Hamilton Insurance Group
Rating Overview
Rating Criteria
Rating Criteria Detail
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria:
Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
Risk Level:
LowerRationale:
Hamilton Insurance Group has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).
Criteria:
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Risk Level:
LowerCriteria:
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
Risk Level:
HighRationale:
Hamilton Insurance Group offers unconscious bias training to its employees (1). The company requires its employees to take DEI training (2). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its Corporate Governance Framework: “In evaluating new director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will actively consider gender identity, age, race, nationality, national origin, ethnicity, disability status and sexual orientation diversity in Board composition” (3). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, hiring, and promotions. From its Modern Slavery Statement: “As an employer, Hamilton respects international human rights standards and promotes fair reward and recognition, diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity in all employee dealings, including decisions on hiring, remuneration, training and promotion” (4). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (5).
Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria:
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Risk Level:
MediumRationale:
Hamilton Insurance Group supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Committee (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2023 Annual Report: “We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to help us continue cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture at Hamilton for all our employees” (2). Otherwise, the company has not supported ideological causes or policies (3).
Criteria:
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Risk Level:
LowerRationale:
Hamilton Insurance Group has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).