State Farm CEO Gets 82% Pay Raise

March 7, 2007

State Farm Insurance’s chairman and CEO received an 82 percent raise after the company posted a record profit last year, a statement from the Bloomington-Ill.-based insurer said this week.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ed Rust Jr. got a $5.26 million raise. He earned $11.66 million in 2006 with a base salary of $1.77 million and results-based bonus of $9.89 million, the statement said. Rust made $6.4 million in 2005 and $5.5 million in 2004.

The absence of a major catastrophe helped the insurer generate a record $5.32 billion profit last year, compared to $3.24 billion in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, release said.

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  • August 17, 2019 at 11:59 am
    Dorothy Napolitano says:
    I was never at fault of an accident in all the nearly 70 years I've been driving yet State Farm continued to charge me so much for insurance I had to sell my car. Yet the CEO... read more
  • April 14, 2016 at 8:07 am
    Paul says:
    I have received in the last (3) car renewals, every 6 months 20% total increases. Keep in mind, each month my car is depreciating. However Ed Rust continues to receive large s... read more
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    C Ross says:
    He's making decisions that squeeze the life out of The Auto Body Industry and I hope he pays with jail time.

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