The Board of Directors of FedNat Holding Company announced that two insurance industry experts, David Michelson and David Patterson, have been selected as candidates to serve on the Board as new, independent directors. As soon as their appointments have satisfied insurance regulatory review, the Board will immediately expand to nine members and Michelson and Patterson will become directors. David Michelson is a 26-year veteran of publicly traded specialty property and casualty insurer National Interstate Corporation (“National Interstate”), where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2008 until 2016. He also served as a director of National Interstate from 2009 until 2016. David Patterson has more than 40 years of operational and executive leadership experience in the property and casualty insurance industry. Most recently he served as President and Chairman of ESIS Inc.