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Dear Readers,

For the September issue of Turkinsurance, we have pre- In today’s rapidly escalating climate crisis, catastrophic
pared an issue full of news, articles, analyses and researches risks have become one of the most critical agenda items
to shed light on Turkish insurance and pension markets. for the insurance sector. As the frequency and severity of
events such as forest fires, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and
In the second quarter of the year, total premium produc- extreme rainfall increase, these developments deeply affect
tion exceeded TRY 576 billion, marking a 51.65% increase not only disaster management but also financial risk man-
compared to the same period of the previous year. The high- agement. Recent disasters in Türkiye and around the world
est growth in premium production was recorded in the life are forcing insurance and reinsurance companies to recon-
insurance segment, with an increase of 81.16%. sider their risk modelling strategies, policy structures, and
capital adequacy approaches.
In the Individual Pension System (BES), the total fund
amount of participants exceeded TRY 1.520 trillion in the Agito CEO Mutlu Uğursal; “According to research, in com-
first seven months of 2025. In the first six months of the panies that utilize smart automation in insurance sales,
year, precious metals funds ranked as the top-performing 80% of transactions become online, while customer satis-
fund group with a return rate of 37.94%, while money mar- faction scores increase by 36 points.”
ket funds had the highest occupancy rate among all fund President of the Insurance Brokers Association (SBD),
groups. Cenk Ecevit;” The brokerage sector plays a direct role in
guiding approximately 150 billion TL in annual insurance
As of the end of the first seven months of 2025, the total production.”
fund size of participants in the Individual Pension System
rose to TRY 1.520 trillion. In the first half of the year, the Hope to meet with the next issue
fund groups with the highest returns in order were: precious Your sincerely
metals, money market, debt instruments, fund basket, par-
ticipation, mixed & flexible, and equity funds.