The crème de la crème among Ceylinco Life’s top sales professionals were recently felicitated with accolades and an automobile at a scintillating annual awards ceremony that also commemorated the Company’s 18th consecutive year of market leadership.
Themed ‘Breakthrough to Excellence,’ the event which returned to the BMICH, honoured over 300 sales and non-sales staff withmore than 500 performance awards. The theme was chosen to emphasise the skill, effort and drive of the Ceylinco Life sales force which has created the momentum to position the Company as the market leader once again,the Company said.
One of the highlights of the event was the presentation of a company-maintained hybrid sedan car to Ms T. Shopana of the Nelliady Branch for her continuous excellence in qualifying for the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) award and High Flyer award which recognises exceptional sales force members in areas such as new business, persistency, and premium collection. Ceylinco Life has been rewarding its high achievers with automobiles since 2018 when it became the first to do so in the local life insurance market.
Among others honoured were 161members of the Ceylinco Life sales team who qualified in 2021 for the MDRT, the premier association of financial professionals. The Company’s Chairman R. Renganathan was the chief guest.
The top award winners at this year’s annual awards were: Overall Best Regional Sales Manager Mr S. Venukaran; Overall Best Branch Head Mr V. Baskaran of the Nelliady branch; Overall Best Unit Head R. P. Edirisinghe of the Nugegoda branch; and Overall Best Sales Consultant A. I. P. Manjula of the Ambalantota branch.
Staff members, sales consultants, unit heads and branch heads from the Ceylinco Life head office and more than 270 branches in every district of the country were recognised for their contribution to the company’s performance in 2021, with many top performers winning multiple awards. Ceylinco Life ended 2021 with assets of Rs 173.7 billion, total income of Rs 40.7 billion, premium income of Rs 25.5 billion, a Life Fund of Rs 119.6 billion and an investment portfolio with a value in excess of Rs 154.4 billion.