Maritime Life

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The Maritime Life Assurance Company was a Canadian insurance company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was founded in 1922. In 2004 it became fully integrated with Manulife Financial, and the Maritime Life brand was retired. In 2004 it employed 2700 employees. [1]

The Maritime Life headquarters were located in Armdale, Nova Scotia (part of Halifax) near the head of the Northwest Arm. After the merger with Manulife Financial, the signage of the buildings was changed was changed and the facility became Manulife's central Halifax office.

[edit] History

Maritime Life was co-founded in 1922 by 9 residents of Nova Scotia. One of those men was The Hon. William Anderson Black, who was later was elected as the member of Parliament for Halifax from 1923 until his death in 1934. The last president of Maritime Life, prior to the amalgamation with Manulife Financial, was his great-grandson William "Bill" Black. In his grandfather's tradition, Bill unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party and also lost his bid for election as a PC MLA in the Halifax Citadel riding in 2006.