---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001620459-21-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JRVR"
cik: "0001620459"
company_name: "James River Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:02:06.414858+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# James River appoints Kirstin M. Gould to board, expands board to 11 directors

## Summary
- Patricia H. Roberts and Thomas L. Brown elected as Class I directors at Oct 26 AGM.
- Kirstin M. Gould appointed as Class I director; board size grows from 10 to 11.
- Brown is former RLI Corp CFO; Gould is former XL Group EVP & General Counsel.
- Roberts chairs Compensation Committee; Brown on Audit; Gould on Nominating & Corp Gov.
- Shareholders approved Ernst & Young as auditor and non-binding advisory say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001620459-21-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JRVR
- cik: 0001620459
- company_name: James River Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620459/000162045921000087/0001620459-21-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620459/000162045921000087/jrvr-20211026.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001620459-21-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001620459-21-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001620459-21-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kirstin M. Gould was appointed as Class I director at James River Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On October 26, 2021, the Board of Directors of James River Group Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company”) appointed Kirstin M. Gould as a Class I director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620459/000162045921000087/0001620459-21-000087-index.htm

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