Remuneration report

Remuneration of the Management Board and Supervisory Board

The members of the Management Board of UNIQA Insurance Group AG received remuneration of €3.2 million in 2019.

In € thousand

2019

2018

1)

The fixed salary components include remuneration in kind equivalent to €34,787 (2018: €34,788).

The expenses attributable to the financial year in question for the remuneration of the members of the Management Board amounted to:

 

 

Fixed remuneration1)

1,574

1,612

Variable remuneration

1,609

1,745

Current remuneration

3,183

3,356

Termination benefit entitlements

0

0

Total

3,183

3,356

of which proportionately recharged to operating subsidiaries

2,249

1,663

Paid to former members of the Management Board and their surviving dependants

2,766

2,492

The breakdown of the total Management Board remuneration among the individual members of the Management Board was as follows:

Member of the Management Board

In € thousand

Fixed
remuneration

Variable
remuneration1)

Multi-year share-based remuneration (LTI)2)

Total current remuneration

Total for the year

1)

The short-term incentive (STI) comprises a variable remuneration component which is paid beginning with the 2017 financial year, partly in the following year and partly after three years (the deferred component).

2)

The long-term incentive (LTI) corresponds with a share-based remuneration agreement first introduced in 2013, with the beneficiary entitled to receive a cash settlement following a four-year term. Details can be found in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Andreas Brandstetter

669

478

267

1,414

1,414

Erik Leyers

349

269

0

618

618

Kurt Svoboda

555

395

200

1,150

1,150

Total 2019

1,574

1,141

468

3,183

3,183

Total 2018

1,612

1,295

450

3,356

3,356

In the past financial year, the members of the Management Board of UNIQA Insurance Group AG received variable remuneration and multi-year share-based payments amounting to €1.6 million. Payments (STI) in the amount of €0.4 million are expected to be made in subsequent years for the 2017 financial year. For the 2018 financial year, payments (STI) in the amount of €0.4 million are expected to be made in 2022. For the 2019 financial year, payments (STI) in the amount of €1.6 million are expected to be made in the years 2020 and 2023. As part of the multi-year share-based payment (LTI), payments of €0.5 million were made to the members of the Management Board of UNIQA Insurance Group AG in 2019. For the subsequent years 2020 to 2023, a payment of €2.5 million is expected for the virtual shares allocated up to 31 December 2019.

In addition to the above-mentioned employee benefits, the following pension fund contributions were made for the existing pension commitments to the members of the Management Board during the financial year. The compensation payments arise if a member of the Management Board steps down before the age of 65 because pension entitlements are generally funded in full until the age of 65 to avoid over-financing.

Pension funds contributions

In € thousand

Current
contributions

Total
for the year

Andreas Brandstetter

84

84

Erik Leyers

170

170

Kurt Svoboda

105

105

Total 2019

359

359

Total 2018

359

359

The remuneration paid to the members of the Supervisory Board for their work in the 2018 financial year amounted to €739,375. Provisions of €745,000 have been set aside for the remuneration to be paid for work completed in 2019. In 2019 a total of €72,100 was paid to cover attendance fees and out-of-pocket expenses (2018: €67,400).

In € thousand

2019

2018

Current financial year (provision)

745

739

Attendance fees and out-of-pocket expenses

72

67

Total

817

807

The breakdown of the total remuneration (including attendance fees and out-of-pocket expenses to employee representatives) paid to the individual members of the Supervisory Board was as follows:

Member of the Supervisory Board

In € thousand

20191)

2018

1)

The Management Board and Supervisory Board intend to propose the remuneration of €745,000 to the 2020 Annual General Meeting for resolution.

Walter Rothensteiner

104

104

Christian Kuhn

106

106

Erwin Hameseder

89

88

Burkhard Gantenbein

106

84

Markus Andréewitch

52

50

Marie-Valerie Brunner

65

40

Anna Maria D’Hulster

40

0

Elgar Fleisch

65

40

Martin Grüll

41

0

Jutta Kath

81

80

Rudolf Könighofer

24

65

Kory Sorenson

25

65

Klemens Breuer

0

26

Eduard Lechner

0

40

Out-of-pocket expenses to employee representatives

23

21

Total

817

807

Burkhard Gantenbein received Supervisory Board remuneration (including attendance fees) of €17,000 for his activities on the Supervisory Boards of UNIQA Österreich Versicherungen AG and UNIQA International AG in addition to the Supervisory Board remuneration of UNIQA Insurance Group AG. Besides Supervisory Board remuneration (including attendance fees) from UNIQA Insurance Group AG, Jutta Kath also received Supervisory Board remuneration of 18,000 Swiss francs for her work on the Supervisory Board of UNIQA Re AG.

Former members of the Supervisory Board did not receive any remuneration.

The disclosures in accordance with Section 239(1) of the Austrian Commercial Code in conjunction with Section 80b of the Austrian Insurance Supervision Act must be included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for the financial statements to be in accordance with and to release the company from the requirement to prepare financial statements in accordance with the Austrian Commercial Code. The disclosures are defined more broadly for the separate financial statements in accordance with the provisions of the Austrian Commercial Code. The separate financial statements include not only the remuneration for the decision-making functions (Management Board) of UNIQA Insurance Group AG, but also the remuneration paid to the Management Boards of the subsidiaries if such remuneration is based on a contract with UNIQA Insurance Group AG.

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