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      filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div>
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      December 3, 2007</font></div>
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      No. 333 -_____</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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      D. C. 20549</font></div>
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      S-8</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">REGISTRATION
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      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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      REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</font></div>
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      Republic International Corporation</font></div>
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      Republic International Corporation</font></div>
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      OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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Fee</font></div>
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$14.52&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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$217,800,000&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
$6,686.46</font></div>
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      $1.00</font></div>
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      share</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(1)Pursuant
                to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number
                of
                shares of the issuer's Common Stock registered hereunder will be
                adjusted
                in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
                transactions.</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(2)Estimated
                solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant
                to Rule
                457(c)of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average
                of
                the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New
                York
                Stock Exchange on November 29,
                2007.</font></div>
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      addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
      registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
      be
      offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
      herein.</font></div><br>
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      NOTE</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      addition to the securities registered hereunder, the Old Republic International
      Corporation Employees Savings and Stock Ownership Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) has
      registered securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission under three
      previous registration statements, namely a Form S-8, Registration No. 2-80883,
      filed December 14, 1982; a Form S-3, Registration No. 33-29220, filed June
      9,
      1989; and a Form S-3, Registration No. 33-54104, filed November 3,
      1992.</font></div>
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      II</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
      3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY
      REFERENCE</u></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      following documents filed by Old Republic International Corporation (the
      "Company" or &#8220;Old Republic&#8221;) or the Plan with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission are incorporated herein by reference:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.
      The
      Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006,
      including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
      filing;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.&#160;The
      Plan&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31,
      2006;</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3.
      The
      Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, June
      30
      and September 30, 2007;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.
      The
      Company&#8217;s current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 22, April 5, April 27,
      June 20, August 15, September 4,&#160;and November 8, 2007; and</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.
      The
      description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#8217;s
      Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 3, 1988, including any amendment
      or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">All
      documents filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
      14
      or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended(the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;),
      except for such reports and/or documents that are only &#8220;furnished&#8221; to the
      Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">or
      are
      otherwise not deemed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to such Exchange
      Act sections, after the effective date of this Registration Statement and prior
      to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
      offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
      remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
      to
      be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
      5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
      COUNSEL</u></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      validity of the shares of Common Stock and participating interests offered
      under
      the Plan has been passed upon by William J. Dasso, Assistant Secretary and
      Counsel of the Company.&#160;&#160;As of November 15, 2007, Mr. Dasso owned
      stock and had options to purchase stock granted under the Company&#8217;s Employee
      Stock Plans, which are exercisable within 60 days, which in the aggregate
      represent less than 1/10th of 1% of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item.
      6.&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
      OFFICERS</u></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Section
      145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#8220;DGCL&#8221;) grants a Delaware
      corporation broad power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and
      agents, in connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings,
      provided that such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith
      and
      in a manner such officer, director, employee or agent reasonably believed to
      be
      in, or not opposed to, the corporation&#8217;s best interests, and for criminal
      proceedings, had&#160;&#160;no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
      was unlawful.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Section
      102 of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate
      of
      incorporation a provision eliminating a director&#8217;s liability to a corporation or
      its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty, but the
      statute also provides that liability for breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts
      or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing
      violation of the law, any violation of Section 174 of the DGCL and the receipt
      of improper personal benefits cannot be eliminated or limited in this
      matter.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation
      provides that a director of Old Republic shall not be personally liable to
      Old
      Republic or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
      as a director, except for liability (a) for</font></div>
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      <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">any
        breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (b) for acts
        or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
        a
        knowing violation of law, (c) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, or (d)
        for
        any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
        benefit.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      general, our by-laws provide that Old Republic shall indemnify its directors
      and
      officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. As permitted by Section 145(a)
      of the DGCL, our by-laws provide that we shall indemnify each of our directors
      and officers against expenses (including attorney&#8217;s fees) incurred in connection
      with any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of Old Republic)
      involving such person by reason of having been an officer or director, to the
      extent such person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed
      to be
      in, or not opposed to, the best interest of Old Republic and, with respect
      to
      any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such
      person&#8217;s conduct was unlawful. As permitted by Section 145(b) of the DGCL, our
      by-laws provide that we shall indemnify each of our officers and directors
      against expenses (including attorney&#8217;s fees) incurred in connection with any
      action brought by or in the right of Old Republic, except that if the director
      or officer is adjudged to be liable to Old Republic, no indemnification shall
      be
      made unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery or any other court
      shall deem proper, notwithstanding the adjudication of liability.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      determination of whether indemnification is proper under the circumstances,
      unless made by a court, shall be made by a majority of disinterested members
      of
      the board of directors (even if they constitute less than a forum), by a
      committee of disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel or by our
      stockholders. However, as required by Section 145(c) of the DGCL, we must
      indemnify a director or officer who was successful on the merits in defense
      of
      any suit. As permitted by Section 145(e) of the DGCL, we may pay expenses
      incurred by a director or officer in advance, upon receipt of an undertaking
      that the advance will be repaid if it is ultimately determined that the director
      or officer is not entitled to indemnity.</font></div>
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    <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
      8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>EXHIBITS</u></font></div>
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                defining the rights of security holders, including
                indentures</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*Article
                FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old Republic
