EX-24.2 9 a2139918zex-24_2.txt EXHIBIT 24.2 EXHIBIT 24.2 POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, director of ACE INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Evan G. Greenberg, Philip V. Bancroft and Peter N. Mear, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of ordinary shares, preferred shares, debt securities and other securities of the Company and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by such registration statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: August 13, 2004 /s/ Philip V. Bancroft ----------------------------------- Philip V. Bancroft /s/ Timothy A. Boroughs ----------------------------------- Timothy A. Boroughs /s/ Brian E. Dowd ---------------------------------- Brian E. Dowd /s/ Evan G. Greenberg ----------------------------------- Evan G. Greenberg /s/ Donald Kramer ----------------------------------- Donald Kramer /s/ Gary Schmalzriedt ----------------------------------- Gary Schmalzriedt