State Auto names chief operating officer (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
State Auto Financial Corp. promoted its director of insurance operations to the newly created position of chief operating officer.

Lowther to Retire from State Auto (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
COLUMBUS, Ohio----The State Auto Insurance Companies today announced that Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel John R. Lowther will retire in 2007. He has resigned, effective immediately, from the Boards of Directors of State Auto Mutual and State Auto Financial Corporation , but will continue to work with the Boards and Chairman and CEO Bob Restrepo as a senior advisor and