Love of culture trumped fuel shortages and other challenges when a group of Ceylinco Life policyholders and their families visited Kandy recently for privileged VIP viewing of the city’s most spectacular pageant, the Esala Perahera.

The viewing from Queen’s Hotel was hosted by Ceylinco Life, which treated the group to evening snacks and an international buffet dinner at the hotel, also part of Kandy’s heritage. The invited policyholders are members of the Ceylinco Life Premium Club comprising of top tier customers.

In the past, Ceylinco Life has hosted similar viewings of the Esala Perahera at the Company’s Kandy branch, located at No 65, King’s Street, in the heart of the city. Ceylinco Life’s Premium Club members also receive numerous gifts and benefits such as dining and accommodation packages at hotels, power banks, first aid kits, tableware and leather accessories each year.

Pictured here are some of the policyholders and their family members viewing the Kandy Perahera from Queen’s Hotel, Kandy.

More than 250 people received free access to doctors and underwent potentially life-saving health screenings at two more medical camps in Wellawaya and Tissamaharama under the ‘Waidya Hamuwa’ (Meet the doctor) community health initiative of Ceylinco Life.

Earlier this year, Ceylinco Life also conducted a free medical camp at the Raja Maha Vihara in Dehiwatta Seruwawila in the Trincomalee District, which benefitted 152 people from the local farming community.

Each Waidya Hamuwa medical camp offers doctor consultations and check-ups, and where necessary, health screenings and tests for hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cholesterol, as well as heart disease by way of electrocardiograms (ECGs).

To date, Ceylinco Life’s Waidya Hamuwa programme has benefitted more than 146,000 people via 390 ‘Waidya Hamuwa’ camps across the country. These medical camps are conducted by qualified and experienced doctors and nursing staff attached to the state health sector and private laboratories, and professional opticians. The Company said it would continue to conduct similar programmes in other parts of the country in the second half of 2022 too.

Pictured here are scenes from the medical camps held in Wellawaya and Tissamaharama.

Commissions 100kW roof-top solar power system, one of the largest in Wattala area

La Serena, Sri Lanka’s first ever retirement resort for senior citizens, is harnessing the power of the sun -- an ample resource at its beachfront location in Uswetakeiyawa -- to “go green” by generating solar electricity for the national grid with an investment from its owner Ceylinco Life.

The wholly-owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s leading life insurer has just commissioned a 100kW solar power system using its expanse of roofs to generate renewable energy that will contribute significantly to its sustainability credentials.

La Serena’s solar power project, which is in line with Ceylinco Life’s own green mandate and sustainability initiatives, is funded by Ceylinco Life and will enable an offsetting of an estimated 136 tons of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e) emissions per year, and lead to shrinking its carbon footprint by 37 tons annually, the Company said.

The 44-unit beach-front retirement resort has installed 4000 square feet of roof-fitted solar panels creating one of the largest solar power systems in the Wattala area.

Built on almost three acres of scenic beachfront land in Uswetakeiyawa, just 14 km north of Colombo, La Serena comprises of 28 single chalets and 16 double chalets. Each living unit has its own living room, dining area, kitchenette, Wi-Fi and Cable TV facilities, and en-suite bathrooms, one for every bedroom, cleverly designed and furnished for optimal use of space – 535 square feet per single bedroom unit and 680 square feet per two bedroom unit.

Ceylinco Life has already implemented a number of measures across its branch network to advance sustainability. These initiatives include constructing eco-friendly branch offices that are solar-powered and setting up rainwater harvesting, wastewater recycling, and energy-efficient lighting and air-conditioning systems in branch buildings owned by the company.

