RSA Insurance announces partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum

Sponsorship of Mesopotamia exhibition aligns RSA’s 300 year history with 3,000 years of progress

Toronto – Leading property and casualty insurer RSA is pleased to announce its partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to bring the museum’s latest exhibition, Mesopotamia: Inventing our World, to a North American audience from June 22, 2013 through to January 5, 2014.

RSA’s partnership with the ROM’s Mesopotamia exhibition draws a parallel between RSA’s 300 year heritage and the past 3,000 years of civilization following the Mesopotamian era, during which many advancements were made that would become the basis of insurance.

The exclusive exhibition, on loan from the British Museum, specifically highlights the emergence of business, trade and finance, long distance trade networks and the world’s first cities, social organization and economic exchanges, among other hallmarks of modern society.

“RSA Insurance is proud to partner with the ROM as the exhibition’s presenting sponsor to make Mesopotamia accessible to all in this one-of-a-kind exhibition for Canada and North America,” says Rowan Saunders, President & CEO, RSA. “As a global insurance organization with a proud heritage insuring progress around the world for over 300 years, we’re incredibly excited to be working alongside the ROM to bring to life these amazing artifacts and we are confident this exhibition will prove to be a fascinating adventure for all.”

As a worldwide insurer since 1710, RSA has insured historical figures and landmark events including Charles Darwin, Captain Cook, the world’s first wind farms and the 2012 London Olympics. RSA’s alignment with Mesopotamia highlights the role of these milestones in driving our society forward, and underlines the important role of insurance products and services that allow such innovation and progress to continue.

“At RSA we often say that we ‘insure progress.’  This is a really important part of how we view our role in people’s lives, and their livelihoods,” says Tony Hayes, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, RSA. “We know how important it is recognize the past to plan for what’s to come – whether re-building the present or protecting our future.”

RSA’s broker partners will be able to visit the exhibition at a discounted rate, which can be obtained by contacting their RSA Business Development Managers.

About RSA

With a heritage of over 300 years, RSA is one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups. RSA has major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe and has the capability to write business in around 140 countries. Focusing on general insurance, RSA has around 23,000 employees and, in 2012, its net written premiums were £8.4 billion.

About RSA Insurance

With an over 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups with major operations in the UK, Canada, Scandinavia, Ireland, Asia and the Middle East, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. RSA has the capability to write business in around 150 countries. Focusing on general insurance, RSA has around 23,000 employees and, in 2012, its net written premiums were £8.4billion. In Canada, RSA employs approximately 4,200 people and is represented by a large network of independent brokers across the country. In 2012, the Canadian Group wrote $2.8bn in direct premiums with assets exceeding $7.6 billion. RSA is a trade name of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada. “RSA” and the RSA logo are trademarks used under license from RSA Insurance Group plc. 

• For more information contact:

• Andrea Herman
• Broker Communications Consultant, RSA Canada
• andrea.herman@rsagroup.ca 
• Direct:   647-776-9245  | Cell:   416-450-4133