank; provided,
however, the Applicant shall not, at any time, be obligated to pay any participant
in any interest of any Bank hereunder any sum in excess of the sum which the Applicant
would have been obligated to pay to such Bank in respect of such interest had such Bank
not sold such participation.

(d)
No Bank shall, as between and among the Applicant, any Co-Applicant, the Issuing Bank,
the Agent and such Bank, be relieved of any of its obligations under the Credit Documents
as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of
participations in, all or any part of its Commitment Percentage, except that a Bank shall
be relieved of its obligations to the extent of any such sale, assignment, transfer or
negotiation of any Commitment Percentage.

(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, any Bank may at any
time or from time to time assign all or any portion of its rights under the Credit
Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank, provided that any such assignment shall not release
such assignor from its obligations thereunder.

(f)
Any Bank may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment
or participation pursuant to this Section, disclose to the Assignee or Participant or
proposed Assignee or Participant any information relating to the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries furnished to it by or on behalf of any other party hereto, provided that
such Assignee or Participant or proposed Assignee or Participant agrees in writing to
keep such information confidential to the same extent required of the Banks under Section
10.19.

| | 10.7. | Counterparts.
| | ----- | -------------

Each
Credit Document may be executed by one or more of the parties thereto on any number of
separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same document. It shall not be necessary in making proof of any
Credit Document to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party
to be charged. A counterpart of any Credit Document, and of any amendment, modification,
consent or waiver to or of any Credit Document transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed
to be an originally executed counterpart. A set of the copies of the Credit Documents
signed by all the parties thereto shall be deposited with each of the Applicant and the
Agent. Any party to a Credit Document may rely upon the signatures of any other party
thereto which are transmitted by facsimile or other electronic means to the same extent
as if originally signed.

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| | 10.8. | Adjustments;
Set-off.
| | ----- | ---------------------

(a)
If any Bank (a Benefitted Bank) shall at any time receive any payment
or collateral in respect of the Obligations in excess of its pro rata share (based on its
Commitment Percentage) (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to
events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8.1(h) or (i), or otherwise),
such Benefitted Bank shall purchase from each of the other Banks such portion of each
such other Banks participation in the Obligations, and shall provide each of such
other Banks with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall
be necessary to cause such Benefitted Bank to share the excess payment or benefits of
such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Banks, provided, however, that if
all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such
Benefitted Bank, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits
returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Applicant and
Co-Applicants agree that each Bank so purchasing a portion of another Banks
percentage of Obligations may exercise all rights of payment (including, without
limitation, rights of set-off, to the extent not prohibited by law) with respect to such
portion as fully as if such Bank were the direct holder of such portion.

(b)
In addition to any rights and remedies of the Banks provided by law, upon the occurrence
of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) or (b), each
Bank shall have the right, without prior notice to the Applicant, any such notice being
expressly waived by each Credit Party to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, to
set-off and apply against any indebtedness, whether contingent, matured or unmatured of
such Credit Party to such Bank, any amount owing from such Bank to such Credit Party, at,
or at any time after, the happening of any of the above mentioned events. To the extent
not prohibited by applicable law, the aforesaid right of set-off may be exercised by such
Bank against such Credit Party or against any trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in
possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or
attachment creditor of such Credit Party, or against anyone else claiming through or
against such Credit Party or such trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, receivers or execution, judgment or attachment
creditor, notwithstanding the fact that such right of set-off shall not have been
exercised by such Bank prior to the making, filing or issuance, or service upon such Bank
of, or of notice of, any such petition, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
appointment or application for the appointment of a receiver, or issuance of execution,
subpoena, order or warrant. Each Bank agrees promptly to notify the applicable Credit
Party, the Issuing Bank and the Agent after any such set-off and application made by such
Bank, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
set-off and application.

| | 10.9. | Construction
| | ----- | ------------

Each
Credit Party represents that it has been represented by counsel in connection with the
Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and that the principle that
agreements are to be construed against the draftsman shall be inapplicable.

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| | 10.10. | Indemnity.
| | ------ | ----------

The
Applicant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Bank
and their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents (each an Indemnified
Person) from and against any loss, cost, liability, claim, damage or expense
(including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel of such Indemnified Person,
including all local counsel hired by any such counsel) incurred by such Indemnified
Person in investigating, preparing for, defending against, or providing evidence,
producing documents or taking any-other action in respect of, any commenced or threatened
litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation under any federal securities law
or any other statute of any jurisdiction, or any regulation, or at common law or
otherwise, which is alleged to arise out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact by any Credit Party in any document or
schedule executed or filed with any governmental body, agency or authority, by or on
behalf of any Credit Party; (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state any material
fact required to be stated in such document or schedule, or necessary to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading;
(iii) any acts, practices or omissions or alleged acts, practices or omissions of any
Credit Party or its agents relating to the issuance and maintenance of any or all Letters
of Credit or the use of any or all Letters of Credit by the Applicant which are alleged
to be in violation of Section 2.13, or in violation of any federal securities law or of
any other statute, regulation or other law of any jurisdiction applicable thereto or (iv)
the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any applicable environmental laws
applicable to the Credit Parties. The indemnity set forth herein shall be in addition to
any other obligations or liabilities of the Applicant and/or Co-Applicant to each
Indemnified Person under the Credit Documents or at common law or otherwise, and shall
survive any termination of the Credit Documents, the expiration of the Commitment and the
payment of all obligations of the Applicant and Co-Applicants under the Credit Documents,
provided that the Applicant shall have no obligation under this Section to an Indemnified
Person with respect to any of the foregoing to the extent found in a final judgment of a
court having jurisdiction to have resulted primarily out of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or arising solely from claims between one
such Indemnified Person and another such Indemnified Person.

| | 10.11. | Governing
Law.
| | ------ | --------------

The
Credit Documents and the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder shall be
governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

| | 10.12. | Headings
Descriptive.
| | ------ | ---------------------

Section
headings have been inserted in the Credit Documents for convenience only and shall not be
construed to be a part thereof.

