Gail L. Harrison has been a director of THG since 1995 and was a director of FAFLIC from 1986 to 1996. From 2000 to 2007, Ms. Harrison was Executive Vice President and a principal at Powell Tate, a public affairs and communications firm and division of Weber Shandwick Worldwide. From 1981 until joining Powell Tate, she was affiliated with The Wexler Group, a government relations consulting firm, where she was a Founding Principal. The Board has determined that Ms. Harrison is an independent director, based on the independence standards adopted by the Board and the requirements of the NYSE. Ms. Harrison is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Harrison's term of office as a director of THG expires in 2009.