Insurance brokers: top 5 highest paid executives in the world
Executives of the world's leading insurance brokers saw their salaries skyrocket in 2021. The rises range from 9.3% to 26.8%. Only Gregory C. Case, CEO of Aon, saw his overall pay drop by 2.1%.
In 2021, Daniel S. Glaser, chairman and CEO of Marsh & Mclennan, received the highest compensation of 21.5 million USD.
In thousands USD| Name | Position | Group | Fixed salary | Performance shares | Stock options | Other benefits and bonuses | Overall salary (1) | Evolution 2019/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel S. Glaser | Chairman and CEO | Marsh & Mclennan | 1 500 | 6 529 | 6 250 | 7 241 | 21 520 | 9.30% |
| Gregory C. Case | CEO | Aon | 1 500 | 15 262 | - | 3 106 | 19 868 | -2.10% |
| J. Patrick Gallagher Jr. | Chairman and CEO | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 1 300 | 3 692 | 1 800 | 7 090 | 13 882 | 24.20% |
| J. Powell Brown | Chairman and CEO | Brown & Brown | 1 000 | 2 940 | - | 5 261 | 9 201 | 26.80% |
| Carl Hess (2) | Chairman and CEO | Willis Towers Watson | 767 | 1 167 | - | 2 894 | 4 828 | 22.50% |
(1) Overall salary: fixed salary, performance shares, stock options and various benefits in kind.
(2) Carl Hess became Chairman of Willis Towers Watson in August 2021 and CEO in January 2022. His predecessor John Halay received 20.3 million USD as an overall salary in 2021.
