PNB MetLife has undertaken two projects in Karnataka with CRY and Prajna Counselling Centre in the area of education and development of children. These projects impact close to 7500 children across 140 villages in Mangalore and Raichur.

The project with Prajna Counselling Centre works with Dakshina Kannada District Council for Child Welfare (DKDCCW) in the spirit of Public Private Partnership. The project focuses on promoting early childhood care and education through strengthening creche centres in over 80 villages of 8 taluks of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts in the area. Total number of children in the intervention area are 858.

PNB MetLife joined hands with CRY and Sneha Jeevan Samasthe (SJS) in 2014 for a Child Development Project to address the issue of child rights violation in Karnataka. The project focused on educating and empowering communities for ensuring proper implementation of the govt. schemes and reducing drop outs – particularly among the most marginalized communities. With enrolment drives, upgradation of educational infrastructure such as schools, Integrated Child Development Centres (ICDS), hostels and enrolling the malnourished children into govt. schemes, the project reached out to a total of 6,730 children across 55 villages and districts. After achieving the target, PNB MetLife has now exited this project.

PNB MetLife (PMLI) and Jammu & Kashmir Bank (JKB), in partnership with CRY set up a project towards the education and development of children across the districts of Baramullah, Bandipora and Srinagar, impacting lives of more than 14,000 underprivileged children in the state in 2014. These projects impact over 35,000 children now and have expanded to include Pulwama.

The project partners work with influencers like families, communities, local governance structures as required to change attitudes and activate government services so that children’s rights are upheld and there is a permanent sustained change in their lives. The vision for the project is to provide access to quality, inclusive, equitable and participatory education in safe and protective environment for children.

PNB MetLife focuses on promoting health and hygiene through various initiatives. In Orissa and Delhi, toilet building activity was taken up in schools for underprivileged children. 

This has benefitted more than 800 children. In addition to this, health and hygiene workshops were also conducted for the children to instill the importance of cleanliness and sanitary practices.

PNB MetLife’s contribution towards relief and rehabilitation efforts in Jammu & Kashmir

In line with our focus on Customer Centricity, we have undertaken and contributed towards a large scale relief and rehabilitation operation in the recent natural calamity that has struck the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Given our large scale presence in the state, we have undertaken several activities and facilitated adequate relief operations to provide relief those affected by the floods. Our employees have donated one day’s salary towards this relief and rehabilitation effort and are also actively contributing in ground level relief efforts in the state.

Our Efforts for J&K Flood Relief

Dedicated Call Centers

A dedicated war room was set up to contact all our employees and customers and ensure their safety and well-being. We are relieved that all our employees and customers are now safe.

Dedicated Claim Processing Camps

Claim camps were set up in Srinagar and Jammu along with J&K Bank. A dedicated special claims help line was also operational. These were done to ensure faster claim settlement with minimal documentation. Two claims were settled within 24 hours of receiving the intimation in Ramban and Ganderbal districts.

Doctors on call

PNB MetLife tied up with medical services and doctors for assisting our customers and employees over the phone.

Food and Relief Material

Large consignments of packaged food, baby food, water, medicines were sent to help the affected people including our employees.

Salary Advances/Loans to affected Staff

Apart from salary advances, efforts are on to provide low cost financing through our bank partners to the affected people.

Relief Work in Partnership with J&K Bank

Working closely with J&K Bank we set up our physical claim settlement camps in the Bank branches.

Insurance is perceived as a complex subject with great deal of intricacies. To break this mind-block and help in understanding insurance in a simpler manner, PNB MetLife conducts workshops in partnership with Insurance Foundation of India (IFI).

The company recently concluded workshops, hosted over 6 days, across 50+ villages in Jammu & Samba districts in Jammu & Kashmir. The company reached out to 150,000 people through roadshows, leaflets and announcements with close to 1200 people attending these workshops on basics and importance of insurance. Supported by Jammu & Kashmir Bank and conducted in partnership with Insurance Foundation of India (IFI), a leading NGO; PNB MetLife continuous to educate masses and help them become financially independent and self-sustaining.

This is a second in the series of workshops conducted by PNB MetLife on Insurance awareness. The series was launched in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh earlier this year. With a cumulative outreach of 230,000 people across Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, PNB MetLife aims to reach out to the rural and semi-urban population driving the key message of insurance awareness and financial inclusion.