Bradley's Insurance

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A retired farmer and long-time Stittsville resident, Silas C. Bradley was looking for a new challenge when he purchased a small insurance business in 1956 and renamed it Bradley's Insurance. Three years later, his son, Sid, joined his father in the one-room office he had rented on Main Street. Sid eventually took over the company in 1964 when an interest in local politics led Silas to pursue a full-time political career. Soon after, Sid incorporated the company under the name Bradley's Insurance (Stittsville) Ltd. Steady growth led to the building of new offices for Bradley's Insurance in 1975. By this time, the staff that had once included only Silas and Sid had grown to six employees. In 1983, a new generation of Bradley's joined the family business. Having graduated from Queen's University with a B.A. Economics, Ross Bradley began working with his father, bringing new ideas, energy and vision to the growing company. With the growth of the Ottawa-Carleton Region and the arrival of regional services in Stittsville in the early 1980s, thousands of new residents moved to the area and the company grew dramatically. The explosion of the high-tech sector in the West End of Ottawa also led to a boom of new homes and businesses, providing new and exciting markets for the nearly 40-year old insurance firm. In 1998, Ross purchased Bradley's Insurance from his father, making him the third generation of Bradley's to own and operate the family business...

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