Ohio Casualty Names New Chairman

Ohio Casualty Corporation, the holding company of the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, appointed Stanley Pontius to replace its retiring chairman, William Woodall.

Pontius, a director of Ohio Casualty for over six years, served as president and chief executive of First Financial Bancorp from 1993 to 1997. In 1997, he was named chairman of First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio, a principle division of First Financial.