                International Corporation. (Filed as part of Exhibit 3(A) to Registrant&#8217;s
                Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                2004).</font></div>
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    </div>
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            </td>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*Amended
                and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of November 19, 2007 between
                Old
                Republic International Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Exhibit
                4.1
                to Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-A filed November 19,
                2007).</font></div>
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                </font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*Agreement
                to furnish certain long term debt instruments to the Securities &amp;
                Exchange Commission upon request (Exhibit 4(D) on Form 8 dated August
                28,
                1987).</font></div>
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          </tr>

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            </td>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Opinion
                of William J. Dasso as to the validity of the securities being
                registered.</font></div>
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    </div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Amendment
                to the Old Republic International Corporation Employees Savings and
                Stock
                Ownership Plan dated December 3,
                2007.</font></div>
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                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to Old Republic International
                Corporation.</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consent
                of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.</font></div>
            </td>
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            </td>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consent
                of William J. Dasso (included as part of Exhibit
                5).</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Powers
                of Attorney (included on signature page).
</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#160;*Consolidated
                Schedule P (Exhibit 28 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
                for
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      incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Registrant has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and
      undertakes to submit any amendment thereto to the IRS in a timely manner and
      has
      made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
      Plan.</font></div>
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      9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>UNDERTAKINGS</u></font></div>
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      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
      date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
      in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding
      the
      foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
      total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
      registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
      offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
      Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
      and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
      offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the
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      To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
      not
      previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change
      to
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      however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and
      Exchange Commission by Old Republic pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
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      reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of
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      offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
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      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.</font></div>
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      for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      as
      amended, each filing of Old Republic&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
      or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (and,
      where
      applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to
      Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that is
      incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to
      be a
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      the
      offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
      bona
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      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
      of
      1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
      registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
      has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director,</font></div>
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      or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
      registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
      settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
      the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
      expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
      issue.</font></div><br>
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    <div><br></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
      Chicago and State of Illinois on the 3rd day of December, 2007.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
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      ALL
      MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of Old
      Republic International Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Aldo C. Zucaro,
      Karl W. Mueller and Spencer LeRoy III, and each of them, the true and lawful
      attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution
      and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned,
      in
      any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration
      statement (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) (including post-effective amendments)
      to this Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement for
      the
      same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
      of
      1933, as amended, and any and all amendments (including any and all
      pre-effective and post-effective amendments) and exhibit thereto and to file
      the
      same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such
      attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
      do
      and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
      as
      fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
      person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
      agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully
      do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div><br>
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      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
      Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
      on December 3, 2007.</font></div>
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      Administration Committee have duly caused this registration statement to be
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Instruments
                  defining the rights of security holders, including
                  indentures.</font></div>
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      <div><br></div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#160;&#160;
                  (a)</font></div>
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              <td>
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              <td>
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*Article
                  FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old Republic
                  International Corporation. (Filed as part of Exhibit 3(A) to Registrant&#8217;s
                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                  2004).</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

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      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*Amended
                and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of November 19, 2007 between
                Old
                Republic International Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Exhibit
                4.1
                to Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-A filed November 19,
                2007).</font></div>
            </td>
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    </div>
    <div><br></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*Agreement
                to furnish certain long term debt instruments to the Securities &amp;
                Exchange Commission upon request (Exhibit 4(D) on Form 8 dated August
                28,
                1987).</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5(a)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Opinion
                of William J. Dasso as to the validity of the securities being
                registered.</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Amendment
                to the Old Republic International Corporation Employees Savings and
                Stock
                Ownership Plan dated December 3,
                2007.</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to Old Republic International
                Corporation.</font></div>
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            <td width="16">
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consent
                of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">23(c)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td width="667">
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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forms8.htm
As
      filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
      December 3, 2007
Registration
      No. 333 -_____
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D. C. 20549
____________________________________
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________________________
OLD
      REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware                             
                               
   36-2678171
(State
      or
      other jurisdiction
      of                               
    (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation
      or
      organization)                              Identification
      No.)
