secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (BHF)
CIK:        0001685040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-18T20:22:34+00:00
Accession:  0001685040-26-000031
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brighthouse appoints Richard Cook as CAO; Pavlovich resigns effective Sept 2
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- Richard A. Cook named Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 3, 2026; succeeds Melissa B. Pavlovich.
- Pavlovich resigning to pursue new opportunity; last day Sept 2, 2026; departure unrelated to financials.
- Cook receives $425,000 base salary, 60% STI target, and $219,500 LTI target.
- Cook joined Brighthouse in 2016; served as Interim CAO Nov 2024–Aug 2025, then Deputy CAO.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000031/0001685040-26-000031-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000031/bhf-20260818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001685040-26-000031

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