FedNat Holding Company announced effective July 24, 2022, Michael H. Braun resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Effective July 24, 2022, David K. Patterson was named the Company's interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Patterson first joined the Board in August 2019 as a Board observer pending completion of regulatory reviews and was elected to the Board at the 2019 Annual Meeting.

Mr. Patterson brings to the Board his more than 40 years of operational and executive leadership experience in the property and casualty insurance industry. Most recently he was Chairman and President of ESIS Inc. (“ESIS”), which he joined in 2004 and for which he served as President and Chairman from 2005 to 2015. Prior to joining ESIS, Mr. Patterson was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kemper National Services Inc., from 1994 to 2003.

While at Kemper, Mr. Patterson served in a variety of regional and home office senior leadership roles in claims, systems and operations.