Exhibit 10(br)
National Western Life
Insurance Company
2008 DOMESTIC MARKETING
OFFICER BONUS PROGRAM
The Bonus
Program (“Program”) is designed to reward Domestic
Marketing officers for their performance in achieving
pre-determined sales targets while assisting the Company in
managing to its profit criteria. The Plan incorporates three
measurable performance factors: (1) sales, which are defined as net
placed annualized target premium for Life business and as total
placed premium for Annuity business, (2) persistency, and (3)
expense management. The bonus percentages included in this document
pertain to Domestic Marketing officers at the vice president level
and higher. The bonus percentages for assistant vice presidents are
determined using one-half of the percentages shown for vice
presidents and above.
Each of the
three performance factors will have an assigned target level for
purposes of the Program. Assuming a “par” performance
(i.e. achieving each target level), the weighting of the bonus
(applied to base salary) is 70% for sales performance, 15% for
persistency performance, and 15% for expense management
performance. Actual results compared to the targets can either
increase or decrease these percentages as explained in each of the
following sections.
The sales
component of the Program is further subdivided between Life
production and Annuity production. For 2008, the Domestic sales
goals are:
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Life --
$13,500,000 net placed annualized target premium (14% of MaxWealth
and 25% of Lifetime Returns Select total premium assumed to be
target for purposes of the Program)
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Annuities --
$540,000,000 net placed total premium
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The New
Business Market Summary Report (NWAR60) will be the source of sales
results for purposes of this Program. Based upon these sales goals,
the bonus percentage corresponding with the Life and Annuity sales
production levels achieved in 2008 will be applied to 100% of each
Domestic Marketing officer’s base salary in accordance with
the following grid:
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Life Placed Target
Premium
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Bonus %
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Annuity Placed Total
Premium
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Bonus %
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$11,000,000
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$340,000,000
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$11,500,000
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$380,000,000
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$12,000,000
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$420,000,000
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$12,500,000
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$460,000,000
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$13,000,000
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$500,000,000
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$13,500,000
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$540,000,000
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$14,000,000
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$580,000,000
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$14,500,000
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$620,000,000
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$15,000,000
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$660,000,000
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Increment for every $500,000 thereafter
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Greater than $660,000,000
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Bonus
percentages associated with life sales are not capped but increase
by 5.0% with every additional $500,000 of placed target premium.
Conversely, the bonus percentage for annuity sales is capped at 45%
irrespective of sales production above the annuity sales
goal.
Assuming an
officer salary of $100,000 and 2008 production of $14,100,000 of
Life placed target premium and $470,000,000 of Annuity placed total
premium, the officer’s 2008 sales bonus component under the
Program would be $65,000 ($100,000 x 45% for Life business plus
$100,000 x 20% for Annuity business).
In the event
that adverse persistency experience develops during calendar year
2009 with respect to 2008 life product sales, the Company reserves
the right revisit the 2008 Program bonus awarded for life sales and
true up the award for such adverse experience.
Persistency Component (15%):
Similar to the
sales component, the persistency component of the Program is
further subdivided between Life business and Annuity
business.
The 24
th month ratio of actual persistency to expected
(i.e. pricing) persistency as reported in the Duration Score
Listing query will serve as the measure for the Life persistency
component of the Program. For purposes of the persistency
measurement, the parameters include all writing agents (active and
terminated) and all life business (universal life and
traditional).
Based upon
these persistency performance factors, the bonus percentage
corresponding with the Domestic Life persistency levels achieved in
2008 will be applied to each Domestic Marketing officer’s
base salary in accord
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