f8k120412.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report:  (Date of earliest event reported) December 3, 2012


OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
001-10607
 
36-2678171
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)


307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(312) 346-8100
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 8.01.  Other Events
 
On December 3, 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 Final Order approving the Corrective Plan filed by RMIC pursuant to a Summary Order issued by the NC DOI earlier in the year.  The Corrective Plan was the subject of a hearing before the NC DOI on October 16, 2012.
 
The full text of its announcment is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
 
 
 
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
    (C)  Exhibits
 
       99.1  Press Release dated December 3, 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 by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
 
Registrant
   
   
   
Date: December 4, 2012
By: /s/ Spencer LeRoy III                                      
   
Spencer LeRoy III
   
Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel