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Investors Title (ITIC): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$952,842CEO J. Allen Fine · source

Say-on-pay support98.35%Latest vote · source

CEO vs. named peers1st pct.Against its disclosed peer group

CEO pay ratio12:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

$731,233FY2023
$928,696FY2024
$952,842FY2025

CEO total pay was $952,842 in fiscal 2025, up from $928,696 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $593,475 · bonus $300,000 · stock awards $0 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

J. Allen Fine · CEO James Fine, Jr. · President W. Morris Fine · EVP David L. Francis · Former director (through FY2025)Elton C. Parker, Jr · Independent Director James E. Scott · Independent Director James H. Speed, Jr · Independent Director Joseph B. Dempster, Jr · Independent Director Richard M. Hutson II · Lead Independent Director Tammy F. Coley · Independent Director

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Investors Title in fiscal 2025?

As disclosed, J. Allen Fine (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board) was the highest-paid executive at Investors Title in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $952,842.

How does Investors Title's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?

As disclosed, J. Allen Fine's total compensation ranked at the 1st percentile of Investors Title's disclosed peer group.

What is Investors Title's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?

As disclosed, Investors Title's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 12:1.

How did shareholders vote on Investors Title's executive compensation?

As disclosed, 98.35% of shareholders supported Investors Title's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.

How much does Investors Title spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?

As disclosed, Investors Title reported total board compensation of $163,500 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table

Named executive officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension / NQDC	All other	Total
J. Allen Fine	$593,475	$300,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$59,367	$952,842
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
W. Morris Fine	508,913	350,000	0	0	0	0	53,950	912,862
Executive Vice President and Secretary
James Fine, Jr.	508,913	350,000	0	0	0	0	52,792	911,704
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officer	FY2025 total	FY2024 total	FY2023 total	Δ FY2024→2025
J. Allen Fine	$952,842	$928,696	$731,233	↑ +24,146
W. Morris Fine	912,862	843,409	657,489	↑ +69,453
James Fine, Jr.	911,704	839,046	651,714	↑ +72,658

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The ultimate objective of an effective executive compensation program is to reward the accretion of shareholder value over the long term. In keeping with this philosophy, the Compensation Committee has designed the Company's executive compensation program to reward the achievement of the Company's objectives and to align the interests of executives with those of shareholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)	—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)	—
Independent consultant	—
Clawback policy	True
Anti-hedging	True
Anti-pledging	True

Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

No outstanding equity awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Director compensation

Director	Cash fees	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	All other	Total
Elton C. Parker, JrIndependent · Audit (Chair)	$35,000	$0	$71,237	$0	$0	$106,237
Richard M. Hutson IIIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating	32,000	0	71,237	0	0	103,237
James H. Speed, JrIndependent · Compensation	30,000	0	71,237	0	0	101,237
Tammy F. ColeyIndependent · Audit	24,500	0	71,237	0	0	95,737
James E. ScottIndependent · Audit	24,500	0	71,237	0	0	95,737
Joseph B. Dempster, JrIndependent · Compensation · Newly elected	15,000	0	71,237	0	0	86,237
David L. FrancisIndependent · Compensation · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY	2,500	0	—	0	0	2,500
J. Allen FineEmployee director · Board Chair	0	0	0	—	0	0
W. Morris FineEmployee director	0	0	0	—	0	0
James A. Fine, JrEmployee director	0	0	0	—	0	0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer	$7,500
Annual equity retainer	—
Per board meeting fee	$2,500
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)	500
Stock ownership guideline	—

Total cost of the board

Component	FY2025
Cash retainers and fees	$163,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)	$0
All other compensation	$0
Total cost of the board	$163,500

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Investors Title as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ITIC

3 companies name ITIC as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name ITIC as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

Rank	Company	FY	Chief executive	Salary	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Total
1	Investors Title	2025	J. Allen Fine	$593,475	$0	$0	$0	$952,842