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| | 10.13. | Severability.
| | ------ | -------------

Every
provision of the Credit Documents is intended to be severable, and if any term or
provision thereof shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof shall not be
affected or impaired thereby, and any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any such term
or provision in any other jurisdiction.

| | 10.14. | Integration
| | ------ | -----------

All
exhibits to a Credit Document shall be deemed to be a part thereof. The Credit Documents
embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Credit Parties, the Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Banks with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings among the Credit Parties, the Agent, the Issuing Bank
and the Banks with respect to the subject matter thereof.

| | 10.15. | Consent
to Jurisdiction.
| | ------ | ------------------------

Each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any Massachusetts or
Connecticut State or Federal court in Massachusetts or Connecticut over any suit, action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Credit Documents. Each Credit Party
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted or not prohibited by law, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit,
action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Credit
Party hereby agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought
in such a court, after all appropriate appeals, shall be conclusive and binding upon it.

| | 10.16. | Service
of Process.
| | ------ | -------------------

Each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any suit, action or
proceeding by sending the same by first class mail, return receipt requested or by
overnight courier service, to the address of such Credit Party set forth in or referred
to in Section 10.2 or in the applicable Credit Document executed by such Credit Party.
Each Credit Party hereby agrees that any such service (i) shall be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action, or proceeding, and
(ii) shall to the fullest extent enforceable by law, be taken and held to be valid
personal service upon and personal delivery to it.

| | 10.17. | No
Limitation on Service or Suit
| | ------ | --------------------------------

Nothing
in the Credit Documents or any modification, waiver, consent or amendment thereto shall
affect the right of the Agent or any Bank to serve process in any manner permitted by law
or limit the right of the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Bank to bring proceedings
against any Credit Party in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which

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such Credit Party may be served.

| | 10.18. | WAIVER
OF TRIAL BY JURY.
| | ------ | ------------------------

THE
AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, THE BANKS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN. FURTHER, EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF THE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, OR THE BANKS, OR COUNSEL TO THE
AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR THE BANKS, HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE
AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR THE BANKS WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. EACH CREDIT PARTY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK AND THE BANKS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, INTER ALIA, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

| | 10.19. | Confidentiality.
| | ------ | ----------------

Each
Bank agrees to keep confidential, pursuant to its customary procedures for handling
confidential information of a similar nature and in accordance with safe and sound
banking practices, all nonpublic information provided to it by or on behalf of the
Applicant or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement or any other
Credit Document; provided, however, that any Bank may disclose such
information (i) to its directors, employees and agents and to its auditors, counsel and
other professional advisors, (ii) at the demand or request of any bank regulatory
authority, court or other Governmental Authority having or asserting jurisdiction over
such Bank, as may be required pursuant to subpoena or other legal process, or otherwise
in order to comply with any Requirement of Law, (iii) in connection with any proceeding
to enforce its other Credit Document or any other litigation or proceeding is a party,
(iv) to the Agent or any other Bank, (v) to the extent the same has become publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement and (vi) pursuant to and
in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6(f).

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.

| |                                                          |                                                          
| | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------
| | PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION                                 
|
| | By:                                                      | /s/ Francis W. McDonnell                                 
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Name:                                                    | Francis W. McDonnell                                     
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Title:                                                   | Senior Vice President, Chief FinancialOfficer & Treasurer
| |                                                          |                                                          
|
| | PMA CAPITAL INSURANCE COMPANY                           
|
| | By:                                                      | /s/ Albert D. Ciavardelli                                
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Name:                                                    | Albert D. Ciavardelli                                    
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Title:                                                   | Vice President & Treasurer                               
| |                                                          |                                                          
|
| | PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS'ASSOCIATION INSURANCE COMPANY
|
| | By:                                                      | /s/ William E. Hitselberger                              
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Name:                                                    | William E. Hitselberger                                  
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Title:                                                   | Senior Vice President, Chief FinancialOfficer & Treasurer
| |                                                          |                                                          
|
|
| | HIGH MOUNTAIN REINSURANCE, LTD.                         
|
| | By:                                                      | /s/ Edward S. Hochberg                                   
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Name:                                                    | Edward S. Hochberg                                       
| |                                                          |                                                          
| | Title:                                                   | Treasurer & Secretary                                    
| |                                                          |                                                          
|

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| |                                                                |                        
| | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------
| | FLEET NATIONAL BANK,Individually and as Agent and Issuing Bank
|
| | By:                                                            | /s/ Anita M. Presmarita
| |                                                                |                        
| | Name:                                                          | Anita M. Presmarita    
| |                                                                |                        
| | Title:                                                         | Vice President         
| |                                                                |                        
|

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT A

COMMITMENT

|Bank                | Commitment   Percentage |  | Commitment   Amount | 
|------------------- | ----------------------- |  | ------------------- | 
|                   
|Fleet National Bank | 100%                    |  | $ 50,000,000        | 
|                   
|Total               | 100%                    |  | $ 50,000,000        | 
|                   

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT

This Assignment
and Acceptance Agreement is made and entered into as of _________, 200_, by and
between ____________________ (the Assignor) and
_______________ (the Assignee).

R E C I T A L S

A. The Assignor,
one or more other banks (together with any prior assignees, (the
Banks) and Fleet National Bank, as agent (the
Agent) and as issuing bank (the Issuing
Bank), are parties to that certain Letter of Credit Agreement dated as
of ________________, 2001 (as from time to time amended, the
Agreement) with PMA Capital Corporation, a Pennsylvania
corporation (the Applicant) and certain subsidiaries of the
Applicant party thereto. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Banks agreed to
participate in Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank under the Agreement
in accordance with their Commitment Percentage. The Assignors Commitment
(without giving effect to the assignment effected hereby or to other assignments
thereof which have not yet become effective) is specified in Item 1 of Schedule
1 hereto. The Assignors percentage of the Letter of Credit Exposure
(without giving effect to the assignment effected hereby or to other assignments
thereof which have not yet become effective) is specified in Item 2 of Schedule
1 hereto. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein as
defined in the Agreement.

