Old Republic International Corporation announced Therace M. Risch (51) has joined its Board of Directors as of March 18, 2024. She has concurrently been appointed to the Board's Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees, as well as to the Directorship of ORI's major regulated insurance company subsidiaries. Ms. Risch is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer for American Electric Power Company Inc. 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 ten years of experience directly in the insurance industry working at the St. Paul Companies Inc. and COUNTRY Financial. Including Therace Risch, ORI has added six new, highly qualified individuals to ORI and its major regulated insurance company subsidiaries' Boards of Directors in the last 5 years.

In the same time frame, six Directors have departed from the Board. ORI continues to make significant progress to provide greater diversity of talents, professions, and other backgrounds to the Board.