307
      North
      Michigan Avenue
Chicago,
      Illinois 60601
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
OLD
      REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION EMPLOYEES SAVINGS
AND
      STOCK
      OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Full
      title of the plan)
_______________________________________
A.
      C.
      Zucaro
Old
      Republic International Corporation
307
      North
      Michigan Avenue
Chicago,
      Illinois 60601
(Name
      and
      address of agent for service)
(312)
      346-8100
(Telephone
      number, including area code, of agent for service)
_______________________________________
copy
      to:
William
      J. Dasso
Old
      Republic International Corporation
307
      North
      Michigan Avenue
Chicago,
      Illinois 60601
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Title of
Amount
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Securities
to be
Maximum
Maximum
of
to
      be
Registered
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
Registered                                  
      (1)
Price Per
Offering                                
Fee
Share
      (2)                                             
Price (2)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common
Stock,
      par                                     15,000,000                                          
$14.52                                           
  
$217,800,000                             
$6,686.46
value
      $1.00
per
      share
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(1)Pursuant
                to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number
                of
                shares of the issuer's Common Stock registered hereunder will be
                adjusted
                in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
                transactions.
(2)Estimated
                solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant
                to Rule
                457(c)of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average
                of
                the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New
                York
                Stock Exchange on November 29,
                2007.
In
      addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
      registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
      be
      offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
      herein.
EXPLANATORY
      NOTE
In
      addition to the securities registered hereunder, the Old Republic International
      Corporation Employees Savings and Stock Ownership Plan (the "Plan") has
      registered securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission under three
      previous registration statements, namely a Form S-8, Registration No. 2-80883,
      filed December 14, 1982; a Form S-3, Registration No. 33-29220, filed June
      9,
      1989; and a Form S-3, Registration No. 33-54104, filed November 3,
      1992.
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY
      REFERENCE
The
      following documents filed by Old Republic International Corporation (the
      "Company" or "Old Republic") or the Plan with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
      The
      Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006,
      including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
      filing;
2. The
      Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31,
      2006;
3.
      The
      Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, June
      30
      and September 30, 2007;
4.
      The
      Company's current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 22, April 5, April 27,
      June 20, August 15, September 4, and November 8, 2007; and
5.
      The
      description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
      Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 3, 1988, including any amendment
      or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
      documents filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
      14
      or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended(the "Exchange Act"),
      except for such reports and/or documents that are only "furnished" to the
      Securities and Exchange Commission
or
      are
      otherwise not deemed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to such Exchange
      Act sections, after the effective date of this Registration Statement and prior
      to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
      offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
      remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
      to
      be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item
      5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
      COUNSEL
The
      validity of the shares of Common Stock and participating interests offered
      under
      the Plan has been passed upon by William J. Dasso, Assistant Secretary and
      Counsel of the Company.  As of November 15, 2007, Mr. Dasso owned
      stock and had options to purchase stock granted under the Company's Employee
      Stock Plans, which are exercisable within 60 days, which in the aggregate
      represent less than 1/10th of 1% of the Company's Common Stock.
Item.
