0000100716-14-000022.txt : 20140929 0000100716-14-000022.hdr.sgml : 20140929 20140929151829 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000100716-14-000022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140926 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140929 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140929 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNICO AMERICAN CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000100716 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 952583928 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-03978 FILM NUMBER: 141126785 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 23251 MULHOLLAND DR CITY: WOODLAND HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 91364 BUSINESS PHONE: 8185919800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 23251 MULHOLLAND DRIVE CITY: WOODLAND HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 91364 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNIVERSAL COVERAGE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19730823 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 26, 2014

  

Unico American Corporation

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Nevada

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-3978 95-2583928
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
   
23251 Mulholland Drive  
Woodland Hills, California 91364
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(818) 591-9800

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last Report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

|_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act  (17 CFR 230.425)

 

|_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b) On September 26, 2014, the Company eliminated the full-time position of in-house General Counsel. Therefore, the employment of Terry L. Kinigstein, the Company’s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ended as of that date. Mr. Kinigstein will continue to serve as a Director of the Company. Lester A. Aaron, the Company’s Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Secretary by the Board of Directors, in addition to his other titles.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) News release dated September 29, 2014.

 

  

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

                                            UNICO AMERICAN CORPORATION

                                                                (Registrant)

 

 

Date: September 29, 2014     By:   /s/ Lester A. Aaron

 

                                                Name:   Lester A. Aaron

                                                Title:    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit Number        Description

 

99.1                            News Release dated September 29, 2014

 

                   

 

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EX-99.1 2 news.htm NEWS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

 

CONTACT: Lester A. Aaron

Chief Financial Officer

818-591-9800

 

UNICO AMERICAN CORPORATION REPORTS DEPARTURE OF OFFICER

 

Woodland Hills, CA, September 29, 2014 – Unico American Corporation (NASDAQ – “UNAM”) (“Unico,” the “Company”), announced today that on September 26, 2014, the Company eliminated the full time position of in-house General Counsel. Therefore, the employment of Terry L. Kinigstein, the Company’s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ended as of that date. Mr. Kinigstein will continue to serve as a Director of the Company. Lester A. Aaron, the Company’s Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Secretary by the Board of Directors, in addition to his other titles.

 

Headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, Unico is an insurance holding company that underwrites property and casualty insurance through its insurance company subsidiary; provides property, casualty, and health insurance through its agency subsidiaries; and through its other subsidiaries provides insurance premium financing and membership association services. Unico has conducted the majority of its operations through its subsidiary Crusader Insurance Company since 1985. For more information concerning Crusader Insurance Company, please visit the Crusader’s Web site at www.crusaderinsurance.com.