B. The Assignor
wishes to sell and assign to the Assignee, and the Assignee wishes to purchase
and assume from the Assignor, the portion of the Assignors Commitment
specified in. Item 3 of Schedule 1 hereto together with its related rights and
obligations under the Credit Documents and in respect of the Collateral (the
Assigned Commitment).

The parties
agree as follows:

1.
Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in
the Agreement, the Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the
Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, without recourse, on
the date set forth above (the Assignment Date) all
obligations of the Assignor under the Agreement with respect to the Assigned
Commitment together with its related rights and obligations under the Credit
Documents and in respect of the Collateral. As consideration for the assignment
and sale contemplated hereby, the Assignee shall pay to the Assignor on the date
hereof the amount heretofore agreed between them.

2.
Representation and Warranties. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee
represents and warrants to the other that (a) it has full power and legal right
to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and to perform
the provisions of this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement; (b) the execution,
delivery and performance of this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement have been
authorized by all action, corporate or otherwise, and do not

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violate any provisions of its charter or by-laws or any contractual
obligations or requirement of law binding on it; and (c) this Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms. The Assignor further represents that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is
free and clear of any adverse claim created by the Assignor. The Assignee further
represents that it is an Eligible Assigneeas said term is defined in the
Agreement.

3. Condition Precedent.
The obligations of the Assignor and the Assignee hereunder shall be subject to the
fulfillment of the condition that the Assignor shall have complied with the other
applicable provisions of Section 10.6 of the Agreement.

4. Notice of
Assignment. The Assignor agrees to give notice of the assignment and
assumption of the Assigned Commitment to the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Applicant and hereby instructs the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Applicant to
make all payments with respect to the Assigned Commitment directly to the
Assignee at the applicable office specified on Schedule 2 hereto; provided,
however, that the Applicant, the Agent and the Issuing Bank all shall be
entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the Assignor in connection
with the interests so assigned until the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Applicant, to the extent required by Section 10.6 of the Agreement, shall have
received notice of the assignment, the Applicant, the Agent and the Issuing Bank
shall have consented in writing thereto to the extent required by Section 10.6
of the Agreement, and the Agent shall have recorded and accepted this Assignment
and Acceptance Agreement and received the Assignment Fee required to be paid
pursuant to Section 10.6 of the Agreement. From and after the date (the
Effective Date) on which the Agent shall notify the Applicant
and the Assignor that the requirements set forth in the foregoing sentence shall
have occurred and all consents (if any) required shall have been given, (i) the
Assignee shall be deemed to be a party to the Agreement and, to the extent that
rights and obligations thereunder shall have been assigned to Assignee as
provided in such notice of assignment to the Agent, shall have the rights and
obligations of a Bank under the Agreement, and (ii) the Assignee shall be deemed
to have appointed the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under the Credit Documents as are delegated to the Agent by
the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. After the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments in respect
of the interest assigned hereby (including payments of interest, fees and other
amounts) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate
adjustment in payments under the Assigned Commitment for periods prior to the
Effective Date hereof directly between themselves. If the Assignee is not a
United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, the Assignee
shall deliver herewith the forms required by Section 2.11 of the Agreement to
evidence the Assignees complete exemption from United States withholding
taxes with respect to payments under the Credit Documents.

5.
Independent Investigation. The Assignee acknowledges that it is
purchasing the Assigned Commitment from the Assignor totally without recourse
and, except as provided in Section 2 hereof, without representation or warranty.
The Assignee further acknowledges that it has made its own independent
investigation and credit evaluation of the Applicant and any Co-Applicant in
connection with its purchase of the Assigned Commitment. Except for the

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representations or warranties set forth in Section 2, the Assignee acknowledges
that it is not relying on any representation or warranty of the Assignor,
expressed or implied, including without limitation, any representation or
warranty relating to the legality, validity, genuineness, enforceability,
collectibility, interest rate, repayment schedule or status of the Assigned
Commitment, the legality, validity, genuineness or enforceability of the
Agreement, or any other Credit Document referred to in or delivered pursuant to
the Agreement, or financial condition or creditworthiness of the Applicant, any
Co-Applicant or any other Person. The Assignor has not and will not be acting as
either the representative, agent or trustee of the Assignee with respect to
matters arising out of or relating to the Agreement or this Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, except as set forth in
Section 4 above, the Assignor shall have no rights or obligations with respect
to the Assigned Commitment.

6. Consent of
the Applicant. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.6 of the Agreement,
and to the extent required thereby, the Applicant, by signing below, consents to
this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and to the assignment contemplated
herein.

7. Method of Payment. Any
payments to be made by either party hereunder shall be in funds available at the place of
payment on the same day and shall be made by wire transfer to the account designated by
the party to receive payment.

8. Integration. This
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement shall supersede any prior agreement or understanding
between the parties (other than the Credit Documents) as to the subject matter hereof.

9. Counterparts. This
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon both parties, their
successors and assigns.

10. Headings. Section
headings have been inserted herein for convenience only and shall not be construed to be
a part hereof.

11.
Amendments; Waivers. This Assignment and Acceptance Agreement may not be
amended, changed, waived or modified except by a writing executed by the parties
hereto, and may not be amended, changed, waived or modified in any manner
inconsistent with Section 10.6 of the Agreement without the prior written
consent of the Agent.

