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Sri Lanka Insurance has come onboard the Sri Lanka Super Sevens 2016 international rugby tournament as the Official Insurance Partner. The tournament is organised by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union and is being held in two phases. The first leg of the tournament took place last week, on 5 and 6 August, at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo while the second leg would take place on 12 and 13 August at the same venue.
Local rugby will get a big boost with this tournament as local players will get an opportunity to play alongside some of the top rugby players in the world representing countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa and England. The eight franchise teams which will be in the fray at the main competition are Access Kings, Mobitel Eagles, Just-in-Time Dragons, EZY Wolves, Etisalat Panthers, Cargills Gladiators, Softlogic Warriors and Walkers Vipers.
The sponsorship package is handed over by Sri Lanka Insurance Joint Managing Director Keith Bernard (L) to Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union President Asanga Seneviratne in the presence of Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure Harin Fernando
Besides the main competition, there is a parallel schools competition for Under-18 players as well with top rugby-playing schools such as Isipathana, St. Peter’s, S. Thomas’, St. Joseph’s, St. Anthony’s Katugastota, Wesley, D.S. Senanayake and Zahira taking part.
According to the partnership, Sri Lanka Insurance Motor Plus will cover each franchise team player to the tune of one million rupees with the provision of personal accident cover and hospital/surgical benefits. The school team members will also receive insurance coverage. This is another step taken by the State insurance giant in its drive to promote and support local sports.
Sri Lanka Insurance with over five decades of service to the nation has the most experienced technical knowledge base in the insurance industry in the country. It 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.
It’s also the only insurer to have been awarded RAM Ratings’ AAA for its ‘long term claim paying ability’, which further affirms the corporation’s capacity to meet financial obligations to policyholders. The company has also won the ISO 9001:2008 certification for correct governing and operational procedures in line with accepted global standards.
