Malaysia: HLA's MDRT qualifiers up 60% to 235, highest in its history

24 Jan 2017

Hong Leong Assurance (HLA), "Malaysia's largest local life insurance company", saw a total of 235 agents qualify for the MDRT 2017 recognition benchmark, an increase of 60% from the previous year's total of 147 agents. This figure includes seven Top of the Table (TOT) and six Court of the Table (COT) achievers.

It is the highest number of MDRT achievers in Hong Leong Assurance’s history. The number of TOT qualifiers also saw a twofold increase from last year.

The achievers

The 7 TOT  achievers comprise of May Lee Sue Wee, Jessie Wong Siaw Puie, Wendy Chuah Pei Leng, Cruz Wong Chung Hua, Sylvia Lee Yee Lii, Cindy Ng Zhi Yun, and Sammi Chong Poh Yee.

Of the TOT achievers, Ms May Lee Sue Wee is the most accomplished, having achieved TOT 15 times, as well as being a TOT qualifying life member. In 2012, she was also certified by MDRT USA and the Malaysia Book of Records as the 1st in Malaysia and 4th in South-East Asia to achieve TOT for the 10th time.

Culture of professionalism

During the Awards Recognition Ceremony, Loh Guat Lan, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer said “I am extremely proud with the stellar MDRT achievements this year and I believe the culture of professionalism amongst our agency force in providing top notch services is the main factor to deliver such remarkable results. At HLA, we aim at developing our agents’ core competencies via our bespoke training programmes, ensuring them to provide the highest level of service in a professional manner to our clients at all times. This has been crucial not only to the growth of MDRT achievements but also the company as a whole.”