---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001021771-24-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KINS"
cik: "0000033992"
company_name: "KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:55:29.741607+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kingstone extends CEO Meryl Golden's contract to 2026, raises base salary to $550K

## Summary
- CEO Meryl Golden's employment extended to Dec 31, 2026; base salary raised to $550K from $500K.
- Annual bonus remains up to 3% of operating profit before investment income, capped at 1.25x base salary.
- Restricted stock grants: 40,000 shares in Jan 2025 and Jan 2026; vesting through Dec 31, 2026.
- On termination without cause or for good reason, Golden receives remaining salary and bonus; change-of-control provides 1.5x salary plus accrued bonus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001021771-24-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KINS
- cik: 0000033992
- company_name: KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33992/000102177124000101/0001021771-24-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33992/000102177124000101/kins8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001021771-24-000101.txt

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