Amãna Takaful relocates to new premises in Kaduruwela, Polonnaruwa

Amãna Takaful, one of the fastest growing composite insurers in Sri Lanka, recently relocated its branch in Kaduruwela to No. 379A, Main Street, Kaduruwela, Polonnaruwa. The branch was ceremoniously declared open by E.M.D.S. Ekanayake, Divisional Secretary of Thamankaduwa Division along with Adel Hashim, General Manager Sales and Marketing, Amãna Takaful PLC.

The recently-opened Amãna Takaful branch in Kaduruwela is a part of the project newly embarked upon to give a facelift to the existing network and boost its serving capabilities and institute new branches in strategic locations to take advantage of the growth potential. Having recorded its presence in Kaduruwela in 2007, Amãna Takaful has established a firm footprint for Takaful in the area for the past years maintaining itself as one of the strongest providers of insurance in the city.

The new branch is built with an open office concept and is equipped with modern facilities to better serve customers with convenient parking. The branch is also placed on the ground floor for customer convenience.

“Today’s opening of the Kaduruwela branch in Polonnaruwa District is a key highlight for the year, along with our recent entry to Jaffna and expanding the Southern presence with a new facility in Hambantota. I am proud and at the same time humbled to say that this year we were blessed with many achievements including an impressive growth of 26% by the 3rd quarter as a composite insurer, well ahead of the industry. My team and I are looking forward to a prosperous 2013 to serve Sri Lankans void of any differences,” said Adel Hashim, General Manager Sales and Marketing, Amãna Takaful PLC.

Amãna Takaful is now represented through modernised branches in this vicinity, including Kaduruwela namely, Trincomalee, Kinniya, Batticaloa, Kattankudy and Kalmunai.

“The Kaduruwela operation of Amãna Takaful began as a Development office in 2007 and has come a long way since then to be considered today as a fully fledged branch. This was also possible due to the trust and support given to us by our loyal customers whom we look forward to delight with the better facilities provided. I would also like to thank the people of Polonnaruwa for embracing the concept of the Takaful way of insurance and for being a part of our sustained growth,” said Fauzan, Kaduruwela Branch Manager, Amãna Takaful PLC.

This year, Amãna Takaful revamped its Life insurance products to provide greater protection and benefits to its customers surpassing offerings of competition. Under its Life insurance wing, Amãna Takaful offers both Endowment and Investment solutions while offering all Non-Motor and Motor product solutions. Meanwhile, the company also re-fashioned its Motor product, ‘Total Drive,’ to offer three different options for customers to choose from based on their preferences.

Adhyapana is a children’s protection plan, while Surakshitha and Platinum are the company’s other endowment products. In addition to this, Amãna Takaful offers Group Life that is a plan for corporates to invest in the safety of their employees and Safeguard, a mortgage protection plan. Prosper, completes the portfolio as a Unit Linked life wealth management and insurance plan.

Having branches in 21 locations in the island, Amãna Takaful has been successful in its journey of more than a decade in establishing a strong position for the Takaful concept amidst stiff competition with 20 other conventional industry players. The company has been able to deliver unique value, the Takaful way, to corporates and individuals alike as a composite insurer.

Amãna Takaful also operates three key strategic business units that specialise in Life, General and Medical Takaful, which is unique in its approach to serve the respective developing customer segments. Furthermore, by keeping to its tenet of mutuality, the company has also taken financial protection through the Takaful concept to the needy of the Sri Lankan populace by providing Micro-Takaful (insurance) solutions. Listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange, Amãna Takaful is amongst one of the few ISO certified insurance companies in Sri Lanka. The company is a Board Member of the Global Takaful Group, which is an international think-tank for the development of Takaful globally. They also hold membership of the International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) with the chairmanship of the Micro-Takaful Steering Group.