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Created in 1945 by Tommy Douglas's CCF government, Saskatchewan Government Insurance is the oldest public auto insurer in Canada. [16] Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada that offers motorists a choice between no-fault and tort systems of insurance. Although a choice, majority of the people are unaware of it.
Merged with the General Accident Insurance Company of Canada to form the CGU Insurance Company of Canada (now Aviva Canada). Confederation Life Assurance Company: 1871 1995 Acquired by Manulife and Maritime Life after bankruptcy Crown Life Assurance Company 1900 1998 Canada Life Assurance: Dominion Life Assurance Company: 1889 1985 Manulife
In 2014, Desjardins Group acquired the Canadian operations of State Farm to become the second-largest property and casualty insurer in Canada. [8] Until 2018, all 1.2 million customers in Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick [9] were still served under the name of State Farm, but on May 1, 2018, Desjardins officially started a campaign to rebrand ...
The original purpose of ICBC was to provide universal and affordable compulsory public auto insurance in British Columbia by operating on a non-profit basis. [3] [4] However, in March 2010, Christy Clark's BC Liberal government announced that it would require ICBC to pay the province dividends totaling some $778 million over three years, thus signaling the end of ICBC's operation as a non ...
Hagerty, Inc. is an American automotive lifestyle [1] and membership company, [2] as well as the world's largest provider of specialty insurance for classic vehicles. [3] [4] Hagerty is based in Traverse City, Michigan and also operates in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. [5]
In 1925, Sears held a national contest to decide the name of a new brand of car tires. After 2,253,746 name submissions from 937,886 participants, "Allstate" was chosen. Hans Simonson of Bismarck, North Dakota, received a $5,000 cash prize for his winning entry among a list of 31 he submit
Aviva Canada came into being on 31 March 1999 as the CGU Group Canada, and was created through the merger of the Commercial Union Assurance Company of Canada and the General Accident Assurance Company of Canada. The merger was the result of the 1998 merger of the mother companies, Commercial Union and General Accident, to form CGU plc.
The two buildings are connected by a glass passageway that extends 60 feet from the old to the new building. In 1968, Gore Mutual purchased its first Honeywell Computer, becoming one of the first companies in Canada to use computerized policy handling for automobile insurance. The late 1970s were the age of computers for Gore Mutual.