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Groupama officially begins operations in Croatia

Groupama Group, which announced its acquisition of Croatian
insurance company OTP Osiguranje in the first quarter of this
year, announced the completion of share transfers and the start
of operations in the country. Groupama Group continues to ex-
pand its field of activity. At the beginning of 2021, Groupama,
the international insurance company, which announced that it
had acquired all of the shares of the Croatian insurance company
OTP Osiguranje from OTP Bank through its company Groupama
Biztosító in Hungary,announced that the share period has been
completed and the Groupama is officially under the brand of Osi-
guranje in Croatia.
Explaining that OTP Osiguranje has come an important way
in Croatia in terms of developing life insurance, the Groupama OTP Bank in Central and Eastern Europe.” Groupama, France’s
group announced that they will continue to focus on this branch, largest mutual insurance company, operates in many countries
and in the short term, they will focus on insurance activities in in Central and Eastern Europe. The Groupama Group is among
non-life branches as part of their strategic cooperation with OTP the major insurance companies in Italy, as well as in Romania,
Bank. Olivier Péqueux, Groupama Group International Subsid- Hungary, Slovakia, Greece and Turkey. Groupama also operates
iaries Manager, highlighted Croatia’s high insurance potential in European countries as well as China and Tunisia. Groupama,
and said: “We have made purchasing in a market with a potential which provides life insurance and non-life insurance as well as
that offers growth opportunities to Groupama. This purchasing financial services to more than 11 million customers, has 31,000
also demonstrates the value of our long-term cooperation with employees worldwide.

Awards from Mercom ARC Awards and Ida for Anadolu Sigorta’s Annual Report

Anadolu Sigorta’s annual re- organizations. Filiz Tiryakioğlu, Anadolu Sigorta 1st Assistant
port for 2020 was awarded the General Manager, stated that they are very pleased to receive an
silver award at the US-based award from the Mercom ARC Awards, which are recognized by
Mercom ARC Awards and the business and financial world, and the IADA, which awards un-
the UK-based award program usual work aimed at the best in annual report design around the
IADA (International Annual world, and said: “We have received silver awards in two important
Report Design Awards). Anad- international organizations where high-level design standards are
olu Sigorta, which has won two awarded. We consider such prestigious awards as a reflection of
silver awards from internation- the rigorous and successful work we have put forward. In the past
al organizations that award the years and in the years to come, as it is today, we will continue to
best report designs, continues improve and diversify our visual design with the richness of our
to serve as an example as a annual report, increasing our awards in this area.” The annual
pioneer in the insurance sector report, which detailed the innovations, products and services in
with its annual reports. Anad- the field of digital insurance and the results of its activities, was
olu Sigorta’s annual report for prepared to be a guide to investors, company customers, business
2020, prepared with the motto partners and employees with the information contained in it, anal-
“right steps safe tomorrows”, ysis of the sector and the company. In addition to detailed annual
was awarded two separate silver awards in the general category financial statements, the report study, which also addresses the
of insurance at the Mercom IRC Awards and in IDA (Internation- development and growth of Anadolu Sigorta, also sheds light on
al Annual Report Design Awards), which are international award important forecasts for the company’s goals.