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From left: U. K. K. C. Silva – Best Sales Person, Rose Cooray – Chairperson, Niranjan Manickam – Acting CEO, Prasantha Fernando – Chief Operating Officer, Ivan Nicholas – Chief Business Officer
Rewarding many outstanding performers of the sales force and the distribution management team, the 11th HNB Assurance Sales Convention was held on 11 April at the Hilton, Colombo. This night of celebration was graced by Chairperson of HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) and HNB General Insurance Rose Cooray as the Chief Guest and Acting CEO HNBA Niranjan Manickam along with Members of the Board of Directors and other distinguished guests in order to honour the exceptional efforts of the top achievers. The ambiance and setting was designed in a way to experience ancient Egypt and the guests were entertained by numerous dance acts.
Addressing the gathering, Rose Cooray thanked the advisor channel and the distribution management team, which played a pivotal and a multifaceted role, for their magnanimous contribution over the years and reiterated that she as well as the board with no doubts believed in the ‘go-getter’ spirit of the advisor channel. Sharing thoughts on this night Chief Operating Officer – Life Division Prasantha Fernando emphasised the important contribution of the sales force and distribution management team stating: “The sales force and distribution management team plays a vital role not only in achieving its sales targets but as well as in endearing the hearts of many customers by exuding the core values of the company.”
The 11th Sales Convention honoured the top achievements and best sales performances of 206 sales personnel in four categories: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Super Gold. In addition, awards were presented to the best service centre, best development office, best area office, best regional office, best cluster manager, best zonal manager, etc. and the best sales person of the year as well as 10 MDRT awards.
Another highlight of the night was acknowledging the contribution by several artists of yesteryear to the entertainment industry in Sri Lanka as part of the company’s CSR initiative. Accordingly, Chrithra Wakista, a well-known stage, big screen and small screen actress for her outstanding acting skills, Daya de Alwis for her exceptional lyrical composing and announcing skills and Mervin Priyantha, an extraordinary mouth organist with over 40 years of experience in the music industry were honoured on this night of celebration.
HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA), a subsidiary of the Hatton National Bank PLC., is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka with a network of 54 branches. HNBA is a life insurance company with a rating of A (lka) by Fitch Rating Lanka for “National Insurer Financial Strength Rating” and “National Long- term Rating”. HNB General Insurance, which commenced business in January 2015, specialising in motor and non-motor insurance solutions is a fully-owned subsidiary of HNB Assurance PLC. HNBA is also rated within the top 100 brands and top 100 companies in Sri Lanka by LMD and HNB Assurance has won international awards for brand excellence, digital marketing and HR excellence and also won many awards for its annual reports at the award ceremonies organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and SAFA (South Asian Federation of Accountants).
