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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-033363"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRD-A"
cik: "0000025475"
company_name: "CRAWFORD & CO"
filed_at: "2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:25:50.794335+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crawford & Company appoints W. Bruce Swain Jr. as permanent President & CEO; Jesse Crawford Sr. to retire from board

## Summary
- W. Bruce Swain Jr. appointed President & CEO effective March 23, 2026; he served as interim CEO since Jan 1, 2026.
- Swain had been EVP & CFO since 2006; will remain on the board of directors.
- Jesse C. Crawford Sr., board member since 1986 and former chair, will not stand for reelection at May 14, 2026 ASM.
- Crawford Sr. will become honorary board member and emeritus officer effective after the ASM.
- Swain's compensatory terms unchanged from those disclosed in November 2025 interim appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-033363
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRD-A
- cik: 0000025475
- company_name: CRAWFORD & CO
- filed_at: 2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465926033363/0001104659-26-033363-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465926033363/tm269599d1_8k.htm

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