Companies do not post stellar revenue and income figures by chance or sheer luck.
On the contrary, enviable sales and profit numbers are the logical consequence of, among others, constant innovation, laser focus on customers’ needs, rigorous execution of business plans, proper attention to human resources and the willingness and readiness to grab at opportunities that unexpectedly present themselves.
On October 29, 1962, Edmundo F. Unson, Sr. together with other businessmen founded The Mercantile Insurance Co., Inc. The early years of Mercantile were spent in the bustling district of Escolta, Manila, and five (5) years later, transferred to Juan Luna, Binondo. In 1975 it built and found its current home in the historic Walled City of Intramuros.