12. Governing Law. This
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with the laws of, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers
as of the day and year first above written.

| |                                       | 
| | ------------------------------------- | 
| | ________________________, as Assignor
|
| | By:                                   | 
| | Name:                                 | 
| | Title:                                | 
|
| | ________________________, as Assignee
|
| | By:                                   | 
| | Name:                                 | 
| | Title:                                | 
|

|                                    |  | 
|----------------------------------- |  | 
|Consented to:                       | 
|                                   
|PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION             | 
|                                   
|By:                                 |  | 
|Name:                               |  | 
|Title:                              |  | 
|                                   
|Consented to and Accepted:          | 
|                                   
|FLEET NATIONAL BANK,as Agent        | 
|                                   
|By:                                 |  | 
|Name:                               |  | 
|Title:                              |  | 
|                                   
|FLEET NATIONAL BANK,as Issuing Bank | 
|                                   
|By:                                 |  | 
|Name:                               |  | 
|Title:                              |  | 
|                                   

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SCHEDULE 1

TO

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT

between 
______________________, as Assignor 
and 
______________________, as Assignee

relating to

Letter of Credit Agreement among 
PMA Capital Corporation, 
the Banks party thereto, 
and 
Fleet National Bank, as Agent and as Issuing Bank, 
dated as of ____________, 2001

|             |                                                                                                                                                         |             
|------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------
|Item 1.  (a) | Assignor's Commitment          Percentage:                                                                                                              | __________ %
|             |                                                                                                                                                         |             
|             | (b)     Assignor's Commitment:                                                                                                                          | $___________
|             |                                                                                                                                                         |             
|Item 2.      | Assignor's Letter of          Credit Exposure:
               (the Assignor's Commitment Percentage
               times the Letter of Credit Exposure) | $___________
|             |                                                                                                                                                         |             
|Item 3.      | Assigned Commitment:                                                                                                                                    | $___________

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SCHEDULE 2

TO

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT

between 
_______________________, as Assignor 
and 
_______________________, as Assignee

relating to

Letter of Credit Agreement among 
PMA Capital Corporation, 
the Banks party thereto, 
and 
Fleet National Bank, as Agent and as Issuing, Bank, 
dated as of _______________, 2001

Address for Notices

______________________________ 
______________________________ 
Attention: ______________________
Telephone: _____________________ 
Fax: __________________________

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT C

FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST

|_________________, 200_
|-----------------------

Fleet National Bank, as Agent
777 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06115
Attention: Anson T. Harris, Director

Fleet National Bank, as Issuing Bank
100 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention: Letter of Credit Department

Gentlemen:

Reference is
made to the Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of _______________, 2001, by
and among PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION (the Applicant), each
Subsidiary of the Applicant which is or may become a party thereto (each, a
Co-Applicant), the Banks party thereto and FLEET NATIONAL
BANK, as Agent and Issuing Bank (as from time to time amended, the
Agreement).

Capitalized
terms used herein that are defined in the Agreement shall have the meanings
therein defined.

1. Pursuant to
Section 2.1 and 3.2(c) of the Agreement, the undersigned Applicant [and, if
applicable, ____________________ (the Co-Applicant(s))]
hereby requests that the Issuing Bank issue the Letter(s) of Credit in
accordance with the information annexed hereto which contains the verbatim text
of the proposed letter(s) of credit including the proposed terms and conditions
and a precise description of the documentation required to be complied with and
submitted by the beneficiary, which, if complied with by the beneficiary on or
prior to the Stated Expiration Date, would require the Issuing Bank to make
payment under the Letter of Credit.

2. The Applicant
hereby certifies that on the date hereof and on the Date of Issuance set forth
in Annex A, and after giving effect to the Letter(s) of Credit requested hereby:

(a)
The Applicant is and shall be in compliance with all of the terms, covenants and
conditions of the Credit Documents.

(b)
There exists and there shall exist no Default or Event of Default under the

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Agreement.

(c)
Each of the representations and warranties contained in the Agreement which is required
to be made on such Date of Issuance is and shall be true and correct in all material
respects.

(d)
After giving effect to the Letter(s) of Credit requested to be issued hereby, the
aggregate Letters of Credit Exposure will not exceed the Commitment and the aggregate
Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of
Subsidiaries of the Applicant which are not Material Insurance Subsidiaries will not
exceed $15,000,000.

[3. Each
Co-Applicant which signs this Letter of Credit Request acknowledges that it has
received a copy of the Agreement and acknowledges and agrees that from and after
the Date of Issuance of the Letter(s) of Credit requested hereby, the
undersigned shall be jointly and severally liable with the Applicant for all
obligations with respect to the Letter(s) of Credit requested hereby and that
the undersigned shall be a party to the Agreement and the other Credit Documents
as a Co-Applicant with all the rights and obligations of a Co-Applicant under
the Agreement and Credit Documents with respect to the Letter(s) of Credit
requested hereby, and each and every reference in the Agreement and in any other
Credit Document to Co-Applicant shall mean and be a reference to
include the undersigned. The undersigned will, at the request of the Agent,
execute a copy of the Agreement and such other Credit Documents as may be
required.]1

[4. Each
Co-Applicant which signs this Letter of Credit Request represents and warrants
that the Agreement and each Credit Document executed by the undersigned
Co-Applicant constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
undersigned Co-Applicant in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms.]

[5. Each
Co-Applicant which signs this Letter of Credit Request specifically acknowledges
that certain provisions of the Agreement, including, without limitation, Section
10.1 (Amendments and Waivers), 10.3 (No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies), 10.6
(Assignments and Participation), 10.7 (Counterparts), 10.11 (Governing Law),
10.13 (Severability), 10.14 (Integration), 10.15 (Consent to Jurisdiction),
10.16 (Service of Process), 10.17 (No Limitation on Service or Suit) and 10.18
(Waiver of Trial by Jury) thereof, are made applicable to the Co-Applicant.]

