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accession: "0001193125-25-326799"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCI"
cik: "0001400810"
company_name: "HCI Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:32:33.252012+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HCI Group awards 2025 cash bonuses and sets 2026 salaries for top executives

## Summary
- CEO Paresh Patel receives $950,000 base salary and $3,200,000 cash bonus.
- COO Karin Coleman gets $700,000 salary, $250,000 bonus, plus 1,251 restricted shares.
- CFO James Harmsworth and General Counsel Graham each get $625k/$450k salary, $250k bonus, and 1,251 shares.
- President Saravanos receives $400k salary, $200k bonus, and 621 shares; all shares vest over 3 years.
- Cash bonuses to be paid before Dec 31, 2025; compensation committee cited strategic initiative progress.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-326799
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCI
- cik: 0001400810
- company_name: HCI Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1400810/000119312525326799/0001193125-25-326799-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1400810/000119312525326799/hci-20251211.htm

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