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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Hanover Insurance (THG)

Hanover Insurance CFO Jeffrey Farber to also serve as principal accounting officer

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Warren Barnes, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, resigned on February 25, 2025, ahead of his retirement effective April 1, 2025. The board named Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Farber to take over as principal accounting officer, so the CFO will also oversee the accounting role. The filing does not report any change to financial results or guidance.

Key points

  • Warren E. Barnes resigned as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer on February 25, 2025; retirement effective April 1, 2025
  • Jeffrey M. Farber, 60, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2016, appointed principal accounting officer
  • Farber previously held roles at AIG, GAMCO Investors, The Bear Stearns Companies and Deloitte & Touche LLP

The filing

CompanyHanover Insurance (THG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 25, 2025, 5:25 PM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-026882

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:17 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 February 25, 2025.

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