KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- Takaful Ikhlas Sdn Bhd, which offers takaful products and services, recently organised a course on Islamic finance for civil servants.

The programme was launched at the Treasury's Housing Loan Division in Putrajaya by Takaful Ikhlas' president and chief executive officer Datuk Syed Moheeb Syed Kamarulzaman.

Also present was the housing loan division's deputy secretary, operation and finance, Rahim Abu Bakar, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Takaful Ikhlas has been a member of the Housing Loan Division panel since 2006.

Through the panel, the company offers its home owner and mortgage reducing term products to civil servants nationwide.

Syed Moheeb said Takaful Ikhas has the responsibility to ensure that knowledge and understanding of Islamic finance is at a high level in line with the government's aim to encourage the people to consider the system as a choice.

Takaful Ikhlas, which started operations in July 2003, is a subsidiary of MNRB Holdings Bhd, which is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.

The company has two customer service centres, located in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, as well as branch offices in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Baharu, Johor Baharu, Sungai Petani, Kuching, Melaka, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Ipoh and Putrajaya.

-- BERNAMA