HNB Assurance and HNB General Insurance kickstart 2022 on a high note

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HNB Assurance Chief Executive Officer Lasitha Wimalaratne (left) and HNB General Insurance Chief Executive Officer Sithumina Jayasundara (right)

HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) and HNB General Insurance Ltd. (HNBGI), kickstarted 2022 on a positive note, celebrating many milestones achieved in 2021. The highlight of the celebration was the appointment of Lasitha Wimalaratne as Chief Executive Officer of HNB Assurance PLC and Sithumina Jayasundara as Chief Executive Officer of HNB General Insurance Ltd.

The First Working Day event of HNBA and HNBGI was graced by the presence of the Group’s Chairperson, Rose Cooray, the newly appointed CEOs, members of the Executive Committee and other distinguished guests.

Both HNBA and HNBGI ended the year on a positive note and have put in place effective customer-centric strategies for 2022 to take both businesses to new heights, seizing new markets with high growth potential. Both Life and General Insurance businesses remain focused on taking care of its customers by delivering value as well as superlative returns to all its stakeholders and building both businesses through innovation, technology transformation and agile business practices.

HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka with a network of 63 branches. HNBA is a Life Insurance company with a rating of A+ (lka) by Fitch Ratings Lanka for ‘National Insurer Financial Strength Rating’. Following the introduction of the segregation rules by the Insurance Regulator, HNB General Insurance Ltd. (HNBGI) was created and commenced its operations in January 2015; HNBGI continues to specialise in motor, non-motor and Takaful insurance solutions and is a fully owned subsidiary of HNB Assurance PLC. HNB General Insurance has been assigned a ‘National Insurer Financial Strength Rating’ of “A+” ((ka) by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd. HNBA is 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 including the Great Place To Work certification, and won many awards for its Annual Reports at award ceremonies organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.