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A First in DASK

And conveyed the vital work done for who make claim notifications and that
DASK so far. as of February 27, 2023, the insured
can request an advance payment via the
DASK started making DASK website:
payments immediately after the
earthquakes “As we always say, our primary
goal in this process is to provide the
fastest benefit to all our regional
Drawing attention to the importance of
the operational and financial benefits policyholders. In our payment
of these studies in the post-earthquake processes, which we carry out by giving
process, Eren continued her words as priority to demolished and urgently to-
follows: “After the Kahramanmaraş be demolished buildings, our insured
earthquakes, thanks to the preparatory will be able to request advance payment
works we carried out for the aftermath from DASK for damaged files opened
of the earthquake, we started our in facilities with heavy and medium
work quickly after the earthquake and damage. In this context, 20% of the
paid our first damage payment before insurance value for demolished, urgently
24 hours after the earthquake. Our to be destroyed, and heavily damaged
renewed technological infrastructure buildings and 10% of the insurance
For the first time in DASK, the insured allows us to provide trouble-free and cost for moderately damaged buildings
are provided with the opportunity perfect service with the performance we will be paid in advance to our insured.
to pay an advance payment from expect. We can receive uninterrupted We aim to support our citizens from
the notification of damage to the damage notifications via Alo DASK the first moment to heal their wounds
completion of the damage investigation 125, e-government, and our website. by providing financial assurance from
process. Even in this process, to make damage the damage report to the completion of
payments very quickly, we make our the damage investigation process.
For damage payments to be made very payments in the fastest way by opening
quickly by DASK, damage files are paid the damage files ex officio from the lists DASK made a damage payment
by opening damaged files from the lists of the houses whose the TR Ministry of of 1 billion 120 million TL after
of residences whose official damage Environment has completed official the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes
determinations have been completed damage assessments, Urbanization, and
by the T.R. Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, without even waiting Selva Eren said they started their
Urbanization, and Climate Change for the notification of the insured in work for payments right after the
in ruined, urgently demolished, and demolished, urgently demolished and earthquakes and said: “We made our
severely damaged buildings without severely damaged buildings.” first damage payment less than 24
even waiting for the notification of the hours after the earthquakes, and our
insured. The Pay-in-Advance Period payments are continuing rapidly. As
Begins of February 27, 2023, 295 thousand
After the earthquakes, DASK reached damage notifications were sent to us.
the compensation it has paid since its Selva Eren stated that payments The compensation payments we have
establishment within 20 days. are continuing by paying priority made so far have reached 1 billion 120
to ruined, urgently demolished, and million TL. It is precious for us to have
Selva Eren, Technical Operator of the heavily damaged buildings in the paid the total compensation paid by
Natural Disaster Insurance Institution, damage payment processes, and expert DASK in 23 years to our insured within
General Manager of Türk Reasürans, assignments are being made for other 20 days and to provide some benefit to
stated that since the first day of the facilities and as detailed in the circular our insured to heal their wounds. We
earthquake, they have been working published by the Insurance and Private have taken many measures to make
rapidly and with great devotion to Pensions Regulation and Supervision our payments even faster and are
stand by the citizens and said: “As Türk Agency on the subject on February 27, implementing them immediately. Our
Reasürans, we have acted for DASK by 2023, she announced that they had damage payment speed and the amount
putting our post-earthquake plans at started a new study for the insured will continue to increase day by day.”.
the foundation of all our work so far.”