Tuesday July 11, 2006
Takaful Ikhlas gets big online
By IAN MCINTYRE
KOTA BARU: Syariah-based insurance services provider Takaful Ikhlas
Sdn Bhd plans to be the top information technology (IT) provider in
the country for its customers and associates.
Since its inception three years ago, Takaful Ikhlas has invested
RM15mil to provide online services to customers and associates with
the main objective of conducting as many online transactions as
possible in line with its operational costs.
"We are now among the top three insurance firms in the country
offering a range of IT services and we will focus on this as it
provides a value-added dimension to our services and products,"
Takaful Ikhlas chairman Mohammad Abdullah said after the recent
launch of the company's east coast regional hub .
Present were managing director Syed Moheed Syed Kamarulzaman,
operational general manager Wan Mohd Fadzlullah Wan Abdullah and
regional marketing manager Mohd Zulkiflee Mamat.
Mohammad said its online services now included "I-Pos" that allowed
its associates and agents to interact online with the company
headquarters.
Soon to be unveiled will be the online renewal of policies, updates
on policies status and investments.
"We are slowly introducing an online point of sale where customers
can access and purchase our products and services through our
dedicated websites," Mohammad said.
Takaful Ikhlas plans to raise sales of RM220mil from its nationwide
contributors for the financial year ending Aug 31, 2007, which is a
50% increase from last year's.
To this end, Mohammad said, 10% of the RM220mil was forecast to be
from Kelantan, which in the first five months of this year collected
RM5.6mil.
Based on a study, Kelantan's economy is said to be stable with a
growing middle-income bracket and this has convinced Takaful to boost
its market presence in the state.
The opportunity for expansion in Kelantan is great, which has the
highest number of agents in the east coast, 400. This is due to the
awareness of benefits of takaful.
"We are convinced that our penetration is high in Kelantan as we are
boosted by the market's awareness of our products and services,"
Mohammad said.
He also said the company would unveil a new investment scheme this
month that would provide monthly returns to contributors pending
approval from Bank Negara. //Thestar
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