Obituary of Bill Boland

BOLAND, William "Bill" Thomas FCIP. Born June 17th, 1944 in Toronto. Beloved husband for 50+ years Maureen Montgomery with daughters Tammy Belaire Ford, Traci Lynn Boland and granddaughter Hailey Belaire by his side. Bill passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Predeceased by his father, Thomas(1970), and his mother Hazel (nee Ostley)(1986). Bill started his general insurance career in 1965 with The Hartford in Toronto obtaining his Fellowship Degree and in 1979 moved to London with Angelo Gibraltar (AXA) as chief operating officer until 1987 when he started the successful Ontario West Insurance Brokers with partner Jim Marshall, and still active with the brokerage until his passing. During this time Bill served on many industry committees and insurer broker councils. For over 30 years Bill was a volunteer with Skate Canada, service in many positions at the London Skating Club to National Board Executive. Bill was instrumental in what was the crowning achievement of his volunteer efforts with the awarding of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships to Canada and London in 2013. Bill was also the recipient of the Governor General's Caring Canadian Citizenship Award presented to him by Governor General David Johnson. As per Bill's wishes, in lieu of flowers donations to the Children's Health Foun dation LHSC, or to the Children's Make A Wish Foundation.