Independent Director · CITIZENS, INC. (CIA)

Gerald W. Shields director compensation at Citizens (FY2025): $33.5K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Gerald W. Shields at CITIZENS, INC.. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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CITIZENS Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CITIZENS reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$33,542$0——$33,542
FY2024—————
FY2023—————
FY2021$0$10,499—$0$10,499

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CITIZENS, INC. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0000024090-26-000019, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CITIZENS, INC. filed document, accession 0000024090-26-000019. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

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$33,542 Gerald W. Shields, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of April 30, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

CITIZENS pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $40,000 in RSUs.

The rest of the CITIZENS board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Christopher W. ClausIndependent Director$155,000
Cynthia H. DavisIndependent Director$155,000
Dr. Terry S. ManessIndependent Director$155,000
J. Keith MorganIndependent Director$145,000
Jerry D. Davis JrIndependent Director$155,000
Jon StenbergDirector—
Mary TaylorIndependent Director$145,000
Michael HarwoodIndependent Director$16,188
Peter M. CarlsonIndependent Director$96,875

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