Crum & Forster Holdings Corp – ‘S-4/A’ on 10/20/03 – EX-8.1

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Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction   —   Form S-4
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4/A       Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration of          HTML   2.19M 
                          Securities Issued in a                                 
                          Business-Combination Transaction                       
11: S-4/A       Courtesy Copy of the S-4/A -- t10794sv4zaxpdfy       PDF    607K 
 2: EX-8.1      Opinion re: Tax Matters                                1      9K 
 3: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                          1      6K 
 4: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      9K 
 5: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  3     15K 
 6: EX-99.3     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      7K 
 7: EX-99.4     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      7K 
 8: EX-99.5     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      8K 
 9: EX-99.6     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      8K 
10: EX-99.7     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      7K 

EX-8.1   —   Opinion re: Tax Matters

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 8.1

    September 18, 2003

Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.                                                   
305 Madison Avenue                                                              
Morristown, New Jersey  07962                                                   

 Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.

Ladies and Gentlemen:                                                           

          We are acting as counsel to Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the 
registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") being filed   
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the        
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the exchange offer, as set forth
in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (the "Prospectus"), by
the Company of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Registered  
10 3/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Registered Notes") in exchange for its      
outstanding 10 3/8% Senior Notes due 2013 issued on June 5, 2003. Any defined   
term used and not defined herein has the meaning given to it in the Registration
Statement.                                                                      

           Based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions, revenue rulings
and revenue procedures of the Internal Revenue Service, and other administrative
pronouncements, all as in effect on the date hereof, it is our opinion that,    
subject to the limitations set forth therein, the discussion contained in the   
Registration Statement under the caption "Certain U.S. federal income tax       
considerations" is our opinion of the material United States federal income tax 
consequences of the exchange offer and the ownership of the Registered Notes    
under currently applicable law.                                                 

              Our opinion is based on current United States federal income tax
law and administrative practice, and we do not undertake to advise you as to any
future changes in United States federal income tax law or administrative        
practice that may affect our opinion unless we are specifically retained to do  
so. Further, legal opinions are not binding upon the Internal Revenue Service   
and there can be no assurance that contrary positions may not be asserted by the
Internal Revenue Service.                                                       

      We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.                         

                         Very truly yours,

                                   /s/ Shearman & Sterling LLP

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