Early bird promotion for participants in insurance run

SIBU: Participants of the ‘Insurance Awareness Torch Run FOR INSURANCE 2018’ to be held on Nov 25 here will enjoy extended early bird promotion till Oct 25 when they register in group of five or more.

“This promotion is offered in response to numerous requests from many runner groups, local sports and recreational clubs to extend it to members,” said the run organising committee under NAMLIFA Sibu branch .

The committee recently made a courtesy call on Minister of International Trade and ECommerce and Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh inviting him as the guest of honour to flag off the event held in conjunction with World Insurance Awareness Day.

The run is scheduled to start at 6am.

NAMLIFA Sibu branch chairman Pang Chui Hua said that for the convenience of outstation runners, online registration and payment can be made via https://www.ticket2u. com.my/event/11941.

He also disclosed that runners who complete 3km or 6km within 2 hours will each receive a finisher medal. The first 30 finishers will get a certificate each plus additional prize in the 6km-Open Category.

“The committee may offer more prizes and lucky draws depending on the number of sponsorships and patrons for the event,” said Pang.

He called on the public to take part and support the run.

“We also welcome more sponsorships. The surplus after deduction of expenses shall be donated to needy charitable organisations.

“We have also sent out invitations to sports and recreational clubs, colleges, schools in Sibu to participate in this event. We are accepting voluntary organisations and individuals to help in this event,” Pang added.

Meanwhile, during the run launching in Pulau Langkawi on Sept 4, NAMLIFA national president KP Lim said the objective of the run is to create awareness amongst Malaysians on the importance of having insurance coverage as the penetration rate in Malaysia is only 56 per cent while for Family Takaful, it is trailing behind at 14.8 per cent as of last year.

“As an important stakeholder to life insurance industry, NAMLIFA has taken this initiative to contribute positively to our nation’s economy, in tandem with the aspirations of Bank Negara Malaysia to pursue the goal of having 75 per cent of the population insured by the year 2020,” he said.

He added half of Malaysian population are moving around each day without any insurance coverage or risk management knowledge.

“Thus, any emergency arises due to death, disability or loss of working capability will result in severe financial losses for families, leading to social problems for the country, he added.

For more information on the event, call the organising committee chairman Ngu Shin Pui at 019-8188948, his assistant Thomas Tiang(0198873711 or Pang (0198891516).