---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-057976"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOW"
cik: "0002002473"
company_name: "Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-19T20:28:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-19T20:29:03.313075+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bowhead director Zhak Cohen resigns effective Aug 17, 2026 after Gallatin departure

## Summary
- Zhak Cohen, GPC Fund nominee, resigned from Bowhead Specialty Holdings board effective August 17, 2026.
- Resignation tied to his departure from Gallatin Point Capital LLC earlier this summer; GPC Fund is managed by Gallatin.
- Company states Cohen's resignation involved no disagreement with Bowhead on operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-057976
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOW
- cik: 0002002473
- company_name: Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-19T20:28:29+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002473/000162828026057976/0001628280-26-057976-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002473/000162828026057976/bow-20260817.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-057976.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Zhak Cohen resigned as Director at Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective August 17, 2026, Zhak Cohen, who was one of GPC Partners Investments (SPV III) LP’s (“GPC Fund”) nominees to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to GPC Fund’s rights under the Board Nominee Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2024, between the Company and GPC Fund, resigned from the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002473/000162828026057976/0001628280-26-057976-index.htm

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