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Donegal Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Donegal Group (DGICA) executive compensation
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DGICA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Kevin Burke

Median of the other named officers

$1,203,576

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

April 16, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 11, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 17, 2026

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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025

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Chief executive total compensation — Kevin Burke: $1,456,810 → $1,742,994 (19.6% higher)

CEO pay ratio: 14.2:1 → 16.4:1 (15.5% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Donegal Group's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Kevin Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $1,742,994 in fiscal 2025. Burke's total was 19.6% higher than the $1,456,810 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Donegal Group's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 98.7% support at the meeting held April 16, 2026.

Which companies are in Donegal Group's peer group?

The disclosed peer group includes Cincinnati Financial Corporation, Erie Indemnity Company, Horace Mann Educators Corporation, Kemper Corporation and ProAssurance Corporation, among others.

What is Donegal Group's chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 16.4:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $98,234.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Kevin Burke President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Miller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Sanjay Pandey Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Daniel Wagner Senior Vice President and Treasurer	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffery Hay Senior Vice President	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Kevin Burke President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Miller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Sanjay Pandey Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffery Hay Senior Vice President	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Daniel Wagner Senior Vice President and Treasurer	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Kevin Burke President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Miller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
W. Daniel DeLamater Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Sanjay Pandey Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffery Hay Executive Vice President	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Kevin Burke President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey Miller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
W. Daniel DeLamater Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
W DeLamater Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Sanjay Pandey Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jeffery Hay Executive Vice President	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

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 2024

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Jeffery T. Hay	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey D. Miller	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Kevin G. Burke	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Sanjay Pandey	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
W. Daniel DeLamater	OPTION	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2023 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

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Kevin Burke	Option	◇	—	◇	12/19/2029
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/19/2029
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/21/2028
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/21/2028
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jeffrey Miller	Option	◇	—	◇	12/19/2029
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/21/2028
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Sanjay Pandey	Option	◇	—	◇	12/19/2029
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/21/2028
Jeffery Hay	Option	◇	—	◇	12/19/2029
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/21/2028

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

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Jack L. Hess	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Kevin M. Kraft Sr	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Dennis J. Bixenman	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Barry C. Huber	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Annette B. Szady	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Britta H. Schatz	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
S. Trezevant Moore Jr	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jon M. Mahan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
David C. King	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

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 meeting fee	◇

Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Cincinnati Financial Corporation CINF
Erie Indemnity Company ERIE
Horace Mann Educators Corporation HMN
Kemper Corporation KMPR
ProAssurance Corporation PRA
RLI Corp. RLI
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. SIGI
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. THG
United Fire Group, Inc. UFCS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	April 16, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	April 20, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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- Kevin Burke (President and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $1,742,994 (base salary $795,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001140361-26-009495, filed 2026-03-16]

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188 figures on this page: 186 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.

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2 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed April 17, 2026
0001140361-26-015398
Item 5.07 . Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders .
DEF 14A, filed March 16, 2026
0001140361-26-009495
Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2025 · Pay Ratio Disclosure · Summary Compensation Table
DEF 14A, filed March 17, 2025
0001140361-25-008932
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
DEF 14A, filed March 15, 2024
0001140361-24-013410
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 16, 2023
0001140361-23-024922
Item 5.07 . Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders .
DEF 14A, filed March 17, 2023
0001140361-23-012199
Summary Compensation Table

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Peers Donegal Group discloses

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

Cincinnati Financial Corporation Erie Indemnity Company Horace Mann Educators Corporation Kemper Corporation ProAssurance Corporation RLI Corp.Selective Insurance Group, Inc.The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.United Fire Group, Inc.

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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

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@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}
}