CHICAGO, March 17,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Republic International
Corporation (NYSE: ORI) today announced J. Eric Smith (65) has joined its Board of
Directors as of March 17, 2023.
He has concurrently been appointed to the Board's Compensation and
Governance and Nominating Committees, as well as to the
Directorship of ORI's major regulated insurance company
subsidiaries.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smith served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Swiss Re Americas and was a member of Swiss
Re's Group Executive Committee. Further, he was previously
President of USAA Life Insurance Co and President of Allstate
Financial Services. In making the announcement, Spencer LeRoy, Chairman of the Board, noted "our
Company will benefit greatly from J. Eric
Smith's insurance, reinsurance, and executive management
experience and we are most grateful and pleased with his acceptance
to join us."
Including J. Eric Smith, ORI has
added seven new, highly qualified individuals to ORI and its
major regulated insurance company subsidiaries' Board of Directors
in the last 5 years. In the same time frame, five Directors
have departed from the Board. ORI continues to make
significant progress to provide greater diversity of talents,
profession, and other backgrounds to the Board.
About Old Republic
Chicago-based Old Republic
International Corporation is one of the nation's 50 largest
shareholder-owned insurance businesses. It is a member of the
Fortune 500 listing of America's largest companies. The
Company is organized as an insurance holding company whose
subsidiaries actively market, underwrite, and provide risk
management services for a wide variety of coverages mostly in the
general and title insurance fields. Old Republic's general
insurance business ranks among the nation's 50 largest, while its
title insurance business is the third largest in its industry.
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Republic:
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Analysts/Investors:
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