Name Cyril Duprey | Died 1988 | |
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Cyril Lucius Duprey OBE (1897–1988) was a Trinidad and Tobago businessman. He founded the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO, now part of the CL Financial Group) in 1936, the first locally owned insurance company. The company was expanded into the CL Financial Group, which is run by his nephew, Lawrence Duprey. In 1956, Duprey was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and in 1977 he received Trinidad & Tobago's Chaconia Medal (Gold). His nephew is now the chairman of CL Financial.
"Give a man value, give a man service and he will support you" - Philosophy of Cyril Duprey founding father of CLICO.
His biography, Duprey: The success story of Cyril L. Duprey and the Colonial Life Insurance Company by Owen Baptiste (1986), is now out of print.
