The Highest Paid Broker CEOs

When it comes to finances, we all struggle from time to time. For some of us, our income level works and we’re able to enjoy a fairly secure financial life. Others don’t have it quite so good.

The five men in this story — as some might say — have it made. Big time. These are the staggering salaries of the highest paid broker CEOs in the insurance industry.

For example, the leading earner is Gregory Case of Aon. His total earnings for 2026 will be a bit over $73 million. The next guy down the list is Marsh’s John Doyle. He’ll pick up about a third of Case’s income.

Both amounts and the sums earned by the other three are beyond the imagination of most of us. Heck, most of us would be perfectly satisfied with a paltry couple of million a year.

1. Gregory Case — Aon President & CEO

Salary: $1,500,000

Stock awards: $68,769,941

Nonequity incentive: $2,437,500

Other: $1,035,198

Total: $73,742,639

Change: 181.4%

2. John Doyle — Marsh President & CEO

Salary: $1,500,800

Stock awards: $9,209,469

Option awards: $8,375,020

Nonequity incentive: $5,550,000

Other:$ 416,562

Total: $25,051,051

Change: 9.8%

3. J. Patrick Gallagher Jr. — Chairman & CEO Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Salary: $1,500,000

Stock awards: $6,579,513

Option awards: $2,233,382

Nonequity incentive: $7,950,000

Change in pension, deferred comp: $194,116

Other: $2,288,049

Total: $20,745,060

Change: 18.9%

4. Carl Hess — CEO Willis Towers Watson

Salary: $1,000,800

Share awards: $9,182,185

Nonequity incentive: $2,384,000

Change in pension, deferred comp: $197,326

Change: 2.3%

5. J. Powell Brown — CEO & President Brown & Brown

Salary: $1,250,800

Bonus: $1,000,000

Stock awards: $2,958,773

Nonequity incentive: $3,048,000

Other: $384,315

Total: $8, 641,088

Change: Down 26%

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