---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074260-24-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORI"
cik: "0000074260"
company_name: "OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T16:17:08.351343+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Old Republic appoints Therace M. Risch to Board of Directors, effective March 18, 2024

## Summary
- Board size increased from 13 to 14; Risch appointed as Class 2 director, effective March 18, 2024.
- Risch brings expertise in cybersecurity, technology transformation, and IT operations; currently EVP & CIO at American Electric Power.
- She will serve on Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee; will stand for election at 2025 annual meeting.
- Risch has 10 years of insurance industry experience at St. Paul Companies and COUNTRY Financial.
- She is independent and receives standard director fees; no compensatory arrangement other than that.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074260-24-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORI
- cik: 0000074260
- company_name: OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426024000055/0000074260-24-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426024000055/ori-20240318.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-24-000055
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-24-000055.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-24-000055.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Therace M. Risch was appointed as Class 2 Director at OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class 2 Director
  source text: appointed Ms. Therace M. Risch as a Class 2 director to fill the vacancy created as a result of the Board size increase, effective March 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426024000055/0000074260-24-000055-index.htm

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