Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Bhd (STMB) targets a 10% increase in customer base from 400,000 currently for its financial year ending June 30, 2010 with the launch of its latest initiative – Takaful myDesk – with Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH). Takaful myDesk is a one-stop centre for customers to carry their takaful transactions for all general and family-related takaful products at various LTH branches.
Through Takaful myDesk, STMB also hopes to achieve RM1mil worth of premium contributions in its first year of operations.
STMB group managing director Datuk Hassan Kamil said the collaboration was part of its strategy to enhance access to wider potential customer base, through sharing of database.“We see this ‘smart partnership’ as a strong platform for various business opportunities, including cross selling of insurance products with investments and savings. We also hope to further reach out to customers, especially in remote areas, utilising LTH’s extensive network nationwide,” he said at the launch yesterday.
He added that the cost of the initiative was minimal as all that was required was Internet connectivity and one staff to man the desk located at LTH’s branch.
STMB’s majority shareholder is BIMB Holdings Bhd, with a shareholding of 65.22%. LTH in turn, is a majority shareholder in BIMB, holding 41.92% shares.
LTH group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Ismee Ismail said with the inclusion of the Takaful myDesk to its list of additional services, it hoped to help promote the Islamic financial services sector within Malaysia. “Since the introduction of Takaful myDesk at our Jalan Tun Razak branch, LTH’s depositors have been very receptive towards the concept and execution of this new service,” Ismee said.
Due to this encouraging response, Hassan said that they had identified 11 other LTH branches to carry this service, and would be implemented in stages within the next six months.
--thestaronline
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