_________________ 
1 Delete Items 3 through 5 if inapplicable

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Applicant [and Co-Applicant, if applicable] has caused this
certificate to be executed by its duly authorized-officer(s) as of the date and
year first written above.

| |                         | 
| | ----------------------- | 
| | PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION
|
| | By:                     | 
| | Name:                   | 
| | Title:                  | 
|
| | [CO-APPLICANT]         
|
| | By:                     | 
| | Name:                   | 
| | Title:                  | 
|
| | [CO-APPLICANT]         
|
| | By:                     | 
| | Name:                   | 
| | Title:                  | 
|

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Annex A

LETTER OF CREDIT INFORMATION

|1. |  | Name
of Beneficiary: _______________________________________________________.
|-- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|2. |  | Address
of Beneficiary to which Letter of Credit will be sent:
 _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.
|-- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|3. |  | Name
of Account Party: _____________________________________________________.
|-- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|4. |  | Address
of Account Party: ___________________________________________________.
|-- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|5. |  | Conditions
under which a drawing may be made (specify the required documentation):
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
|-- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|6. |  | Maximum
amount to be available under such Letter of Credit: $_________________.
|-- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|7. |  | Requested
Date of Issuance: __________________, 200_.
|-- |  | -----------------------------------------------------

|8. |  | Stated
Expiration Date: _____________________, 200_.1
|-- |  | -----------------------------------------------------

|9. |  | Text
of Letter of Credit: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
|-- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

__________________ 1 Not to be more than one year from the date of issuance.

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|10. |  | Name
and address of Co-Applicant, if any: __________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
|--- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|11. |  | Obligations
in respect of which the Letter of Credit is to be issued:
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
|--- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|12. |  | Letter
of Credit is to be (check one box only):
|--- |  | -----------------------------------------------

| |  | |_|   Evergreen
Letter of Credit.
| |  | ---------------------------------

| |  | |_|   Not
an Evergreen Letter of Credit.
| |  | ----------------------------------------

|13. |  | If the Evergreen Letter of Credit box in Item 12
was checked, specify the Beneficiary Notification Date.
|--- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT D

FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT

FLEET NATIONAL BANK
100 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110

OUR REF NO.          
          DATE

Beneficiary 
[Address]

GENTLEMEN/LADIES:

OUR REFERENCE NO.

ACCOUNT OF: 
[Name of Account Party] 
[Address]

|AVAILABLE WITH: | OURSELVESBY PAYMENT
|--------------- | -------------------

DRAFTS AT SIGHT 
DRAWN ON FLEET NATIONAL BANK, 
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AS INDICATED BELOW.

|TO THE EXTENT OF: | ***USD   ***
|----------------- | ------------

|EXPIRY DATE:PLACE OF EXPIRY: | OUR COUNTERS
|---------------------------- | ------------

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

WE HEREBY ESTABLISH THIS IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT IN YOUR
FAVOR FOR DRAWINGS UP TO US$________________________ , EFFECTIVE [Date] AND
EXPIRING AT OUR OFFICE AT 100 FEDERAL STREET, _________ FLOOR, BOSTON,
MASSACHUSETTS 02110, WITH OUR CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON [Date].

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WE HEREBY UNDERTAKE TO PROMPTLY HONOR YOUR SIGHT DRAFT(S),
MARKED DRAWN UNDER LETTER OF CREDIT NO. ______________", FOR ALL OR
ANY PART OF THIS LETTER OF CREDIT IF PRESENTED AT OUR 100 FEDERAL STREET,
_________ FLOOR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110 ON OR BEFORE THE EXPIRY DATE OR ANY
AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED DATE.

EXCEPT AS STATED HEREIN, THIS UNDERTAKING IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY
CONDITION OR QUALIFICATION. THE OBLIGATION OF FLEET NATIONAL BANK UNDER THIS
LETTER OF CREDIT IS THE INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION OF FLEET NATIONAL BANK, AND IS IN
NO WAY CONTINGENT UPON REIMBURSEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO.

[IT IS A CONDITION OF THIS LETTER OF CREDIT THAT IT IS DEEMED TO
BE AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED, WITHOUT AMENDMENT, FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE EXPIRY DATE
OR ANY FUTURE EXPIRATION DATE, UNLESS AT LEAST DAYS PRIOR TO ANY EXPIRATION DATE
WE NOTIFY YOU BY REGISTERED MAIL THAT WE ELECT NOT TO CONSIDER THIS LETTER OF
CREDIT RENEWED FOR ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL PERIOD.]*

THIS LETTER OF CREDIT IS SUBJECT TO THE UNIFORM CUSTOMS AND
PRACTICE FOR DOCUMENTARY CREDITS (1993 REVISION), INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, PUBLICATION NO. 500.

YOURS VERY TRULY,

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

______________ 
* To be included in Evergreen Letters of Credit only.

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT E-1

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE(GAAP Financial Statements)

THIS
CERTIFICATE is given pursuant to Section 5.3(a) of the Letter of Credit
Agreement, dated as of ________________, 2001 (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the Agreement, the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined), by and among PMA Capital
Corporation (the Applicant), the Banks party thereto and
Fleet National Bank, as Agent and Issuing Bank.

The undersigned hereby
certifies that:1

1.
He is [the duly appointed chief financial officer of the Applicant] [a duly appointed
vice president of the Applicant having significant responsibility for financial matters].

2.
Enclosed with this Certificate are copies of the financial statements of the Applicant
and its Subsidiaries as of _______________, and for the [__________ -month period] [year]
then ended, required to be delivered under Section [5.1(a)] [5.l(b)] of the Agreement.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles [(subject to the absence of notes required by generally accepted
accounting principles and subject to normal year-end audit adjustments)]2and
present fairly the financial condition of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis as of the date indicated and the results of operations of the
Applicant and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the period covered thereby.

3.
The undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Agreement and has made, or caused to be
made under the supervision of the undersigned, a review in reasonable detail of the
activities of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by
such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Applicant has performed
and maintained all of its obligations under the Agreement.

4.
Based upon the review described in paragraph 3 above, the undersigned has no knowledge of
the existence of any Default or Event of Default during or at the end of the accounting
period covered by such financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate except
as set forth herein].3

______________ 
1    Insert applicable bracketed language throughout the
Certificate. 
2    Insert in the case of quarterly financial statements. 
3    Insert if
applicable and describe in the Certificate or in a separate attachment any exceptions to
paragraph 4 above by listing, in reasonable detail, the nature of the Default or Event of
Default, the period during which it existed and the action the Applicant has taken or
proposes to take with respect thereto.

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5.
Attached to this Certificate as Attachment A is a Covenant Compliance Worksheet
reflecting the computation of the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2
of the Agreement, as of the last day of the period covered by the financial statements
enclosed herewith.

