HNB Assurance wins first inter-insurance quiz

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BUP_DFT_DFT-4-7 The winning team from HNB Assurance receiving its award

HNB Assurance was placed first at the inaugural inter-insurance team quiz, which was held recently at Excel World.

The winning team consisted of Dinuka Priyankara – Assistant Manager Marketing, Geethani Seram – Acting Head of Support Services, Dinesh Udawatta – Head of Operations, Rohan Hemantha – Manager Risk and Compliance and Gayan Tennakoon – Assistant Manager Finance. This was the first quiz competition organised by the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute (SLII). About 30 teams, each with five members, faced the quizmaster together and wrote the answers in a group effort.This competition was open to all member companies of the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL) and the Sri Lanka Insurance Brokers Association (SLIBA).

The event built a good rapport within the insurance community by encouraging interaction amongst participants. The competition created a platform for knowledge to be imparted and exchanged on various subjects including insurance, history, geography, sports, science, literature and entertainment, current affairs and IQ/Logical reasoning.

As the SLII is the premier professional body of insurance education in Sri Lanka, this initiative fulfilled the objective of educating and providing professional development for those within the insurance industry while creating a social forum for its members.

HNB Assurance Plc is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka with a network of 52 branches and counting. 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 was incorporated in 2015 and specialises in a variety of 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 recently 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, ACCA Sri Lanka and SAFA (South Asian Federation of Accountants).