The highest-paid CEO among U.S.-traded P&C personal lines insurers received $15.6 million in total compensation last year, according to data compiled by SNL Financial.
Missing from the list of the top 10 is Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffet. The Oracle of Omaha received $464,011 in total compensation in 2014. His base salary of $100,000 has remain unchanged for 25 years, SNL Financial reports. However, he's far from destitute: His stock ownership, as disclosed in a July 6 filing, amounts to more than $61 billion.
SNL Financial ranked 2014 total compensation among CEOs or equivalent roles at NYSE and NASDAQ-listed companies classified as P&C insurance carriers. The ranking is limited to companies that disclosed compensation in publicly filed proxy statements. Offshore P&C resinsurers based in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Ireland were not included in SNL's analysis.
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