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Atilla Benli was elected President of TSB for the third time

Expressing that the year 2021, in which fire and flood disasters
as well as pandemics were fought, was passed successfully de-
spite all the difficulties, TSB Chairman stated that the amount
of compensation undertaken increased by 44% compared to
the previous year and reached approximately 64 billion TL.
Atilla Benli said: “We work with great dedication to be able
to respond to the needs of our insured people instantly. We are
a huge family with our valuable companies, stakeholders, sup-
port providers and we make important contributions to employ-
ment. We will continue our work shoulder to shoulder with all
our stakeholders in the sector, especially our regulatory agency

SEDDK and our Union, to ensure added value to our country’s
economy by moving insurance to strong tomorrow.”

In his speech, Ali Ersoy, Deputy Chairman of the SEDDK, not-
ed that the basis of all his work is the protection of the rights
and interests of the insured and ensuring the stability of the sec-
tor. Ersoy,said “For SEDDK, an institution that consults with
all its stakeholders, TSB is a very important stakeholder. We
The Ordinary General Assembly Meeting with Election of the wholeheartedly evaluate every incoming information. The fact
Insurance Association of Turkey, the umbrella organization of that insurance and BES are included in each of the economic
the insurance sector, has concluded. Atilla Benli, General Man- packages in 2021 is an indication that the sector is working in
ager of Insurance of Turkey, renewed his confidence as Presi- harmony with each wheel of the economy. I hope that 2022 will
dent for the third time in the election, which he entered as the be the year of BES and Insurance”.
only candidate.
Ersoy, who also provided information about recent studies and
The Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of the Insurance Asso- recent plans, continued his words as follows: “We have ex-
ciation of Turkey (TSB), which was held on April 1, 2022, was plained the Participation Insurance regulation, which we call
held at the Sheraton Grand Istanbul Ataşehir. After the opening the Turkish model, to 25 companies with the insurance author-
speeches of TSB President Atilla Benli, SEDDK Vice President ities in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other Arab coun-
Ali Ersoy and T.R. Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance tries. After all, they came to our country with us to invest. We
Murat Zaman, Atilla Benli, General Manager of Insurance of care about this very much. We are conducting contacts of how
Turkey, was elected President for the third time in a vote held Private Health Insurance can be made in 2022 at less cost.
with the participation of union members. Benli, President of We are in contact with our sector representatives again about
the Insurance Association of Turkey, expressed his feelings KVKK. In line with the 2030 and 2053 targets, we must take
about the election result with the following words: “I am hon- action to control the issues that harm the environment, for zero
ored that the position of the President of the Turkish Insurance carbon emissions. There is a need for a legal regulation on Dig-
Association, the roofing organization of our industry, has been ital Policy. A very good report has appeared on Direct Editing,
re-awarded to me by our members. With this important respon- we can do this job voluntarily and by putting a category. Then
sibility, we will properly implement all the development and we should implement a person-based insurance application.”
growth projects we have planned for our sector and continue to
provide added value to our country’s economy.” Murat Zaman, Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance, stated
that the insurance and private pension sector provides a very
Chairman Benli, who shared current information in the opening important support and element of trust for the sustainability of
speech of the General Assembly, pointed out that the insurance life and the economy and acts as a protection shield. The Deputy
sector of Turkey is one of the driving forces of the economy with Minister Zaman, who said that they are happy to follow the de-
the capacity to create funds of 361 billion TL. Benli said: “We velopments in the sector, made the following statements: “Our
continue to work together with our 67 members and all our insurance sector, which allows our nation to look at the future
stakeholders, including 42 non-life, 6 life, 15 life pension and 4 more confidently, has a key function in ensuring that business
reinsurance, acting in accordance with TSB’s existential goals; life continues uninterrupted and that new investments can be
to develop our products in favor of the insured, expand their use realized. By directing the funds accumulated in the economy to
and increase our contribution to the national economy by grow- money and capital markets, it contributes to the development of
ing our sector. Our industry is growing both on the insurance financial markets, growth of the economy and increase in em-
and pension side. When we look at the compound annual growth ployment in our country. Our insurance sector is the assurance
rate between 2012-2021, we achieved 20 percent growth on of the giant projects that our country has implemented with the
the insurance side and 32 percent on the private pension side. aim of becoming one of the ‘10 most developed economies in
By the end of 2021, our premium production is 105 billion; Our the world’. We will continue to provide the necessary support
fund size in BES exceeded TL 244 billion.” to the industry.”