5th Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards 2020

Congratulations to all the winners of the 5th Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards 2020!

ROOKIE INSURANCE AGENT OF THE YEAR
Joyce Chan, Prudential Assurance Company, Singapore
For stepping up to serve fellow practitioners despite being relatively new in the industry through sharing regularly at company-level and industry-level events, and for the conviction in moving from helping people reactively in her previous role as a Police Officer to now helping others preventively.
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ROOKIE INSURANCE AGENCY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Lahiru Maduranga, Softlogic Life Insurance PLC, Sri Lanka
For displaying bold leadership and driving a team of five that has grown to 50 members in a short span of two years as well as propelling his company to greater heights and contributing to the growth of the life insurance industry in Sri Lanka.
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FINANCIAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR
Wilfred Wong, AIA Financial Advisers, Singapore
For the quality of his business with high persistency rate, and his commitment to educating the public through various initiatives to improve financial literacy especially among the youths and young working adults.
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BANK PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Saigon Commercial Bank, Vietnam
For its collaborative partnership with Manulife Vietnam in developing a diverse product portfolio serving different needs and adapting to different life stages of customers, resulting in one of the most successful bancassurance partnerships in the country’s life insurance industry.
DIGITAL AGENCY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Wave Chow, AIA International Limited, Hong Kong
For investing in and leveraging the power of digital strategy to educate, drive in-depth conversations with clients, recruit high quality talent and incorporate Augmented Reality technology in its office to enhance the image of the industry.
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INSURTECH OF THE YEAR
getArrange.com
For providing a platform that enhances financial advisers’ ability to better serve clients through comprehensive fact finding and facilitation of assets distribution according to clients’ wishes via a digitalised portable will-writing system.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE YEAR
PT Asuransi Allianz Life Indonesia
For launching an agency ecosystem that supports the company’s vision of life-long relationships between agents and customers, by providing a seamless experience across all agency activity from education, planning, interaction, selling, tracking to servicing.
INSPIRATIONAL AGENCY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Wong Ching Lih, AIA Bhd., Malaysia
For overcoming adversities, including a large family loan burden on her shoulders when she first started in this industry and fighting cancer since being diagnosed two years ago, and continuing to thrive as an agent and agency leader.
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Lachman B. Balani, Sun Life Hong Kong Limited
For a decorated career that has helped over 1,500 clients, groomed generations of professionals, and active contributions to the community over a span of more than 42 years in the industry, and still passionate about serving his clients as an octogenarian.
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INSURANCE AGENCY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Benny Chow, AIA International Limited, Hong Kong
For his rapid rise in the industry leading a highly productive team with an average age of 30, and outstanding performance in 2019 including personal production of Top of the Table, grooming over 60 Million Dollar Round Table producers and achieving 37 managerial promotions in his team.
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INSURANCE AGENT OF THE YEAR
Divya Tusnial, TATA AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd, India
For achieving astonishing results of more than four times Top of the Table production in 2019 with an emphasis on protection; for providing high quality advice with close to 100% persistency rate; and for being an inspiration to women.
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YOUNG EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Jason Chou, Sun Life Hong Kong Limited
For his extensive exposure and experience as a young leader in various Asia markets, leading the agency team to remarkable progress in 2019, and a clear objective of building a sustainable agency force that delivers quality business and drives the company’s medium-to-long-term success.
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INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Sun Life Hong Kong Limited
For achieving remarkable growth, despite the economy’s contraction, driven by its bigger and stronger agency channel via the effective execution of its twin-pronged strategy of quality training and quality recruitment.
EXECUTIVE CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Rakesh Sharma, TATA AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd, India
For the focus in developing synergies between stakeholders, leaders, and advisers for a high performing agency channel, building on the MDRT culture and consistent growth in agency results.
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