Exhibit 10.23

     

    

  

  
    DONEGAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

    DONEGAL GROUP INC.

    

    

    2022 ANNUAL EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE PLAN

    

    

    Purpose

    

    

    The 2022 Annual Executive Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the payment of performance-based bonuses to Plan participants based upon the Donegal Insurance Group’s achievement of performance objectives for individual performance measures
      according to the weighting assigned to each performance measure.

    

    

    The performance objectives correlate to incentive levels that represent percentages of a participant’s 2022 base salary (as defined in this Plan). The potential bonuses available for Plan participants with respect to the performance measures will
      be based on the incentive levels, performance objectives and weighting percentages as outlined in Appendix 1.

    

    

    Scope

    

    

    The performance measures and objectives, unless otherwise specified, relate to the statutory financial results of the Donegal Insurance Group, which includes the following legal entities for the purposes of this Plan:

    

    

    Donegal Mutual Insurance Company

    Atlantic States Insurance Company

    Michigan Insurance Company

    Mountain States Commercial Insurance Company

    Mountain States Indemnity Company

    Peninsula Indemnity Company

    Peninsula Insurance Company

    Southern Insurance Company of Virginia

    Southern Mutual Insurance Company

    

    

    Performance Measures

    

    

    Commercial Lines Premium Growth – annual growth in commercial lines direct premiums written compared to the previous calendar year total.

    

    

    Personal Lines Premium Growth – annual growth in personal lines direct premiums written compared to the previous calendar year total.

    

    

    Adjusted Statutory Combined Ratio – reported statutory combined ratio excluding any catastrophe adjustment, all executive incentive plan bonus accruals and a stock option expense adjustment (see definitions below).

    

    

    
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    Operating Return on Equity – Donegal Group Inc.’s consolidated GAAP net income divided by average GAAP stockholders’ equity excluding accumulated other comprehensive income or loss (average of current year-end and prior year-end values).

    

    

    Bonus Formula

    

    

    Each participant in this Plan shall be eligible to receive a bonus that represents the sum of the performance bonuses such participant earns for each respective performance measure. Each performance bonus shall be calculated by multiplying the
      participant’s 2022 base salary, as defined in this Plan, by the bonus percentage that correlates to the incentive level achieved and multiplying that result by the weighting percentage assigned to the respective performance measure. The calculation
      methodology is illustrated below:

    

    

    	

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            Base Salary x Incentive Level Bonus % x Weighting % = Performance Bonus

          


    	

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            Sum of Performance Bonuses = Total Bonus Earned

          


    

    

    Key Definitions

    

    

    Base Salary – total wages as reported on a participant’s W-2 for 2022, excluding any taxable fringe benefits, short or long-term disability pay, gains from exercise of stock options and prior-year bonus.

    

    

    Statutory Combined Ratio – sum of the net loss and loss expense ratio (net losses and loss expenses incurred divided by net premiums earned), the expense ratio (underwriting expenses less installment fee income divided by net premiums written) and
      the dividend ratio (policyholder dividends incurred divided by net premiums earned).

    

    

    Catastrophe Adjustment – an adjustment will be provided to the statutory combined ratio for the purpose of this Plan to limit the net effect of up to two catastrophe events. For purposes of this provision, a catastrophe event is defined as an
      event for which the Property Claims Services unit of Insurance Services Office issues a catastrophe serial number and for which the net effect to the Donegal Insurance Group exceeds $5 million when aggregating losses incurred, loss expenses incurred
      and reinstatement premiums. The statutory combined ratio for the purposes of this Plan will be charged with:

    

    

    	

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            The first $5 million of the net effect of a catastrophe

          


    	

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            One-half of the amount between $5 million and $10 million

          


    	

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            None of the net effect above $10 million

          


    

    

    In the event that more than two catastrophe events, as defined above, occur within the calendar year, the statutory combined ratio for the purposes of this Plan will be charged with all of the net effect of the third and subsequent catastrophe
      events.

    

    

    
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    Stock Option Expense Adjustment – an adjustment will be provided to statutory combined ratio for the purpose of this Plan to remove the effect of stock option compensation expense included in the statutory financial statements.

