---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001224608-23-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNO"
cik: "0001224608"
company_name: "CNO Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T23:06:49.272078+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNO names Michellen Wildin SVP & Chief Accounting Officer; John Kline retires after 30 years

## Summary
- Michellen Wildin named SVP, Accounting (eff. Oct 23, 2023) and CAO (eff. Jan 1, 2024) at CNO Financial Group.
- Replaces John Kline who retires Dec 31, 2023 after 30 years; Kline stays through end of 2023 to ensure seamless transition.
- Wildin has 30 years in financial services; most recently SVP FP&A at F&G Annuities; prior roles at New York Life, Aviva, ING.
- Wildin is a CPA, began career at EY, earned BS in Accounting from Univ of Northern Iowa.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001224608-23-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNO
- cik: 0001224608
- company_name: CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460823000056/0001224608-23-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460823000056/cno-20231016.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michellen Wildin was appointed as Senior Vice President, Accounting at CNO Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Accounting
  source text: announced that Michellen Wildin, age 59, has been named Senior Vice President, Accounting, effective October 23, 2023, and will succeed to the role of Chief Accounting Officer of the Company on January 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460823000056/0001224608-23-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Kline retired as Chief Accounting Officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: following the previously announced retirement of John Kline effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460823000056/0001224608-23-000056-index.htm

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