Of Mohawk descent, he was born in 1841 at Six Nations near present-day Brantford, Ontario, Oronhyatekha ("Burning Sky") was baptized Peter Martin and later attended Oxford, where he became a medical doctor.

[6] Dr. Oronhyatekha held the office of Supreme Chief Ranger (now called "International Fraternal President") from 1879 until 1906; he died in 1907.

[10] In the same year, the company sold its U.S. broker-dealer to Cetera Financial Group, in efforts to focus on life insurance.

[12] In October 2020, Foresters Financial acquired life insurance distributor Canada Protection Plan.

[18] The company continues to invest and support the community, including partnership with nonprofit KaBOOM!, which has helped Foresters build more than 170 playgrounds across the U.S. and Canada since 2006.