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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 (date of earliest event reported): November 6, 2017

NATIONAL GENERAL HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
001-36311
 
27-1046208
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

59 Maiden Lane, 38th Floor
New York, New York 10038
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
(212) 380-9500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 2.02    
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
    
On November 8, 2017, National General Holdings Corp. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The press release is furnished and not filed pursuant to instruction B.2 of Form 8-K.
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 6, 2017, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company unanimously voted to increase the size of the Board from seven members to eight members and to elect John "Jay" Nichols as an independent director, effective immediately, to fill the newly created directorship. Mr. Nichols is the former Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Re, a position that he held from 2012-2017. Before joining AXIS, Mr. Nichols was the President of RenaissanceRe Ventures, Ltd., where he was responsible for business development and management of RenaissanceRe’s Joint Ventures and Venture Capital businesses, which included responsibility for the formation of DaVinci Reinsurance, Top Layer Reinsurance,
as well as several sidecars and other ventures. He joined RenaissanceRe in 1995 and was President from 2001-2010. In addition, Mr. Nichols has held various positions at Hartford Steam Boiler, Monarch Capital and accounting firm Matson, Driscoll and D’Amico. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Delaware North Companies and Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Nichols to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
    
Item 9.01
Financial Statements And Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.






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.
 
 
 
 
 
NATIONAL GENERAL HOLDINGS CORP.
 
 
 
 
Date: November 8, 2017
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Jeffrey Weissmann
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeffrey Weissmann
 
 
 
 
 
 
General Counsel and Secretary