Employee engagement at HNB Assurance

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Innovative insurance solutions provider HNB Assurance recently initiated several strategic human resources initiatives with the focused attention for developing an “engaged employee” is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about their work.

The HR team of HNB Assurance at the career fair for

differently-abled people

Employee engagement and development was seen often in HNB Assurance with varied programs and activities organised by the company. It was noticed especially in the recent past there were number of activities that had been carried out by HNB Assurance on employee engagement.

The most recent activity line-up started with the Management Capability Development Program for the management team of HNB Assurance which was conducted by Retha Alberts, who is a well-known international MBTI trainer from South Africa.

It was a comprehensive three-day program which covered management and leadership in today’s business context. In addition, a workshop on performance management was also conducted for the distribution managers just prior to commencing the year-end appraisal cycle.

HNB Assurance always values work-life balance of employees and promotes health and wellness as an integral part of human. Good health and wellbeing is a key factor in continuously delivering business results by the employees. With the objective of promoting preventive healthcare of employees it was piloted a comprehensive health camp which was conducted by a professional medical service team.

HNB Assurance attended a couple of career fairs during their latest activity line-up as part of resource identification for the year 2013. They were also seen at the Career Fair for the differently-abled which was organised by the Ministry of Labour Relations, International Labour Organisation, Employers’ Federation of Ceylon and the Association for Persons with Disabilities. This was an initiative to offer employment opportunities for differently-abled persons.

The winners of the Christmas competition engaging in the victorious event

The event calendar for 2012 was concluded on a high note as they organised the Company Carols which was followed by the year-end fellowship for employees. The department-wise Christmas competitions showcased the creativity and multifaceted talents that HNB Assurance employees poses.

HNB Assurance always encourages employee engagement and strives in inspiring its employees through continuous and constant learning and development. HNB Assurance thus, believes that this is what will enable employees to have a brighter future with diverse human related initiatives throughout the period.

HNB Assurance PLC is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka with a network of 51 branches. It has the proud distinction of being the first insurance company in Sri Lanka to record an annual turnover in excess of Rs. 1 billion in only its fifth year of operation.

HNB Assurance has also been awarded “A (lka)”as its insurer financial strength rating and national long term rating by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd. HNB Assurance recently won a global award for brand excellence and won three main awards at the Annual Reports Awards 2011.

The management team of HNB Assurance with Retha Albert, International MBTI trainer from South Africa