COLONIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (TRINIDAD) LIMITED
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We wish to thank you, our valued clients, for your continued support
as we strive to better serve you.
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About Us
"Give a man value, give a man service and he will support you"
- Philosophy of Cyril L. Duprey C.M.T., O.B.E., founding father of CLICO.
Founded in 1936 by Cyril Lucius Duprey, Colonial Life became the first locally owned Life Insurance Company incorporated in Trinidad and Tobago.
Colonial Life opened for business on June 1st 1937, at its single branch located at 75 Queen Street, Port of Spain, where it offered coverage in the form of industrial insurance.
Due to the immediate success of the company at the end of the first financial year, Mr. Duprey realized that there was both a need and a market for insurance in Trinidad & Tobago and quickly established offices in other areas across the nation.
Ably supported by Directors: J. Haynes-Clarke, Elliot P. Gibbs, Garnet J. McCarthy, Aldwin Maillard, L.C. Hannays (who was later knighted) and Dr. Simeon A. Hayes; Mr. Duprey guided Colonial Life’s branch office expansion into Tunapuna, San Fernando, Point Fortin, Siparia and Rio Claro.
In 1940, after three years of business, Colonial Life had outgrown its original location and moved into its first Head Office building located at 32 St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain: a newly constructed building wholly owned by Colonial Life.
Having expanded and established itself on the local market, CLICO was ready to take the next step. By 1946, CLICO - established only a decade before - began to expand regionally, establishing branch offices in Grenada, Guyana, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and St. Lucia, with additional offices in Aruba and Tobago in 1953.
