Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.



                                By:    /s/  Dan R. Carmichael
                                      _____________________________
                                          Dan R. Carmichael





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.



                                By:   /s/  Donald F. McKee
                                     _____________________________
                                          Donald F. McKee






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.



                                By:   /s/  Stanley N. Pontius
                                     _____________________________
                                         Stanley N. Pontius







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.


                                By:   /s/  Howard L. Sloneker III
                                     _____________________________
                                         Howard L. Sloneker III







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.


                                By:  /s/  Terrence J. Baehr
                                    _____________________________
                                         Terrence J. Baehr






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.



                                By:   /s/  Jack E. Brown
                                      _____________________________
                                         Jack E. Brown






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.



                                By:  /s/  Catherine E. Dolan
                                    _____________________________
                                        Catherine E. Dolan







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.


                                By:   /s/  Stephen S. Marcum
                                     _____________________________
                                         Stephen S. Marcum






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio
Casualty Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints
Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and
thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies
and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this _____ day of May, 2002.


                                By:  /s/  Edward T. Roeding
                                     _____________________________
                                         Edward T. Roeding