---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-017693"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KFS"
cik: "0001072627"
company_name: "KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-19T12:32:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T12:36:47.512519+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kingsway shareholders approve name change to Kingsway Corporation; ticker to KWY

## Summary
- Shareholders approved name change to Kingsway Corporation with 99.7% support.
- Stock ticker changes to 'KWY' effective May 19, 2026.
- Name change reflects evolution of business and growth of Kingsway Search Xcelerator platform, which now constitutes clear majority of revenue and adjusted EBITDA.
- The company remains the only publicly-traded US company employing the Search Fund model.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-017693
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KFS
- cik: 0001072627
- company_name: KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T12:32:28+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1072627/000143774926017693/0001437749-26-017693-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1072627/000143774926017693/kfs20260518_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC: Name change from Kingsway Financial Services Inc. to Kingsway Corporation, reflected in charter and bylaw amendments (effective 2026-05-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-05-18
  source text: on May 18, 2026 the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and approved an amendment to the Bylaws of the Company. The amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are solely intended to reflect the name change
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1072627/000143774926017693/0001437749-26-017693-index.htm

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