---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001781755-26-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWIN"
cik: "0001781755"
company_name: "Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-04T20:35:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T21:07:17.225566+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baldwin Insurance appoints interim CAO; annual meeting elects directors with notable withhold votes for Ellyn Shook

## Summary
- Johnathan Daniel appointed interim CAO effective mid-to-late June 2026 during Corbyn Lichon's maternity leave.
- Daniel's base salary $300k, eligible for bonus up to 100% of base; 2026 minimum bonus $300k payable in vested Class A shares.
- At June 4 annual meeting, four directors elected; Ellyn Shook received 17.6M withheld votes (17.6% of votes cast).
- Say-on-pay passed with 94.2M for (4.1M against); ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2026 approved (109.5M for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001781755-26-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWIN
- cik: 0001781755
- company_name: Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T20:35:02+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781755/000178175526000042/0001781755-26-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781755/000178175526000042/bwin-20260604.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001781755-26-000042
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001781755-26-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Johnathan Daniel was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 4, 2026, the Board of Directors of The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Johnathan Daniel to serve as interim Chief Accounting Officer of the Company effective upon the commencement of Corbyn Lichon’s, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, maternity leave, which is expected to begin in mid-to-late June 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781755/000178175526000042/0001781755-26-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors as Class I Directors, each to serve until the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held in 2029 or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The voting results for each nominee were as follows: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Lowry Baldwin 94,869,684 4,282,765 10,510,460 Sathish Muthukrishnan 98,197,244 955,205 10,510,460 Sunita Parasuraman 98,076,188 1,076,261 10,510,460 Ellyn Shook 81,501,294 17,651,155 10,510,460
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781755/000178175526000042/0001781755-26-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The shareholders voted to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement. The voting results on this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 94,240,293 4,125,200 786,956 10,510,460
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781755/000178175526000042/0001781755-26-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was approved. The voting results on this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain 109,549,914 62,128 50,867
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781755/000178175526000042/0001781755-26-000042-index.htm

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