The British America Assurance Company was a fire insurance company established in York, Upper Canada in 1833. An impressive headquarters building for it was designed by William Irving in 1877. The company expanded into the U.S.[1] It also operated in Sydney and Adelaide.[2] The company took hits during major conflagrations, such as the San Francisco fire of 1906.
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| Industry | Fire insurance |
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| Founded | 1833 in York, Upper Canada |
| Defunct | 1961 |
| Fate | Acquired by Royal Insurance |
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In 1892, British America formed an alliance with the Western Assurance Company, whereby the two companies would retain the distinct identities but would come under the control of a single board of directors. Thereafter, the alliance was known as the Western Assurance–British America Assurance Group.[3]
The Canadian subsidiary of the Royal Insurance Company (now RSA Insurance Group) acquired the British America Assurance Company and the Western Assurance Company in 1961.[4]
William Botsford Jarvis was one of the company's founders.[5][user-generated source?]
References
edit- ^ Historical Sketch of the British America Company by J. Castell Hopkins June 1912 reprint of 1911 Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs
- ^ "British America Assurance Company (Toronto, Ont. ) : Virtual Reference Library". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ J. Castell Hopkins, "Historical Sketch of the British America Assurance Company," in The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs 1911, (The Annual Review Publishing Company Limited, 1912), 101.
- ^ "Royal Insurance Company of Canada |". heritagetoronto.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ "William Botsford Jarvis - Ionic Lodge No. 25". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2018-06-04.