In 1918, a denied claim made the precedent for the insurance principle of “Proximate Cause” in Roth v. South Easthope Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The outcome from this court action continues to be used globally as the legal test for Proximate Cause.

June 11th was the perfect day for the Grand Opening and Public Open House of the new South Easthope Mutual office building. We hosted over 400 members and visitors from the insurance community as they toured through our new building. We are now set for the future to grow and..Read More

We broke ground for our new office on the coldest day of the year, February 20th using the same shovel from the 1967 ground breaking. The new building was ready for move-in on October 31st.  Habitat for Humanity received some materials from the former building and it was demolished in..Read More

The fireplace mantel and coffee table in our foyer and the wood wall in our showroom were milled from a butternut tree that stood on the grounds of where the new office would be. The property used to be the front lawn of the Matthies house at 76 Woodstock Street..Read More

In 2014, the construction of a new office building was awarded to Scheidel Construction of Cambridge. Local contractors were to be used whenever possible. The maple trees on our property that could be moved were transplanted to Queen’s Park and Optimist Park in Tavistock. A Butternut tree almost cancelled the..Read More

The South Easthope Mutual Board of Directors invited proposals from three contractors for both an addition to the original 1967 office or a completely new building. The process for our new office had begun.

The Board of Directors purchased Herbert’s Alley in Tavistock. With this purchase, the entire property of South Easthope’s head office now encompassed eight parcels.

The agency office in Listowel was opened to serve our members of the Listowel area.

By 2004, South Easthope Mutual had grown significantly from 1970. We now had over 7,000 policyholders, $14 million in surplus and $2.2 billion in property risk.

To celebrate our 125th anniversary, policyholders as well as local residents were invited to Queen’s Park in Tavistock on Saturday June 15, 1996. About 6,000 people attended and many sat down to a complimentary meal served in the arena by staff members and service club volunteers. The theme was ‘Country..Read More