---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001840776-25-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HGTY"
cik: "0001840776"
company_name: "Hagerty, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T13:42:35.778316+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hagerty director F. Michael Crowley to step down at June 2025 annual meeting; Markel designates Michael R. Heaton

## Summary
- F. Michael Crowley, Markel's designee on Hagerty board, will not stand for re-election at annual meeting expected June 3, 2025.
- Crowley's departure is not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Markel Group designates Michael R. Heaton (EVP & COO) as his replacement, subject to election.
- Heaton's appointment is effective immediately prior to the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001840776-25-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HGTY
- cik: 0001840776
- company_name: Hagerty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077625000118/0001840776-25-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077625000118/hgty-20250416.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001840776-25-000118
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001840776-25-000118.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001840776-25-000118.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael R. Heaton was appointed as Director at Hagerty, Inc..
  - Action: designated as Markel's designee to the Board
  - Role: Director
  source text: Markel has designated Michael R. Heaton, who currently serves as Markel's Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, to serve as its designee on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077625000118/0001840776-25-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  F. Michael Crowley departed as Director at Hagerty, Inc..
  - Action: does not intend to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 16, 2025, F. Michael Crowley, a member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Hagerty, Inc. (the "Company"), informed the Company that he does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077625000118/0001840776-25-000118-index.htm

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