Royal Insurance Company of Canada

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

A 1980 Toronto Historical Board plaque attached to this building at 10 Wellington Street East has this to say:

Plaque coordinates: 43.648078 -79.376596

The Royal Insurance Company was founded in Liverpool, England, in 1845, and has served the North American market since 1851. It acquired the British American Assurance Company and the Western Assurance Company in 1961. The British America Assurance Company, the oldest financial institution in Ontario and the second oldest fire insurance company in Canada, was founded in 1833. The Western Assurance Company, established 1851, built its head office on this site in 1880, and, in 1892, began a working arrangement with British America. A new building constructed here in 1951 was incorporated into the present structure in 1980 to form the headquarters of the Royal Insurance Company of Canada. This site, part of the property of Chief Justice Sir Thomas Scott, was occupied until 1879 by the Cooper's Arms Tavern.

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Posted February 5, 2012
I live in Mexico, and was in Canada on vacation with my family. We were walking in a meadow and found a plaque. It reads, telegram this number to the Royal Insurance Co Boston Mass and they will notify my friends. I am guessing this piece to be dated around 1920 or maybe earlier. Telephones were used in this area around 1920. I have seen pictures of plates similare to this one on the internet. I had read that it may be an insurance used by masons.I would like to know the history of the person who wore this badge. I hope someone can help me.
Todd

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