White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

NYSE:WTM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.9b

White Mountains Insurance Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

White Mountains Insurance Group's CEO is George Rountree, appointed in Mar 2017, has a tenure of 7.75 years. total yearly compensation is $7.58M, comprised of 7.7% salary and 92.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.94% of the company’s shares, worth $45.95M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.6 years and 4.7 years respectively.

Key information

George Rountree

Chief executive officer

US$7.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage7.7%
CEO tenure7.8yrs
CEO ownership0.9%
Management average tenure3.6yrs
Board average tenure4.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Here's Why We Think White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Dec 22
Here's Why We Think White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Cautious Investors Not Rewarding White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.'s (NYSE:WTM) Performance Completely

Nov 25
Cautious Investors Not Rewarding White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.'s (NYSE:WTM) Performance Completely

White Mountains: Under-The-Radar Value Builder

Sep 19

What You Can Learn From White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.'s (NYSE:WTM) P/S

Jul 28
What You Can Learn From White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.'s (NYSE:WTM) P/S

Investors Interested In White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.'s (NYSE:WTM) Revenues

Apr 03
Investors Interested In White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.'s (NYSE:WTM) Revenues

White Mountains Insurance: Sum Of The Parts Points To Potential Upside

Mar 25

White Mountains Insurance declares $1.00 dividend

Feb 24

Insurtech startup Pie Insurance gets backing from Centerbridge, Allianz, others

Sep 21

White Mountains Insurance commences $500M cash tender offer

Aug 22

White Mountains Insurance reports Q1 results

May 10

White Mountains: Defensive Posture At An Attractive Discount

Dec 09

White Mountains Insurance reports Q3 results

Nov 06

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has George Rountree's remuneration changed compared to White Mountains Insurance Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$639m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$485m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$558m

Dec 31 2023US$8mUS$585k

US$502m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$248m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$220m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$27m

Dec 31 2022US$7mUS$500k

-US$120m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$118m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$485m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$176m

Dec 31 2021US$7mUS$500k

-US$268m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$185m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$788m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$767m

Dec 31 2020US$7mUS$500k

US$711m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$278m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$95m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$800k

Dec 31 2019US$7mUS$500k

US$408m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$212m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$222m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$206m

Dec 31 2018US$6mUS$500k

-US$122m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$31m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$10m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$3m

Dec 31 2017US$7mUS$500k

US$42m

Compensation vs Market: George's total compensation ($USD7.58M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.00M).

Compensation vs Earnings: George's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

George Rountree (52 yo)

7.8yrs

Tenure

US$7,577,001

Compensation

Mr. George Manning Rountree served as the Chairman of the Board at Build America Mutual Assurance Company since 2020. Mr. Rountree has been the Chief Executive Officer of White Mountains Insurance Group, L...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
George Rountree
CEO & Director7.8yrsUS$7.58m0.94%
$ 45.9m
Liam Caffrey
President & CFO2.8yrsUS$5.68m0.14%
$ 7.0m
Michaela Hildreth
MD & Chief Accounting Officer3.6yrsUS$3.14m0.15%
$ 7.3m
Robert Seelig
Executive VP22.3yrsUS$4.40m0.80%
$ 39.2m
Jonathan Cramer
Chief Investment Officer2.9yrsno datano data
Jennifer Moyer
Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretaryno datano datano data
David Staples
Head of Taxno dataUS$302.48kno data
Giles Harrison
Executive VP & Chief Strategy Officerless than a yearno data0.039%
$ 1.9m
Dennis Beaulieu
Treasurer23.5yrsno datano data
Timothy Miller
CEO of OneBeacon Ltd19.7yrsUS$6.45mno data
Mark Plourde
President of WMA2.9yrsno datano data

3.6yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: WTM's management team is considered experienced (3.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
George Rountree
CEO & Director7.8yrsUS$7.58m0.94%
$ 45.9m
David Tanner
Independent Deputy Chairman6.3yrsUS$391.20k0.077%
$ 3.8m
Reid Campbell
Non-Independent Directorless than a yearUS$1.57m0.61%
$ 29.8m
Mary Choksi
Independent Director7.3yrsUS$401.20k0.067%
$ 3.3m
Weston Hicks
Independent Chairman of the Board1.8yrsUS$700.97k0.10%
$ 4.9m
Philip Gelston
Independent Director6.8yrsUS$420.35k0.063%
$ 3.1m
Peter Carlson
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$436.20k0.045%
$ 2.2m
Suzanne Shank-Werdlow
Independent Director3.2yrsUS$376.20k0.028%
$ 1.4m
Steven Yi
Non-Independent Director1.6yrsUS$376.20k0.015%
$ 724.3k
Margaret Dillon
Independent Director3.6yrsUS$391.20k0.031%
$ 1.5m

4.7yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: WTM's board of directors are considered experienced (4.7 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 00:55
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. is covered by 3 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert GlasspiegelJanney Montgomery Scott LLC
Daniel SchlemmerMacquarie Research
Jim RyanMorningstar Inc.