Company: CRD-A
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-004509
Chunk: 75

Company: CRAWFORD & CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 75
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, statutory and other financial statement audits. |

| (2) | Audit related fees include service organization control reports. |

| (3) | Tax fees consist principally of professional services rendered for tax compliance and tax planning and advice. |

| (4) | All other fees consist principally of fees for a cybersecurity program maturity assessment. |

The Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves, in addition to all audit services, all non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. On an ongoing basis, management communicates specific projects and categories of services to the Audit Committee on which advance approval is requested. The Audit Committee reviews these requests and votes by resolution its approval or rejection of such services after due deliberation. The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.

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<div align='center'>**AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT**</div>

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised of the five directors named below. Each member of the Committee is independent as required by the Company, the listing standards of the NYSE and the SEC’s audit committee independence rules. The primary function of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight responsibilities with respect to the integrity of the Company’s financial statements; the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors; the performance of the Company’s internal audit function; and compliance by the Company with legal and regulatory requirements. The Committee operates pursuant to a charter approved by the Board of Directors

In fulfilling its responsibilities to review the Company’s financial reporting process, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with the Company’s management and Ernst & Young, LLP (“EY”), our former independent registered public accounting firm, the audited financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Management is responsible for the Company’s financial statements and the reporting process, including the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

The Audit Committee discussed with EY the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, Communications with Audit Committees, issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with EY the auditor’s independence from the Company and