---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000064996-21-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCY"
cik: "0000064996"
company_name: "MERCURY GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:40:46.083910+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercury General names Victor Joseph EVP & COO effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Victor Joseph, 34, appointed to newly created role of EVP & COO, effective January 1, 2022.
- Responsibilities expand from Underwriting to include Advertising, Claims, HR, IT, Marketing, Product Management.
- Joseph is son of founder and Chairman George Joseph, age 100.
- He will report directly to CEO Gabriel Tirador.
- Joseph has been with Mercury since 2009, most recently as VP & Chief Underwriting Officer since 2017.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000064996-21-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCY
- cik: 0000064996
- company_name: MERCURY GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000006499621000028/0000064996-21-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000006499621000028/mcy-20210915.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064996-21-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064996-21-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064996-21-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Victor Joseph was named as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at MERCURY GENERAL CORP.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Victor Joseph, age 34, has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer (EVP & COO) effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000006499621000028/0000064996-21-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.