---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001547903-21-000153"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NMIH"
cik: "0001547903"
company_name: "NMI Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:49:52.328302+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NMI Holdings names Adam Pollitzer CEO effective Jan 1, 2022; Claudia Merkle to depart

## Summary
- Adam Pollitzer, current EVP/CFO, appointed President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2022, and will join Board.
- Claudia Merkle steps down as CEO and from Board effective Dec 31, 2021.
- Pollitzer receives $800K base salary, 150% bonus target, enhanced change-in-control severance (2x salary plus bonus).
- Merkle eligible for 2021 STI payment, placement services, accelerated vesting of stock options and RSUs.
- Board cites deliberate succession planning; Pollitzer instrumental in corporate strategy and financial success since 2017.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001547903-21-000153
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NMIH
- cik: 0001547903
- company_name: NMI Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547903/000154790321000153/0001547903-21-000153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547903/000154790321000153/nmih-20210909.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001547903-21-000153.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adam Pollitzer was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at NMI Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has appointed Adam Pollitzer, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to become its President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547903/000154790321000153/0001547903-21-000153-index.htm
- Executive change
  Claudia J. Merkle departed as Chief Executive Officer at NMI Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Claudia J. Merkle, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, will depart from both positions on December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547903/000154790321000153/0001547903-21-000153-index.htm

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