Ohio Casualty Elects New Directors

Property and casualty insurance holding company, Ohio Casualty Corporation, headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio, elected Philip G. Heasley, Ralph S. Michael III and Jan H. Suwinski to the corporation’s board of directors at the annual shareholders meeting.

The new directors will replace retiring directors Vaden Fitton, Arthur J. Bennert and Wayne R. Embry.

Heasley is chairman and CEO of First USA, the credit card subsidiary of Bank One. Prior to joining First USA, he spent 13 years in executive positions at U.S. Bancorp, including six years as vice chairman and the last two years as president and COO.

Michael III is executive vice president of The PNC Financial Services Group, serving as chief executive officer of PNC Advisors and maintaining management responsibility for PNC Capital Markets and PNC Leasing. He joined PNC in 1979, and has held various management positions with the organization.

Suwinski is professor of business operations at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he teaches classes in operations, business strategy and strategic alliances. He also teaches in executive programs. He joined Cornell in 1997, following a 32-year career with Corning Incorporated, where he held a number of management positions.

Topics Ohio Casualty