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Fairfirst Insurance holds knowledge-sharing workshop for banking partners

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Fairfirst Insurance Limited recently concluded a knowledge-sharing workshop for two of its exclusive banking partners. 


The workshop was curated by the bancassurance team of Fairfirst and the bancassurance and IT teams of ICICI Lombard General Insurance of India, a subsidiary company of the Fairfax group of Canada. 


Fairfirst National Head Affinity Account Management Nelum Weragoda stated, “Being part of the Fairfax group, we have the opportunity of leveraging on our global counterparts to improve how we do business and learn from the best in the world. With the learnings gained we look forward to redefining the industry with cost-effective, technologically driven processes that will add value to our partners 
and customers.”


Union Bank Senior Manager Bancassurance Gihan Samarasinghe said, “We believe that insurance will be a key area of growth for banks in the future. This will be supported by partnerships with reputed insurance service providers. The study tour provided us an opportunity to look at bancassurance from a different perspective. It gave us the ability to understand the challenges and opportunities in the banking and insurance industries and look at enhanced growth opportunities going forward. Detailed planning by the Fairfirst team made the study tour a great experience.” Fairfirst Insurance is among the top general insurance companies of Sri Lanka. Fairfirst serves individuals, businesses and institutions across this beautiful island through a versatile workforce spread across a comprehensive branch network, affinity partners and leading brokers in the market.