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State Auto Financial Corporation Announces Regular Cash Dividend

12 November 1999

State Auto Financial Corporation Announces Regular Cash Dividend

    COLUMBUS, Ohio--Nov. 11, 1999--The board of directors of State Auto Financial Corporation today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0275 per share, payable December 30, 1999, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 13, 1999. This is the 34th consecutive cash dividend declared by the company's board since STFC had its initial public offering of common stock on June 28, 1991.
    State Auto Financial Corporation is a regional property and casualty insurance holding company 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 12,500 agents associated with approximately 2,200 agencies in 26 states, located primarily in the Midwest and Eastern United States, excluding New York, New Jersey and the New England states.