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A big view Turkish insurance sector at the end of 2010
  18.03.2011


Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and TRT, Living Human Treasures, which plays an important role to protect intangible cultural heritage of future generations, 2010 awards has given to the winners with the sponsorship of Anadolu Sigorta.



 


1.Anadolu Sigorta supports Turkey’s Living Human Treasure
Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism  and TRT, Living Human Treasures, which plays an important role to protect intangible cultural heritage of future generations, 2010 awards has given to the winners with the sponsorship of Anadolu Sigorta.

2.New Masters grow in Edirnekari
Social responsibility Project ,which has been started in Anadolu sigorta’s 85th anniversary, continues to make people graduate.  Students  took their cetificates from Karagöz imagery in Bursa, meerschaum stonework in Eskişehir and the education stil goes on in Edirne, Trabzon and Gaziantep.

3.Mapfre Genel Sigorta said hello to 2011 with his employees
Maphre Genel Sigorta welcomed 2011 with 300 guests  in People Event Center.  Employees  who had a big success in 2010, started new year with having so much fun.

4.Finans  Emeklilik ve Hayat General Manager Ajlan Sözütek:  We respond to customer needs all the time.

Ajlan Sözütek said:”  They provide the products with high quality and providing reliable service and after sales processes  they are  always next to the customers,  2011 will be the customer year for us”

5.HDI Sigorta Coordinator Ahmet Yaşar:  Agencies has interested in GS Sigorta HDI greatly.

Yaşar said: Agencies has interested in GS Sigorta HDI greatly. We are examining the demands carefully and try to answer quickly. In this Project as a priority  HDI Sigorta agencies can take part, and other agencies if they wish, they can attend this Project like in a franchising system.

6.Aegon Sigorta held their first meeting with their agencies.
Aegon emeklilik ve Hayat was under construction last two years. General Manager Uğur Tozşekerli  and Chairman Gabor Kepecs gave some good news about  renevation in revenue sharing model, especially life products will bring in a good income.

7.Service integrity in health branch
Güneş Sigorta Health Insurance Group Director Elvan Atalay: While Customer portfolio expands, customer needs show variation as well. We are trying to respond these needs at the highest level.

8.ING Emekillik Ceo Jetse Frederick de Vries: Competition in pension sector must be in gaining new customers.
Jetse de Vries stated that Pension sector which includes 13 companies and 2.2 million customers, real competition must be in gaining new customers and to brighten up the sector it would be useful to take care of 2nd step pension system.

9.Işık Sigorta is the only company who made profit in automobile insurance branch.
According to the  technical profit-loss figures announced by TSRŞB , Işık Sigorta is the only company who made profit. General Manager Recep Koçak  said: we dont have strategies like “ whatever happens we will do production” and Işık sigorta will be grow up with the power of İnsurance trade.

10.AVIVA Stadium catches the eye.

The stadium in Ireland, Dublin  which is the oldest international stadium  in the worlds has been transformed into  the Euope’s most modern stadium with the sponsorship of Aviva.  The facility has opened in 2010 April and it will be AVIVA stadium for 10 years.

11.Brand conference participants glanced at their future with Aviva Sigorta.
Aviva Sigorta sponsored  Turkey’s most effective brand platform , Brand Conference  again. Aviva Sigorta  has given a chance to the participants to see their future , the organization was held in İstanbul Swiss Hotel the Bosphorus on 16th-17th of December.

12.General manager Ertan Fırat evaluated the recent developments  in the industry and the company:
Process of change successfully continues in Aviva Sigorta. Ertan Fırat İndicated that 2010 was a difficult year for Aviva Sigorta, on one hand there were process of change on the other hand they fought against the difficulties of the sector. He thanked to the employees who showed great effort in the process of change.

13.Generali Sigorta General Manager Mine Ayhan: More active year is waiting for us.

Mine Ayhan said: They will be more active in 2011 in the market and they will show us their worldwide undisputed power in Turkey. “ The fundamental  basis of the service is going through offering our customers carefully.

14.Austria Vienna becoming Generali Arena
Austria’s long established football club  Austria Vienna Stadium’s name willbe  Generali Arena for 3 years.

