General Manager of Co-operators General Insurance Limited, Anton Lovell (centre), Human Resources and Marketing Manager, Cheryl Forde (far right) standing with some of the company’s longstanding policy holders.
By Marsha Gittens
A local insurance company is concerned about the number of accidents that have been occurring on roads island wide.
General Manager of Co-operators General Insurance Limited, Anton Lovell stated this continues to be a major worry for the company.
He was speaking at Friday’s awards to 30 longstanding policy holders. This event was done during the Customer Appreciation Day initiative which was held in recognition of the company’s 30th anniversary. Co-operators General Insurance’s anniversary celebrations commenced in July of this year.
He told the awardees, “When you go out there and speak to your various credit union members, friends and neighbours, see if you can tell them to be a little more considerate whilst driving because the only major concern we have now is the number of accidents that are occurring on our roads on a daily basis. That is the major concern for us, not because we worry about the claims. We are concerned about the deaths on the road as well as the injuries to persons that suffer as a result of these motor accidents. So again, when you speak to people not only refer them to Co-operators General but also tell them be careful on the roads. Be considerate to other road users.”
Lovell also used the occasion to thank the awardees for choosing local and for supporting the company for 30 and in some instances almost 30 years.
“It is extremely heartening for that support because we are competing against 14 or 15 other insurance companies out there and we really appreciate you selecting Co-operators General Insurance Company as your insurance provider.”
As part of Friday’s Customer Appreciation Day initiative, there was a free Pop up and Entrepreneurial Market which featured 30 entrepreneurs. Members of the public had the chance to buy local delicacies, jewellery and clothing among other products from the businesspersons.
Human Resources and Marketing Manager at Co-operators General Insurance Company Limited, Cheryl Forde said this activity was done as a give back to policy holders.
“What we did is we asked our policy holders to come out and display their products and services. These are small businesses, people that sell clothes, food, natural soaps… [They] came and set up so that they can make some money for themselves because during the time now, they are not working,” it was pointed out.
She added, “We wanted to give back to them as well. We know it is hard and some of them can’t pay their policies the way they would want to pay it but they are yet our policy holders as well so we care for them. So we try to find ways for them to make some money.”