State Auto Promotes Bender, Dalton to Assistant Vice President

    COLUMBUS, Ohio--Nov. 22, 2002--State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company's board of directors today elected Donald Bender and David Dalton assistant vice presidents. Bender joined State Auto in 1965 and served in several management capacities before being named the State Auto Insurance Companies' legislative affairs representative in 1986; he was named an assistant secretary of the Companies in 1989. Dalton joined the State Auto Insurance Companies in January 2001 as internal audit manager. Previously he was senior manager of internal audit and consulting for Qwest Communications International and assistant vice president and audit manager for Huntington Bancshares.
    State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is a regional property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio engaged primarily in writing personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, commercial multi-peril, workers' compensation and fire insurance. The company currently markets its products through more than 22,000 agents associated with approximately 3,600 agencies in 26 states. Products are marketed primarily in the Midwest and Eastern United States, excluding New York, New Jersey and the New England states.