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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Organization&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;The accompanying consolidated financial statements, consisting of the accounts of The Navigators
   Group, Inc., a Delaware holding company established in 1982, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are
   prepared on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (&amp;#8220;GAAP&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;U.S. GAAP&amp;#8221;). The
   terms &amp;#8220;we&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;us&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;our&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;the Company&amp;#8221; as used herein are used to mean The Navigators Group,
   Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires. The terms &amp;#8220;Parent&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;Parent
   Company&amp;#8221; are used to mean The Navigators Group, Inc. without its subsidiaries. All significant
   intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Certain amounts for prior years have
   been reclassified to conform to the current year&amp;#8217;s presentation. Commission income, previously
   disclosed as a separate line item in the Consolidated Statements of Income, is now included in
   Other income (expense).
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;We are an international insurance company focusing on specialty products within the overall
   property/casualty insurance market. Our largest product line and most long-standing area of
   specialization is ocean marine insurance. We have also developed specialty niches in professional
   liability insurance as well as other specialty insurance lines such as contractors&amp;#8217; liability and commercial
   primary and excess liability coverages.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Our revenue is primarily comprised of premiums and investment income. We derive our premiums
   primarily from business written by wholly-owned underwriting management companies which produce,
   manage and underwrite insurance and reinsurance for us. Our products are distributed through
   multiple channels, utilizing global, national and regional retail and wholesale insurance brokers.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;We conduct operations through our Insurance Companies and our Lloyd&amp;#8217;s Operations segments. The
   Insurance Companies segment consists of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United
   Kingdom Branch (the &amp;#8220;U.K. Branch&amp;#8221;), and Navigators Specialty Insurance Company, which underwrites
   specialty and professional liability insurance on an excess and surplus lines basis. All of the
   insurance business written by Navigators Specialty Insurance Company is fully reinsured by
   Navigators Insurance Company pursuant to a 100% quota share reinsurance agreement. Our Lloyd&amp;#8217;s
   Operations segment includes Navigators Underwriting Agency Ltd. (&amp;#8220;NUAL&amp;#8221;), a Lloyd&amp;#8217;s of London
   (&amp;#8220;Lloyd&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221;) underwriting agency which manages Lloyd&amp;#8217;s Syndicate 1221 (&amp;#8220;Syndicate 1221&amp;#8221;). Our
   Lloyd&amp;#8217;s Operations primarily underwrite marine and related lines of business along with offshore
   energy, professional liability insurance and construction coverages for onshore energy business at
   Lloyd&amp;#8217;s through Syndicate 1221. We controlled 100% of Syndicate 1221&amp;#8217;s stamp capacity for the 2010,
   2009 and 2008 underwriting years through our wholly owned subsidiary, Navigators Corporate
   Underwriters Ltd., which is referred to as a corporate name in the Lloyd&amp;#8217;s market. We have also
   established underwriting agencies in Antwerp, Belgium, Stockholm, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark,
   which underwrite risks pursuant to binding authorities with NUAL into Syndicate 1221. For financial
   information by segment, see Note 3: &lt;i&gt;Segment Information &lt;/i&gt;to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Significant Accounting Policies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cash&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Cash includes cash on hand, demand deposits with banks and treasury bills with original maturities
   of less than 90&amp;#160;days.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Investments&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;As of December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and 2009, all fixed maturity and equity securities held by the Company were
   carried at fair value and classified as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are debt
   and equity securities not classified as either held-to-maturity securities or trading securities
   and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and
   reported in other comprehensive income as a separate component of stockholders&amp;#8217; equity. Premiums
   and discounts on fixed maturity securities are amortized into interest income over the life of the
   security under the interest method. Fixed maturity securities include bonds and mortgage-backed and
   asset-backed securities. Equity securities consist of common stock.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Short-term investments are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. Short-term investments
   mature within one year from the purchase date.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;All prices for our fixed maturities, short-term investments and equity securities valued as Level
   1, Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, as defined in the Financial Accounts Standards
   Board Accounting Standards Codification 820 (&amp;#8220;ASC 820&amp;#8221;), &lt;i&gt;Fair Value Measurements&lt;/i&gt;, are received from
   independent pricing services utilized by one of our outside investment managers whom we employ to
   assist us with investment accounting services. This manager utilizes a pricing committee which
   approves the use of one or more independent pricing service vendors. The pricing committee consists
   of five or more members, one from senior management and one from the accounting group with the
   remainder from the asset class specialists and client strategists. The pricing source of each
   security is determined in accordance with the pricing source procedures approved by the pricing
   committee. The investment manager uses supporting documentation received from the independent
   pricing service vendor detailing the inputs, models and processes used in the independent pricing
   service vendors&amp;#8217; evaluation process to determine the appropriate fair value hierarchy. Any pricing
   where the input is based solely on a broker price is deemed to be a Level 3 price. Management has
   reviewed this process by which the manager determines the prices and has obtained alternative
   pricing to validate a sample of the prices and assess their reasonableness.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;For mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, anticipated prepayments and expected maturities
   are utilized in applying the interest rate method to our mortgage-backed and asset-backed
   securities. An effective yield is calculated based on projected principal cash flows at the time of
   original purchase. The effective yield is used to amortize the purchase price of the security over
   the security&amp;#8217;s expected life. Book values are adjusted to reflect the amortization of premium or
   accretion of discount on a monthly basis.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;The projected principal cash flows are based on certain prepayment assumptions which are generated
   using a prepayment model. The prepayment model uses a number of factors to estimate prepayment
   activity including the current levels of interest rates (refinancing incentive), time of year
   (seasonality), economic activity (including housing turnover) and term and age of the underlying
   collateral (burnout, seasoning). Prepayment assumptions associated with the mortgage-backed and
   asset-backed securities are reviewed on a periodic basis. When changes in prepayment assumptions
   are deemed necessary as the result of actual prepayments differing from anticipated prepayments,
   securities are revalued based upon the new prepayment assumptions utilizing the retrospective
   adjustment method, whereby the effective yield is recalculated to reflect actual payments to date
   and anticipated future payments. The investment in such securities is adjusted to the amount that
   would have existed had the new effective yield been applied since the acquisition of the security.
   Such adjustments, if any, are included in net investment income for the current period being
   reported.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Realized gains and losses on sales of investments are recognized when the related trades are
   executed and are determined on the basis of the specific identification method.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Management regularly reviews our fixed maturity and equity securities portfolios to evaluate the
   necessity of recording impairment losses for other-than-temporary declines in the fair value of
   securities.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;In the first quarter of 2009, we adopted accounting guidance relating to the recognition and
   presentation of other-than-temporary impairments (&amp;#8220;OTTI&amp;#8221;) on fixed maturity securities. When
   assessing whether the amortized cost basis of a fixed maturity security will be recovered, we
   compare the present value of cash flows expected to be collected to the current book value. Any
   shortfalls of the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected in relation to the
   amortized cost basis is considered the credit loss portion of OTTI losses and is recognized in
   earnings. All non-credit losses are recognized as changes in OTTI losses within Other Comprehensive
   Income (&amp;#8220;OCI&amp;#8221;) unless we intend to sell such securities. If we intend to sell such securities they
   are written down to fair value through a charge to operations. Prior to 2009, when a fixed maturity
   security in our investment portfolio had an unrealized loss that was deemed to be
   other-than-temporary, we wrote the security down to fair value through a charge to operations.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;For equity securities, in general, we focus our attention on those securities whose fair value was
   less than 80% of their cost for six or more consecutive months. If warranted as the result of
   conditions relating to a particular security, we will focus on a significant decline in fair value
   regardless of the time period involved. Factors considered in evaluating potential impairment
   include, but are not limited to, the current fair value as compared to cost of the security, the
   length of time the investment has been below cost and by how much. If an equity security is deemed
   to be other-than-temporarily impaired, the cost is written down to fair value with the loss
   recognized in earnings.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;For equity securities, we consider our intent to hold securities as part of the process of
   evaluating whether a decline in fair value represents an other-than-temporary decline in value. For
   fixed maturity securities, we consider our intent to sell a security and whether it is more likely
   than not that we will be required to sell a security before the anticipated recovery as part of the
   process of evaluating whether a security&amp;#8217;s unrealized loss represents an other-than-temporary
   decline. Our ability to hold such securities is evaluated by the Company and is based on whether
   there is sufficient cash flow from operations and from maturities within our investment portfolio
   in order to meet claims payment and other disbursement obligations arising from our underwriting
   operations without selling such investments. With respect to securities where the decline in value
   is determined to be temporary and the security&amp;#8217;s value is not written down, a subsequent decision
   may be made to sell that security and realize a loss. Subsequent decisions on security sales are
   made within the context of overall risk monitoring, changing information and market conditions.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   Day to day management of our investment portfolio is outsourced to third party investment managers.