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

Meeting year	Meeting date	For	Against	Abstain	Support	Outcome
2025	2025-05-21	1,408,191	23,694	19,068	98.35%	Passed
2022	2022-05-18	1,345,517	21,231	2,733	98.45%	Passed
2019	2019-05-15	1,273,762	13,021	7,917	98.99%	Passed
2016	2016-05-18	1,380,794	31,950	27,322	97.74%	Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting year	Meeting date	Approval — company’s computation
2025	2025-05-21	98.35%^a
2022	2022-05-18	98.45%^b
2019	2019-05-15	98.99%^c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast on the proposal.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast on the proposal.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast on the proposal.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)	12 : 1
CEO total compensation	$952,842
Median employee compensation	$76,300

Insider trades since the proxy

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

Insider	Role	Transaction date	Code	Shares	Price	Value	Security	Source
Parker, Jr. Elton C.	Director	2026-05-13	A	538	$231	$124,278	Common	Form 4 ↗
Dividend-equivalent accruals		2026-05-20	—	4,500	—	—	6 insiders, 6 accrual rows
Richard M. Hutson II	Director	2026-08-12	A	212	123	26,034	Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	145	247	35,779	Common	Form 4 ↗
Dividend-equivalent accruals		2026-08-27	—	363	—	—	1 insider, 3 accrual rows
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	41	238	9,760	Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	177	161	28,486	Common	Form 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

View all 14 transactions

Insider	Role	Transaction date	Code	Shares	Price	Value	Security	Source
Parker, Jr. Elton C.	Director	2026-05-13	A	538	$231	$124,278	Common	Form 4 ↗
Parker, Jr. Elton C.	Director	2026-05-20	A	750	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
James E. Scott	Director	2026-05-20	A	750	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-05-20	A	750	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
Joseph B. Dempster, Jr	Director	2026-05-20	A	750	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
Richard M. Hutson II	Director	2026-05-20	A	750	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
James H. Speed, Jr	Director	2026-05-20	A	750	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
Richard M. Hutson II	Director	2026-08-12	A	212	123	26,034	Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	145	247	35,779	Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	177	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	41	238	9,760	Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	177	161	28,486	Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	145	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗
Tammy F. Coley	Director	2026-08-27	A	41	0	0	Derivative, Class A Common	Form 4 ↗

Sources (34 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

Section 01, J. Allen Fine. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 21. As printed: 952,842. View filing ↗
Section 01, W. Morris Fine. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 912,862. View filing ↗
Section 01, James Fine, Jr.. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 911,704. View filing ↗
Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 12 : 1. View filing ↗
Section 08, Elton C. Parker, Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 106,237. View filing ↗
Section 08, Richard M. Hutson II. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 103,237. View filing ↗
Section 08, James H. Speed, Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 101,237. View filing ↗
Section 08, Tammy F. Coley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 95,737. View filing ↗
Section 08, James E. Scott. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 95,737. View filing ↗
Section 08, Joseph B. Dempster, Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 86,237. View filing ↗
Section 08, David L. Francis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 2,500. View filing ↗
Section 08, J. Allen Fine. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, W. Morris Fine. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, James A. Fine, Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 02, Parker, Jr. Elton C. 2026-05-13. Form 4, filed 2026-05-13. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Parker, Jr. Elton C. 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, James E. Scott 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Joseph B. Dempster, Jr 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Richard M. Hutson II 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, James H. Speed, Jr 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Richard M. Hutson II 2026-08-12. Form 4, filed 2026-08-13. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-08-27. Form 4, filed 2026-08-31. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-08-27. Form 4, filed 2026-08-31. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-08-27. Form 4, filed 2026-08-31. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-08-27. Form 4, filed 2026-08-31. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-08-27. Form 4, filed 2026-08-31. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 02, Tammy F. Coley 2026-08-27. Form 4, filed 2026-08-31. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-22. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.35% (votes for as printed: 1,408,191). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2022 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2022-05-19. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.45%. View filing ↗
Section 06, 2019 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2019-05-16. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.99%. View filing ↗
Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 163,500 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 163,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.
Investors Title (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Investors Title's own proxy. As printed: 952,842. View filing ↗