Ceylinco Life crowned Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Life Insurance Brand in 2022
- Moves up five places in ‘Brand Finance 100 Most Valuable Brands in Sri Lanka’ with Brand Rating of AA+
Ceylinco Life has once again been adjudged the ‘Most Valuable Life Insurance Brand in Sri Lanka’ and has moved up five places in the 2022 brand value rankings published by Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation consultancy.
Brand Finance has valued the Ceylinco Life Brand at Rs 3.8 billion for 2022, an 8.8 per cent increase over the value assigned to the brand last year. Ceylinco Life has been ranked the 28th most valuable brand overall among the 100 most valuable brands in the country, which include the largest banks, telcos and retail giants.
Notably, Ceylinco Life has also advanced from the ‘AA’ Brand Rating it received last year from Brand Finance, to an ‘AA+’ Brand Rating this year which denotes its very low credit risk and strong ability to meet financial obligations.
Commenting on this latest affirmation of the value and strength of the Ceylinco Life brand, the Company’s Managing Director/CEO Mr Thushara Ranasinghe said: “As a company whose mission is to de-risk the future of millions of lives, our success lies in the trust and confidence that Sri Lankans have placed on us. To be consistently ranked as the leading and most valuable life insurance brand is invaluable, not only because it reassures our customers but also because it reaffirms our ability to weather even the most debilitating economic and social challenges, such as those witnessed in recent times.”
Referring to the life insurance industry in the country, Brand Finance observed that life insurance brands grew at a faster rate than general insurance brands, with total brand value increasing by 9 per cent in 2022 in contrast to the 1 per cent recorded by general insurance brands. “The sector has shown a promising uptick in growth of premiums, with demand further increasing as consumers see the need for critical life protection after the outbreak of the virus,” Brand Finance reported.
Brand Finance computes the value of brands listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and private companies that wish to be featured, using a method based on the Royalty Relief approach – a brand valuation method used by the company globally. Every year it puts 5,000 of the world’s biggest brands to the test and ranks brands across all sectors and countries and publishes nearly 100 reports.
Brand Finance uses the latest financial information combined with an exclusive consumer market research study across 2500 respondents conducted by an independent research partner. This year, it also carried out a Sustainability survey to assess a brand’s approach to sustainability and incorporated its findings into its Brand Strength Index (BSI) framework. This survey was developed based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, where attributes were measured across four pillars, namely employee, environment, community and governance.
Ceylinco Life ended 2021 with assets totalling to Rs 173.7 billion, total consolidated income of Rs 40.7 billion, gross written premium income of Rs 25.5 billion, a Life Fund of Rs 119.6 billion and an investment portfolio of Rs 154.4 billion.
Adjudged 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.
