ALLEGHANY CORPORATION $500,000,000 3.250% Senior Notes due 2051 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

A registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Securities (i) has been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (together, the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder; (ii) has been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) is effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been delivered by the Company to BMO Capital Markets Corp., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Securities, LLC, as the representatives (“you or the “Representatives”) of the Underwriters. For the avoidance of doubt, the availability to the Underwriters of such registration statement and any amendment thereto on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ database shall satisfy the Company’s delivery obligation with respect thereto. As used in this Agreement:

The Company has been since the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and continues to be a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405) eligible to use Form S-3 for the offering of the Securities, including not having been an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405) at any such time or date. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405) and was filed not earlier than the date that is three years prior to the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4).

The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”). The Preliminary Prospectus conformed in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and

The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with (i) written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriters specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e) and (ii) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (the “Form T-1”) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act.

The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriters specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).

The documents incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriters specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433), when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the Company has complied or will comply, as applicable, with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representatives (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld). The Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted with or will conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.

Each of the Company and its subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4 hereto (herein called, collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated, organized or formed and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business; and each of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the location of the properties owned, leased or operated by it make such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, properties or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not have any subsidiaries or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, except for such subsidiaries omitted from Exhibit 21 as permitted under Item 601(b)(21)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act. None of the subsidiaries of the Company (other than the Significant Subsidiaries) is a “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X).

The authorized, issued and outstanding common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), and other capital stock of the Company is as set forth in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances of Common Stock pursuant to employee or director incentive compensation or stock purchase plans). The shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the

The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement, was or will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”). This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

None of the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company, compliance by the Company with any of the provisions of the Transaction Documents nor the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound, or to which any of their properties is subject; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or (iv) violate any law, rule, administrative regulation or decree of any court or any governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, except, with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), conflicts or violations that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

No permit, consent, approval, authorization or order of any court, governmental agency or body or financial institution is required for the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, or the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities through the Underwriters.

There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act.

The Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.

Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, except as described in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (ii) issued or granted any securities (other than the shares of capital stock issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights not issued under one of those plans), (iii) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iv) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business, or (v) with respect to the Company only, except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock, and since such date, except for repurchases of Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s publicly announced stock repurchase programs, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any adverse

The financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, statements of earnings and comprehensive income and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated (subject to year-end adjustments in the case of unaudited interim financial statements) and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and conform in all material respects with such generally accepted accounting principles, except as otherwise noted therein; and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein.

The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language or Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

Ernst & Young, LLP, who have reported on certain financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and whose report is incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and were independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations during the periods covered by the financial statements on which they reported contained or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

The statistical and market-related data, if any, included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the most recent Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.

Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is, and as of the Closing Date and, after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the

There is no litigation or governmental proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject or which is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

There are no statutes or regulations, legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents that would be required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (in each case including, without limitation, the documents incorporated by reference therein) or, in the case of documents, to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that are not described and filed as required.

To the knowledge of the Company, no labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is imminent that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability, including, but not limited to, any liability relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries being a member of a “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (each, a “Plan”)), has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, (A) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (B) there has been no failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and (C) neither the Company or any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (iv) each Plan that is intended to

The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all Federal and all material state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, which returns are complete and correct in all material respects, and have paid all taxes due, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in default in the payment of any taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, except for any such taxes or assessments which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if any, have been established in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and statutory accounting principles, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that have been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (ii) is in violation of any law, ordinance, rule, regulation or order of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

The Company is and, to the knowledge of the Company, its officers and directors are, in compliance in all material respects with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

Each of the Company and its subsidiaries hold such orders, consents, permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need, registrations, qualifications and other approvals or authorizations from governmental or regulatory authorities (collectively, the “Permits”) (including, without limitation, insurance or reinsurance licenses from the foreign and domestic insurance regulatory agencies or bodies of each jurisdiction in which it conducts its business (the “Insurance Licenses”)) which are necessary under applicable law to own its properties and conduct its businesses as presently operated and in the manner described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations necessary to

The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or have the ability to acquire, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them, except where the failure to own, possess or have the ability to acquire such patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company nor its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, individually or in the aggregate, if subject to any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; or (iii) made any bribe or other unlawful payment.

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (i) for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or (ii) that is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Crimea and Syria) .

The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the Closing Date and completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representatives have consented in accordance with Section 1(i) or 5(a)(vi) (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and any amendments and supplements to such documents.

The Company, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, maintain systems of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and statutory accounting practices. The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and statutory accounting practices and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) recorded assets are compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.

