American Coastal Insurance (ACIC) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

B. Bradford Martz, President & CEO, was paid $2.8M in 2025, up 62% from $1.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 16:1, on median employee pay of $174,949.

Filed
April 1, 2026
Annual meeting
May 26, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$2.8M+62% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
16:1median $174,949
CEO pay in equity
37%$1.1M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
100%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$2,811,555Fiscal 2025
CEO Base Salary
$681,042Fiscal 2025
CEO Stock Awards
$787,500Grant date fair value
CEO Non-Equity Incentive
$945,000Annual incentive payout

How Martz was paid

$2.8M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary24%Stock awards28%Option awards9%Non-equity incentive34%All other compensation5%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
B. Bradford MartzPresident & CEO$2,811,555
R. Daniel PeedFormer CEO and Executive Chairman of Board$206,100
Svetlana CastleChief Financial Officer$985,950
Christopher GriffithChief Information Officer & Chief Operating Officer$1,359,866
Brooke AdlerGeneral Counsel$1,211,220
James GrayChief Compliance and Risk Officer$995,737

What changed and why

  • $2.8MCEO total compensation increased to $2,811,555 in fiscal 2025 compared to $1,739,773 in the prior year.
  • Core ROBE and Combined Ratio metrics determined annual incentive compensation payouts for executives.
  • Return on Average Equity was utilized to determine the vesting of performance stock units.
  • 99.5%Approximately 99.5% of shareholders voted in support of executive compensation at the previous annual meeting.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.