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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000914748-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000914748"
company_name: "EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:06:06.781405+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Everest Re dismisses PwC as auditor for FY2024, engages KPMG

## Summary
- On June 2, 2023, Audit Committee dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for fiscal year 2024.
- PwC will continue as auditor for fiscal year 2023; no disagreements or reportable events in prior two years.
- KPMG appointed as new auditor for FY2024, subject to client acceptance procedures and 2024 shareholder approval.
- No prior consultations with KPMG on accounting principles or disagreements occurred.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000914748-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000914748
- company_name: EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914748/000091474823000008/0000914748-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914748/000091474823000008/cik0000914748-20230602.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000914748-23-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS INC engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: on June 2, 2023, the Committee approved the engagement of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914748/000091474823000008/0000914748-23-000008-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  EVEREST REINSURANCE HOLDINGS INC dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  - Successor: KPMG LLP
  source text: On June 2, 2023, the Company informed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") that it was being dismissed as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914748/000091474823000008/0000914748-23-000008-index.htm

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