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Anadolu Sigorta was in the earthquake zone starting from day one
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Anadolu Sigorta CEO Mustafa Su stated that the presence of its experts in the region accelerated the process and provided advantages for their insurance policy holders. “Our purpose is to compensate the damages of all of our insureds as soon as possible,” he said.
2. Guaranty of executive liability insurance
Anadolu Sigorta CEO Mustafa Su pointed to the importance of executive liability insurance and stated that insurance demand from board members and CEOs regarding their personal liabilities is increasing.
3. School, medical house and housing in Van from Allianz
Allianz Türkiye management who has completed its field trip amid the earthquake in Van will rebuild the damaged school in Mollakasım village. Allianz has signed up for a sustainable social responsibility project and it will also sponsor the building of a medical house and housing facility.
4. LEADERSHIP CONTINUES
According to the Association of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey (TSRŞB) figures, AXA SİGORTA preserved its leading position in premium generation at the end of 9 month with 1 billion 423 million liras.
5. AXA Holding Chairman and CEO Cemal Ererdi visited Van
Ererdi who travelled to the region to see firsthand the damage caused by the earthquake, also listened to the problems of AXA SİGORTA agents and insured clients. Ererdi stated that the AXA SİGORTA will compensate 23 million liras of the total payments by the industry that he estimates to be worth 60 million liras.
6. Travelers are in safe hands with MAPFRE GENEL SİGORTA
MAPFRE ASISTENCIA was selected ‘The Best Travel Insurance Company’ of 2011 by International Travel Insurance Journal (ITIJ). Tolga Dağlıer, the deputy CEO of MAPFRE GENEL SİGORTA emphasized the importance of assistance in travel insurance customer service.
7. ERGO agents met in St. Petersburg
ERGO, came together with its agents in St. Petersburg, the historic city of Russia between October 13-16 2011. Following the meeting where ERGO’s 2011 annual review and 2012 objectives were discussed; the agents also had a chance to get to know St. Petersburg through pleasant sightseeing tours.
8. Güneş Sigorta’s 9 month profit is 11.5 million liras
Güneş Sigorta increased its technical profit by 159 percent and announced 11.5 million liras of net profit at the end of the third quarter of 2011. CEO Serhat Süreyya Çetin stated that they have reached this result by focusing their premium generation on profitable segments and added that they will continue the same way in 2012.
9. Insurance clients reach HDI with a single message
HDI Sigorta developed a new system compatible with smart phones to enable its customers to reach necessary assistance services more easily. Through another application, SMS system, the insureds can express the assistance service they require with a single message.
10. Support for the disabled from HDI
HDI Sigorta, signed up for cooperation with the ‘Solidarity with the Disabled Association’. Based on voluntary participation from the employees and agents, the company aims to collect donations to provide wheelchairs, scholarships and treatment aid for the organization.
11. HDI agents discovered the history of Sarajevo
The agents who ranked high in the Vital Personal Accident İnsurance campaign by HDI Sigorta between February-June 2011 travelled to Sarajevo.
12. HDI support for stray dogs in Bolluca
HDI Sigorta donated a container to the animal shelter in Bolluca that made the news with the poisoning of many dogs in the past months.
13. ING Emeklilik offers advantageous protection products against unemployment
ING Emeklilik CEO Jetse de Vries stated that they have prepared the ‘Income Protection’ and ‘Credit Card Loan Protection’ packages to provide guaranty against the risk of unemployment. “In order to better answer customer needs we add new products to our range of products every day,” de Vries said.
14. Dubai Group on Anatolian roads
Dubai Group Sigorta CEO Korhan Gürakan and top executives met with agents in separate regional meetings held in Bursa, İzmir and Antalya during October. Dubai Group Sigorta’s future strategies are discussed with the agents in the meetings.
15. Profitable period in Ray Sigorta
Ray Sigorta, began to harvest its strategy of portfolio transformation and productivity focused efforts. CEO Levent Şişmanoğlu stated that Ray Sigorta had a profit of 1.8 million liras at the end of the third quarter in 2011.
