20 December 2023 12:17 am Views - 191
The Ceylinco Life Marketing team with the company’s Director/Chief Operating Officer Ranga Abeynayake and Deputy Chief Operating Officer Samitha Hemachandra (fourth and sixth from left, respectively) at the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards
Ceylinco Life conquered the ‘Everest’ of Brand Excellence in Sri Lanka this week, winning the company’s second successive Brand of the Year title and three other Golds at the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) awards on December 18.
Sri Lanka’s life insurance leader was also adjudged the country’s Service Brand of the Year, Local Brand of the Year and Agile Brand of the Year and won the overall Silver award for CSR Brand of the Year in an unprecedented victory of the most prestigious awards at this awards event.
“We are absolutely elated to be adjudged the country’s top brand across all sectors for a second consecutive year,” Ceylinco Life Chairman R. Renganathan declared.
“There can be no better benchmark of brand supremacy than this and the fact that it is in respect of a year of multifaceted challenges makes the accolade particularly significant. This award is a tribute not just to our marketing team but to every Ceylinco Life employee that lives our brand values every day in testing conditions.”
For Ceylinco Life, the 2023 SLIM Brand Excellence Awards event was especially noteworthy as it was also the third consecutive year that the company was adjudged Sri Lanka’s Service Brand of the Year. The company’s Gold award as the Agile Brand of the Year is also remarkable as it was the first occasion that Ceylinco Life had applied for the accolade, which measures the agility and responsiveness of a brand amidst external environment changes.
Meanwhile the CSR Brand of the Year award recognises brands that conduct sustainable, strategic activities related to people and/or the environment, demonstrating that CSR is an integral part of their brand strategy. Ceylinco Life’s multifaceted community welfare and sustainability-linked initiatives include the construction and donation of classroom buildings, the donation of essential medical equipment to hospitals, the conduct of ‘Waidya Hamuwa’ free health camps and the development and maintenance of High Dependency Units (HDUs) at key hospitals, all of which are closely linked to the core brand message of offering protection and facilitating progression in the lives of communities in Sri Lanka.
The biggest event of the year for marketing professionals, the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards recognise top brands with five main awards and 10 special awards every year.