    

    

    Additional Provisions

    

    

    	

          	1.	
            Participants must be employed by Donegal Mutual Insurance Company on or before October 1, 2022 to be eligible to participate in this Plan. Participants must be employed by the Donegal Mutual Insurance Company on December 31, 2022 in order
              to receive a bonus payment under this Plan.

          


    

    

    	

          	2.	
            No bonus is payable under this Plan unless the employees and managers of Donegal Mutual Insurance Company qualify for bonuses under their respective incentive plans.

          


    

    

    	

          	3.	
            Any bonuses earned under this Plan shall be paid prior to March 15, 2023.

          


     

    	

          	4.	
            Approved participants in this Plan are listed in Appendix 1. Any changes to the participants in this Plan and the incentive levels for such participants must be approved by the Joint Compensation Committee of the Boards of Directors of
              Donegal Mutual Insurance Company and Donegal Group Inc. (“the Joint Compensation Committee”).

          


    

    

    	

          	5.	
            This Plan provides for a discretionary pool calculated in similar fashion to the bonuses for Plan participants using a “base salary” equivalent of $1,000,000.  The discretionary pool may be allocated among participants in this Plan or
              other officers, managers or employees in the sole discretion of the Joint Compensation Committee. The President shall provide a recommendation to the Joint Compensation Committee with respect to high performers who should be considered for
              allocations from the discretionary pool.

          


    

    

    	

          	6.	
            Payment of bonuses under this Plan may be capped by the Joint Compensation Committee in their sole discretion.

          


    

    

    
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    Appendix 1

    

    

    The participants and incentive levels for the 2022 Annual Executive Incentive Plan are as follows:

    

    

  

  
    
      	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
              Incentive Levels - Bonus % of Salary

            
	
               

              

              Participants

            	
              Threshold

            	
              Level 1

            	
              Level 2

            	
              Target

            	
              Level 3

            	
              Level 4

            	
              Maximum

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Kevin G. Burke

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Jeffrey D. Miller

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Kristi S. Altshuler

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              W. Daniel DeLamater

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              William A. Folmar

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Jeffery T. Hay

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Christina M. Hoffman

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Robert R. Long, Jr.

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Sanjay Pandey

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              V. Anthony Viozzi

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Daniel J. Wagner

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	
              Discretionary Pool

            	
              40

            	
              50

            	
              60

            	
              70

            	
              80

            	
              90

            	
              100

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 


    

    

    

    Note: Francis J. Haefner, Jr., Jeffrey A. Jacobsen and Regional Senior Officers are not included as participants in this Plan due to their participation in individual incentive plans that are tailored to performance
      objectives within their specific areas of responsibility.

    

    

    
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    Performance measures, performance objectives and weighting percentages for 2022 are as follows:

    

    

    
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
              Performance Objectives

            
	
              Performance

              Measure

            	 	
              Weighting

            	 	
              Threshold

            	
              Level 1

            	
              Level 2

            	
              Target

            	
              Level 3

            	
              Level 4

            	
              Maximum

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Commercial Lines Premium Growth

            	 	
              15.0%

            	 	
              0.5%

            	
              1.5%

            	
              2.5%

            	
              3.5%

            	
              4.5%

            	
              5.5%

            	
              6.5%

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Personal Lines Premium Growth

            	 	
              15.0%

            	 	
              -1.5%

            	
              -0.5%

            	
              0.5%

            	
              1.5%

            	
              2.5%

            	
              3.5%

            	
              4.5%

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Adjusted Statutory Combined Ratio

            	 	
              50.0%

            	 	
              100.0%

            	
              99.0%

            	
              98.0%

            	
              97.0%

            	
              96.0%

            	
              95.0%

            	
              94.0%

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
              Operating Return on Equity

            	 	
              20.0%

            	 	
              7.5%

            	
              8.0%

            	
              8.5%

            	
              9.0%

            	
              9.5%

            	
              10.0%

            	
              10.5%

            
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 


    

    

    

    

    

  

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