{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001564590-21-048043","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LNC","cik":"0000059558","company_name":"LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP","filed_at":"2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:20.451220+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-29T03:40:39.347439+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.2,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.2,"confidence":"high","headline":"Lincoln National appoints Randal J. Freitag as Interim Chief Accounting Officer","bullets":["Appointed Randal J. Freitag (EVP, CFO, Head of Individual Life) as Interim CAO effective Sept 10, 2021.","Freitag will continue as EVP, CFO, and Head of Individual Life while performing CAO duties.","No additional compensation for the interim CAO role; no changes to existing plans.","No family relationships or reportable transactions between Freitag and the company."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048043","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048043.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048043.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048043.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459021048043/0001564590-21-048043-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459021048043/lnc-8k_20210910.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-29T03:40:39.347439+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"81a98e9d89","claim":"Randal J. Freitag was appointed as Interim Chief Accounting Officer at LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"On September 10, 2021, Lincoln National Corporation (the “Corporation”) appointed Randal J. Freitag, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Individual Life, to the role of Interim Chief Accounting Officer effective the same date.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459021048043/0001564590-21-048043-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Interim Chief Accounting Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}