EX-24 5 ex24poa.txt EXHIBIT 24, POWERS OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Dan R. Carmichael _____________________________ Dan R. Carmichael POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Donald F. McKee _____________________________ Donald F. McKee POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Stanley N. Pontius _____________________________ Stanley N. Pontius POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Howard L. Sloneker III _____________________________ Howard L. Sloneker III POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Terrence J. Baehr _____________________________ Terrence J. Baehr POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Jack E. Brown _____________________________ Jack E. Brown POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Catherine E. Dolan _____________________________ Catherine E. Dolan POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Stephen S. Marcum _____________________________ Stephen S. Marcum POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or director of Ohio Casualty Corporation (the "Company"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering and sale of its common shares pursuant to the Ohio Casualty Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Dan R. Carmichael and Howard L. Sloneker III as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and all exhibits thereto, and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes full power and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and substitute or substitutes may lawfully do and seek to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 3rd day of July, 2002. By: /s/ Edward T. Roeding _____________________________ Edward T. Roeding