ProAssurance Corp.

W. STANCIL STARNES, ESQ., is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ProAssurance Corporation. Mr. Starnes, who assumed this position at ProAssurance on July 2, 2007, was first associated with Medical Assurance, the predecessor of ProAssurance, in 1979 when he began defending insured physicians on behalf of the company. In the ensuing years he became ProAssurance’s lead outside defense counsel and was a vital outside voice in many key decisions that shaped the Company. He was one of the architects of ProAssurance’s policy of passionately defending non-meritorious lawsuits. Mr. Starnes was the founder (in 1975) and ultimately the senior and managing partner of the law firm of Starnes & Atchison. His primary work was in the field of medical liability defense, but his 34-year history of courtroom advocacy included successful representation of local and nationwide clients in a wide range of civil trials, appeals and litigation. In October, 2006 Mr. Starnes assumed the position of President, Corporate Planning and Administration with Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, one of the nations leading commercial contractors. He is a member American Bar Association as well as the Bar Associations of Alabama and Birmingham. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, an Advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocacy and a Life Fellow of the Alabama Bar Foundation. He graduated from the University of Alabama and is a summa cum laude graduate of The Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham.

EDWARD L. RAND, JR., CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer and a Senior Vice-President of ProAssurance Corporation. Prior to joining ProAssurance in November of 2004, Mr. Rand was Chief Accounting Officer and Head of Corporate Finance for PartnerRe Ltd. from 2000 - 2004. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic American Corporation from 1996 - 2000 and Controller of United Capitol Insurance Company from 1992 - 1996. Prior to this time Mr. Rand was employed by Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) for four years. Mr. Rand is a certified public accountant and is a graduate of Davidson College where he majored in Economics.

JEFFREY L. BOWLBY is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in our Professional Liability Group. Mr. Bowlby joined one of ProAssurance’s predecessor companies, ProNational Insurance Company, in September, 1998. Prior to joining ProNational, Mr. Bowlby served as Senior Vice President, Marketing for the Meadowbrook Insurance Group from 1984 to 1998. While at Meadowbrook, Mr. Bowlby specialized in the alternative risk area. Prior to joining Meadowbrook, he was a Marketing Executive for Federated Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Bowlby is an Associate in Risk Management (ARM). Mr. Bowlby is a graduate of Northern Michigan University where he majored in Marketing Management. He has served on the boards of many groups and associations and is a frequent speaker for several national risk management groups.

Hayes V. Whiteside, MD, is the Senior Vice President of Risk Management and Medical Director for ProAssurance. Prior to joining ProAssurance in 2004 he practiced Urology for 17 years in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Dr. Whiteside completed a general surgery internship and residency at LSU in New Orleans and a Urology Residency at LSU as well. He was Associate Professor of Surgery at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Division of Surgery in Tuscaloosa, AL. He also served as Chairman of the Tuscaloosa County Board of Health from 2002-2006. He remains active in numerous medical societies and professional organizations.

John J. McMahon, Jr. is Chairman and a co-founder of Ligon Industries, LLC. He has been involved in direct equity investing for more than 30 years. Mr. McMahon worked for McWane, Inc., a closely held manufacturing holding company with over 20 plants and over one billion in sales, for 25 years. During his career at McWane, Inc., Mr. McMahon held numerous management positions including President and Chairman of the Board. Mr. McMahon negotiated over 25 acquisitions ranging from publicly held companies to small privately held companies. Mr. McMahon serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee of McWane, Inc; and is a director of Alabama National Bancorporation, National Bank of Commerce, Protective Life Insurance Company, ProAssurance, John H. Harland Company, UAB Health Systems, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (Kirklin Clinic), Callahan Eye Foundation, Birmingham Police Foundation and the Birmingham Opera. Mr. McMahon also serves as President Pro-Tem of the board of trustees of the University of Alabama and as a trustee of Birmingham-Southern College. Mr. McMahon's educational background includes an undergraduate degree from Birmingham-Southern College and a law degree from the University of Alabama.

