Insurance Association of Sri Lanka appoints new team

IASL office bearers (first row seated from left): Treasurer Tanuj Edward, President Iftikar Ahamed, Vice President Chandana L. Aluthgama and Secretary Lasitha Wimalaratne.

Sub Committee Chairpersons and the Secretary General (second row standing from left): IT Sub Comm Chair Amal Dharmapriya, HR Sub Comm Chair Indika Bamunusinghe, Legal Advisory Forum Chair Kushan Weththasinghe, Marketing and Sales Forum Chair Namalee Silva, Life Insurance Forum Chair Dayaratne Perera, Actuarial Sub Comm Chair Malaka Mihindukulasuriya, Financial and Technical Sub Comm Chair Nuwan Withanage, General Insurance Forum Chair Kasun de Silva and IASL Secretary General J.M. Niyas  

The Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL), the representative body of the insurance industry in the country, appointed its office bearers for the year 2022 recently. 

Softlogic Life Insurance PLC Managing Director Iftikar Ahamed was appointed as the President, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation CEO Chandana L. Aluthgama as the Vice President, HNB Assurance PLC Chief Executive Officer Lasitha Wimalaratne as the Secretary, Orient Insurance Ltd. Managing Director and CEO Tanuj Edward as the Treasurer, and J.M. Niyas as the Secretary-General. 

IASL also appointed Chairpersons for the sub-committees for the year 2022.

At present, all 29 registered insurance companies are members of IASL and the association is led by the common objective of bringing the insurers together to create a platform for corporates regarding the matters affecting the common interest and welfare of its members and is synonymous in its efforts to provide protection through insurance to the Sri Lankan public. The IASL Executive Committee and Sub Committees concentrate on significant matters and new developments to the industry and is embodied with the General Insurance Forum chaired by Allianz Insurance Lanka MidCorp Business Assistant General Manager Kasun De Silva, Life Insurance Forum chaired by Life of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Acting Chief Officer Dayaratne Perera, Legal Advisory Forum chaired by Ceylinco Life Insurance Assistant General Manager Legal Kushan Weththasinghe, Financial and Technical Sub Committee chaired by Softlogic Life Insurance Plc EVP/Chief Financial Officer Nuwan Withanage, Marketing and Sales Forum chaired by Sri Lanka Insurance Deputy General Manager/Head of Marketing Namalee A. Silva, IT Sub Committee chaired by EVP/Chief Information Officer Amal Dharmapriya, HR Sub Committee chaired by Softlogic Life Insurance Plc SVP/Chief Human Resource Officer Indika Bamunusinghe, Insurance and the Actuarial Sub Committee chaired by Allianz Life Insurance Lanka Chief Actuary Malaka Mihindukulasuriya. They operate within the purview of the Executive Committee enabling cooperation, knowledge sharing and transfer of best practices between peers.