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: July 25, 2019
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
 
0-1665
 
36-2476480
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(IRS Employer Identification
Number)
 
15 Joys Lane, Kingston, NY
 
12401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (845) 802-7900
 
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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
KINS
Nasdaq Global Select Market
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐



Item 7.01          Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 25, 2019, Kingstone Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company (“KICO”), entered into various reinsurance agreements with multiple reinsurers for the treaty year beginning July 1, 2019.  The new agreements include increased coverage and terms that are consistent with previous treaties.  In addition, the Company announced the discontinuance of KICO’s personal lines quota share treaty on a run-off basis effective July 1, 2019.  A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information furnished with this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)          Exhibits:



SIGNATURES

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


   
KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
     
     
Dated:  July 26, 2019
By:  
/s/ Barry B. Goldstein                     
   
Barry B. Goldstein
   
President & CEO