Since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, (i) the Company has not been advised of any fraud,

The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except where the failure to have such good and marketable title or the existence of any such Liens would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All assets held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company and its subsidiaries, except where the failure of any such leases to be valid, subsisting or enforceable or the existence of such exceptions would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

The Company is not required to be licensed as an insurance company; each of the Company’s regulated insurance company or reinsurance company subsidiaries (herein called, collectively, the “Insurance Subsidiaries”) is duly licensed to conduct an insurance or reinsurance business, as the case may be, under the insurance laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such licensing; and the Insurance Subsidiaries have filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities all reports, documents and other information required to be filed in each jurisdiction where such filings are required, except as to licenses and filings the failure of which to make would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

All reinsurance ceded treaties, contracts, agreements and arrangements to which the Company or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries is a party are in full force and effect, other than those that, by their terms, have expired or otherwise terminated, or those the failure of which to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of, any obligation agreement, covenant or condition contained therein, which violation or default would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; none of the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries has received any notice from any of the other parties to such treaties, policies, contracts, agreements or arrangements that such other party intends not to perform such treaty, contract, agreements or arrangements or will be unable to perform such treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement where the failure to perform would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its Insurance Subsidiaries have made no material change in their insurance reserving practices since January 1, 2020. All insurance reserves of each of the Insurance Subsidiaries, which filed audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 and unaudited quarterly statutory financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and which filed or will file unaudited quarterly statutory financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, each as filed or will be filed with the insurance regulator of the relevant jurisdiction for such Insurance Subsidiary, were or will be reflective of and calculated in accordance with applicable statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the insurance regulator of the relevant jurisdiction and generally accepted actuarial methodologies.

Any statutory annual and quarterly statements of each of the Insurance Subsidiaries and any statutory balance sheets and income statements included in such statutory annual and quarterly statements most recently filed with any applicable regulatory authority have been prepared in conformity with required or permitted statutory accounting principles or practices consistently followed, except as may otherwise be indicated in the notes thereto, and present fairly in all material respects the statutory financial position of each Insurance Subsidiary as at the dates thereof, and on a statutory basis for the periods covered thereby.

No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, that is required to be described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which is not so described.

The statements set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Notes,” “Description of Debt Securities” and “Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to describe the Securities and other documents and legal matters referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects.

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

None of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities has been or will be paid to the Underwriters (except for the payment of the commissions pursuant to this Agreement or payments to the Underwriters or any affiliate of the Underwriters as a result of payments or prepayments of outstanding loans under the Company’s revolving credit facility) or, to the knowledge of the Company, to any affiliate of the Underwriters; and the Company is not an “affiliate” (as defined in FINRA Rule 5121) of any member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).

(i)(x) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii)(x) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology and (y) to the knowledge of the Company, the backup and disaster recovery technology implemented by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices.

The Company agrees:

The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 5(a)(i); the Company shall have complied with all filing requirements applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to after the date hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding or examination for such purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise shall have been complied with; and the Commission shall not have notified the Company of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement.

No Underwriter shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the reasonable opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, is material or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

▇▇▇▇▇▇ Frome Wolosky LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters its written opinion and letter, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and delivered and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2.

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, shall have furnished his written opinion addressed to the Underwriters and delivered and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-3.

▇▇▇▇▇▇ Frome Wolosky LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters its written opinion and letter, as special tax counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and delivered and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-4.

The Representatives shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are and at all applicable times were independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as

With respect to the letter of Ernst & Young LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Representatives concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “E&Y initial letter”), Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter (the “E&Y bring-down letter”) of such accountants, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are and at all applicable times were independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the E&Y bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the E&Y bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the E&Y initial letter, (iii) covering financial information in the Prospectus and (iv) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the E&Y initial letter.

The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of any two of its President, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, or Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer to the effect that:

Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree or (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, individually or in the aggregate, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or sale of the Securities being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or this Agreement.

Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrade in the rating of the Company or any of its Material Insurance Subsidiaries (as defined below) or their respective financial strength or claims paying ability or the rating of any of the Company’s securities by A.M. Best Company, Inc. (“A.M. Best”) or by any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (together with A.M. Best, the “Rating Agencies”) shall have occurred or be pending and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the Company or any of its Material Insurance Subsidiaries or their respective financial strength or claims paying ability or the rating of any of the Company’s securities. As used herein, “Material Insurance Subsidiaries” means those subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5 attached hereto.

Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a

The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives certificates, dated as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, respectively, of its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information identified therein, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.

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if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company c/o General Counsel.

In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a Covered Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

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