---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-221636"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THG"
cik: "0000944695"
company_name: "HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:12:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T22:00:51.424648+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hanover Insurance announces $700M share repurchase program, replaces $63M remaining authorization

## Summary
- New $700M share repurchase authorization approved; no time limit and no obligation to repurchase.
- Prior $63M remaining authorization terminated; buybacks may use open market, private, or accelerated transactions.
- CFO Farber cites confidence in earnings durability and flexible capital management in announcing program.
- Patricia Norton-Gatto appointed Principal Accounting Officer; Jeffrey Farber relinquishes that role.
- Annual meeting results: all 8 director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved, PwC ratified as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-221636
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THG
- cik: 0000944695
- company_name: HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:12:24+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944695/000119312526221636/0001193125-26-221636-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944695/000119312526221636/thg-20260512.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patricia A. Norton-Gatto was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On May 13, 2026, the Board of Directors of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Patricia A. Norton-Gatto, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, to assume the role of Principal Accounting Officer effective on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944695/000119312526221636/0001193125-26-221636-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey M. Farber changed role as Principal Accounting Officer at HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC..
  - Action: relinquished
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Accordingly, Jeffrey M. Farber, 62, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will no longer serve in the role of Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944695/000119312526221636/0001193125-26-221636-index.htm

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