Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Harrington Bischof
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Harrington Bischof
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said Corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Jimmy A. Dew
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Jimmy A. Dew
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said Corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ John W. Dixon
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John W. Dixon
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Peter Lardner
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Peter Lardner
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Wilbur S. Legg
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Wilbur S. Legg
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said Corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ John W. Popp
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John W. Popp
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ William A. Simpson
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William A. Simpson
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Arnold L. Steiner
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Arnold L. Steiner
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Fredricka Taubitz
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Fredricka Taubitz
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Charles F. Titterton
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Charles F. Titterton
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Steven R. Walker
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Steven R. Walker
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN 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 A.
C. Zucaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the said corporation, as his
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 filing of any kind whatsoever required to be filed by the said
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not
limited to, a Form S-8 filed for the Old Republic International Corporation 2006
Incentive Compensation Plan, 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 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. The power of
attorney aforesaid shall expire as of the anniversary of the date shown below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
5th day of June, 2006.
/s/ Dennis P. Van Mieghem
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Dennis P. Van Mieghem
WITNESS:
/s/ Spencer LeRoy III
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