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Mr. Smiddy was elected as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer in 2019. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since June 2018. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Old Republic Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (formerly Old Republic General Insurance Group, Inc.) since August 2015 and December 2019, respectively, and served as Chief Operating Officer of Old Republic Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. from August 2013 to December 2019. Before joining the Company, he was President of the Specialty Markets Division of Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Mr. Stephen J. Oberst, Executive Vice President since October 2019; Chief Executive Officer at Old Republic Risk Management, Inc. which he joined in 1999.

Mr. W. Todd Gray, Executive Vice President since May 2022; Senior Vice President and Treasurer since June 2018; Senior Vice President - Operations & Finance - Old Republic General Insurance Group since September 2015.

Ms. Carolyn Monroe, Senior Vice President - Title Insurance since August 2023; President and Chief Executive Officer of Old Republic National Title Holding Company and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company since December 2018 and January 2023, respectively, after joining in 2009.

Mr. Frank Joseph Sodaro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2021; served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer from June 2017 to July 2021.

Until his retirement in 2014, Mr. LeRoy was Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company since 1992. Prior to that, he was a partner with the law firm of Lord, Bissell and Brook (now Troutman Pepper Locke). His legal career involved all aspects of insurance, corporate governance, and financial-related matters.

An audit partner with the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP until his retirement, Mr. Bateman had a 37-year career as an auditor and business advisor for a large number of organizations engaged in all major insurance fields. During that period of time, he gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the business and the risk factors associated with the insurance industry.

??Mr. McNitt is the retired Vice Chair of BMO Harris Bank; a position he held since 2006. Prior to that, he led BMO Harris' U.S. Corporate Banking as Executive Vice President and U.S. Investment Banking as Executive Managing Director. He also serves as a director of Hub Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUBG), a provider of intermodal highway and logistics services. He has long-term experience and deep knowledge gained during his more than 40-year-long career. His wide range of responsibilities focused on the delivery of the full breadth of wealth, and commercial and investment banking services to customers.

Until his retirement in 2024, Mr. Kennedy served as a senior client partner with Korn Ferry, the global organizational consulting firm, where he was a member of that firm's global financial services market and a leader with Korn Ferry's Diversity Center of Expertise. Prior to joining Korn Ferry, he served in senior positions at several financial services firms, including GE Capital, Wachovia and J.P. Morgan & Co. He was appointed by President Obama to serve as the chair of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the largest pension fund in the United States (the U.S.), where he served until his term ended in 2020.

??Mr. Smith was the President and Chief Executive of Swiss Re Americas from 2011 to 2020. Mr. Smith also held a number of executive roles in his career, including President of USAA Life Insurance Company and President of Allstate Financial Services. He also held various positions in property and casualty insurance with COUNTRY Financial over a 20-year period.

Ms. Risch served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer for American Electric Power Company, Inc. from July 2021 until April 2025 (Senior Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer from May 2020 until July 2021). She was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer at J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at COUNTRY Financial. Further, she has 10 years of experience directly in the insurance industry working at the St. Paul Companies, Inc. and COUNTRY Financial.

Mr. Reed served as a Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the world's largest asset-management firms, until his retirement from the firm in 2017. While at Vanguard, Mr. Reed had overall responsibility for Vanguard's corporate finance and mutual fund finance functions, most recently heading up the firm's Strategy division. Prior to joining Vanguard in 2007, he served as general counsel for a multi-line health and life insurance company following a 21-year career as a partner of the Chicago-based law firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath).

Mr. Thomas A. Dare, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel since January 2021; served as Deputy General Counsel from June 2017 to January 2021.