---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074260-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORI"
cik: "0000074260"
company_name: "OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:56:57.162076+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Old Republic appoints J. Eric Smith to Board; adds insurance and reinsurance expertise

## Summary
- Board expanded from 13 to 14 directors; Smith appointed as Class 1 director, effective March 17, 2023.
- Smith will serve on Compensation and Governance/Nominating Committees and on major insurance subsidiary boards.
- Previously President/CEO of Swiss Re Americas, President of USAA Life Insurance Co and Allstate Financial Services.
- Board to reduce to 13 after annual meeting as Arnold Steiner departs at end of term.
- ORI added seven new directors in last five years, enhancing diversity of backgrounds and expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074260-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORI
- cik: 0000074260
- company_name: OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426023000016/0000074260-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426023000016/ori-20230317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-23-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-23-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-23-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Arnold Steiner departed as Director at OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: will not continue
  - Role: Director
  source text: Arnold Steiner, who was not slated for re-election, will not continue as a director following the end of his three-year term that expires at the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426023000016/0000074260-23-000016-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Eric Smith was appointed as Director at OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed J. Eric Smith as a Class 1 director to fill the vacancy created as a result of the Board size increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426023000016/0000074260-23-000016-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.