IN WITNESS
WHEREOF,the undersigned has executed and delivered this Certificate as of
the _______ day of ___________________, 200_.

| |             | 
| | ----------- | 
| | [signature] | 
| | Name:       | 
| | Title:      | 
|

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ATTACHMENT ATO GAAP COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

COVENANT COMPLIANCE WORKSHEET

|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|--------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------
|Capitalization Ratio(Section 6.1 of the Agreement): | Not greater than 0.35 to 1.0                                                                              
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|(1)                                                 | Consolidated Indebtedness:                                                                                 |            
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|                                                    | (a)   Indebtedness of Applicant and Subsidiaries as of  
        __________, ____ (the "Measurement Date") | $__________
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|                                                    | (b)   (b) Reimbursement obligations with respect to
        letters of credit hereunder.                   | ___________
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|                                                    | (c)   Consolidated Indebtedness: Subtract lines l(b)
        and l(c) from l (a)                           | $__________
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|(2)                                                 | Capitalization:                                                                                            |            
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|                                                    | (a)   Consolidated Indebtedness as of the 
        Measurement Date (from Line l(d))                       | $__________
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|                                                    | (b)   Consolidated Net Worth as of the Measurement  
        Date                                          | ___________
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|                                                    | (c)   Capitalization: Add Lines 2(a) and 2(b)                                                              | $__________
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            
|(3)                                                 | Ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to TotalCapitalization:
        Divide Line l(d) by Line 2(c)           | ___ to     
|                                                    |                                                                                                            |            

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|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|-------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------
|Cash Coverage Ratio(Section 6.2 of the Agreement): | Not less than 2.75 to 1.0                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|(1)                                                | Cash Available:                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (a)   Aggregate Available Dividend Amount for the
        Insurance Subsidiaries1
        for the Measurement Period2                                                                                  | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (b)   Net Tax Sharing Payments for the Measurement
        Period                                                                                                                                      |                   
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (i)   Tax sharing payments received by Applicant                                                                                                                                                       | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (ii)   Tax sharing payments estimated to be               
     received by Applicant in respect of                Measurement Period                                                                  | _________________ 
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (iii)  Taxes paid by Applicant                                                                                                                                                                         | (_______________) 
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (iv)   Taxes estimated to be paid by Applicant in               
     respect of Measurement Period                                                                                                    | (_______________) 
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (v)   Other payments, if any, paid or to be paid
                    
     by Applicant under tax sharing
                    agreements or arrangements during
                    Measurement Period | (_______________) 
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (vi)    Net Amount (lines (i) + minus lines (iii) +
                    
     (iv) + (v))                                                                                                              | _______________   
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (C)   Cash Available:
        Add lines 1(a) and l(b)(v)                                                                                                                                               | $_______________  
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|(2)                                                | Cash Uses:                                                                                                                                                                                             |                   
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   
|                                                   | (a)   Interest Expense incurred during the
        Measurement Period                                                                                                                                  | $_______________  
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                   

_________________ 
1 Other than each Insurance Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of
another Insurance Subsidiary and determined as if the four fiscal quarters
measured constitute a fiscal year for regulatory purposes.

2 The four fiscal quarters immediately preceding the Measurement Date.

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|    |                                                                                       |                  
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------
|    | (b)   Operating, expenses paid by the Applicant
        during the Measurement Period | _________________
|    |                                                                                       |                  
|    | (c)   Dividends paid by the Applicant during the
        Measurement Period           | _________________
|    |                                                                                       |                  
|    | (d)   Cash Uses:
        Add lines 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c)                                | $                
|    |                                                                                       |                  
|(3) | Cash Coverage Ratio:                                                                  |                  
|    | Divide line l(c) by line 2(d)                                                         | ___ to 1.0       

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT E-2

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE(Statutory Financial Statements)

THIS
CERTIFICATE is given pursuant to Section 5.3(a) of the Letter of Credit
Agreement, dated as of ________________, 2001 (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the Agreement, the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined), by and among PMA Capital
Corporation (the Applicant), the Banks party thereto and
Fleet National Bank, as Agent and Issuing Bank.

The undersigned hereby
certifies that:4

1)
He is [the duly appointed chief financial officer of the Applicant] [a duly appointed
vice president of the Applicant having significant responsibility for financial matters].

2)
Enclosed with this Certificate are copies of the financial statements of the Applicant
and its Subsidiaries as of __________, and for the [__________-month period] [year] then
ended, required to be delivered under Section [5.2(a)] [5.2(b)]of the Agreement.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statutory Accounting
Principles and present fairly the financial condition of the Applicant and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the date indicated and the results of
operations of the Applicant and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the period
covered thereby.

3)
Attached to this Certificate as Attachment A is a Covenant Compliance Worksheet
reflecting the computation of the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.3 and 6.4
of the Agreement as of the last day of the period covered by the financial statements
enclosed herewith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed and delivered this Certificate as of the ________ day of
_______________, ____.

| |             | 
| | ----------- | 
| | [signature] | 
| | Name:       | 
| | Title:      | 
|

_________________ 
4 Insert applicable bracketed language throughout the Certificate.

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ATTACHMENT A

TO STATUTORY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

COVENANT COMPLIANCE WORKSHEET

|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   
|------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------
|Statutory Surplus(Section 6.3 of the Agreement): | Not less than $450,000,000                                                               
|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   
|(1)                                              | Statutory Surplus of each Insurance Subsidiary1 as of (the"Measurement Date"):            |                   
|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   
|                                                 | (a)   PMACIC                                                                              | $_________________
|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   
|                                                 | (b)   Other Insurance Subsidiaries legally domiciled in
        the United States2        | $_________________
|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   
|                                                 | (c)   [Other Insurance Subsidiaries not legally domiciled
        in the United States3]2 | $_________________
|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   
|(2)                                              | Consolidated Statutory Surplus -- Sum of lines in item (1)                                | $_________________
|                                                 |                                                                                           |                   

1. Do not include any Insurance Subsidiary whose Statutory Surplus is
included in the Statutory Surplus of another Insurance Subsidiary.

2. List each such Insurance Subsidiary individually.

3. Include the shareholders equity of such Insurance Subsidiary as
determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (without regard to
the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 issues by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board).

