From left: Suneth Jayamanne, Dr. Prasad Samarasinghe, Dilshan Rodrigo, Rose Cooray, Lasitha Wimalaratne, Saraswathy Sarangapany, Ravindra Mohan, Vindya Udari, Sitari Jayasundara and Geethani Saram

HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) recently partnered with AETINS-KGiSL, a leader in innovation and information technology, in order to upgrade its core system. 
The agreement was signed by HNBA Chief Executive Officer Lasitha Wimalaratne and KGiSL Vice President Insurance Practice Saraswathy Sarangapany in the presence of HNBA and its fully-owned subsidiary HNB General Insurance Limited (HNBGI) Chairperson Rose Cooray, HNBA Non-Independent/Non-Executive Director Dilshan Rodrigo, HNBA and HNBGI Alternate Director Non-Independent/Non-Executive Director Dr. Prasad Samarasinghe, HNBA and HNBGI Chief Information Officer Suneth Jayamanne and KGiSL Director Insurance Solutions and Consulting Ravindra Mohan.

Expressing her views, Cooray stated, “This partnership reflects on our vision to transform HNBA into an even more progressive, dynamic and innovative business. A system of this nature combined with the core competencies, expertise and knowledge of a vibrant and energetic team will lead HNBA in the right direction to build a legacy of its own.”
Wimalaratne stated, “The new system will help us rethink and reengineer the core pillars of the business to achieve agility in everything that we do and say and thereby enabling seamless integration between the superlative experience that we provide to our customers and core business system.”

Sarangapany shared her views stating, “We are indeed thrilled to join hands with HNB Assurance, a leader in the life insurance market in Sri Lanka. This partnership will surely help HNBA to reshape and set new benchmarks in the industry. This core system will provide accurate and timely information and calculations whilst increasing efficiency and productivity of employees at the same time reducing the scope for errors. It also provides 360-degree insight of customers for more upselling and cross selling and enhances meaningful engagement with customers as business agility is instrumental in taking any entity to the next level.”