Financial Guaranty & Rating Agency

The Financial Guaranty & Rating Agency Compensation Program is designed to help our clients make important business decisions by leveraging the unique combination of our in-depth financial services industry knowledge, proprietary pay and performance studies and proven consulting experience. The program consists of:

Compensation Levels Benchmarking: This comprehensive report provides key compensation data on professionals across the major functions within the mono-line insurance firms and rating agencies. Our data collection process enables us to collect data by level, function, and specialization. Participants in this survey also have access to the Debt Capital Markets, Public Finance and Fixed Income Research surveys.

Scope of Business & Methods of Pay Analysis: Covers market practices related to salary increases, bonus pool accruals, turnover/hiring rates, performance measures, annual and long-term inventive plan design.

Staffing Benchmark Report: This report includes a total staff output from participating firms to produce staffing level comparatives by business, function, title, region, etc. In addition, McLagan is able to produce, for individual "hot" areas, a benchmark comparison on organization charts/structure with supporting headcount, costs, etc.

Pay & Productivity Analysis: The Pay & Productivity Analysis will provide insight to better understand and, in turn, reinforce the linkage between organizational, business unit and individual performance vs. pay. Utilizing a combination of revenue, aggregate compensation spend, and staffing information, this aspect of the study will provide participants with comparative data to benchmark their scale, production, and productivity for many positions across each line of business.

Geographic Coverage: Data is collected for incumbents located in North America, United Kingdom and Western Europe.