Life insurance for 2500 employees of the Wildlife Department facilitated by WNPS
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Jehan CanagaRetna, General Secretary, WNPS (left) sharing the policy document with Gamini Mahagamage, Director Administration, DWC
The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has initiated Sri Lanka’s first-ever Life Insurance Policy for the employees of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) where, in the past five years, eight officers have died and 54 have been involved in multiple accidents.
The much-anticipated programme will offer Life, Permanent, and Partially Disability Cover to all 2500 DWC employees from November 1st, 2020 until October 31st, 2021 and the WNPS hopes to continue the policy in the following years. The cover is for Rs. 500,000 per incident and in order for an employee to be covered, the incident would have to occur during the active duty of the DWC employee. Up to 10 incidents per year will be covered by the programme, the WNPS said in a media release.
“The WNPS was instrumental in the formation of the Department of Wildlife Conservation over 70 years ago, so it is with great pride that the WNPS embarks on this new journey with the DWC, with the common goal of protecting Sri Lanka’s rich biodiversity,” it said.
The WNPS thanked the following organisations and individuals who were instrumental in donating towards the insurance premium: Wealth Trust Securities Ltd, Capital Alliance Group, Mercantile Investments Ltd, Eco Maximus, Chena Huts – Yala, Tharindu Wijeyesena and Roshaan Hettiaratchi.