Lawrence Read has served as a director of the Company since 2005. He was a director of the Insurance Company from 2002 to 2005. Since 1986, Mr. Read has been the President and CEO of Lube Management Corp., which operates a chain of retail automotive centers throughout California and provides enterprise software systems for independently owned automotive oil service centers. Since 1999, Mr. Read has been President and Chairman of the Board of North American Lubricants Corporation, a passenger car motor oil manufacturer and reseller throughout the United States. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Automotive Oil Change Association, an industry trade group which he founded in 1987. |