Columbus, Ohio-Based State Auto Financial's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 38.8% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are State Auto Financial's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
State Auto Financial	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
LaRocco CEO	6,192	1,996		1,996	1,693		N/A	N/A
English CFO	2,207	1,030		1,030	968		968	965		965	1,482		1,482	1,059
Garland SVP	2,132	794		794	765		N/A	N/A
Taccheti SVP	1,853	560
Stachura SVP	1,812	655		655	604		N/A	N/A
Clark (Buss ) SVP							794	1,338		1,338	1,235		1,235	995
Fitch SVP										732	1,167		1,167	870
Restrepo Former CEO										3,958	3,142		3,142	2,763
Yano Former General Counsel										N/A	N/A		1,043	781
Totals	14,196	5,035		4,475	4,030		1,762	2,303		6,993	7,026		8,069	6,468
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	181.9%			11.0%			-23.5%			-0.5%			24.8%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		38.8%