This article details key findings from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s seventh annual study of short- and long-term incentive plan design trends among the top 200 US companies by market cap.The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requires that in their annual proxy statements, public...

Learn how executive pay packages and incentive pay are designed for the top 200 public companies. Gallagher's HR & Compensation Consulting's 8th annual report investigates executive compensation info being shared in annual proxy statements. This study provides a behind-the-scenes look at how...

With expanding focus on qualitative review factors, performance goal rigor will likely become a key area of attention for institutional investors and proxy advisory firms. Public companies should prepare for heightened scrutiny on the appropriateness of selected metrics and difficulty of...

This article provides an analysis of how incentives are being structured to connect pay and performance at electric utility companies. Within the largest 200 US public companies, there are 16 electric utility companies (“EUC-16”). We are looking at the EUC-16 as a separate group from the...

Finding the right balance is key to your long-term incentive plan. How does your company's program measure up against the top US companies? This article summarizes trends in long-term incentive design, based on data as disclosed in 2014 annual proxy statements for 200 of the largest U.S. companies

In order to investigate what (and how much) is being shared in annual proxy statements about executive pay packages and how incentive pay is designed, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s Human Resources & Compensation Consulting Practice has conducted a study of the 2014 annual proxy statement...

James F. Reda & Associates, LLC conducted this study of executive CIC arrangements in Fortune 100 companies. The purpose of this report is to provide a resource of current severance practices among those companies providing CIC protection for their executives.The data for this study was...

In light of the new disclosure requirements for perquisites circulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, James F. Reda and Associates, located in New York, New York, analyzed perquisite and supplemental retirement disclosures for Chief Executive Officer's at Fortune magazine's top 150...

James F. Reda & Associates, LLC conducted this study of proxy statement disclosures for selected companies from the Standard & Poor's large-cap stock indexes ("S&P large-cap companies") for 2006 and 2007 (as reported in 2007 and 2008). The purpose of this study is to provide a resource of...

There have been substantial changes in executive compensation reported by companies in their 2009 proxy statements following an unprecedented drop in stock prices. This study reviewed 200 of the largest companies (by market capitalization) that comprise the S&P 500 Stock Index. We reviewed...