Wawanesa Insurance
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Wawanesa Insurance—officially The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company,[2] also known as Wawanesa Mutual or simply Wawanesa—is a Canadian mutual insurance firm, as well as among Canada's ten largest property and casualty insurers.[1][3]
Company type | Mutual |
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Industry | General insurance |
Founded | September 25, 1896; 127 years ago (1896-09-25), in Wawanesa, Manitoba |
Founder | Alonzo Fowler Kempton |
Headquarters | 191 Broadway, , |
Area served | Canada, California, Oregon |
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Number of employees | 5,900 (2020) |
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Website | wawanesa.com |
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The company's head office is located in Wawanesa, Manitoba, with its executive office in Winnipeg and regional offices across Canada; it also operates in the U.S. states of California and Oregon.[1] As of 2020, it has assets of over $11.3 billion and over two million policies in force.[4][3]
Wawanesa Insurance wholly-owns 3 subsidiaries: Wawanesa Life, its life insurance subsidiary; Wawanesa General, its American subsidiary; and Trimont Financial Ltd.,[5] which provides direct support to local brokers.[4] Wawanesa Insurance and its subsidiaries compose a corporate group called The Wawanesa Group of Companies.[6]