---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001784535-23-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRCH"
cik: "0001784535"
company_name: "Porch Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T05:35:17.639451+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Porch Group replaces EY with Grant Thornton as auditor; material weaknesses persist

## Summary
- EY dismissed; Grant Thornton appointed as independent auditor for FY 2023, effective Oct 2, 2023.
- No disagreements with EY on accounting principles or practices during prior two fiscal years.
- EY's 2021 and 2022 audit reports included adverse opinion on internal controls due to material weaknesses.
- 2022 material weakness relates to IT controls at subsidiary Homeowners of America; remediation ongoing as of June 30, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001784535-23-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRCH
- cik: 0001784535
- company_name: Porch Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784535/000178453523000036/0001784535-23-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784535/000178453523000036/prch-20231002.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001784535-23-000036
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001784535-23-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Porch Group, Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young
  - Successor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On October 2, 2023, the Company dismissed Ernst & Young (“EY”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company and its subsidiaries, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784535/000178453523000036/0001784535-23-000036-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Porch Group, Inc. engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On October 2, 2023, Porch Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784535/000178453523000036/0001784535-23-000036-index.htm

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