16. Ray Sigorta takes its place in the social media
Ray Sigorta which employs an uninterrupted and sustainable communication strategy reaches out to distribution channels, insured clients and target groups through www.facebook.com/RaySigorta and http://twitter.com/#!/Ray_Sigorta.
17. Successful agents in Aviva Premier Club
Those agents who contributed most to Aviva Sigorta’s results will become a natural member of Aviva Premier Club. Premier Club members will attend the annual trips abroad organized by Aviva and will benefit from many exclusive offers.
18. Aviva Sigorta employees meeting in Cyprus
AVIVA Sigorta held its traditional BAP meeting in Cyprus Kaya Artemis Hotel between October 13-16. The agents who attended the meeting held abroad for the first time enjoyed the summer in Cyprus.
19. Halk Sigorta CEO Veli Bal: The industry worked like an NGO in Van
“The fact that our industry penetrated the earthquake zone quickly and that it took part in humanitarian aid efforts with full capacity is both a matter to be appreciated and pleasing in the sense that it has a solid earthquake reflex.”
20. 2011 is a historic year in terms of results in the industry
Sompo Japan Sigorta CEO Recai Dalaş stated that 2011 is a historic year in the sense that particularly in the first half, all the businesses were in red but he added that on the other hand, Turkish insurance industry has recorded a remarkable growth when compared with the global market.
21. Solvency II is a holistic risk management framework for companies
Serhat Yücel expressed his opinion regarding Solvency II framework for which insurance businesses around the world are preparing for. “Capital adequacy measurements should be supported by administrative regulations and controls. In fact, Solvency II means a holistic risk management framework.”
22. Special insurance products for the SMEs from Generali Sigorta
Generali Sigorta CEO Mine Ayhan pointed that the SMEs’ understanding of the significance of insurance is developing fast and that they are developing new special products to answer their needs.
23. Eureko Sigorta and its agents celebrated a successful year in Lisbon
Eureko Sigorta, met with its agents in a four-day trip to the capital of Portugal, Lisbon. Eureko Sigorta employees had a chance to see the history, culture and natural beauties of Lisbon, another city built on seven hills just like Istanbul. They have also discovered the local flavors.
24. Private pension companies unite under the roof of the Association
According to the draft Insurance Law prepared by the Treasury, private pension companies will from now on be members, and thus the name of the Association of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey will be changed to Association of the Insurance, Reinsurance and Pension Companies of Turkey. In case of any problem in providing collateral, the Pool for Extraordinary Risks will step in.
25. BEING AN AXA SİGORTA MEMBER 2011: The Right Strategy Makes a Difference
Following the agents meeting, AXA SİGORTA brought the ‘The Right Strategy Makes a Difference’ concept to its employee meeting. The traditional Being an AXA SİGORTA Member Conference was held in Antalya between October 21-23.
26. WATERS DO NOT CALM DOWN IN Thailand
Initial insured property damage estimations in Thailand that has been flooded for the past 3 months are scary. The damage could reach up to 5 billion dollars in the country which became an industrial hub with automotive, electronics manufacturing and rice production.
27. Insurance giants try to overcome the crisis
World’s insurance and reinsurance giants announced worst results in the third quarter compared to the same period of last year. In the statements, the companies announced that the figures should be considered normal given the excess amount of disasters.
28. Insured property damage in VAN EARTHQUAKE is estimated to be around 50-80 million liras
Van earthquake, a major issue making headlines in Turkey is some sort of a test for the insurance companies. The executives are confident that the industry will easily compensate for the damages and DASK announced that the total amount of payments could reach up to 80 million liras.
29. DASK Chairman Selamet Yazıcı: The number of notices of claim could reach 5,000 buildings out of 7,000 insured ones
Amid two earthquakes in Van, Yazıcı stated that the total number of notices of claims could reach up to 5,000 and added that the total payments would be between 50-80 million liras.
30. Generali Sigorta CEO Mine Ayhan: Low level of insurance penetration shows that we cannot operate the existing mechanism effectively
Ayhan stated that mandatory earthquake insurance penetration is low and it proves that the existing mechanism is not managed properly. “I think we need to take new precautions to make the mechanism work,” he said.