      6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
      OFFICERS
Section
      145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") grants a Delaware
      corporation broad power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and
      agents, in connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings,
      provided that such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith
      and
      in a manner such officer, director, employee or agent reasonably believed to
      be
      in, or not opposed to, the corporation's best interests, and for criminal
      proceedings, had  no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
      was unlawful.
Section
      102 of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate
      of
      incorporation a provision eliminating a director's liability to a corporation or
      its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty, but the
      statute also provides that liability for breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts
      or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing
      violation of the law, any violation of Section 174 of the DGCL and the receipt
      of improper personal benefits cannot be eliminated or limited in this
      matter.
As
      permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation
      provides that a director of Old Republic shall not be personally liable to
      Old
      Republic or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
      as a director, except for liability (a) for
any
        breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (b) for acts
        or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
        a
        knowing violation of law, (c) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, or (d)
        for
        any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
        benefit.
In
      general, our by-laws provide that Old Republic shall indemnify its directors
      and
      officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. As permitted by Section 145(a)
      of the DGCL, our by-laws provide that we shall indemnify each of our directors
      and officers against expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred in connection
      with any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of Old Republic)
      involving such person by reason of having been an officer or director, to the
      extent such person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed
      to be
      in, or not opposed to, the best interest of Old Republic and, with respect
      to
      any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such
      person's conduct was unlawful. As permitted by Section 145(b) of the DGCL, our
      by-laws provide that we shall indemnify each of our officers and directors
      against expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred in connection with any
      action brought by or in the right of Old Republic, except that if the director
      or officer is adjudged to be liable to Old Republic, no indemnification shall
      be
      made unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery or any other court
      shall deem proper, notwithstanding the adjudication of liability.
The
      determination of whether indemnification is proper under the circumstances,
      unless made by a court, shall be made by a majority of disinterested members
      of
      the board of directors (even if they constitute less than a forum), by a
      committee of disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel or by our
      stockholders. However, as required by Section 145(c) of the DGCL, we must
      indemnify a director or officer who was successful on the merits in defense
      of
      any suit. As permitted by Section 145(e) of the DGCL, we may pay expenses
      incurred by a director or officer in advance, upon receipt of an undertaking
      that the advance will be repaid if it is ultimately determined that the director
      or officer is not entitled to indemnity.
Item
      8.
EXHIBITS
4
Instruments
                defining the rights of security holders, including
                indentures
(a)
*Article
                FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old Republic
                International Corporation. (Filed as part of Exhibit 3(A) to Registrant's
                Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                2004).
(b)
*Amended
                and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of November 19, 2007 between
                Old
                Republic International Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Exhibit
                4.1
                to Registrant's Form 8-A filed November 19,
                2007).
(c)
*Agreement
                to furnish certain long term debt instruments to the Securities &
                Exchange Commission upon request (Exhibit 4(D) on Form 8 dated August
                28,
                1987).
5(a)
Opinion
                of William J. Dasso as to the validity of the securities being
                registered.
10
Amendment
                to the Old Republic International Corporation Employees Savings and
                Stock
                Ownership Plan dated December 3,
                2007.
23(a)
Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to Old Republic International
                Corporation.
23(b)
Consent
                of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
23(c)
Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
23(d)
Consent
                of William J. Dasso (included as part of Exhibit
                5).
24
Powers
                of Attorney (included on signature page).
28
*Consolidated
                Schedule P (Exhibit 28 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
                for
                2006).
____________
*  Exhibit
      incorporated herein by reference.
The
      Registrant has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and
      undertakes to submit any amendment thereto to the IRS in a timely manner and
      has
      made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
      Plan.
Item
      9.
UNDERTAKINGS
The
      undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    
      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)    
      To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)3) of the Securities Act
      of
      1933, as amended;
(ii)   
      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
      date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
      in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding
      the
      foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
      total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
      registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
      offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
      Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
      and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
      offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
      effective registration statement; and
(iii) 
      To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
      not
      previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change
      to
      such information in this registration statement;
provided,
      however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and
      Exchange Commission by Old Republic pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
      of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by
      reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of
      prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration
      statement.
