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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · CNO Financial (CNO)

CNO Financial names Joel Koehneman chief accounting officer, effective Jan. 21, 2025

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

CNO Financial Group named Joel Koehneman, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers audit partner and most recently a finance director at CDW Corporation, as chief accounting officer effective January 21, 2025. He succeeds Michellen Wildin, who was told of her replacement on January 2, 2025, and who will stay with the company through April 1, 2025 to support the transition, with the company saying her departure does not involve any disagreement on financial statements or internal controls.

Key points

  • Joel Koehneman, 39, becomes chief accounting officer effective January 21, 2025, and reports to CFO Paul McDonough
  • Compensation includes a $300,000 annual salary, a 50% target bonus, and a $100,000 one-time sign-on bonus
  • Michellen Wildin remains chief accounting officer through January 20, 2025 and is expected to stay through April 1, 2025
  • The company states Wildin's separation is not due to any disagreement on financial statements, internal control, operations, policies or practices

The filing

CompanyCNO Financial (CNO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 3, 2025, 4:16 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-000807

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 03, 2025.

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