---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001021771-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KINS"
cik: "0000033992"
company_name: "KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:24:14.034566+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kingstone extends CEO Meryl Golden's contract through Jan 2029 with unchanged $550K salary

## Summary
- Employment agreement extended to January 10, 2029; current term was set to expire Jan 2027.
- Base salary remains $550,000; annual bonus of 3% of adjusted operating income up to 1.25× salary.
- Restricted stock grants of 40,000 shares each in Jan 2027 and Jan 2028 with staggered vesting.
- Board cites return to record profitability and $500M direct written premium target by 2029.
- Change-of-control termination entitles Golden to 1.5× salary plus accrued bonus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001021771-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KINS
- cik: 0000033992
- company_name: KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/33992/000102177126000053/0001021771-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33992/000102177126000053/kins-20260417.htm

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