LaRocco Officially Named President, CEO at State Auto

May 11, 2015

The shareholders of State Auto Financial Corp. elected Michael E. LaRocco as a director of the company at its 2015 annual shareholders meeting. LaRocco was also officially named president and chief executive officer of the company, succeeding Robert P. Restrepo Jr., who was re-elected as a director and will remain as chairman until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2015.

In addition to LaRocco and Restrepo, Eileen A. Mallesch and Michael J. Fiorile were elected Class III directors of the company.

Mallesch, a director of STFC since 2010, most recently served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Co.

Fiorile, who has been a director of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. since 2003, is president and CEO of The Dispatch Printing Co.

State Auto Financial Corp., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a super regional property and casualty insurance company.

Source: State Auto Financial Corp.

Topics Auto

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  • May 11, 2015 at 4:11 pm
    Gone Fishin' says:
    Irony is seeing the "Fireman's Fund is now Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty" ads showing up as I read this announcement. "We are now entering the General Market" wasn'... read more
  • May 11, 2015 at 3:33 pm
    tj says:
    When at Safeco, was he the one who proposed non-renewing all the property business and turning Safeco into an auto only market for PL? I can't recall who had the brilliant ide... read more
  • May 11, 2015 at 2:33 pm
    Agent says:
    State Auto couldn't have done worse as their selection. He has worn his welcome out everywhere he has been and usually within a few years.

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