James M. Gerlach

Overview 2009 2008 2007

2008

In 2008, James M. Gerlach earned a total compensation of $412K as Executive Vice President at American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, a 63% increase compared to previous year.

Compensation breakdown

Bonus	$22,000
Non-Equity Incentive Plan	$11,707
Option Awards	$158,400
Salary	$200,000
Other	$19,892
Total	$411,999

Gerlach received $200K in salary, accounting for 49% of the total pay in 2008.

Gerlach also received $22K in bonus, $11.7K in non-equity incentive plan, $158.4K in option awards and $19.9K in other compensation.

Rankings

In 2008, James M. Gerlach's compensation ranked 7,079th out of 9,135 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Gerlach earned more than 22.5% of executives.

Classification	Ranking	Percentile
All	7,079 out of 9,135	23rd
Division Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate	1,392 out of 2,034	32nd
Major group Insurance Carriers	270 out of 306	12th
Industry group Life Insurance	38 out of 44	14th
Industry Life Insurance	38 out of 44	14th

Source: SEC filing on April 28, 2010.

2009 2007

Gerlach's colleagues

We found seven more compensation records of executives who worked with James M. Gerlach at American Equity Investment Life Holding Company in 2008.