15.SBN Sigorta  Agents and Corporate Marketing Manager Fedai Toyran: We turned crisis into opportunity and achieved our aim.
Toyran: During the global crisis which was felt the effects Inthe last quarter of 2008 in our country, we turned crisis into opportunity and achieved our aim even though we went into operation newly. Last 3 years we achieved all our aims according to our plans.

16.HDI Sigorta supports the art
Last month , HDI Sigorta supported two different exhibitons ,PTT employee Aysel Hızar and Galatasaray Unviersity students. HDI Sigorta demonstrated the importance  of art to everyone.

17.Without life insurance, net technical loss is more than half billion liras. Its time to think carefully.
Technical loss results came out at the end of September and the bill which is fort he companies Works out of life insurance is 66 million 500 thousand liras. If Financial income’ contribution was not included, net technical loss would be 509 million liras. The companies who  Works in the BES and life field has increased their profits.

18.Axa Sigorta chairman and CEO Cemal Ererdi: who want to get rid of harm will tend to change.
If there is a system which highlight free competition, differentiation, seperation and to be successful in a race, each company need to success evaluation according to their success. Profit is the criteria of success fort he companies.

19. TŞRB General Secretary Erhan Tunçay: In competitiveness,Insurance tecnique should not be forgotten.
Tunçay stated that: the most important matter is sustainable growth. Companies shoukdnt forget the insurance tecnique in competativeness and they need to measure the risk, and put the Premium where it should be.

20. Anadolu Sigorta General Manager Mustafa Su:  If Kasko and traffic continues like this, there will be some changes in the sector.
Su said: If Kasko, traffic and health insurances continues same in 2011, the developments will be merger, withdrawal, being sold or partners put in funds and so many changes will be seen.

21. HDI Sigorta General Manager Enis Talaşman: Sector will rise up quickly
Talaşman stated that it was not a good year for Insurance Sector but it will rise up quickly. We believe that Insurer will continue to grow with 20 billion liras Premium production in the begginning of 2020.

22.Finans Emeklilik ve Hayat General Manager Ajlan Sözütek: Sector continues to grow steadily
BES has grown up although it includes 2 year periods lobal crisis.Sözütek added Sector continues to grow steadily.

23. AEGON Emeklilik ve hayat Vice precident Cenk Gürer: We do not expect fluctuation in BES.
Gürer highlighted that the product structre which adresses the life cycyle will shape the competitiveness.

24.ING thanked to the 100.000th sale of credit life insurance
ING Emeklilik, thanked with gifts to its customer who bought the 100.000th  insurance policy and the Ankara Çetin Emeç branch.

25. Tarsim’s big Meeting
The biggest exper meeting which was hosted by Tarsim was held in Antalya. Approximately 600 expers attended and it became the biggest meeting in Insurance Sector.

26. Ray Sigorta will grow its market share in 2011
Ray Sigorta General Manger Levent Şişmanoğlu stated that they will continue to grow in individual, SME, corporate insurance and all other segments, especially  the branches our of engine.

27. Ray Sigorta Meeting Point: Rayportal
Ray Sigorta collected all its employees and business partners under one virtual roof, called Rayportal.

28. Looking through life from Ray Sigorta Lens
Agencies and employees showed an interest in Digital photo contest  “ Ray Sigorta’s Lens” . They attended the contest with old or new photographs of different members of Ray Sigorta family.

29.  Discussing on Insurance education and employment problem
The panel’s subject was “ Overview to agencies regulation in terms of Consumer, Employment and Traning “ . Sigorta Acenteleri birliği and Bahcesehir University were the hosts of this event.  They discussed insurance education status and employment problem in insurance sector.

30. ERGO Sigorta Individual Technical Vice President Sanem Çıngay Oğuz: Your guest’s belongings are also in safe with Our Housing Policy
Oğuz stated that they do not only insure persons and goods, but also they insure the guest and belongins. “ERGO provides this policy to the customers in case of natural disasters, fire, flood and other dangerous situations, and they offer all these assurances to ther guests as well.”

31. Frozen pipes in UK priced to the insurers.
The association of British Insurers warned insurance companies about the frozen pipes and water leak along the winter period. According to accounts of ABI, this winter frozen and burst pipes can cost 11 million dollars per day,1 billion dollars in total.