31. Anadolu Sigorta CEO Mustafa Su: Based on notices of claims received by Anadolu Sigorta, estimated damage is 6 million liras in total
Su stated that the estimated damage in the first earthquake is around 2.5 million liras while the figure is around 4 million liras for the second earthquake.
32. ERGO Sigorta CEO Mert Ekitmen: Should disasters raise insurance awareness, we would be the country with highest rate of insurance penetration
Ekitmen stated that insurance penetration is below 30 percent after a decade since the introduction of DASK. “Even after disasters, insurance awareness does not increase,” he said.
33. Işık Sİgorta CEO Recep Koçak: It is called mandatory but no one buys the earthquake insurance
“In new buildings, one should be careful about earthquake zones, no building permit should be granted for areas where the foundation is not solid, and the buildings should be constructed in line with the construction techniques.”
34. Güneş Sigorta Deputy CEO Hasan Altaner: We have a long way to go to increase insurance awareness
Hasan Altaner: “Low penetration levels in even mandatory insurance policies indicate that we have a long way to go.”
35. SAB, inspected the earthquake zone together with ‘Call to Union Platform’
SAB participated into the ‘Call to Union Platform’ established under TOBB and made inspections in Van and Erciş together with representatives from other institutions in the platform. SAB Chairwoman Ayşe Kılıçsaid they have solved housing problem of an agent whose house and office had collapsed in the second earthquake.
36. Actor and dubbing expert Toprak Sergen complains about today’s TV world: There is no solution but to destroy everything and rebuild
TOPRAK SERGEN CATEGORICALLY OPPOSES THE ESTABLISHED CULTURE IN TODAY’S TV WORLD. “THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO COLLAPSE ENTIRELY SO THAT A NEW AND BETTER VERSION COULD BE ESTABLISHED,” HE SAID. SERGEN ALSO ADDED THAT THERE ARE NO 90-MINUTE SERIES EPISODES LIKE TURKEY HAS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND CONTINUED: “THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO CHANGE AND IT WILL. MEDIA TERRORISTS ALWAYS DO THE SAME THINGS AND AS A RESULT THE PRODUCTS ARE VERY BORING”.
37. Nothing new on reinsurance front!
It is stated that policy renewals in reinsurance will not be very difficult in Turkey. Despite the catastrophic events of 2011, a major rise in prices is unlikely thanks to excess capacity in world reinsurance market.
38. President of Insurance Practitioners’ Association Fahri Altıngöz: The earthquake in Van will not affect the prices
STD President Fahri Altıngöz evaluated the 2012 reinsurance meeting that took place in Baden Baden and stated that reinsurance prices might increase a little bit however there will be no capacity problem in Turkey.
39. Ziraat Sigorta CEO Naim Temur:
Excess capacity in the reinsurance market will balance the prices
Ziraat Sigorta CEO Naim Temur stated that the catastrophic events of 2011 will not cause a price hike and added: “Thanks to the excess capacity in reinsurance, the market will not get too tough.”
40. Lockton Re Director Okan Çağlayan:
Reinsurance cost in undamaged areas will not change
Lockton Re Director Okan Çağlayan stated that thanks to the balancing of excess supply in the reinsurance market, 2012 policy renewals in undamaged areas and reinsurance will be as usual.
41. Willis Re Director Muzaffer Aktaş: 2011 will be a record breaking year in natural disaster damages
Muzaffer Aktaş stated that the damages that happened in 2011 will increase insurance costs. “Insurance companies’ protection will cost more so they will have to increase their prices to share the burden with policy holders,” he said.
42. Insurance Arbitration Council judge and Expert Timuçin Alpay:
Traffic insurance policy guaranty got lost in the omnibus bill
Timuçin Alpay stated that the omnibus bill indirectly puts a restriction on policy limit and the financial burden is transferred to the insurance policy holder. “This situation is against the equity principle of the constitution,” he said and cautioned that the insurance policy holders will be aggrieved. |
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