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Janashakthi, highest awarded in insurance at SLIM Awards

Janashakthi Insurance PLC clinched dual honours at the glittering SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2011, thus becoming the only insurance company in Sri Lanka to win the highest number of awards at this prestigious event. It won the Silver for 'Service Brand of the Year' and a Bronze for 'CSR Brand of the Year'.

Janashakthi's Head of Marketing Paddy Weerasekera hailed this as a sincere endorsement of Janashakthi's efforts in brand building and its CSR activities. "We're proud to be the only insurance company in Sri Lanka to enjoy a dual victory at the SLIM Awards. This we attribute this to our underpinning brand propositions; the unmatched quality of our service and the creation of greater value via constant investment in brand building. Coupled with this are our constant CSR efforts through which we make a change in the lives of the people of the community we work in. Our team is delighted and deeply honoured with this national recognition. It inspires us to out-better ourselves in the years to come", he said.

Janashakthi prides itself in the quality of its service excellence to the nation and the many firsts it has given the industry. Among them was the revolution it created last year with the launch of yet another industry first - "Full Option Vehicle Emergency Policy" - Sri Lanka's first-ever 24-hour vehicle breakdown policy. With its wide ranging facilities and services, this Full Option Vehicle Emergency Policy blazed a trail and emerged as one of the best-ever products Sri Lanka's insurance industry has seen in recent times.

Its innovative 'My Car, My Home, My Life' product coupled home and life and made headlines as an industry first.

Janashakthi's CSR has Nation Building as its core concept. It covers a wide range of areas such as Sports, Safety, Education and Community Service and Development.

"As a corporate citizen, Janashakthi is delighted to be of continuous service to people of this country," Weerasekera added.

With an island wide network of over 100 branches, it offers 24/7 customer care service and has also been actively involved in road side assistance at major events such as the Kataragama and Kandy Perehara, Hikkaduwa Beach Fest, Anuradhapura and Mihintale Poson Festivals and the Madhu Feast.

New aloevera hair gel introduced

Sanjeevi JAYASURIYA

The 4Ever Skin Naturals Private limited launched Alovera wet look hair gel to the local market filling the void for an effective hair styling gel.

The consumers are moving towards natural beauty care and there is a growing demand for products of this nature.

We as premier natural cosmetic company has ventured in to catering to this demand by offering beauty care products for all age groups, 4Ever Skin Naturals Private Limited Chairperson and Chief Executive Chandani Bandara told Daily News Business.

The growing concern to patronize beauty care products both by men and women has increase the demand over the years. The country is following global beauty care trends closely where there is a sizable market at present, she said.

The 100 percent alcohol free 4Ever hair gel provide additional benefit to the users such as been a super holding styling gel, gives brilliant shine, long lasting and manageable shape, extra firm hold and keep hair in place irrespective of the hair style. The hair gel matches our skin type ph of 5.5 which will work from the root to the top of hair strand.

This gel will be available in all leading supermarkets, fancy outlets, groceries and pharmacies and comes in three sizes of packs of 150 g, 50 g and 4 g sachet to suit the need of every consumer.

The 4Ever Skin Naturals Private Limited is a fully owned Sri Lankan company and is in the process of expanding its products base.

It is a BOI approved venture where it received GMP certification for its products which are fast becoming popular among all age groups.

Mobitel customers win at Mobitel Double Bonanza

Mobitel recently conducted the prize presentation ceremony for the winners of the August 2011 Double Bonanza reward scheme at the Mobitel Head Office in Colombo. Mobitel's Brand Ambassador Mahela Jayawardena was present.

Mobitel Double Bonanza is the pioneer sweepstake scheme within the telecommunication industry in Sri Lanka to offer two motor cars as grand prizes for post paid and pre paid mobile segments each month and has rewarded a large number of Mobitel customers consecutively since its inception in October 2009.

The recipient of the brand new Suzuki Maruti Alto K10 Motor car for August 2011 in the pre-paid draw was Yuhaniya Rasheed of Borella while Deepal Daminda Madurangana of Kamburugamuwa, Mudiyanselage Samitha Isuru of Kurunegala, H.M.H.R. Herath of Lokahettiya and U. Mohamed Tharik of Pubbogama walked away with ASUS Laptop computers inclusive of 3.5G High Speed Internet Dongles. R.L.G. Jayathilake, a resident of Nugegoda was the lucky Mobitel Post Paid customer to receive the grand reward of a brand new Suzuki Maruti Alto K10 Motor car while K.D. Jayasena of Kegalle, P. Hemasiri Kumarathunga of Ragama, B.S. Madura of Rajagiriya and H.D.S. Nelumka of Pokunuvita were rewarded with ASUS Laptop computers inclusive of 3.5G High Speed Internet Dongles.

The Mobitel Double Bonanza reward scheme comprises 24 Suzuki Maruti Alto K10 cars and 105 Asus Laptop computers with 3.5G high speed internet dongles to be won throughout 2011 on monthly basis and weekly basis respectively.

Stemming from the success of the SMART Recharge Bonanza for pre paid customers, the scheme has now been opened to post paid and broadband customers including pre paid customers of the Mobitel family until December 2011. Mobitel customers can find out their eligibility to participate in the competition and the draw by dialling #151#. However, in order to qualify for the competition, the Mobitel number has to be registered in compliance with the Mobitel Subscriber Registration Policy. Registration status can be checked by dialling #132.

The winners of the Mobitel Double Bonanza draw are selected under the supervision of M/s Ernst and Young, External auditors of Mobitel and officials of the Western Province Revenue Department.