Esure Esure CEO Stuart Vann pockets £2.9m after overseeing the spin-off of GoCompare
Esure CEO Stuart Vann has pocketed £2.9m ($3.6m) after overseeing the insurer's £500m split from price comparison website Go Compare in November. The deal saw Vann pick up a £1.5m fee on top of his base salary of £522,661, in addition to £3,502 in benefits and a £78,909 pension contribution.

The Esure boss pocketed £2.9million after overseeing the spin-off of the insurer’s price comparison website Go Compare.

Stuart Vann, 45, received a base salary of £522,661 plus £3,502 in benefits and £78,909 towards his pension.

And £539,252 arrived as an annual bonus, and he earned £249,824 for hitting longer-term targets.

But the juiciest element was a £1.5million fee after the £500million Go Compare split in November.

Vann lives with his wife in a £1million house near the Surrey Hills.