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comprehensive and and effective
implementation of
insurance activities, ensuring the unity in practice throughout
the sector, making healthy pricing, prevention of fraud,
creation of reliable statistics, increasing confidence in the
insurance system and enabling public oversight-control,
within its structure TRAMER, HAYMER, SAGMER, HATMER
sub-information centers serve to the 61 insurance companies,
31.500 agents, bank branches, experts, actuaries and
institutions in total 44.000 users and citizens and provides
transparent working conditions based on data which our
sector is in need of.
In August 2012, a new era has begun for SBM. After the
organizational changes to improve efficiency, the unit
responsible was assigned for each by converting TRAMER,
HATMER, HAYMER and SAGMER into SBM separate units
from the directorates at SBM in October 2012. In addition,
IT Management Committee has been established which
includes middle and senior IT managers from the sector for
the first time. IT Governance Committee will begin to work at
the end of January 2013.
Following the election of the new management and of
Dear Readers,
The insurance sector in our country is growing every year
with a dynamic and strong financial structure. Especially
in the last 5 years, a significant progress has been made
in the insurance industry in terms of legal, technical and
institutional infrastructure development and maintenance the
trust. With the regulations brought we reached the standards
of financial statements shown as samples in the world about
the adequacy of reserves and capital and we achieved the
transparency with the additional steps such as the publication
of figures through Turkey Insurance Association. Finally, our
sector has taken important steps in the direction of becoming
more customer-focused and more transparent with changes
in legislation in 2012 implemented in accordance with EU
integration process. Fast-growing economy, a young and
growing population, adaptation quickly to new technologies
and regulatory works accelerating the growth are significant
opportunities for the development of the sector, and the
Turkish insurance sector will reach to the level it deserves in
the medium term.
Insurance Information and Monitoring Center (SBM),
has a vital role in developmental journey of Turkish
insurance sector.
SBM which is working in the aim of more
Mr. Ragıp YERGİN, chairman of SBM Board,
wrote for SBM BİLGİ Magazine
Insurance Information
and Monitoring
Center (SBM),
has a vital role
in developmental
journey of Turkish
insurance sector
Ragıp YERGİN
,
Chairman of SBM Board
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