Barber Stewart McVittie and Wallace Insurance Brokers Limited is one of Canada’s longest standing brokerages with documented history dating back to early 1880. The brokerage has grown and evolved with the development of insurance industry in Canada as we know it today.

The BSMW we know today is as a result of organic growth and a number of purchases and mergers over the last 100+ years. In 1967, the corporation became Barber Stewart Limited after the merger of .R.A. Barber Limited and the Walter Stewart Agency of East York.

In 1968, the brokerage merged with Henry McWilliams and Wallace Limited, which was form as a result of many acquisitions including the purchase of W.A. Lee & Son Limited, a brokerage doing business as early as 1880. Following the merger in 1968 the brokerage was known as Barber, Stewart, McWilliams and Wallace. In 1975, the brokerage merged with the R. D. McVittie Agency, and the brokerage was renamed as Barber, Stewart, McVittie and Wallace Insurance Brokers Ltd. (BSMW)

Barber Stewart McVittie and Wallace Insurance Brokers Ltd. became known for it’s unparalleled insurance expertise with the knowledge and experience to develop it’s own home insurance product and develop it’s own wordings for multiple personal lines and commercial businesses.

In 2013, BSMW began a new journey blending industry leading expertise with state of the art technology to allow the company to continue to be a leader in the industry for years to come.