Kingstone Companies Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits

Delaware		000-01665		36-2476480
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

120 Wood Road Kingston, New York		12401
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	KINS	NASDAQ Capital Market

On November 1, 2024, CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ”) acquired the attest business of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”).  On April 8, 2025, Marcum informed Kingstone Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) that Marcum resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as a result of such acquisition.  See Item 4.01(b) below with regard to the engagement of CBIZ as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The audit report of Marcum on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent period through April 8, 2025, there were no (i) “disagreements” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the financial statements for such years, or (ii) “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

In accordance with Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Committee stating whether Marcum agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of Marcum’s letter, dated April 8, 2025, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On April 8, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors engaged CBIZ as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent period through April 8, 2025 neither the Company, nor any party on behalf of the Company, consulted with CBIZ with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by CBIZ that CBIZ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a “reportable event” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

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.

	KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
Dated:  April 8, 2025	By:	/s/ Meryl Golden
		Meryl Golden
		President and CEO