Allianz Lanka applauds excellence
Allianz Lanka held its annual sales convention to recognize and
reward thehigh achievers who attained exceptional standards of
excellence during the previous year.
Allianz Lanka annual sales convention team |
The convention is Allianz Lanka’s largest and most prestigious annual
event and over 350 field sales force and employees from branches
islandwide were present. Appropriately themed ‘Quality Creates
Excellence 2012’ this year’s conventiontook a closer look at excellence,
focusing on the qualities needed to build and inspire excellence and
teamwork.
K. Yoganathan of the Wattala region carried off the event’s
much-coveted Champion of Champions award. Other top awards of the
evening were the Allianz Best Sales person 2011, won by Shakthivel
Amalraj from the Jaffna region;the Allianz Best Field Manager’s Award
2011, awarded to Sivaneshan Suganthan from the Chunnakam region;the
Allianz Best Sales person Non Life Award 2011, won by DilupWimalatunga
from the Kurunegala region.
Ms Risiwara Rodrigo was the winner of the Directors Award 2011
presented for the first time this year to Allianz Lanka’sBest Employee.
Gold and silver awards in different categories were also awarded for
performance par excellencein Life and Non-life insurance sales.
Although the awards ceremony, when first inaugurated three years ago,
recognized the performance of the Life sales team only and as of last
year recognized Non-life high achievers, this year’s awards took a much
broader view, being extended substantially to recognize all
staffexcellingin both insurance and non- insurance business.
Allianz Life Insurance Lanka’s Head of Sales and Marketing, Sandamal
Hettiarachchi, in his welcome address, declared that the company had,
within a short time span, set new industry records, introduced new
business processes and a completely new sales discipline to the local
insurance industry.
He expressed confidence that, in the not so distant future, the
company’s sales tem would have the highest earning power in the
industry.
Allianz SE’s Executive Vice President Heinz Dollberg graced the
glittering event as chief guest.In his address, Dollberg commended
Allianz Lanka for its profitability over the past years and advised its
agent that they must concentrate on both business lines, both Life and
Non-life if the company is to maintain its high performance into the
future.
In her address Allianz Lanka CEO Surekha Alles traced the growth of
the compny since its inception seven years earlier affirming, “We have
come a long way.
These years have been very challenging but very successful for
Allianz Lanka nevertheless.
Now we are fully rooted and accepted as a trusted partner by all our
stakeholders.” She outlined the company’s many achievements during this
brief time span and advised her staff that, despite the pressure to
excel, they should follow ethical practices at all times.
The occasion was made memorable and personal with tributes of
appreciation paid by the Allianz Lanka family to its senior management,
for their leadership in steering the company to its present success.
The qualities of excellence recognized at the sales convention are
not just the core values of salesmanship but are also the cornerstones
on which Allianz built its reputation of over a century. As a world
leader in insurance and financial services and a skilled global player,
yet an experienced and innovative local partner, the pursuit of
excellence has been the rationale behind the many world records and
industry firsts attained by Allianz over the years.
As its youngest subsidiary Allianz Lanka, too, is proud to follow in
the footsteps of its august parent, having established industry records
and set industry benchmarks within the short time span of just seven
years in Sri Lanka. |