form8k.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report:  (Date of earliest event reported) September 24, 2012

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-10607
 
36-2678171
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois  60601

(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

(312) 346-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 8.01.
Other Events.

On September 24, 2012, Old Republic International Corporation announced that its flagship mortgage guaranty insurance subsidiary, Republic Mortgage Insurance Company ("RMIC"), had received from the North Carolina Department of Insurance ("NC DOI") a Notice of Hearing dated September 20, 2012, to consider a Corrective Plan filed by RMIC pursuant to a Summary Order issued by the NC DOI earlier in the year. The hearing is scheduled for October 16, 2012.

The full text of its announcement is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
(C)
Exhibits

 
Press Release dated September 24, 2012.

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

    OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Registrant
       
Date:  September 24, 2012
 
By:
 
/s/  Spencer LeRoy II
     
  Spencer LeRoy III
     
  Senior Vice President,
     
  Secretary and General Counsel