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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-016427"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROOT"
cik: "0001788882"
company_name: "Root, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:21:40.285144+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Root appoints Ryan Forish as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Ryan Forish, 41, appointed CAO effective April 15, 2024; will serve as principal accounting officer.
- Forish previously VP of Accounting at Root since Dec 2023; prior roles at Kemper, Loop Mobility, Nationwide.
- CFO Megan Binkley remains principal financial officer; no family or related-party transactions involved.
- Forish will receive base salary, participate in annual short-term incentive, and be eligible for future equity awards determined by Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-016427
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROOT
- cik: 0001788882
- company_name: Root, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828024016427/0001628280-24-016427-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828024016427/root-20240415.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Forish was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Root, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 15, 2024, Ryan Forish, 41, was appointed Chief Accounting Officer of Root, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828024016427/0001628280-24-016427-index.htm

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