---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-008938"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNC"
cik: "0000059558"
company_name: "LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:18:52.676893+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln National appoints Adam Cohen as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Adam Cohen named CAO effective March 7, 2022, succeeding interim CAO Randal Freitag.
- Cohen previously CFO at Archwell Holdings and 13-year veteran of Ernst & Young's insurance audit practice.
- Annual base salary of $400,000; target AIP award of 65% of base; 2023 LTIP target of $340,000.
- Freitag remains EVP, CFO and Head of Individual Life; no other executive changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-008938
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNC
- cik: 0000059558
- company_name: LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459022008938/0001564590-22-008938-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459022008938/lnc-8k_20220307.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008938
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008938.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008938.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adam Cohen was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: named to serve as
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 7, 2022, Lincoln National Corporation (the “Corporation” or “LNC) announced that Adam Cohen has been named to serve as Chief Accounting Officer for the Corporation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459022008938/0001564590-22-008938-index.htm
- Executive change
  Randal J. Freitag changed role as Interim Chief Accounting Officer at LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: ceased to serve as
  - Role: Interim Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective the same date, Randal J. Freitag ceased to serve as the Corporation’s Interim Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459022008938/0001564590-22-008938-index.htm

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