---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-069679"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNO"
cik: "0001224608"
company_name: "CNO Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:33:24.914217+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNO Financial Group Chief Accounting Officer John R. Kline to retire by Dec. 31, 2023

## Summary
- John R. Kline, Chief Accounting Officer, informed CNO of his retirement effective December 31, 2023.
- Kline will remain with the company through the retirement date to support transition.
- No successor has been named in the filing.
- Kline served more than 30 years at the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-069679
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNO
- cik: 0001224608
- company_name: CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000110465923069679/0001104659-23-069679-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000110465923069679/tm2318294d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-069679
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-069679.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-069679.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John R. Kline departed as Chief Accounting Officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 5, 2023, John R. Kline, Chief Accounting Officer of CNO Financial Group, Inc. (“CNO” or the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire effective December 31, 2023, after more than 30 years of service.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000110465923069679/0001104659-23-069679-index.htm

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