James M. Gerlach

Overview 2009 2008 2007

2009

In 2009, James M. Gerlach earned a total compensation of $405K as Executive Vice President at American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, a 2% decrease compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Bonus	$22,000
Non-Equity Incentive Plan	$17,472
Option Awards	$87,200
Salary	$250,000
Other	$28,331
Total	$405,003

Gerlach received $250K in salary, accounting for 62% of the total pay in 2009.

Gerlach also received $22K in bonus, $17.5K in non-equity incentive plan, $87.2K in option awards and $28.3K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2009, James M. Gerlach's compensation ranked 7,531st out of 9,885 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Gerlach earned more than 23.8% of executives.

Classification	Ranking	Percentile
All	7,531 out of 9,885	24th
Division Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate	1,491 out of 2,204	32nd
Major group Insurance Carriers	302 out of 336	10th
Industry group Life Insurance	47 out of 57	18th
Industry Life Insurance	47 out of 57	18th

Source: SEC filing on April 28, 2010.

Overview 2008

Gerlach's colleagues

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