EX-24 4 ex24_2020xedgar.htm EX-24 POWERS OF ATTORNEY Document

Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.

            
                                /s/ Steven J. Bateman
                                Steven J. Bateman
                    






                                        Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.

            
                                /s/ Harrington Bischof     
                                Harrington Bischof



                                        Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                /s/ Jimmy A. Dew        
                                Jimmy A. Dew



                                            Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.

                            
                                 /s/ John M. Dixon
                                John M. Dixon
                    


                    



Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                /s/ Michael D. Kennedy     
                                Michael D. Kennedy
                    


                    




Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                /s/ Charles J. Kovaleski
                                Charles J. Kovaleski
                    


        

                                        



Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.

                                
                                /s/ Spencer LeRoy, III
                                Spencer LeRoy, III
                    



    



Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                 /s/ Peter B. McNitt
                                Peter B. McNitt
                    






                                        Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                /s/ Glenn W. Reed
                                Glenn W. Reed
                    






Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                 /s/ Arnold L. Steiner     
                                Arnold L. Steiner
                    


                                            



Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                /s Fredricka Taubitz     
                                Fredricka Taubitz
                    





Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                 /s/ Steven Walker
                                Steven Walker
                    






Exhibit (24)

POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, being a member of the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois, does hereby make, constitute, and appoint Craig R. Smiddy, President & Chief Executive Officer of said corporation, as his/her true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place, and stead to execute, sign, acknowledge, confirm or ratify all documents, papers, forms, statements, certificates and filings of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by said corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving and granting to said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall expire the earlier of the anniversary of the date shown below or the exercise of the undersigned's power of substitution or revocation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2021.


                                /s/ A. C. Zucaro
                                A.C. Zucaro