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Issuer:     CRAWFORD & CO (CRD-A)
CIK:        0000025475
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-033363
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465926033363/0001104659-26-033363-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465926033363/tm269599d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-033363

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