Hamilton Insurance Group’s 2016 Charity Giving
Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company for insurance and reinsurance operations in Bermuda, the US and the UK, announced the names of the Bermuda-registered charities supported by its Community Giving Committee during 2016.
Funding was distributed among nine organizations meeting the criteria outlined by the committee when it was established in December 2014.
“We’re pleased that after two years of operations, our efforts to support effective Bermuda-registered charities has contributed to the well-being of our community,” said Hamilton Re CFO and Committee Chair Vanessa Hardy Pickering.
“The organizations we fund are providing meaningful programmes and services in the fields of sports, the arts, social services and academics, and we are pleased to have enabled the work they do for Bermuda.”
Donna Raynor, Bermuda National Athletics Association; Clare Mello, YouthNet; Erica Fulton, WindReach; Vanessa Hardy Pickering, Chair, Community Giving Committee; Claude Lefebvre, Committee member; Alexis Richens, National Dance Foundation of Bermuda; Jessica Lewis, Bermuda Paralympic Association; Kent Hayward, Bermuda School of Music; Ebony Brockington, Committee member; and Grace Valadao, Committee member
The charities funded during 2016 were:
- Bermuda National Athletics Association
- Bermuda Paralympic Association
- Bermuda School of Music
- The Family Centre
- Masterworks [associated educational programme]
- National Dance Foundation of Bermuda [through the Bermuda Community Foundation]
- SCARS
- WindReach Recreational Village
- YouthNet
Mrs. Hardy Pickering, who has completed her term as Chair but will be remaining on the committee, noted that members will take a hiatus from considering funding applications during the first quarter of 2017 to undertake strategic planning.
“After two years of reviewing requests from Bermuda’s charitable sector, we feel it is time to pause and review our objectives in order to identify where and how we can have the most impact.”
Mrs. Hardy Pickering noted that Ebony Brockington, Assistant Underwriter, Property at Hamilton Re, has also completed her term on the committee and will be stepping down. As of January 1, 2017, Hamilton’s Chief Communications Officer Wendy Davis Johnson will assume the role of Chair of the Community Giving Committee.
Other committee members will be:
- Claude Lefebvre, Chief Underwriting Officer, Casualty & Specialty, Hamilton Re
- David Amaro, Assistant Vice President, Associate Legal Counsel, Hamilton Re
- Nelia Cabral, Senior Underwriting Assistant, Hamilton Re
- Grace Valadao, Junior Reinsurance Analyst, Hamilton Re
- Susan Steinhoff, Senior Vice President, Underwriting – Property, Hamilton Re
- Nicole Pinder, Vice President, Accounting, Hamilton Insurance Group
- David Simons, Vice President, Finance Hamilton Re
