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: January 28, 2014 (Date of earliest event reported) | |||
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION | |||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | |||
Ohio | 0-4604 | 31-0746871 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
6200 S. Gilmore Road, Fairfield, Ohio | 45014-5141 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 870-2000 | |||
N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) | |||
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On January 28, 2014, Cincinnati Financial Corporation issued the attached news release titled “Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Personal Insurance Officer” furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. This report should not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information contained in the news release.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 – News release dated January 28, 2014, “Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Personal Insurance Officer.”
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.
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION | |
Date: January 28, 2014 | /S/ Michael J. Sewell |
Michael J. Sewell, CPA | |
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |
Cincinnati Financial Corporation Announces Personal Insurance Officer
CINCINNATI, Jan. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CINF) – Cincinnati Financial Corporation today announced that Will Van Den Heuvel joins The Cincinnati Insurance Company on January 30 as senior vice president responsible for personal insurance. He will report to Chief Insurance Officer and Executive Vice President J.F. Scherer.
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Van Den Heuvel brings more than 25 years of experience in the personal lines insurance marketplace. Most recently, he led AIG's U.S. and Canada personal lines operations, with a principal focus on the Private Client Group. Prior to that, Van Den Heuvel held various leadership positions in Chubb's personal lines operations. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston College.
Scherer commented: "Our recent initiatives to improve the profitability, efficiency and geographic footprint of our personal lines operations continue to pay dividends. These initiatives have successfully laid the groundwork for the future of personal lines at Cincinnati, and that's where Will comes in. Under his leadership, we'll expand our ability to provide our independent agents with the tools they need to attract insurance clients who value personal service and a robust personal insurance program."
Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers business, home and auto insurance, our main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company and its two standard market property casualty companies. The same local independent insurance agencies that market those policies may offer products of our other subsidiaries, including life and disability income insurance, fixed annuities and surplus lines property and casualty insurance. For additional information about the company, please visit cinfin.com.
Mailing Address: | Street Address: |
P.O. Box 145496 | 6200 South Gilmore Road |
Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-5496 | Fairfield, Ohio 45014-5141 |
Safe Harbor Statement
This is our "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our business is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report. Some of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, Page 26.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:
Further, the company's insurance businesses are subject to the effects of changing social, economic and regulatory environments. Public and regulatory initiatives have included efforts to adversely influence and restrict premium rates, restrict the ability to cancel policies, impose underwriting standards and expand overall regulation. The company also is subject to public and regulatory initiatives that can affect the market value for its common stock, such as measures affecting corporate financial reporting and governance. The ultimate changes and eventual effects, if any, of these initiatives are uncertain.
CONTACT: Investor Contact: Dennis E. McDaniel, 513-870-2768, CINF-IR@cinfin.com; Media Contact: Joan O. Shevchik, 513-603-5323, Media_Inquiries@cinfin.com