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ATTACHMENT A 
TO STATUTORY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

COVENANT COMPLIANCE WORKSHEET

|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|-------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------
|Risk-Based Capital(Section 6.4 of the Agreement):1 | For each Insurance Subsidiary, as  appropriate, line (a) to be not less  than line (d)                      
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|(1)                                                | PMACIC                                                                                                       |                   
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (a)   Total adjusted capital as of the
        Measurement Date                                              | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (b)   Company Action Level RBC2 as of the
        Measurement Date                                           | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (c)   Required Multiple                                                                                      | 150%              
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (d)   Required total adjusted capital as of the
        Measurement Date:
        Multiply Line l(b) by l(c) | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|(2)                                                | Other Insurance Subsidiaries3                                                                                |                   
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (a)   Total adjusted capital as of the
        Measurement Date                                              | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (b)   Company Action Level RBC2 as of the
        Measurement Date                                           | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (c)   Required Percentage3:                                                                                  | 120%              
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   
|                                                   | (D)   Required total adjusted capital as of the
        Measurement Date:
        Multiply Line 3(b) by 3(c) | $_________________
|                                                   |                                                                                                              |                   

_________________ 
1 To be calculated and submitted annually. 
2 As defined by the Risk-Based Capital for Insurers Model Act of the NAIC. 
3 Complete different schedule for each Insurance Subsidiary
required by the relevant Insurance Regulatory Authority to meet any RBC
requirements.

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT F

FORM OF FINANCIAL CONDITION CERTIFICATE

THIS
FINANCIAL CONDITION CERTIFICATE is delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 (a)(iv)
of the Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of ________________, 2001 (the
Agreement), by and among PMA Capital Corporation, a Pennsylvania
corporation (the Applicant), the Banks party thereto and Fleet
National Bank, as Agent and as Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.

The undersigned
hereby certifies for and on behalf of the Applicant as follows:

1.
Capacity. The undersigned is, and at all pertinent times mentioned herein has
been, the Applicants duly qualified and acting chief financial officer (and in such
capacity has responsibility for the management of the Applicants financial affairs)
and senior accounting officer (and in such capacity has responsibility for the
preparation of the Applicants financial statements). The undersigned has, together
with other officers of the Applicant, acted on behalf of the Applicant in connection with
the negotiation and consummation of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby.

2.
Procedures. For purposes of this certificate, the undersigned, or officers or other
personnel of the Applicant under the direction and supervision of the undersigned, have,
as of or prior to the date hereof, undertaken the following activities in connection
herewith:

a)
The undersigned has carefully reviewed the following:

| | i) | the
contents of this certificate;
| | -- | ---------------------------------

| | ii) | the
Agreement (including the exhibits and schedules thereto); and
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| | iii) | the
audited consolidated balance sheets of the Applicant for the fiscal years ended December
31, 1998, 1999, and 2000 and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive
income and cash flows of the Applicant for the three-year period ended December 31, 2000,
each audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (successor by merger to Coopers and Lybrand,
LLP) .
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b)
With respect to any Contingent Obligations of the Applicant, the undersigned:

| | i) | has
inquired of certain officers and other personnel of the Applicant who have responsibility
for the legal, financial and accounting affairs of the Applicant, as to the existence and
estimated amounts of all Contingent Obligations known to them;
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| | ii) | has
confirmed with senior officers of the Applicant that, to the best of such officers
knowledge, (i) all appropriate items have been included in the Contingent Obligations
made known to the undersigned in the course of the inquiry of the undersigned in
connection herewith, and (ii) the amounts relating thereto were the maximum estimated
amounts of liability reasonably likely to result therefrom as of the date hereof, and
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| | iii) | confirms
that, to the best of his knowledge, all material Contingent Obligations that may arise
from any pending litigation, asserted claims and assessments, guarantees, uninsured
risks, and other Contingent Obligations of the Applicant have been considered in making
the certification set forth herein, and with respect to each such Contingent Obligation
the estimable maximum estimated of liability with respect thereto was used in making such
certification.
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c)
In connection with the preparation for consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Agreement, the undersigned has caused the preparation of and has reviewed projected
financial statements consisting of balance sheets and statements of income of the
Applicant giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. The
assumptions upon which such projections are based were, in the opinion of the
undersigned, reasonable when made and continue to be reasonable as of the date hereof,
subject to the uncertainties and approximations inherent in any projections.

d)
The undersigned has inquired of certain officers of the Applicant having responsibility
for financial reporting and accounting matters regarding whether such persons were aware
of any events or conditions that, as of the date hereof, would cause the statements made
in Section 3 below to be untrue.

e)
The undersigned has conferred with counsel to the Applicant for the purpose of discussing
the meaning of the contents of this Certificate (including, without limitation, Sections 3(a),
3(c) and 3(d) below).

3.
Certifications. Based on the foregoing, the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

a)
The Applicant is not now, nor will consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Agreement and the incurrence of the Obligations under the Agreement render the Applicant,
insolvent (as hereinafter defined). The undersigned understands that, in this
context, insolvent means that the present fair saleable value of assets is
less than the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the existing
debts and other liabilities as such debts and liabilities of the Applicant mature. The
undersigned understands that the term debts includes any legal liability,
whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed or contingent,
including any guaranty obligations. A valuation of the Applicant, on the basis thereof,
with reasonable allowance for error, would reflect the net worth of the

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Applicant in the aggregate (excess of fair value of assets over
liabilities) as not less than $__________.

b)
After giving effect to the transaction contemplated by the Agreement, all accounts and
other liabilities of the Applicant are current and not past due.

c)
The undersigned believes that, by incurring the Obligations pursuant to the Agreement,
the Applicant will not incur debts beyond its ability to pay as such obligations mature
(taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of the
Applicants Indebtedness). The foregoing conclusion is based in part on the
projections, which demonstrate that the cash flow of the Applicant, after taking into
account all anticipated uses of the cash of the Applicant, will at all times be
sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of Indebtedness of the Applicant when such
amounts are required to be paid (including without limitation, scheduled payments
pursuant to the Agreement).

