High achievers honoured during Italian-themed dinner

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ETIQA Insurance and Takaful honoured 1,000 of its top agents from around the country at its stylish Italian- themed annual agency dinner and awards presentation (ADAP) 2011 recently.

“A special dinner and award celebration like ADAP allow us to fully show our appreciation to them for their hard work and dedication,” said, Etiqa Insurance and Takaful chief executive officer Hans De Cuyper.

Living up to the event’s theme, everything from the venue, menu and costumes were presented in Italian flavour, as a tribute to Italy where more than 190 Etiqa top agents will be going as part of their Overseas Study Trip rewards.

Good job: The top agents waiting for the start of the award presentation ceremony.

The venue was decked in the colours green, red and white while guests turned up in black coats and hats to mimic famous characters and gangs from the Italian mafia era.

Adding to the excitement were the Ferrari and Maserati cars that were used to ferry the grand winners to the stage.

The famous Malaysian comedian, presenter and film director, Afdlin Shauki, kept everyone laughing and alert as the master of ceremony while Malaysian rock diva, Ella, wowed the audience with her energetic performance.

Zulkifli Othman from Kuala Lumpur was named the champion of the Group Agency Manager category under Etiqa Takaful and Suguna Devi Marimuthu from Sungai Petani received the same award under Etiqa Insurance. Soo Siew Fang from Kuala Lumpur was awarded the Special President Award.

“The tremendous achievements among our agents mirror the group’s achievement as Etiqa Takaful Berhad was awarded ‘The Most Outstanding Takaful Company’ at the Kuala Lumpur Islamic Finance Forum (KLIFF) 2011 recently, a prestigious award that Etiqa Takaful has won in four consecutive years.

Also, Etiqa Insurance was recently assigned the ‘A’ Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating by the international rating agency, Fitch Ratings, and the only direct company to achieve a rating of single “A” by Fitch among the domestic players,” addedDe Cuyper.