MANILA, Philippines — In recognition of its outstanding sales managers and agents, Fortune Life held recently its 34th Annual Awards at the Citystate Tower Hotel, Manila. The event was graced by Insurance Commissioner Dennis Funa as guest of honor and speaker.
Among the top awardees were Elimar Depamaylo of Zamboanga branch as the insurance specialist of the year or top of the chairman’s board; Ines Jabines of Jabines branch – Pasig office as field manager of the Year and Patrcia L. Taguines of Tarlac branch as agency manager of the year.
In 2nd place under the Insurance Specialist Category, chairman’s board is Ulysses Elmundo of Dasmariñas branch. Meanwhile, the President’s Club Awardees were Ritchie Garay of General Santos branch, Isoldi Aga-ab of Jabines branch – Pasig office, Cynthia Lapastora of Calamba branch, Robert Sildo of Cubao branch, Nenita Besas of Tagbilaran branch, Angela Guillermo of Isabela branch and Lucina P. Lapastora of Calamba branch.
Moreover, qualifiers under the Agency Manager category were Emily Taguines of Dagupan branch (2nd place), Sharlene Gaga-a of Tagbilaran branch (3rd place), and Jaime Bermudo of Tarlac branch (4th place). While in the Field Manager Category were Victor Taguines of Tarlac branch (2nd place), Elimar Depamaylo (3rd place), Francisco Taguines of Dagupan branch (4th place), Renato Villanueva of La Union branch (5th place), Tranquilino Daigdigan of Daigdigan branch – Pasig office (6th place) and Sonny Guillermo of Isabela branch (7th place).
Special awards were also given to the distinguished sales agents starting with the founder’s circle awardees namely Jaime Bermudo, Emily Taguines, Patricia Taguines, Tranquilino Daigidigan, Elimar Depamaylo, Sonny Guillermo, Francisco Taguines, Victor Taguines and Renato Villanueva. Meanwhile, Cynthia Lapastora was recognized as the Jumbo Specialist of the Year followed by Elimar Depamaylo in 2nd place. The Quality Business Award was given to Angela Guillermo while the Personal Accident Insurance Specialist of the Year Award was bestowed to Regina Adora of RL & Associates – Pasig office. Mary Lou Daigdigan of Daigdigan branch – Pasig office was named as the Group Insurance Specialist of the Year followed by Pearly Ann Allarey of Lucena branch in 2nd place while, Ines Jabines won the Agency Builder of the Year Award.
Aside from the cash prizes and plaque, all the awardees were sent to an incentive trip to Taipei, Taiwan for four days and three nights wherein they got to visit the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall, Shangri-La Leisure Farm, Fisherman’s Wharf, National Palace Museum as well as enjoyed the activities such as releasing of Sky Lantern and exploring the local products in Ximending District and Shilin Night Market. Fortune Life truly values the hard work of its salesforce and rewards their efforts through its annual awards. With these, the company hopes to increase its manpower in order to hone more skilled and determined agents in the coming years.