UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) DECEMBER 20, 2005
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CRAWFORD & COMPANY
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
GEORGIA
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-10356 58-0506554
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
5620 GLENRIDGE DRIVE, N.E., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30342
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(404) 256-0830
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
Jeffrey T. Bowman (52) has been named Chief Operating Officer, Global
Property and Casualty Services of Crawford & Company ("Crawford") effective
January 1, 2006. This newly created position joins the property and casualty
operations worldwide for Crawford. Currently, and since April 1, 2001, Mr.
Bowman is President of Crawford & Company International, Inc., heading the
international operations of the Company. Prior to that and from August 1999 he
was Senior Vice President, Regional Managing Director -- Americas, managing the
Company's international business in all of the Americas, except the United
States. Mr. Bowman has been with Crawford since 1990.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
Exhibit Number Descriptions
99.1 Press Release -- Crawford's Bowman Named COO of
Global Property and Casualty Services
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.
CRAWFORD & COMPANY
By: /s/ Thomas W. Crawford
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Thomas W. Crawford, President &
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: December 20, 2005