British America Assurance Company

British America Assurance was a fire insurance company established in York (predecessor of Toronto), Upper Canada in 1833. An impressive headquarter, it was designed by William Irving (architect) 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.

The British America Assurance Company building

The Royal Insurance Company, founded in Liverpool, England in 1845, acquired the British America Assurance Company and the Western Assurance Company in 1961.[3]

William Botsford Jarvis was one of the company's founders.[4]

References
  1. Historical Sketch of the British America Company by J. Castell Hopkins June 1912 reprint of 1911 Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs
  2. "British America Assurance Company (Toronto, Ont. ) : Virtual Reference Library". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  3. "Royal Insurance Company of Canada |". heritagetoronto.org. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  4. "William Botsford Jarvis - Ionic Lodge No. 25". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
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