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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): August 6, 2025
KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (845) 802-7900
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

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

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On August 6, 2025, Kingstone Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that Carla D’Andre and Timothy McFadden have completed their service on the Company’s Board of Directors, and Pranav Pasricha has been elected to the Board of Directors. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On August 6, 2025, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following is a listing of the votes cast for or withheld, and the number of broker non-votes, with respect to each nominee for director and a listing of the votes cast for and against, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, with respect to the other matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s stockholders elected each of the nominees as a director, ratified the selection of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and indicated, on a non-binding advisory basis, that future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation should be held every year.
1. Election of Board of Directors:

| Number of Shares
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes
Meryl S. Golden | 5,820,888 | 41,443 | 4,166,902
Thomas Newgarden | 5,743,623 | 118,708 | 4,166,902
Floyd R. Tupper | 5,493,495 | 368,836 | 4,166,902
William L. Yankus | 5,608,958 | 253,373 | 4,166,902
Manmohan Singh | 5,728,865 | 133,466 | 4,166,902
Pranav Pasricha | 5,810,077 | 52,254 | 4,166,902

2. Ratification of the selection of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025:

For | 9,997,477
Against | 24,421
Abstentions | 7,335

3. Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

For | 5,517,003
Against | 324,524
Abstentions | 20,804
Broker Non-Votes | 4,166,902

4. Advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation should be held every one, two or three years:

3 Years | 884,582
2 Years | 23,781
1 Year | 4,940,857
Abstentions | 13,111

The Press Release also announced the actions taken by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Number | Description
99.1 | Press release, dated August 6, 2025, issued by Kingstone Companies, Inc.
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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: August 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ Meryl Golden |
|  | Meryl Golden |
|  | Chief Executive Officer and President |