Adjudged the ‘Most Valuable Life Insurance Brand in Sri Lanka’ in 2022 by Brand Finance, Sri Lanka’s Service Brand of the Year by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) in 2021 and the winner of the SLIM Kantar Peoples Award as the Most Popular Life Insurance Company in Sri Lanka for the 16^th consecutive year, Ceylinco Life has been the country’s leading life insurer for more than half of the 34 years it has been in existence. Other accolades won in respect of 2021 include the ‘Most Popular Service Provider’ in Sri Lanka’s Life Insurance industry in 2021 by LMD, the ‘Most Valuable Life Insurance Brand’ in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance, one of the 10 Most Admired Companies in Sri Lanka by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and one of the 10 Best Workplaces in Sri Lanka’s Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector by Great Place to Work.

Ceylinco Life has close to a million lives covered by active policies and provides innovative life insurance solutions which offer protection while de-risking the goals and ambitions of the Company’s policyholders.

Ceylinco Life has received an overwhelming 70,000 entries for its ‘Sihina Sithuwam’ country-wide children’s art and essay competition, in the form of inspirational words, colourful brushstrokes and pencil shadings that evoke hope for the future despite the bleak situation in the country.

Each unique drawing and essay was submitted under the theme ‘Your dream when you grow up’ via the exclusive ‘Sihina Sithuwam’ web portal or to a Ceylinco Life branch. Although the participant children were mostly confined to their homes during the pandemic and subsequent crises, their imagination and aspirations inspired their creative submissions, the Company said.

Among the works of art were depictions of engineers, teachers, doctors and even a future NASA astronaut, an ambassador representing Sri Lanka, and a Minister of Education for the country. In a similar vein, the essays carried motivational quotes about overcoming obstacles against all odds and achieving dreams that will make the future better.

While Ceylinco Life has presented certificates of participation to every child who has made a submission for the competition, it is currently in the process of finalising the 362 winning entries in three age groups and making arrangements for an awards presentation ceremony that will be held shortly. There will also be a virtual exhibition with the winning drawings on display for the public to view online, the Company said.

Inspired by the aspirational dreams of the contestants, Ceylinco Life has created an animated video montage that combines a number of submissions with the narration that motivates the public to not give up the struggle in order to support these children to achieve their dreams for the future. The video that was published on Ceylinco Life’s social media channels has received over to 870,000 views and continues to reach a wide audience.

‘Sihina Sithuwam’ was open to children between the ages of four and 15, in three groups, and invited participants to submit their drawings or essays written in Sinhala, Tamil or English between the 1st February and 30th April. Each child was entitled to a single entry under one of three age groups: Ages 4-7, Ages 8-11, and Ages 12-15. While the art competition was open to all categories, essay entries were accepted from children in the two older age groups.

The first-place winners of each category, language and age group will be presented Rs 30,000 in cash, while every second and third-placed entry will win Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. In addition, 25 child artists will win district prizes, and consolation prizes will be presented to exceptional essay and art submissions. ‘Sihina Sithuwam’ was an activation under Ceylinco Life’s 2022 edition of Life Insurance Week (LIW) initiative which took place between the 11th and 17th February, during which Ceylinco Life propagated its messaging about the importance of life insurance and its benefits via digital platforms.

Adjudged the ‘Most Valuable Life Insurance Brand in Sri Lanka’ in 2022 by Brand Finance, Sri Lanka’s Service Brand of the Year by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) in 2021 and the winner of the SLIM Kantar Peoples Award as the Most Popular Life Insurance Company in Sri Lanka for the 16th consecutive year, Ceylinco Life has been the country’s leading life insurer for more than half of the 34 years it has been in existence. Other accolades won in respect of 2021 include the ‘Most Popular Service Provider’ in Sri Lanka’s Life Insurance industry in 2021 by LMD, the ‘Most Valuable Life Insurance Brand’ in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance, one of the 10 Most Admired Companies in Sri Lanka by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and one of the 10 Best Workplaces in Sri Lanka’s Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector by Great Place to Work.

Ceylinco Life has close to a million lives covered by active policies and provides innovative life insurance solutions which offer protection while de-risking the goals and ambitions of the Company’s policyholders.