d)
As of the date hereof, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
will not leave the Applicant with unreasonably small capital within the
meaning of Section 548(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or with remaining assets that are
unreasonably small. In reaching this conclusion, the undersigned understands that unreasonably
small capital depends upon the nature of the particular business or businesses
conducted or to be conducted, and has reached this conclusion based on the needs and
anticipated needs for capital of the businesses conducted or anticipated to be conducted
by the Applicant in light of the Applicants available credit capacity.

e)
The Applicant has not executed the Agreement, or any documents mentioned herein, or made
any transfer or incurred any obligations thereunder, with intent to hinder, delay or
defraud either present or future creditors of the Applicant.

f)
The undersigned understands that the Banks have performed their own review and analysis
of the financial condition of the Applicant, but that the Banks are relying on the
foregoing statements in connection with the extension of credit to the Applicant pursuant
to the Agreement.

Executed this ____ day of
______________, 2001.

| | ___________________________________Chief Financial OfficerPMA Capital Corporation
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT G

MATTERS TO BE COVERED IN OPINIONS OF COUNSEL TO THE APPLICANT

1. Each of the
Applicant and its Material Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership of its
properties requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

2. Each of the
Applicant and its Material Subsidiaries has the full corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform the Credit Documents to which it is a
party, to own and hold its property and to engage in its business as presently
conducted.

3. The Applicant
and each Co-Applicants have taken all necessary corporate action to execute,
deliver and perform each Credit Document, and each Credit Document has been
validly executed and delivered by, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Applicant, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws
affecting creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles
which may limit rights of acceleration, self-help and the availability of
equitable remedies, including (without limitation) concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law).

4. No consent,
approval, authorization, exemption or other action by, notice to, or declaration
or filing with, any governmental or regulatory authority of the United States or
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required in connection with the due
execution, delivery and performance by the Applicant of the Credit Documents,
the legality, validity or enforceability thereof or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby.

5. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Applicant and each Co-Applicant of
the Credit Documents, and compliance by it therewith, do not and will not (i)
violate any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (ii)
contravene any provisions of any applicable law, rule or regulation or, to the
best of such counsels knowledge, any judgment, order, writ, injunction or
decree to which it is subject, (iii) to the best of such counsels
knowledge, conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with notice,
lapse of time or both) a default under any material indenture, agreement or
other instrument to which it is a party, by which it or any of its properties is
bound or to which it may be subject, or (iv) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens) arising under any of the
documents or instruments referred to in clause (iii), upon any property or
assets of the Applicant and each Co-Applicant; provided, however, in the case of
(ii), (iii) and (iv) herein, where to do so would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

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6. To the best
of such counsels knowledge, there are no actions, investigations, suits or
proceedings pending or threatened, at law, in equity or in arbitration, before
any court, other Governmental Authority or other Person, against or affecting
the Applicant and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that,
if adversely determined, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

7. Neither the
Applicant nor any of its Subsidiaries is an investment company, a
company controlled by an investment company, or an investment
advisor, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.

8. Neither the
Applicant nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement will not violate
Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

9. The
provisions of the Pledge Agreement are effective to create an enforceable
security interest in favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Banks) in the
Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement). Upon the execution and delivery
of the Control Agreements among the Applicant, the Co-Applicants, the Agent and
the Custodian (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), dated as of
_________________, 2001, the Agent will have a perfected security interest in
and to the Collateral in the Securities Accounts (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement) under Division 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the
UCC).

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PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION EXHIBIT H

FORM OF EXTENSION REQUEST

EXTENSION
REQUEST (this Extension Request), dated as of __________ __, 200__,
made by PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation (the Applicant)
pursuant to the Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of ________________, 2001, by and
among the Applicant, the Banks party thereto and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, in its capacity as
Agent and as Issuing Bank (as time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the Agreement).

RECITALS

A.
Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein and which are defined in the
Agreement shall have the same meanings as therein defined.

B.
Section 2.6 of the Agreement provides that so long as no Default or Event of Default
shall exist and be continuing, the Applicant may request that the Termination Date be
extended for a period of 364 days by delivering an Extension Request to the Agent.

C.
Section 2.6 of the Agreement further provides that if each Bank consents to an Extension
Request during the Extension Consent Period by giving written notice thereof to the
Agent, then effective on the first day of the Extension Consent Period, the then
applicable Termination Date shall be extended by 364 days.

D.
As of the date hereof, the Termination Date (without giving effect to the extension
requested hereby) is November __, 200_.

E.
The Applicant desires that the Termination Date be extended for an additional period of
364 days and the Banks signing below desire to consent thereto.

In
consideration of the premises, and the terms and conditions herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Pursuant to Section
2.6 of the Agreement, the Applicant hereby requests that the Termination Date be extended
for an additional period of 364 days.

2. The Applicant
hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, the Co-Agent, the Issuing Bank and
each Bank that no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing.

3. Each Bank signing
below hereby consents to this Extension Request.

4. Subject to
receipt by the Agent during the Extension Consent Period of a counterpart of
this Extension Request signed by each Bank (or a replacement bank pursuant to

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Section 2.15), then effective on the first day of such Extension Consent
Period, the then applicable Termination Date shall be extended by 364 days.

5. This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original and all of which shall constitute one instrument. It shall not be
necessary in making proof of this instrument to produce or account for more than
one counterpart signed by the party to be charged.

6. This
instrument is being delivered in and is intended to be performed in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall be construed and enforceable in
accordance with, and be governed by, the internal laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Extension Request to be executed by
its duly authorized officer as of the date and year first written above.

| |                                                                | 
| | -------------------------------------------------------------- | 
| | PMA CAPITAL CORPORATION                                       
|
| | By:                                                            | 
| | Name:                                                          | 
| | Title:                                                         | 
|
| | FLEET NATIONAL BANK,Individually and as Agent and Issuing Bank
|
| | By:                                                            | 
| | Name:                                                          | 
| | Title:                                                         | 
|

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