JOHN P. NORTH, JR. has served as a Director of ProAssurance since completion of the consolidation on June 27, 2001, and as a director of Medical Assurance, Inc. since 1996. Mr. North is a certified public accountant who was a partner of the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand LLP until his retirement in September 1995.. Mr. North serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the ProAssurance Board of Directors. Members of the Audit Committee and the Board believe that Mr. North meets the qualifications of an Audit Committee Financial Expert based upon his long and distinguished career in the accounting profession including a top leadership role at Coopers & Lybrand. More specifically, Mr. North retired in 1995 as a partner of Coopers & Lybrand (one of the predecessor firms to PricewaterhouseCoopers), an international accounting, auditing, tax and consulting firm with worldwide revenue at that time of more than $5 billion. Mr. North, a native of Alabama, received his BS (major in accounting) from the University of Alabama in 1957. He joined Coopers & Lybrand in 1957, served in the US Army from 1958 to 1960. Mr. North returned to Coopers & Lybrand in 1960 and served on the audit staff for several years before transition to the tax staff. He was admitted to the partnership in 1967, as a Tax Partner, and became Managing Partner of the Birmingham office in 1974. In addition to his supervisory responsibilities in the Birmingham office, Mr. North were directly involved in mergers and acquisitions activities for the firm�s clients where he directly evaluated and analyzed financial statements. In 1983 he moved to Atlanta to become managing partner of the firm�s 15 Southeastern offices and served in that capacity until October 1988, when he became managing partner of the Atlanta office. In each of these positions, Mr. North was responsible for the overall operation of the office or region. The offices under his responsibility performed audits of numerous public companies including Royal Crown Cola, BellSouth, SONOCO and Tampa Electric Company. In October 1992, Mr. North was named Client Service Vice Chairman, and in July 1993, moved to New York as Chief of Staff of Coopers & Lybrand. He served two terms as a member of the Executive Committee. As a part of his Chief of Staff and Executive Committee responsibilities, the General Counsel of Coopers & Lybrand reported to Mr. North thus causing Mr. North to be particularly aware of auditing and accounting problems and particularly those that had resulted in litigation or discussions with regulators. In addition, Mr. North was a member of Firm Council, served as Chairman of the Firm Council Nominating Committee and Chairman of the Retirement Committee. After retirement, Mr. North has continues to serve on the Retired Partners Committee of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (the successor of Coopers & Lybrand). Mr. North presently serves as a director of ProAssurance, and has been a member or chairman of the Audit Committee since he joined the Board in 1996. He also serves as a consultant to Guardsmark, LLC. He was formerly a director of Ransom Industries, Inc.

ANN F. PUTALLAZ has served as a director of ProAssurance, and as a member of the Audit Committee of ProAssurance since the completion of the consolidation on June 27, 2001. Prior to that time, Ms. Putallaz served as a director of Professionals Group, Inc. (since 1996) and its Vice Chairman (since 1999). Mr. Putallaz has earned her Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D. in Economics and is the co-author of an economics textbook. For the past five years, Ms. Putallaz has been the Vice President and director of marketing information services of Munder Capital Management, an investment advisor to The Munder Funds, an open end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. She has also served as an economist and Director of Mutual Fund Product Management, and Director of Fiduciary Services at affiliates of Comerica Bank and Munder Capital Management. Comerica is a top 50 Bank headquartered in Detroit and Munder Capital is Michigan largest investment firm. She holds NASD Series 2, 6, 63 and 65 licenses. Ms. Putallaz was a Director and member of Audit Committee and Investment Committee, Professionals Group, Inc.; Director and member of Investment Committee of MEEMIC Holdings, Inc. and MEEMICInsurance Company; Board member, Ann Arbor (Michigan) Economic Development Corporation.

Drayton Nabers, Jr. returned to the ProAssurance Board in December 2007, having resigned prior to beginning his service to the people and the State of Alabama, which he served as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 2004 to 2007 and Director of Finance from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Nabers is currently an attorney and shareholder in the Birmingham, AL law firm of Maynard, Cooper and Gale, P.C. Mr. Nabers also serves on the Board of Directors of Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation and was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Protective Life Corporation until 2002.

JOHN J. MCMAHON, JR. has served as a director of ProAssurance since February 27, 2002. Since 1999, Mr. McMahon has served as Chairman of Ligon Industries (manufacturer of wastewater treatment equipment and aluminum castings) and as Chairman of the Executive Committee of McWane, Inc. (pipe and valve manufacturing company) in Birmingham, Alabama. Prior to that time, Mr. McMahon served as Chairman of the Board of McWane, Inc. Mr. McMahon also serves as a director of John H. Harland Co., Protective Life Corporation, and Alabama National Bancorporation.

LUCIAN F. BLOODWORTH was elected as a director on August 22, 2002. He has been a member of the Audit Committee since his election to the Board of ProAssurance. Mr. Bloodworth has been a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, but is currently inactive in those organizations. Mr. Bloodworth has earned a Bachelors of Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration in Actuarial Science. His relevent work experience includes employment as Assistant Actuary, Liberty National Life Insurance; Actuary, Ordinary Insurance, and Senior Vice President, Protective Life Insurance Company; President, American Foundation Life; Executive Vice President, National Bank of Commerce. Mr. Bloodworth is currently a Director and member of the Audit Committee of National Bank of Commerce.

ROBERT E. FLOWERS has served as a director of ProAssurance since completion of the consolidation on June 27, 2001. Prior to that date, Dr. Flowers served as a director of Medical Assurance, Inc. (since 1995) and as a director of The Medical Assurance Company, Inc. (since 1985). Dr. Flowers practiced as a physician with Gynecology Associates of Dothan P.C., Dothan, Alabama, prior to his retirement in 2001.

WILFRED W. YEARGAN, JR. M.D. has practiced medicine in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, specializing in ophthalmology for over thirty years. Dr. Yeargan has participated as a member of the underwriting and claims advisory committees of The Medical Assurance Company, Inc. since it began operations in 1977.

WILLIAM H. WOODHAMS, M.D. has served as a director of ProAssurance since the completion of the consolidation on June 27, 2001. Prior to that time, Dr. Woodhams served as a director of Professionals Group, Inc. (since 1996) and its Chairman (since 1999) and director of its subsidiary, ProNational Insurance Company since 1980. Dr. Woodhams is a board certified family practice physician and has been in private practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan since 1964.