---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001224608-22-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNO"
cik: "0001224608"
company_name: "CNO Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:17:40.732525+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNO Financial elevates Linnenbringer as COO and Mead as CIO; Baude departs Dec 31

## Summary
- Bruce Baude, COTO, leaves Dec 31; role eliminated; involuntary termination; eligible for severance.
- Jean Linnenbringer becomes COO effective Jan 1, 2023, reporting to CEO.
- Mike Mead becomes CIO effective Jan 1, 2023, reporting to CEO.
- Baude to serve as consultant for up to 12 months at $8,500/month.
- Linnenbringer has 30+ years insurance ops; Mead 25+ years tech leadership; both internal promotions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001224608-22-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNO
- cik: 0001224608
- company_name: CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-08T23:59:59+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/1224608/000122460822000042/0001224608-22-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460822000042/cno-20221206.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-22-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-22-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-22-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce Baude departed as chief operations and technology officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: will be leaving
  - Role: chief operations and technology officer
  source text: On December 8, 2022, CNO Financial Group, Inc. (“CNO” or the “Company”) announced that Bruce Baude, the Company’s chief operations and technology officer, will be leaving the Company effective December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460822000042/0001224608-22-000042-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jean Linnenbringer was appointed as chief operations officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: chief operations officer
  source text: Jean Linnenbringer as chief operations officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460822000042/0001224608-22-000042-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mike Mead was appointed as chief information officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: chief information officer
  source text: Mike Mead as chief information officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460822000042/0001224608-22-000042-index.htm

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