---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379041-22-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EIG"
cik: "0001379041"
company_name: "Employers Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:20:19.900243+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Employers Holdings appoints Alex Perez-Tenessa to Board; director Blakey to not seek re-election

## Summary
- Alex Perez-Tenessa appointed to Board effective March 2, 2022; brings digital and customer experience expertise.
- Perez-Tenessa is founder/CEO of Trendio Live Inc., former Amazon VP (Prime Video, Kindle Content).
- He will serve on Finance Committee and Risk, Technology and Innovation Committee.
- Richard W. Blakey notified Board he will not seek re-election at 2022 Annual Meeting; served since 2005.
- Board expands to 11 members with Perez-Tenessa's appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379041-22-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EIG
- cik: 0001379041
- company_name: Employers Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-02T23:59:59+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/1379041/000137904122000024/0001379041-22-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904122000024/eig-20220301.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379041-22-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379041-22-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001379041-22-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard W. Blakey departed as Director at Employers Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: not seeking re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 1, 2022, Richard W. Blakey notified the Board that he will not seek re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904122000024/0001379041-22-000024-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alex Perez-Tenessa was appointed as Director at Employers Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 2, 2022, Employers Holdings, Inc., (“EHI” or the “Company”) announced that Alejandro (“Alex”) Perez-Tenessa has been appointed as a member of the EHI Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective March 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904122000024/0001379041-22-000024-index.htm

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