The national insurer Sri Lanka Insurance recognized as a ‘Great Place to Work” in Sri Lanka reiterating the insurers commitment towards building an empowering working culture.

The ‘Great Place to Work” survey has been conducted across a statistical sample of employees at Sri Lanka Insurance based on a gold standard globally researched methodology across five parameters Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride Camaraderie.

Established in 1962 as a state insurance Sri Lanka Insurance is the largest and strongest insurer in Sri Lanka and serve the nation with a network of 158 branches.

Having large number of employees with diverse backgrounds, Sri Lanka Insurance take great pride in creating an atmosphere where innovative and disruptive ideas are accepted to challenge status quo. The policies, shared values and ethos of Sri Lanka Insurance are designed to create a healthy work life balance inspiring employees to learn and grow themselves.

Sharing his views on this prestigious recognition Chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance Mr.Jagath Wellawatta stated “Being recognized as a Great Place to Work is indeed a milestone we have achieved along our journey. As an insurer our employees are in the heart of our business and our unique HR strategies are fully aligned with our overall business strategy enabling them to steer Sri Lanka Insurance forward. We foster employees respecting their diversity and promoting equality while striking the right balance between the needs of the organization and those of our employees.

Commenting on this milestone CEO of Sri Lanka Insurance Mr.Chandana L. Aluthgama states “We are proud and honoured to be recognized as a ‘Great Place to Work’ in Sri Lanka. This reiterates our commitment in building an unrivaled workplace culture with zero discrimination and equal opportunities for our employees. With a performance driven working culture and rewarding systems we aspire to create high performing culture and we are striving to continue our efforts to empower them with people first attitude. “

Sharing his views on this achievement, DGM – Human Resource and Employee Relations Mr. Rohitha Amarapala stated ” More than 5 decades Sri Lanka Insurance has been driven with people centric attitude and we believe our employees are the greatest asset as they are the ambassadors who are taking the message of protection across Sri Lanka. We are committed towards excellence by embracing the diversity of our people and we are redefining the work place as a ground to nurture them and striving towards establishing a value centric performance driven culture.”

Great Place to Work ® annually works with more than 10,000 organizations, representing over 12.5 million employees globally. Having established itself in more than 69 countries so far, Great Place to Work Institute began its operations in Sri Lanka in 2012, launching itself with the ‘Best Workplaces’ Study. It now helps organizations as a consultant to build and sustain a culture of High Trust High Performance™ in order to drive employee performance.