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Türkiye Sigorta supports İzmir

The earthquake that hit İzmir, Seferihisar on 30 October 2020
deeply shocked and grieved entire Turkey.
Atilla Benli, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Execu-
tive Officer at Türkiye Sigorta, wished our country and all the res-
idents of the region a quick recovery from the disaster. “May God
rest the souls of our citizens lost their lives in this disaster. I extend
my deepest sympathies and condolences to their families and loved
ones, and wish the wounded a quick recovery. As a country, we are
now acting as one and supporting each other to heal the wounds of
this unspeakable misery,” he said.

Underlining that Türkiye Sigorta stands with the resident of the
earthquake region, Atilla Benli added: “We insurers have a great
responsibility to ensure that the residents of the region can go on and our asset size. And we will keep doing so in the future.”
with their lives as soon as possible. Therefore, Türkiye Sigorta has
immediately begun loss assessment activities in the region with our Reminding that earthquake is a reality for our country, Atilla Benli
agents and experts. Our policyholders and business partners that underlined that taking precautions was the most important rule of
experienced losses due the earthquake can reach us though our living with that reality. “İzmir earthquake has once again remind-
contact center and all our communication channels 24/7. With a ed us that our country is located on seismic belts. Unfortunately,
special system established only to serve İzmir, we are able to re- we sadly learn during all disasters such as earthquakes and floods
ceive claims and finalize related processes very rapidly.” that “We cannot do without insurance”. As Türkiye Sigorta, we
emphasize this fact with great sensitivity in all our communica-
“We will quickly complete loss assessment activities” tions. Increasing the penetration rate in especially compulsory
Stating that Türkiye Sigorta considers providing solutions for in- earthquake insurance as well as homeowners, health, motor and
sured citizens as soon as possible and helping them go on with their workplace insurance is one of our most important responsibilities
lives in the best possible way as one of their most important re- in supporting the growth of insurance rates across our country and
sponsibilities, Atilla Benli said: “As Türkiye Sigorta, our priority in the earthquake-hit regions. We need to remind home owners
target is to finalize the loss assessment activities related to the that they need to buy homeowners insurance in addition to com-
claims of our life, health, homeowners, workplace, motor and ship pulsory earthquake insurance, tenants that they need to buy home
insurance policyholders in the region and pay their compensations contents insurance, and workplace owners that they need to buy
as soon as possible. As of 2 November 2020, we have received 83 workplace insurance.
claims files which account for a compensation of approximately 5
billion TL in fire, homeowners, engineering and ships, from several We are always reminding our motor insurance policyholders to add
locations, particularly Aydın and İzmir. We keep working to ful- earthquake coverage in their motor insurance policies so that we
fill our responsibility of providing solutions and compensating for can compensate for their losses that might occur due to disasters
the losses of our clients as we receive claims through our regional like this. Türkiye Sigorta and Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik will con-
management offices and agents. As Türkiye Sigorta and Turkish tinue to work with public authorities, non-governmental organiza-
insurance market, we have always and completely fulfilled our re- tions and all our stakeholders to heal the wounds of all residents in
sponsibilities with the strength driven from our insurance market the region who have suffered from the earthquake.”

Tayfun Beydoğan is appointed as the Claims Director at
Generali Sigorta

With an experience of Beydoğan was appointed as the Claims Director of Generali
15 years in the insur- Sigorta. Beydoğan will be responsible from the management
ance market, Tayfun of the team that answers to customer expectations during and
Beydoğan was ap- after the loss, one of the most sensitive fields in insurance busi-
pointed as the Claims ness.
Director of Generali
Sigorta. Having graduated from the Department of Public Finance at
Hacettepe University, Tayfun Beydoğan started his career as an
With an experience of Internal Auditor at Garanti Bank in 1999. He was then trans-
15 years in the insur- ferred to ERGO Sigorta as the Claims Director. He has joined
ance market, Tayfun Generali Sigorta family as of October 2020.