Kingstone Companies, Inc. announced that Meryl Golden has been appointed to the position President effective October 1, 2023, when current CEO Barry Goldstein will step down and continue as Chairman of Kingstone's Board of Directors. Ms. Golden is currently Chief Operating Officer of Kingstone and is the President of Kingstone Insurance Company. She joined Kingstone in September 2019 and has led the efforts to modernize the Company and its products, reduce its costs and manage through the volatility of the property market in the Northeast.

Mr. Goldstein joined Kingstone (then known as DCAP Group, Inc., a regional insurance brokerage business) in 2001. From 2005 to 2009, he led the efforts to transform the Company to an underwriting enterprise. In July 2009, the conversion of the former Commercial Mutual Insurance Company was completed and, in advance of such, the Company disposed of its brokerage and premium finance businesses.

Operating solely as a property and casualty insurance company since then, Kingstone's premiums are now over $200 million, and it has grown from insuring approximately 12,000 homeowners to over 80,000 homes in the Northeast.