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Crum & Forster Holdings Corp – ‘S-4’ on 6/29/07 – EX-25.1

On: Friday, 6/29/07, at 5:19pm ET · Accession #: 909567-7-877 · File #: 333-144242

  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 6/29/07  Crum & Forster Holdings Corp      S-4                    9:3.6M                                   Bowne - Bot/FA

Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction — Form S-4
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4         Registration of Securities Issued in a              HTML   1.76M 
                          Business-Combination Transaction                       
 2: EX-1.1      Underwriting Agreement                              HTML    209K 
 3: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                HTML     19K 
 4: EX-8.1      Opinion re: Tax Matters                             HTML      9K 
 5: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     18K 
 6: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML      6K 
 7: EX-25.1     Statement re: Eligibility of Trustee                HTML     33K 
 8: EX-99.8     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     91K 
 9: EX-99.9     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     23K

EX-25.1 — Statement re: Eligibility of Trustee

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Exhibit 25.1

FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) o

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


New York		13-5160382
(State of incorporation		(I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank)		identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.		10286
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)


Delaware		04-3611900
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)		identification no.)

305 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ		07962
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

7³/4% Senior Notes due 2017

(Title of the indenture securities)

General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

(a)

Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.



Name		Address


Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York		One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223

Federal Reserve Bank of New York		33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation		Washington, D.C. 20429

New York Clearing House Association		New York, New York 10005

(b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2.		Affiliations with Obligor.

		If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

		None.

16.		List of Exhibits.

		Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

	1.		A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

	4.		A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

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	6.		The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-106702.)

	7.		A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 25th day of June, 2007.


THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By:	/S/ *BEATA HRYNIEWICKA*
	Name:	BEATA HRYNIEWICKA
	Title:	ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business March 31, 2007, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.


	Dollar Amounts
	In Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin		1,859,000
Interest-bearing balances		12,315,000
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities		1,572,000
Available-for-sale securities		20,948,000
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
Federal funds sold in domestic offices		491,000
Securities purchased under agreements to resell		153,000
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale		0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income		31,479,000
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		289,000
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance		31,190,000
Trading assets		3,171,000
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)		844,000
Other real estate owned		2,000
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies		340,000
Not applicable
Intangible assets:
Goodwill		2,714,000
Other intangible assets		966,000
Other assets		7,043,000


	Dollar Amounts
	In Thousands
Total assets		83,608,000


LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices		26,775,000
Noninterest-bearing		16,797,000
Interest-bearing		9,978,000
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs		33,309,000
Noninterest-bearing		702,000
Interest-bearing		32,607,000
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices		712,000
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		129,000
Trading liabilities		2,321,000
Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)		3,621,000
Not applicable
Not applicable
Subordinated notes and debentures		2,255,000
Other liabilities		5,933,000

Total liabilities		75,055,000


Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries		161,000

EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus		0
Common stock		1,135,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)		2,143,000
Retained earnings		5,430,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income		-316,000
Other equity capital components		0
Total equity capital		8,392,000

Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital		83,608,000

I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas P. Gibbons,
Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.


Thomas A. Renyi
Gerald L. Hassell		Directors
Catherine A. Rein

Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘S-4’ Filing	Date	Other Filings

Filed on:	6/29/07
	3/31/07	10-Q
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1 Subsequent Filing that References this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 7/05/07  SEC                               UPLOAD¶     9/27/17    1:38K  Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.

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