---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001401521-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACIC"
cik: "0001401521"
company_name: "AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp"
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T21:49:45.617542+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Coastal Insurance names Svetlana Castle as CFO as Martz steps down

## Summary
- B. Bradford Martz steps down as CFO effective Jan 22, 2024; remains President focused on investor relations and strategy.
- Svetlana Castle appointed CFO effective Jan 22, 2024; she has 15 years insurance experience, most recently CAO at Bankers Financial.
- Castle's at-will employment agreement has an initial 1-year term, renewable, with base salary, bonus eligibility, and equity potential.
- Martz had served as CFO since 2012; the change is a planned leadership restructuring.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001401521-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACIC
- cik: 0001401521
- company_name: AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152124000005/0001401521-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152124000005/uihc-20240118.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  B. Bradford Martz changed role as Chief Financial Officer at AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective January 22, 2024, B. Bradford Martz, President, will step down from his role of Chief Financial Officer to focus on his position as President of American Coastal Insurance Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152124000005/0001401521-24-000005-index.htm
- Executive change
  Svetlana Castle was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed Svetlana Castle, JD, MPA, CPA, as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer effective January 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152124000005/0001401521-24-000005-index.htm

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