Ceylinco Life sweeps top honours with 14 awards at NAFLIA 2025

Ceylinco Life reaffirmed its dominance in Sri Lanka’s life insurance industry when the company’s sales professionals secured an outstanding 14 awards at the National Forum for Life Insurance Advisors (NAFLIA) 2025, the annual flagship event organised by the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL).

Ceylinco Life dominated the ‘Large Scale Company’ category at this year’s event, winning most of the top honours. Notably, several of the company’s representatives went on to achieve National Awards, triumphing not only among large-scale companies but also against peers from medium and small insurers — a remarkable demonstration of the company’s training culture, advisor network and standards of excellence.

Commenting on this achievement, Ceylinco Life Director/Deputy CEO Mr Ranga Abeynayake said: “A professionally qualified, highly trained and ethically oriented sales team is an invaluable asset to any company. These awards demonstrate how individual excellence combined with great teamwork and inspiring leadership can achieve spectacular results. Congratulations to all our winners.”

In the Sales Advisor (Non-Bancassurance) category, Ceylinco Life’s Mr. A. S. Hettiarachchi clinched the top award and was also crowned the National Award winner for his category across all industry tiers. His colleagues, Mr. A. I. P. Manjula and Mr. Y. L. A. M. C. Yakandawala, secured the runner-up and second runner-up positions respectively, and were similarly recognised in the National Award category, underscoring the company’s strength at every level.

In the Sales Supervisor (Non-Bancassurance) category, Mr. R. P. Edirisinghe was adjudged the winner and further distinguished himself as the National Award winner for his category.

The company’s dominance extended to the Branch Head (Non-Bancassurance) category, where Mr S. Dharshan emerged as the winner and also secured the National Award, while Mr R. P. L. Dhammika was placed second runner-up and additionally won the Bronze in the National Award category.

Ceylinco Life’s rising talent was also recognised, with Mrs. B. Vanathy and Mrs. S. Kanchana winning the runner-up and second runner-up positions respectively in the Fast Starter Awards category.

Recognised as the largest gathering of life insurance advisors in the country, NAFLIA is a premier platform for knowledge-sharing and networking. It focuses on training, motivation and capacity-building, while also playing a vital role in elevating professionalism, ethics and sales excellence within the industry. The awards presented at the forum are based on the annual industry sales competition, making them among the most coveted accolades for insurance advisors nationwide.

Ceylinco Life has been the market leader in Sri Lanka’s life insurance industry for 21 consecutive years, offering innovative insurance solutions that protect and de-risk the ambitions of policyholders. Earlier this year, the company was ranked the most valuable insurance brand in Sri Lanka and the 22nd most valuable brand overall by Brand Finance. It was also voted the People’s Life Insurance Service Provider of the Year for the 19th consecutive year in 2025, reaffirming its status as the brand trusted by millions.

The company was adjudged Sri Lanka’s Brand of the Year in 2022 and 2023, and was recognised among the 10 Most Admired Companies in Sri Lanka in 2023 by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

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Ceylinco Life’s top three winners in each of the three awards categories with representatives of the company and the awards presenters.