Old Republic To Announce Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) today announced that it will publish third quarter 2019 results on October 24, 2019. The announcement will consist of the Company's regular news release format containing information about the financial results of its segmented and consolidated operations. In accordance with long-established practice, a statistical exhibit showing historical financial statistics will be posted concurrently on Old Republic's website at www.oldrepublic.com.

About Old Republic

Chicago-based Old Republic International Corporation is one of the nation's 50 largest publicly held insurance enterprises. It is a member of the Fortune 500 listing of America's largest companies. The Company is organized as an insurance holding company whose subsidiaries actively market, underwrite, and provide risk management services for a wide variety of coverages mostly in the general and title insurance fields. A long-term interest in mortgage guaranty and consumer credit indemnity coverages has devolved to a run-off operating mode since 2012. Old Republic's general insurance business ranks among the nations' 50 largest, while its title insurance operations are the third largest in its industry.

The nature of Old Republic's business requires that it be managed for the long run, and its cash dividend policy reflects that long-term orientation. The current annualized dividend rate of $0.80 per share marks the 38th consecutive year that Old Republic has boosted this rate, and 2019 becomes the 78th year of uninterrupted regular cash dividend payments. Here's a summary of recent years' total book and market returns, which includes the addition and reinvestment of cash dividend payments, in comparison with the financial performance of three selected indices similarly developed.

		ORI
		Annual		Annual		Selected Indices' Compounded
		Book Value		Market Value		Total Annual Returns
		Compounded		Compounded		Gross		S & P		S & P
		Total		Total		Domestic		500		Insurance
		Return		Return		Product		Index		Index
Ten Years 1998 – 2008		9.3%		3.5%		5.0%		-1.4%		-4.2%
Ten Years 2008 – 2018		6.0%		11.8%		3.4%		13.1%		11.0%
Twenty Years 1998 – 2018		7.6%		7.6%		4.2%		5.6%		3.1%

According to the most recent edition of Mergent's Dividend Achievers, Old Republic is listed in 56th place among just 105 qualifying publicly held companies, out of thousands considered, that have posted at least 25 consecutive years of annual dividend growth.

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Investor Relations
Old Republic International Corporation
307 North Michigan Avenue • Chicago, IL 60601
312-346-8100

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