Dominion Life

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Dominion Life
Industry Insurance
Founded20 March 1889 (1889-03-20)
Defunct25 September 1987 (1987-09-25)
FateAcquired by Manulife in 1984-85, operations merged in 1986
Headquarters111 Westmount Road South,
Waterloo, Ontario
Dominion Life's new head office opened on Monday, 13 December 1954. It was designed by Mathers and Haldenby of Toronto. Dominion Life Building.png
Dominion Life's new head office opened on Monday, 13 December 1954. It was designed by Mathers and Haldenby of Toronto.

The Dominion Life Assurance Company was a Canadian insurance company that operated from 1889 to 1986. In 1956, Lincoln National Corporation of Fort Wayne, Indiana acquired a controlling interest in the company. In 1984, Manulife, acquired Lincoln's 89 per cent stake in the company, and in early 1985 acquired the outstanding 11 percent. [1] At the time of its acquisition, Dominion was Canada's 11th largest insurer. [2] After the sale, Manulife operated Dominion as a subsidiary for a short time. At the beginning of 1986, Dominion's operations were merged into Manulife, and the company was disincorporated in 1987. [3]

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Leadership

President

  1. James Trow, 4 July 1889 – 10 September 1892
  2. James Innes, 13 February 1893 – 17 July 1903
  3. Christian Kumpf, 23 October 1903 – 9 January 1905
  4. Thomas Hilliard, 10 February 1905 – 8 February 1929
  5. Alfred Frederick Stanley "Ford" Kumpf, 8 February 1929 – 30 November 1949
  6. Joseph Edward Frowde Seagram, 30 November 1949 – 11 January 1957
  7. Alfred Stephen Upton, 18 January 1957 – 1 March 1964
  8. Edward Gladstone Schafer, 1 March 1964 – 30 July 1971
  9. John Sidney Acheson, 1 August 1971 – 27 June 1986

Chairman of the Board

  1. George Alexander Dobbie, 21 October 1949 – 24 May 1951
  2. Edward Daniel Auer, 18 January 1957 – February 1963
  3. Henry Fairbank Rood, February 1963 – July 1967
  4. Ronald Gurr Stagg, July 1967 – 25 July 1969
  5. Gathings Stewart, 25 July 1969 – 9 February 1973

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References

  1. ↑ Lawrence Welch, "Dominion Life is acquired by Manulife," Globe and Mail, (30 October 1984), B1.
  2. ↑ "Manulife Financial Corporation". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. ↑ Angela Burns, "Manulife expects laws will enhance flexibility," Globe and Mail, (21 February 1986), B2.


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