Chief Executive Officer · CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)

Gary Bhojwani

A named executive officer of CNO Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$11,243,261

FY2024: $10,403,588

1st of 5 named executive officers at CNO Financial by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for CNO Financial, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Gary Bhojwani compensation by year

CNO Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CNO Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$517,307$750,000$996,528$1,000,000$1,025,000$1,030,000$1,030,000$1,059,167$1,065,000$1,065,000
Bonus$0$750,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$4,312,620$979,801$4,666,051$3,356,211$4,901,181$5,139,686$5,514,571$6,550,350$6,820,134$7,718,440
Option awards$520,705$274,363$633,319$661,099$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$751,579$1,573,194$1,338,333$1,727,442$2,231,527$2,556,103$1,854,852$1,770,339$2,469,829$2,411,079
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$74,843$95,276$67,103$48,071$103,178$222,377$352,323$408,311$48,625$48,742
Total$6,177,054$4,422,634$7,701,334$6,792,823$8,260,886$8,948,166$8,751,746$9,788,167$10,403,588$11,243,261

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CNO Financial Group, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0001224608-26-000029, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CNO Financial Group, Inc. filed document, accession 0001224608-26-000029. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

$6.2M
$4.4M
$7.7M
$6.8M
$8.3M
$8.9M
$8.8M
$9.8M
$10.4M
$11.2M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU130,300$5,533,841—
RSU98,500$4,183,295—
RSU83,000$3,525,010—
RSU77,238$3,280,298—
RSU75,768$3,217,867—
RSU75,304$3,198,161—
RSU37,158$1,578,100—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

5 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 26, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-30Sale10b5-141,798$51.48174,264
2026-06-30Exercise or conversion10b5-144,250$21.06260,312
2026-06-30Sale10b5-144,250$51.48216,062
2026-06-30Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-144,250$0.000
2026-03-25Tax withholding—45,746$40.61231,780

The 5 most recent of 5 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CNO Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Gary Bhojwani · this pageChief Executive Officer$11,243,261
Paul McDonoughChief Financial Officer$4,130,611
Scott GoldbergPresident, Consumer Division$3,476,195
Eric JohnsonChief Investment Officer$2,903,837
Matthew ZimpferGeneral Counsel$2,739,481

Board service

CNO Financial board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: CNO Financial pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $165,000 in RSUs. As stated in CNO Financial's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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