Sri Lanka Insurance Awards Night honours ‘Best of the Best’

Sri Lanka Insurance 2012 Awards Night felicitated two key categories of excellence, the ‘Best of the Best’ achievers in sales and longstanding service personnel.

The event was held on 21 August 2012 at the BMICH, with the distinguished participation of the Board of Directors and the top management of Sri Lanka Insurance.

Secretary to the Finance Ministry and Head of Treasury Dr. P.B. Jayasundera graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Felicitation Ceremony was segregated into Sri Lanka Insurance Star Awards, awarding sales excellence and Sri Lanka Insurance Harasara, awarding longstanding service loyalty,

Over 700 attended this year’s ceremony. The day belonged to the sales people who have outperformed and outshone the rest, to the men and women who have proved their mettle through sheer dedication, hard work and clear pursuit of their goals – the best in the insurance industry.

The event also belonged to staff who have toiled with loyalty for over 25 years contributing their best to the build the company to what it is today. The night was celebrated on a star studded theme with much glamour and grandeur, featuring many unique entertaining acts that kept the audience spell bound.

The Star Awards night saw 398 insurance advisors and team leaders being awarded for their excellent sales performance. They were all awarded on the basis of achieving the set sales targets and standards. The second place achievers were also invited to witness this magnificent evening to applaud the achievements of their colleagues.

Best regional sales managers, team leaders and advisors were recognised under their respective business categories, Life and Non Life Insurance business, with special certificates and cash awards. The best of the best in this category were presented with an attractive plaque in addition to the cash awards and certificates.

The Harasara Awards were awarded to five staff members for completing 35 years of service and 25 years of service. A very special award was presented to three outstanding sales personnel completing 50 years of service. The three distinguished sales advisers walked up to receive the awards among standing ovation. All awardees were presented with a personalised plaque, certificate and gold coins as a tribute towards their allegiance to Sri Lanka Insurance.

Speaking at the event SLIC Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer Mohan de Alwis voiced his appreciation and gratitude to the sales force and the long service award recipients who are the backbone of the company, for their dedication and commitment towards taking Sri Lanka Insurance to its vision of being the number one insurer in the country.

Executive Director Piyadasa Kudabalage in his speech congratulated and expressed his appreciation on the dedication and commitment of all achievers and requested that all should align to take Sri Lanka Insurance to the pinnacle of the business world.

Dr. Jayasundera in his keynote speech while commending on the performance of the achievers added that Sri Lanka Insurance was a beacon in the State sector and through efficient and proper governance has been able continuously generate substantial profits that were transferred to the treasury, which vastly contributed to the accelerated development projects within the country in the recent past.

Sri Lanka Insurance, the largest Government owned composite insurance provider in Sri Lanka, is the first insurance company to have been assigned a global rating for financial stability AA (lka) from Fitch Ratings, London, which is an assurance of the company’s long-term financial sustainability.