---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001669162-23-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KNSL"
cik: "0001669162"
company_name: "Kinsale Capital Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:08:04.129269+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kinsale Capital shareholders elect all nine director nominees, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; James J. Ritchie received most votes against (3.9M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 18.8M for, 0.9M against.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY 2023 approved with 21.0M for, 0.1M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001669162-23-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KNSL
- cik: 0001669162
- company_name: Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669162/000166916223000036/0001669162-23-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669162/000166916223000036/knsl-20230525.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of nine directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669162/000166916223000036/0001669162-23-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 3 - Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669162/000166916223000036/0001669162-23-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 2 - Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669162/000166916223000036/0001669162-23-000036-index.htm

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