Brighthouse Financial vs LINCOLN NATIONAL
On overall TruNorth grade, Brighthouse Financial scores higher (Brighthouse Financial: B, LINCOLN NATIONAL: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $486K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 12 executive donors.
FEC: $40K PAC donations; 65% to Republican, 35% to Democratic committees.
Environment
Insure Our Future 2024 scorecard: 0.4/10 (very-weak). Sub-scores: coal underwriting very-weak; oil & gas underwriting very-weak. Brighthouse Financial: no public fossil-fuel exclusions in underwriting or investment portfolios.
No public record found.
Labor
3 federal penalties totaling $54K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
40 federal penalties totaling $263.4M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
Operates the Brighthouse Financial Foundation: $795K in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2023, IRS Form 990-PF).
No public record found.
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
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Privacy
No public record found.
No public record found.
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 69:1 (median employee pay $151,894) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 277:1 (median employee pay $101,192) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
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