Mercer’s Executive and Broad-based Employee Retirement Tool (EBeRT) is a real-time database that contains detailed qualified, nonqualified, and deferred compensation plan information for over 1,100 US companies. This level and organization of information cannot be obtained from current market surveys or from proxy disclosures.

Mercer also conducts an annual End of Year Executive Compensation Survey, which covers executive health and welfare benefits and perquisite practices for both publicly traded and privately held companies. Prevalence and benefit levels are included for life insurance, short- and long-term disability, medical, long-term care, and perquisites. The survey is conducted each year in October/November and complimentary results are sent the following January/February. For more information, please contact lacinda.glover@mercer.com .

Severance is a hot topic and one that is getting a lot of attention with increased M&A activity. Furthermore, as companies look to mitigate risk, severance is a great place to start. Benchmark your severance benefits against competitive market practice and trends among all industries and employee levels.

This survey allows you to benchmark your executive benefits against the market so that you can minimize turnover and retain your top talent.

This executive benefits survey enables institutions and compensation committees to adequately assess benefits and perquisites for competitiveness and reasonableness in the context of total remuneration. This survey covers detailed information on retirement benefits, severance benefits, health and welfare benefits, and perquisite practices.