Allstate

Allstate received a score of 100 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). Esurance received a score of 30 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (3)(4). In 2005, Allstate fired an employee for writing an opinion piece at home on his own time explaining his religious views against homosexuality and his beliefs that the movement was dangerous (5)(6).

Allstate‘s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2). Esurance’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (3)(4). Allstate unilaterally restricts matching charitable gifts to educational institutions “that advocates a particular religious belief or restricts attendance on the basis of religion” (3). It does not have restrictions against other educational matches.

Allstate’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender issues, and divisive racial ideology. The company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3).

Allstate‘s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy. By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company has released advertisements supporting the LGBTQ movement (3). Allstate’s CEO, Thomas J. Wilson, is a member of the Business Roundtable (4). The company’s CEO, Thomas J. Wilson, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (5)(6).

Allstate’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company has enabled corporate gifts to Planned Parenthood (3). The company has pledged over $7 million to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes (4)(5). The company is a brass sponsor of Out & Equal and a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (6)(7). The company is a member of the MCCA, indicating its focus on recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees based on race (8)(9). The company is a coalition member of OneTen, appearing to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring (10)(11)(12). Allstate sponsored the Salisbury Pride Festival in 2025 (13). In 2023, Allstate donated $100,000 to Los Angeles LGBT Center (14). In 2023, Allstate donated $100,000 to Southern Poverty Law Center Inc (15). In 2024, Allstate donated $25,000 to Southern Poverty Law Center Inc (16). In 2024, Allstate donated a total of $255,000 to Los Angeles LGBT Center (17). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (18).

Allstate‘s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). In 2020, 2022, 2024, the company donated to the Equality PAC (3)(4)(5)(6). Allstate has not lobbied for ideological purposes (7).