New SLII president

Members of the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute (SLII) elected Chartered Insurer and Attorney-at- Law Deepthi Lokuarachchi as its President for the year 2009/2010 at the annual general meeting held recently.

Lokuarachchi, an old boy of Trinity College Kandy holds a Bachelors Degree in Law from the University of Colombo, and also holds the Advanced Diploma in Insurance (ACII) from the Charted Insurance Institute United Kingdom.

He has been a council member of the Institute for well over six years and was the immediate Past Vice President prior to being elected to the office of President.

Currently he is the Assistant Managing Director of Hayleys AIG Insurance Co. Ltd., and has over 16 years of marketing experience in the insurance industry.

SLII is the premier body that determines standards of conduct for persons employed in the insurance industry and fosters insurance education through various courses with the ultimate aim of enhancing professionalism in the industry. Its membership is open to individuals who have managerial experience with professional qualifications in insurance.

The SLII also conducts examinations for the Charted Insurance Institute U.K., The Insurance Institute of India, and offers many local courses that have earned international repute and acceptance.

The student members have benefited immensely from these courses in the recent past. It also conducts licensing examinations for insurance agents under the new rules pertaining to enrolment and engagement of insurance agents by insurance companies.

The other office-bearers elected are Vice President Sanjiv Keerthiratne, Secretary Udeni Kiridena, Asst. Secretary Devaan Cooray, Treasurer Thusitha Nandasiri and Suranjith Godagama, Pubudu Wimalaratne, Asoka Sirisena, Thanuj Edward and Shani Ranasinghe and Indrani Weerasinghe as Council Members.