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Hippo Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

HIPO · San Jose, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Richard McCathron
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 2, 2026
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Data as of October 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 5, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Richard McCathron: $2,849,375 → $5,997,265 (110.5% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Hippo Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Richard McCathron, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $5,997,265 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $2,849,375 reported for fiscal 2024, McCathron's total was 110.5% higher.
What was Hippo Holdings' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Hippo Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Ambac Financial Group, Ambac Financial Grp., Domo, Donegal Group and eHealth, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Richard McCathron
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇———◇
Ran Harpaz
Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Stewart Ellis
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇———◇
Aviad Pinkovezky
President, First Connect
◇—◇◇———◇
Assaf Wand
Executive Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇——————◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Richard McCathron
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Stewart Ellis
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Yuval Harry
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Richard McCathron
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Stewart Ellis
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Yuval Harry
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Torben Ostergaard
President and CEO, Spinnaker
◇—◇—◇——◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Richard McCathron
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇——◇
Stewart Ellis
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇—◇——◇
Guy Zeltser
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Torben Ostergaard
President and CEO, Spinnaker
◇—◇—◇——◇
Michael Stienstra
GM & Chief Insurance Officer, HHIP
◇—◇—◇——◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Guy ZeltserRSU◇——◇——◇
Michael StienstraRSU◇——◇——◇
Richard McCathronMSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Richard McCathronRSU◇——◇——◇
Stewart EllisRSU◇——◇——◇
Torben OstergaardRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Richard McCathronRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Guy ZeltserRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Stewart EllisRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Torben OstergaardPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Michael StienstraRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sandra Wijnberg
◇◇————◇
John Nichols
◇◇————◇
Sam Landman
◇◇————◇
Hugh R. Frater
◇◇————◇
Mark Schaaf
◇◇————◇
Lori Dickerson Fouché
◇◇————◇
Eric Feder
◇◇————◇
Susan Holliday
◇◇————◇
Laura Hay
◇◇————◇
Stewart Ellis, Assaf Wand and Richard McCathron served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Ambac Financial Group symbol not shown
  • Ambac Financial Grp. symbol not shown
  • Domo DOMO
  • Donegal Group DGICA
  • eHealth EHTH
  • EverQuote EVER
  • GoHealth GOCO
  • Hagerty HGTY
  • HCI Group HCI
  • Investors Title Company ITIC
  • Lemonade LMND
  • MediaAlpha MAX
  • MoneyLion ML
  • NerdWallet NRDS
  • NI (National Instruments) NATI
  • Porch Group PRCH
  • Repay Holdings RPAY
  • Root ROOT
  • SelectQuote SLQT
  • Skyward Specialty Insurance SKWD
  • The Baldwin Insurance Group BWIN
  • Tiptree TIPT
  • Trupanion TRUP
  • Universal Insurance Holdings UVE

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 2, 2026=◇◇◇

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Citations

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170 figures on this page: 169 cited to the filing that reported them, 1 calculated from figures it prints.
169 cited to the filing
1 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001828105-26-000029
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-170319
    Grants of Plan-Based Awards · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
  3. 0001193125-25-089257
  4. 0001193125-24-110216
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-23-118621
    Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Hippo Holdings discloses

The companies named in HIPO's own disclosed peer group.

DomoDonegal GroupeHealthEverQuoteGoHealthHagertyHCI GroupInvestors Title CompanyLemonadeMediaAlphaMoneyLionNerdWalletNI (National Instruments)Porch GroupRepay HoldingsRootSelectQuoteSkyward Specialty InsuranceThe Baldwin Insurance GroupTiptreeTrupanionUniversal Insurance Holdings

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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