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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: August 1, 2009
(Date of
earliest event reported)
KINGSTONE COMPANIES,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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0-1665
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36-2476480
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employer Identification
Number)
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1158 Broadway, Hewlett,
NY 11557
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (516)
374-7600
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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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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Effective
August 1, 2009, Kingstone Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Victor
Brodsky, age 51, as its Chief Financial Officer.
Mr.
Brodsky has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since August 2007,
Principal Financial Officer for Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
reporting purposes since November 2007, and Secretary since December 2008. In
addition, Mr. Brodsky has been a director of Kingstone Insurance Company
(formerly Commercial Mutual Insurance Company), a New York property and casualty
insurer, since February 2008. He was appointed to the Audit Committee of
Kingstone Insurance Company in July 2009. Kingstone Insurance Company is
currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
Mr.
Brodsky also serves as Vice President of Financial Reporting, Principal
Financial Officer for SEC reporting purposes and Secretary of Vertical Branding
Inc. Prior to assuming the role of Vertical Branding’s Vice President of
Financial Reporting in May 2008, Mr. Brodsky served as its Chief Financial
Officer from March 1998 through May 2008. He also served as a director of
Vertical Branding from May 2002 through November 2005. He served as its
Secretary from November 2005 through May 2008, resuming the position in April
2009.
Prior to
joining Vertical Branding in March 1998, Mr. Brodsky spent 16 years at the CPA
firm of Michael & Adest in New York. Mr. Brodsky earned a Bachelor of
Business Administration degree from Hofstra University, with a major in
accounting, and is a licensed CPA in New York.
There are
no family relationships between Mr. Brodsky and any director or executive
officer of the Company.
SIGNATURES
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.
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KINGSTONE
COMPANIES, INC. |
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Dated: August
1, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Barry B. Goldstein |
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Barry
B. Goldstein |
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President |
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