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Anadolu Sigorta protects both ships and the seas

Anadolu Sigorta shares a part of their income from ships in-
surance with TURMEPA/DenizTemiz (Turkish Marine Envi-
ronment Protection Association).

Offering insurance coverage to commercial cargo liners, and
private and commercial excursion boats, ship building/renew-
al projects, as well as liabilities of ship repairmen, marinas,
and maritime and port authorities via ship insurance prod-
ucts; Anadolu Sigorta maintains its market leadership in this
branch for long years. Within the scope of a protocol signed
with TURMEPA/DenizTemiz (Turkish Marine Environment
Protection Association) in 2011, Anadolu Sigorta donates
a part of their income from ships insurance products to the he said. Semiha Öztürk, General Manager of TURMEPA/
association every year, contributing to the protection of the DenizTemiz (Turkish Marine Environment Protection Asso-
seas.
ciation), stated that we owed one of every two breaths we take
to our seas, and 50 to 70 percent of the oxygen we need were
Semiha Öztürk, General Manager of TURMEPA/DenizTemiz provided by the seas. “TURMEPA fights for the protection
(Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association), visit- of our seas as our oxygen providers, with the support of all
ed Anadolu Sigorta; during which Mehmet Şencan, General sea-lovers; and works for that cause especially through edu-
Manager of Anadolu Sigorta, gave a statement: “With every cation and waste collection activities for 25 years. As TUR-
single policy we issue, we are contributing to TURMEPA. As MEPA, we are trying to explain the vital importance of our
Turkey’s leader company, we invest our income from insur- seas; and we make an effort to make everyone to be a part of
ance activities into our country, into the sectors we provide this fight. And all those efforts are yielding fruits: So far, we
services for. Our existing partnerships are a part of this ap- have reached 8 million 300 thousand students. With 6 waste
proach. In addition, we are also happy to be sponsoring sail- collection ships that became the symbol of our association,
ing competitions and Bodrum Cup, the biggest sailing festival we have collected 38 million liters of liquid waste. We are
in the Mediterranean,” he said.
trying to increase those figures with everything we have. We
are very happy to receive support from the prominent and
Şencan also underlined the importance of insurance in terms sensitive brands of our country. Thanks to the donations made
of the continuity of commercial activities in the maritime sec- by Anadolu Sigorta so far, we have prevented 570 thousand
tor, which is of great importance for the national economy.
“As in many branches, Anadolu Sigorta is the market leader liters of black water from polluting our seas, which has kept 4
million 500 thousand liters of seawater clean,” she said. She
in ships insurance with a market share of 36 percent. With the highlighted that they attach great importance to the support
responsibility of this leadership, we will continue supporting provided by Anadolu Sigorta, adding that their cooperation
TURMEPA/DenizTemiz (Turkish Marine Environment Pro- model should be an example for other finance and insurance
tection Association), which continues its activities with the companies. At the end of the visit, Semiha Öztürk presented a
aim of leaving a habitable environment to future generations thank-you plate to Mehmet Şencan.
and make sure that they can benefit from the seas of Turkey,”

Insurance agents becoming “Findeks Package Application Point”

Credit Bureau (KKB) and Insurance Agents Federation of Tur- with. So far, individuals could obtain
key (TUSAF) have just agreed on a cooperation, thanks to which Findeks Packages from bank branch-
all insurance agents will become Findeks service points in addi- es, Findeks digital channels and Cus-
tion to bank branches. tomer Contact Centers. With this new
agreement, all insurance agents that
With the protocol signed by Credit Bureau (KKB) and Insurance request to become a Findeks selling
Agents Federation of Turkey (TUSAF), insurance agents are point will have the authority to offer
now able to offer Findeks products and services to their own cus- Findeks product packages to their own
tomers. Within the scope of this cooperation, customers of insur- customers. Conducted jointly by TUSAF and KKB, this project
ance agents will be able to manage their personal financial status will contribute to the improvement of financial literacy and risk
and also have the ability to minimize their credit risks by finding management awareness in Turkey.
out about the financial status of third parties they are in business