POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SETAREH POURAGHABAGHER
Know all by these presents that I, SETAREH POURAGHABAGHER, do hereby
appoint MELISSA A. CENTERS, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) Prepare, execute in my name and on my behalf, and submit to the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling me to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a)
of the Securities Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) Execute for me and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer
and/or director of State Auto Financial Corporation (the Company),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(3) Do and perform any and all acts for me and on my behalf which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and
(4) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, me, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. I acknowledge that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at my request, is not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of June, 2017.
Signature: /s/ Setareh Pouraghabagher
Print Name: Setareh Pouraghabagher
