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Sri Lanka: Aviva NDB's sales star Swarna ranks among world's best in insurance
02 July, 2010
- 16 wealth planners qualify to attend MDRT conference.
"Top of the Table" at the Million Dollar Round Table Conference is a rare achievement among sales professionals in the world’s insurance industry. This exemplary status accomplished by the star performer at Aviva NDB Insurance, Mrs D G A Swarna from the Anuradhapura Region, was all the more praise-worthy because she is the first lady from Sri Lanka to attain this rank.
Managing director of Aviva NDB Shah Rouf commending her achievement said: “I’m impressed by Swarna’s diligence, perseverance and enthusiasm as well as her caring personality that has brought her to this stature as a sales person, winning the trust and confidence of her customers who have gained prosperity and peace of mind thanks to her commitment. Her achievement is absolutely incredible because, she has surpassed the highest international standard in insurance sales. We are indeed very proud of her.”
To achieve the status of "Court of the Table" a MDRT member has to achieve three times the base requirement for MDRT while to become "Top of the Table" the requirement is six times the base requirement. Several of the Aviva NDB Wealth Planners who qualified to participate at MDRT accompanied Swarna when she flew to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to attend the five-day conference recently. Among the 16 wealth planners who met the MDRT criteria, eight are from Colombo while Galle, Ja-ela, Kandy, Kalutara, Chilaw, Negombo are the other winning regions.
Upul Wijesinghe, director distribution - direct sales force expressing his delight said: “Attending the MDRT conference enhances the cutting-edge sales techniques of our top-most wealth planners and improves their competence with technical information and modern concepts that add value to our customers. The experience helps them to bring home better and proven practices that ultimately benefit the policyholders we serve as well as the country as a whole.”
The Million Dollar round Table is the premier association of financial professionals, and is an international, independent body with 31,500 members from 80 nations. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional professional knowledge, strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership illustrates sales excellence in par with the best in the world.
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About Aviva
Aviva is the world’s fifth-largest* insurance group, serving over 53 million customers across Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific. Aviva's main business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £45.1 billion and funds under management of £379 billion as at 31 December 2009. Aviva is the largest insurance services provider in the UK and one of the leading providers of life and pension products in Europe.
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* based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2008
About NDB bank
NDB Group is one of the largest financial conglomerates in Sri Lanka, operating regionally in Maldives and Bangladesh. The group offers project finance, corporate banking, SME lending, retail banking, investment banking, stock broking, wealth management and insurance solutions under one roof. Today, NDB bank, the commercial banking arm of the NDB Group is the highest capitalized Sri Lankan commercial bank.
