---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001172052-24-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAFT"
cik: "0001172052"
company_name: "SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:14:43.289000+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Safety Insurance appoints Mary F. McConnell as VP of Underwriting, succeeding retiring James D. Berry

## Summary
- Mary F. McConnell, age 40, appointed VP of Underwriting effective July 1, 2024.
- She replaces James D. Berry, who previously communicated intent to retire.
- McConnell has been Director of Product Management since 2019; joined insurance subsidiaries in 2006.
- One-year employment contract with annual compensation of $240,000 plus standard officer benefits.
- No family relationship to directors/executives; no reportable transactions under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001172052-24-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAFT
- cik: 0001172052
- company_name: SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172052/000117205224000029/0001172052-24-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172052/000117205224000029/saft-20240610x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001172052-24-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001172052-24-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001172052-24-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary F. McConnell was appointed as Vice President of Underwriting at SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President of Underwriting
  source text: On June 10, 2024, Mary F. McConnell, 40, was appointed the Company’s Vice President of Underwriting, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172052/000117205224000029/0001172052-24-000029-index.htm
- Executive change
  James D. Berry retired as Vice President of Underwriting at SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Vice President of Underwriting
  source text: Ms. McConnell will replace James D. Berry who previously communicated his intention to retire.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172052/000117205224000029/0001172052-24-000029-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.