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Harry Jayawardena to start a new insurance company

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka controlled by business tycoon Harry Jayawardena said it is seeking regulator clearance to launch an insurance company with a startup capital of 500 million rupees after losing control of a former state-owned insurance company

Friday, Dec 11, 2009 | 360 Views | Comments [View/Post]

Distilleries Company said in a stock exchange filing that it is willing to increase the investment provision to a billion rupees if necessary. The new insurance company will be a fully-owned unit of Distilleries.

In 2004 Distilleries acquired state-owned Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) in a privatization deal.

But in June 2009 the Supreme Court reversed the sale, citing irregularities in the 6.0 billion rupee privatization deal.

Court ordered the government to repay 6.0 billion rupees originally paid by the private firm to gain control of SLIC.

Alcohol producer Distilleries Company is a unit of the unlisted Stassens group controlled by tycoon Harry Jayawardena who also has large stakes in the listed Hatton National Bank, Commercial Bank and National Development Bank.

In June 2009 court said Milford Holdings, a special purpose company incorporated by the Distilleries group to purchase SLIC, could keep the profits earned during the time they ran the firm.

Distilleries shares opened Thursday trading at 96.00 rupees, after closing the previous day down 75 cents.



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