32. Zurich Sigorta signed an distirbution channel agreement with Fortis.
Zurich Sigorta declared that they signed a distribution channel agreetment with Fortis Bank for the sale of non-life insurance products.

33. After Crisis Period Finance Sector- Real Sector relations has been discussed
International Finance Symposium was prepared by Marmara University  School of Banking and Insurance and sponsored by Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik. It was held on 10th of December with the subject of After Crisis Period Finance Sector- Real Sector relations.

34. Anadolu Hayat Emelilik said 500.000!
Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik reached the 500.000th participant.

35. Actuaries responsibility will increase.
Last Reserves Regulation Assessment was prepared in cooperation with ODTÜ Graduates Association of Insurance and Actuarial Society  . In this panel it is stated that  more responsibility should be given to actuaries and more accurate response system should be pun into the companies.

36. Traffic insurance was damaged by new law
According to new law draft, cure expenses ,which happen in traffic accidents, will be paid by traffic insurance without looking for any fault.

38.AEGON Emeklilik ve Hayat General Manager Uğur Tozşekerli reviewed the Project with Akademi. Akademi- Aegon collaboration will continue with Win-Win motto.
AEGON Emeklilik ve Hayat General Manager Uğur Tozşekerli  said they renewed life insurance and pension information system with Project of Akademi in 2010 and they will continue to work together and do many projects.

39. TSEV is on the European scene
Created in Eficert general assembly and the commite where TSEV takes place, held their first meetinf on the 3rd of December 2010 in Denmark. In the meeting they discussed determine qualification Project and its process which was planned to finish in October 2010.

40. Eficert General Assembly and EIET Conference will be in Turkey in 2011
TSEV will be the host of Eficert General Assembly and EIET Conference in 2011.

41. Legislation education from TSEV
In order to adapt innovations in the Insurance legislation, Turkish Insurance Legislation Outstanding Claims Provision, IBNR and AZMM education has been given by TSEV.

42.TSEV started workshops.
To reduce the costs of damage of the industry,the workshops started which were based on the experiences of Peer Supreme Court Decisions, Real Case Studies and Insurance lawyers experiences.

43. Two new education from TSEV
TSEV prepared two different education programme, called “Annual Audit of Insurance Companies” and “ Finacial Statement of Insurance companies. The aim is to make a contribution for changes in legislation and independent external audit and internal audit.

44. ITO Insurance services Vocational Committee Chairman Levent Korkut: Agents are trying to gain status of SME, we are working for this.
Levent Korkut said that to identify agencies as SME, they are waiting for an appointment from Minİstry of Industry and Commerce. In this case agencies have a chance to get low-interest loans and will take a big step for cooperation.

45. Selling Compulsory Earthquake Insurance is a social duty.
We had a meeting with DASK Chairman Selamet Yazıcı  in Sigortacı Lounge in December. And we asked all the questions in minds. Yazıcı stated that even if the agencies does not earn money from Compulsory Earthquake Insurance, they need to see it as a social duty.

46. Nildem Global Sigorta and Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage Chairman Cigdem Ergelen: our biggest goal is to detect  the needs and  overcome those needs. We will use the products, which we have brought from abroad, in turkey. GS HDI Sigorta is the brand who workes in this area as the first.

47. Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik General Manager Uğur Erkan: System’s future depends on country’s economical performance.
In seven years individual pension system  has grown up quickly and reached 11,7 billion liras funds. In this period they achieved their targets said Uğur Erkan . at the end of 2010 they are planning to have 2 million 300 thousand of participants in individual pension system.

48.Ergo Emeklilik ve Hayat General Manager Recep Akkaya: Estimations did not make a mistake.
10 years after in total BES funds will be 10 per cent of Gayrisafi Milli Hasıla after 10 years.

49. CIO Award 2010 Demir Sigorta IT Manager
Each year CIO awards is given to most successful IT manager in all over the world, in each country. In 2010 CIO award was given to Demir Sigorta IT Manger Gökmen İbişler.

50. Agent’s las statuses were reviewed
The seminar ,which was about Brokers and recent legal developments with intermediaries, held by Association of Insurance Brokers in National Reinsurance Hall on the 17th of December.
  
  

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