   While these investment managers may, at a given point in time, believe that the preferred course of
   action is to hold securities with unrealized losses that are considered temporary until such losses
   are recovered, the dynamic nature of the portfolio management may result in a subsequent decision
   to sell the security and realize the loss based upon a change in market and other factors described
   above. Investment managers are required to notify
   management of rating agency downgrades of securities in their portfolios as well as any potential
   investment valuation issues at the end of each quarter. Investment managers are also required to
   notify management, and receive approval, prior to the execution of a transaction or series of
   related transactions that may result in a realized loss above a certain threshold. Additionally,
   investment managers are required to notify management, and receive approval, prior to the execution
   of a transaction or series of related transactions that may result in any realized loss up until a
   certain period beyond the close of a quarterly accounting period.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Syndicate 1221&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Lloyd&amp;#8217;s syndicates determine underwriting results by year of account at the end of three years. We
   record adjustments to recognize underwriting results as incurred, including the ultimate cost of
   losses incurred. These adjustments to losses are based on actuarial analysis of Syndicate 1221&amp;#8217;s
   accounts, including forecasts of expected ultimate losses.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Translation of Foreign Currencies&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Functional currency assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars using period end rates
   of exchange and the related translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of
   &lt;i&gt;Accumulated other comprehensive income&lt;/i&gt;. Statement of income amounts expressed in functional
   currencies are translated using average exchange rates. Realized gains and losses resulting from
   foreign currency transactions are recorded in &lt;i&gt;Other income (expense) &lt;/i&gt;in our Consolidated Statements
   of Income.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Premium Revenues&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Insurance premiums are recognized as revenue ratably over the period of the insurance contract or
   over the period of risk if the period of risk differs significantly from the contract period.
   Written premium is recorded based on the insurance policies that have been reported to us and the
   policies that have been written by the agents but not yet reported to us. We must estimate the
   amount of written premium not yet reported based on judgments relative to current and historical
   trends of the business being written. Such estimates are regularly reviewed and updated and any
   resulting adjustments are included in the current year&amp;#8217;s results. An unearned premium reserve is
   established to reflect the unexpired portion of each policy at the financial reporting date.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Costs of acquiring business which vary with and are directly related to the production of business
   are deferred and amortized ratably over the period that the related premiums are recognized as
   revenue. Such costs primarily include commission expense, other underwriting expenses and premium
   taxes. The method of computing deferred policy acquisition costs limits the deferral to their
   estimated net realizable value based on the related unearned premiums and takes into account
   anticipated losses and loss adjustment expenses, commission expense and operating expenses based on
   historical and current experience and anticipated investment income.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reserves for Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses are determined on an individual basis for claims
   reported on direct business for insureds, from reports received from ceding insurers for insurance
   assumed from such insurers and on estimates based on Company and industry experience for incurred
   but not reported claims
   and loss adjustment expenses (&amp;#8220;IBNR&amp;#8221;). Indicated IBNR loss reserves are calculated by our actuaries using
   several standard actuarial methodologies, including the paid and incurred loss development and the
   paid and incurred Bornheutter-Ferguson loss methods. Additional analyses, such as
   frequency/severity analyses, are performed for certain books of business. The provision for unpaid
   losses and loss adjustment expenses has been established to cover the estimated unpaid cost of
   claims incurred. Such estimates are regularly reviewed and updated and any resulting adjustments
   are included in the current year&amp;#8217;s results. Management believes that the liability it has
   recognized for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses is a reasonable estimate of the ultimate
   unpaid claims incurred, however, such provisions are necessarily based on estimates and,
   accordingly, no representation is made that the ultimate liability will not differ
   materially from the amounts recorded in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Losses
   and loss adjustment expenses are recorded on an undiscounted basis.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Earnings per Share&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of
   common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the basic earnings
   per share adjusted for the potential dilution that would occur if all issued stock options were
   exercised and all stock grants were fully vested.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reinsurance Ceded&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;In the normal course of business, reinsurance is purchased by us from insurers or reinsurers to
   reduce the amount of loss arising from claims. In order to determine the proper accounting for the
   reinsurance, management analyzes the reinsurance agreements to determine whether the reinsurance
   should be classified as prospective or retroactive based upon the terms of the reinsurance
   agreement and whether the reinsurer has assumed significant insurance risk to the extent that the
   reinsurer may realize a significant loss from the transaction.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Prospective reinsurance is reinsurance in which an assuming company agrees to reimburse the ceding
   company for losses that may be incurred as a result of future insurable events covered under
   contracts subject to the reinsurance. Retroactive reinsurance is reinsurance in which an assuming
   company agrees to reimburse a ceding company for liabilities incurred as a result of past insurable
   events covered under contracts subject to the reinsurance. The analysis of the reinsurance contract
   terms has determined that all of our reinsurance is prospective reinsurance with adequate transfer
   of insurance risk to the reinsurer to qualify for reinsurance accounting treatment.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Ceded reinsurance premiums and any related ceding commission and ceded losses are reflected as
   reductions of the respective income or expense accounts over the terms of the reinsurance
   contracts. Prepaid reinsurance premiums represent the portion of premiums ceded to reinsurers
   applicable to the unexpired terms of the reinsurance contracts in force. Reinsurance reinstatement
   premiums are recognized in the same period as the loss event that gave rise to the reinstatement
