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As part of this acquisition, Empire Life became a subsidiary of the holding company, E-L Financial
Services Limited which now owns 98.3% of the company. The remaining 1.7% of Empire Life common shares are widely held by various individual shareholders. E-L Financial Services Limited is 100% owned by
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December 31, 1997, Empire Life acquired all the shares of Colonia Life Insurance Company and subsequently changed the name of the company to Concordia Life Insurance Company a year later. On January 1, 2002, Empire Life and Concordia amalgamated as one company under the name of The Empire Life
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Corporation Limited acquired 94% of the outstanding shares of Empire Life. In 1987, E-L Financial acquired The Montreal Life Insurance Company, as well as the life insurance operations of
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was followed by the acquisition of The
Canadian Order of Odd Fellows insurance portfolio in 1934, and a subsequent merger with the Mutual Relief Life Insurance Company in 1936. Following the
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Empire Life has grown to become one of the top 10 life insurance companies in Canada and one of Canada's best employers.
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Empire Life was founded in 1923 by Milton Palmer
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553:References
386:Initiative
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