Erion’s company roots come from Niagara’s fertile soil. And that’s also where our name comes from – located between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, the name Erion pays tribute to the community where it all began.

how it all started.

Some things never go out of style – that’s why Erion’s modern-day values reflect our rich history. We’re a family business with ideals engrained in the community.

Our story starts when Ernie Maskell came home after WWII and got his first job in the industry at Glenny Insurance in Fort Erie, Ontario. Years later, he became a partner in the brokerage.
located between lake ontario and lake erie

Ernie’s son Brian got his feet wet in the insurance business in Grimsby, a town at the other end of the Niagara Region. There he worked with a colleague named Paul Tomlinson (remember him – he’ll come up again later). In the 1970s, an opportunity arose for Ernie and Brian to team up as business partners back in Fort Erie. That tradition would continue through to another generation, with Brian’s son Scott buying into the family business in 2012.

Shortly after that, Brian’s old pal Paul re-enters our story with his own brokerage in Grimsby called P. Tomlinson Insurance.

With a nod to the past and an eye to the future, we’ve merged these two brokerages to form Erion – a new company with roots that span from one Great Lake to another, and branches that stretch as far as London, Hamilton and Muskoka.

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