---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000024090-25-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIA"
cik: "0000024090"
company_name: "CITIZENS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T16:38:57.183810+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citizens, Inc. director and former CEO Gerald W. Shields resigns from board effective April 15, 2025

## Summary
- Gerald W. Shields, former CEO and only non-independent director, submitted conditional resignation on April 2, 2025.
- Board accepted resignation on April 9, 2025; effective date set as April 15, 2025.
- Shields does not serve on any standing committees; resignation not due to disagreement with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000024090-25-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIA
- cik: 0000024090
- company_name: CITIZENS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409025000048/0000024090-25-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409025000048/cia-20250409.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-25-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-25-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-25-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald W. Shields resigned as Director at CITIZENS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 2, 2025, Gerald W. Shields, former Chief Executive Officer and the only non-independent director of the Board of Directors ("Board") of Citizens, Inc. (the “Company”), submitted a written resignation from the Board contingent upon the Board accepting such resignation and selecting an effective date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409025000048/0000024090-25-000048-index.htm

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