IASL appoints office bearers for year 2022

Office Bearers (seated from left): Tanuj Edward – Treasurer, Iftikar Ahamed – President, Chandana Aluthgama - Vice President, Lasitha Wimalaratne -Secretary. Sub Committee Chairpersons and the Secretary General (Standing from left): Amal Dharmapriya -   Chair of IT Sub Comm; (ITSC),  Indika Bamunusinghe  - Chair of  HR Sub Comm; (HRSC), Kushan Weththasinghe - Chair of  Legal  Advisory Forum; (LAF), Namalee Silva -  Chair of Marketing & Sales Forum; (MSF), Dayaratne Perera - Chair of  Life  Insurance Forum; - (LIF), Malaka Mihindu kulasuriya - Chair of  Actuarial  Sub Comm; (ASC), Nuwan Withanage - Chair of  Financial & Technical  Sub Comm; (FTSC), Kasun de Silva - Chair of  General Insurance Forum; (GIF), J. M. Niyas - Secretary General - IASL

The Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL), the representative body of the insurance industry in the country has appointed its office bearers for the year 2022 recently. 

Accordingly, the association appointed Iftikar Ahamed, Managing Director of Softlogic Life Insurance PLC as the President, Chandana L. Aluthgama Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation as the Vice President, Lasitha Wimalaratne Chief Executive Officer of HNB Assurance PLC as the Secretary, Tanuj Edward, Managing Director &Chief Executive Officer of Orient Insurance Limited as the Treasurer and J. M. Niyas as the Secretary-General of IASL. Further, Chairpersons for the sub-committees were also appointed for the year 2022.

At present, all 29 registered insurance companies are members of IASL and the association is led by the common objective of bringing the insurers together to create a platform for cooperates regarding the matters affecting the common interest and welfare of its members and is synonymous in its efforts to provide protection through insurance to the Sri Lankan public.

The Executive Committee of the IASL and Sub Committees concentrate on significant matters and new developments to the industry and is embodied with the General Insurance Forum Chaired by Kasun de Silva Assistant General Manager - MidCorp of Allianz Insurance Lanka Limited, Life Insurance Forum Chaired by Dayaratne Perera Act. Chief Officer - Life of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation , Legal Advisory Forum chaired by Kushan Weththasinghe Assistant General Manager Legal of Ceylinco Life Insurance Limited, Finance Technical Sub Committee chaired by Nuwan Withanage EVP/Chief Financial Officer of Softlogic Life Insurance, Marketing and Sales Forum chaired by Namalee A.Silva Deputy General Manager/Head of Marketing of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, IT Sub Committee chaired by Amal Dharmapriya EVP/Chief Information Officer of Softlogic Life Insurance PLC, HR Sub Committee chaired by Indika Bamunusinghe SVP/Chief Human Resource Officer of Softlogic Life Insurance and the Actuarial Sub Committee chaired by  Malaka Mihindukulasuriya Chief Actuary of Softlogic Life Insurance PLC, operate within the purview of the Executive Committee enabling cooperation, knowledge sharing and transfer of best practices between peers.