---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001401521-25-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACIC"
cik: "0001401521"
company_name: "AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:46:57.982418+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Coastal Insurance appoints B. Bradford Martz as CEO; Peed becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- B. Bradford Martz, previously President and CFO, named CEO and President effective February 11, 2025.
- R. Daniel Peed transitions from CEO and Chairman to Executive Chairman, focusing on strategic guidance.
- Martz's base salary increased to $700,000 from $525,000, effective February 11, 2025.
- Annual Incentive Plan target raised to $700,000 from $360,000; LTIP target raised to $1,050,000 from $725,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001401521-25-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACIC
- cik: 0001401521
- company_name: AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152125000021/0001401521-25-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152125000021/uihc-20250212.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001401521-25-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001401521-25-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001401521-25-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Daniel Peed changed role as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp.
  - Action: will transition
  - Role: Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: Simultaneous with Mr. Martz's promotion, R. Daniel Peed, age 62, will transition from his former role as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152125000021/0001401521-25-000021-index.htm
- Executive change
  B. Bradford Martz was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Effective February 11, 2025, American Coastal Insurance Corporation's ("ACIC") Board of Directors appointed B. Bradford Martz, age 53, as Chief Executive Officer and President of ACIC.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401521/000140152125000021/0001401521-25-000021-index.htm

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