-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QiQYiz4STi99Vc4/sEW+NkBEzchN3slrvMWn623hbDTh9h+/9/WYkdgMZZ+5i6xU YJaEGI985TRupc19WVZs+A== 0000950134-06-010958.txt : 20060602 0000950134-06-010958.hdr.sgml : 20060602 20060602093801 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-06-010958 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060526 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant.s Certifying Accountant FILED AS OF DATE: 20060602 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060602 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AFFIRMATIVE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001282543 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 752770432 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50795 FILM NUMBER: 06881674 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4450 SOJOURN DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: ADDISON STATE: TX ZIP: 75001 BUSINESS PHONE: 972-728-6300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4450 SOJOURN DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: ADDISON STATE: TX ZIP: 75001 8-K 1 d36767e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): May 26, 2006
 
AFFIRMATIVE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation 		  000-50795
(Commission File Number) 		  75-2770432
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
     
4450 Sojourn Drive, Suite 500
Addison, Texas
(Address of principal
executive offices) 		  75001
(Zip code)
(972) 728-6300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
          Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 4.01 Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
(b) On May 26, 2006, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “our”) appointed KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as our new independent accountant to provide financial audit services. KPMG has not audited our financial statements in the two most recent fiscal years or any interim period. Prior to appointing KPMG to audit our financial statements, we did not consult with KPMG regarding any accounting, auditing or financial reporting matters, including, but not limited to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K). In the course of our discussions concerning the appointment, we provided and discussed with KPMG the information in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 27, 2006, with respect to the resignation of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our former independent accountant.
We requested KPMG to review this Current Report on Form 8-K and provided KPMG with the opportunity to furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC containing any new information, clarification of the Company’s expression of its views, or the respects in which KPMG does not agree with the statements made by the Company in this Current Report on Form 8-K. KPMG has advised the Company that it has reviewed this Current Report on Form 8-K and has no basis on which to submit a letter addressed to the SEC in response to the above disclosures made by the Company.

 

 

SIGNATURE
          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.
         
  AFFIRMATIVE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ MARK E. PAPE    
    Mark E. Pape   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: June 2, 2006

 

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