8-K

AFFIRMATIVE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Date: April 17, 2014

/s/ John P. Killacky

John P. Killacky

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

0001193125-14-147653.txt : 20140417 0001193125-14-147653.hdr.sgml : 20140417 20140417160934 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-147653 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140415 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20140417 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140417 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 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50795 FILM NUMBER: 14770204 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 d715655d8k.htm 8-K 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): April 15, 2014

Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

000-50795

75-2770432

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


4450 Sojourn Drive, Suite 500, Addison, Texas		75001
(Address of principal executive offices)		Zip Code

Registrant’s telephone, including area code: (972) 728-6300

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:

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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.

(d) On April 15, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Eric Rahe a director of the Company. Mr. Rahe is a Managing Director at J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC. J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC is an affiliate of New Affirmative, LLC, the Company’s majority shareholder.

From 2008 until 2014, Mr. Rahe was a Managing Director at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, where he established and led the firm’s financial services practice. Previously, Mr. Rahe was a senior investment professional at the hedge fund SAB Capital and a Partner at Capital Z Partners, a financial services focused private equity firm. Mr. Rahe has served on the boards of Permanent General, a non-standard auto insurance company, and Instant Insurance Holdings, Inc., the former name of the Company. Mr. Rahe holds an A.B., magna cum laude, in Economics from Harvard College, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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.