(2)    
      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
      of
      1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
      a new
      registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
      offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
      bona
      fide offering thereof.
(3)     
      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.
(4)     That,
      for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      as
      amended, each filing of Old Republic's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
      or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (and,
      where
      applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
      Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that is
      incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to
      be a
      new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
      the
      offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
      bona
      fide offering thereof.
(5)    
      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
      of
      1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
      registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
      has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director,
officer
      or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
      registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
      settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
      the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
      expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
      issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
      Chicago and State of Illinois on the 3rd day of December, 2007.
OLD
      REPUBLIC
      INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By
/s/
      A. C.
      Zucaro
A. C. Zucaro, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER
      OF
      ATTORNEY
KNOW
      ALL
      MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of Old
      Republic International Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Aldo C. Zucaro,
      Karl W. Mueller and Spencer LeRoy III, and each of them, the true and lawful
      attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution
      and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned,
      in
      any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration
      statement (the "Registration Statement") (including post-effective amendments)
      to this Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement for
      the
      same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
      of
      1933, as amended, and any and all amendments (including any and all
      pre-effective and post-effective amendments) and exhibit thereto and to file
      the
      same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such
      attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
      do
      and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
      as
      fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
      person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
      agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully
      do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
      Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
      on December 3, 2007.
Name
Position
/s/
      Aldo C.
      Zucaro
Chairman
      and
      Chief
Aldo
      C. Zucaro
Executive
      Officer;
      Director
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
/s/
      Karl W.
      Mueller
Senior Vice President and
Karl
      W. Mueller
C
hief
      Financial
      Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
      Harrington Bischof
_____
Director
Harrington
      Bischof
/s/
      Jimmy A. Dew
_________ ­­
Director
Jimmy A. Dew
/s/
      John M. Dixon
_________
Director
John M. Dixon
/s/
      Leo E. Knight,
      Jr.
_______                                                             Director
Leo
      E. Knight, Jr.
/s/
      John W.
      Popp
_________                                                           
Director
John
      W. Popp
/s/
      William A.
      Simpson
______                                                         
Director
William
      A. Simpson
/s/
      Arnold L.
      Steiner
________                                                          Director
Arnold
      L. Steiner
/s/
      Fredricka
      Taubitz
________                                                         Director
Fredricka
      Taubitz
/s/
      Charles F.
      Titterton
_______                                                        Director
Charles
      F. Titterton
/s/
      Dennis P. Van
      Mieghem
___                                                         Director
Dennis
      P. Van Mieghem
/s/
      Steven R.
      Walker      ______
Director
Steven
      R. Walker
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the members of the
      Administration Committee have duly caused this registration statement to be
      signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
      City
      of Chicago, State of Illinois on December 3, 2007.
OLD
      REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
By:
/s/
      Aldo C. Zucaro
Aldo C.
      Zucaro,
Member
      of the
Aministration Committee
INDEX
      TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
      No.
Description
4
Instruments
                  defining the rights of security holders, including
                  indentures.
(a)
*Article
                  FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old Republic
                  International Corporation. (Filed as part of Exhibit 3(A) to Registrant's
                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                  2004).
(b)
*Amended
                and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of November 19, 2007 between
                Old
                Republic International Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Exhibit
                4.1
                to Registrant's Form 8-A filed November 19,
                2007).
(c)
*Agreement
                to furnish certain long term debt instruments to the Securities &
                Exchange Commission upon request (Exhibit 4(D) on Form 8 dated August
                28,
                1987).
5(a)
Opinion
                of William J. Dasso as to the validity of the securities being
                registered.
10
Amendment
                to the Old Republic International Corporation Employees Savings and
                Stock
                Ownership Plan dated December 3,
                2007.
23(a)
Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to Old Republic International
                Corporation.
23(b)
Consent
                of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
23(c)
Consent
                of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm, with respect to the Old Republic International Corporation
                Employees
                Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
23(d)
Consent
                of William J. Dasso (included as part of Exhibit
                5).
24
Powers
                of Attorney (included in signature
                page).
28
*Consoldiated
                Schedule P (Exhibit 28 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                2006).
___________
*
      Exhibit incorporated herein by reference.