   premiums. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim
   liability associated with the reinsured policy. Unearned premiums ceded and estimates of amounts
   recoverable from reinsurers on paid and unpaid losses are reflected as assets. Provisions are made
   for estimated unrecoverable reinsurance.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Depreciation and Amortization&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Depreciation of furniture and fixtures, electronic data processing equipment and amortization of
   computer software is provided over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, ranging
   from three to seven years, using the straight-line method. Amortization of leasehold improvements
   is provided over the shorter of the useful lives of those improvements or the contractual terms of
   the leases using the straight-line method.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;Goodwill and other intangible assets were $6.9&amp;#160;million and $7.1&amp;#160;million at December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and
   2009, respectively. The goodwill and other intangible assets consist of $2.5&amp;#160;million for the
   underwriting agencies at both December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and 2009, and $4.4&amp;#160;million and $4.6&amp;#160;million for the
   Lloyd&amp;#8217;s Operations at December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The December&amp;#160;31, 2010 goodwill and
   intangible assets of $6.9&amp;#160;million consists of $4.8&amp;#160;million of goodwill and $2.1&amp;#160;million of other
   intangible assets. The December&amp;#160;31, 2009 goodwill and other intangible assets of $7.1&amp;#160;million
   consists of $4.9&amp;#160;million of goodwill and $2.2&amp;#160;million of other intangible assets. Goodwill and
   other intangible assets on the Company&amp;#8217;s consolidated balance sheets do not amortize and may
   fluctuate due to changes in the currency exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the British
   pound.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;We completed our annual impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets which resulted
   in no impairment as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Income Taxes&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;We apply the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and
   liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax
   consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of
   existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
   are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which
   those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax
   assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes
   the enactment date.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Use of Estimates&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
   estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure
   of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
   amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In addition to all of our reserves
   for losses and loss adjustment expenses being an estimate, a portion of our premiums are estimated
   for unreported premiums, mostly for the marine business written by our U.K. Branch and Lloyd&amp;#8217;s
   Operations. We generally do not experience any significant backlog in processing premiums. Such
   premium estimates are generally based on submission data received from brokers and agents and
   recorded when the insurance policy or reinsurance contract is bound and written. The estimates are
   regularly reviewed and updated taking into account the premium received to date versus the estimate
   and the age of the estimate. To the extent that the actual premium varies from the estimates, the
   difference, along with the related loss reserves and underwriting expenses, is recorded in current
   operations.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;In January&amp;#160;2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (&amp;#8220;FASB&amp;#8221;)
   issued accounting guidance (Accounting Standards Update (&amp;#8220;ASU&amp;#8221;) 2010-06)
   which improves disclosures about fair value measurements (Accounting Standards Codification
   (&amp;#8220;ASC&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;Codification&amp;#8221;) 820-10). This guidance requires additional
   disclosures regarding significant transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2 and additional
   disclosures regarding Level 3 purchases, sales, issuances and settlements. In addition, this
   guidance also requires fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and
   liabilities as well as disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair
   value for items classified as Level 2 or Level 3. This guidance was effective as of January&amp;#160;1, 2010
   for calendar year reporting entities with the exception of the additional
   disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in
   Level 3 fair value measurements which is effective as of January&amp;#160;1, 2011 for calendar year
   reporting entities. Early adoption is permitted. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of
   2010 with the exception of the additional disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and
   settlement in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements which we will adopt
   in the first quarter of 2011. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on our
   consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
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   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;In June&amp;#160;2009, the FASB issued accounting guidance for the transfer of financial assets (ASC
   860-10), which was added to the Codification under ASU 2009-16. This guidance removes the concept
   of a qualifying special-purpose entity (&amp;#8220;QSPE&amp;#8221;) from existing GAAP as well as the removal of the
   exception from applying ASC 810-10, Consolidation, to QSPEs. This guidance also clarifies the unit
   of account eligible for sale accounting and requires that a transferor recognize and initially
   measure at fair value, all financial assets obtained and liabilities incurred as a result of a
   transfer of an entire financial asset (or group of entire financial assets) accounted for as a
   sale. Finally, this guidance requires enhanced disclosures to provide greater transparency about
   transfers of financial assets and a transferor&amp;#8217;s continuing involvement with transferred financial
   assets. This guidance was effective as of January&amp;#160;1, 2010 for calendar year reporting entities and
   early adoption was not permitted. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2010. Adoption
   of this guidance did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of
   operations or cash flows.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recent Accounting Developments&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;In October&amp;#160;2010, the FASB issued accounting guidance (ASU 2010-26) that clarifies which costs
   relating to the acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts qualify for deferral (ASC 944).
   In addition, this guidance specifies that only costs that are related directly to the successful
   acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts can be capitalized. This guidance is effective as
   of January&amp;#160;1, 2012 for calendar year reporting entities. Early adoption is permitted. We are
   currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial
   condition, results of operations and cash flows.
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