Mark Brockbank

XL Capital President and CEO Brian O'Hara has topped a list that measures the value of shares that officers of Bermuda-based, publicly-listed insurers own in their own company. O'Hara is the beneficial owner of shares worth approximately $64.6 million in XL Capital, according to a review conducted by Miami-based Offshore Business News & Research, Inc., which publishes this newsletter.

RenaissanceRe president and CEO James Stanard has topped a survey valuing the shareholdings held by the top officers of Bermuda-registered publicly-listed insurers in their own companies, with a stake valued at $48.7 million on March 16, 1998.

Michael Butt, the 55-year-old president and CEO of Bermuda-based reinsurer Mid Ocean Limited, received a financial package worth $7 million in fiscal 1997, according to the company's latest Proxy Statement filing with the SEC.Butt's remuneration comprised $485,000 in salary, $500,000 as a performance bonus, $209,800 in travel and housing allowances, $53,100 in contributions to his pension plan, a profit of $5.31 million from share options he exercised during the year and a further $417,600 in restricted stock awards that were granted in previous years but which vested during fiscal 1997.