AKSİGORTA MEANS ''TRUST''
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010, Aksigorta is an insurance company that has the highest brand awareness in Turkey.
Aksigorta serves its clients throughout Turkey with its 578 employees, 1,500 independent agencies, 30 brokerage houses, 960 Akbank branches and a network of nearly 4,500 contracted institutions.
A pioneer of Change & the Driving Force of the Sector
Awarded with the Consumer Quality Prize for the 4th time in 2009, Aksigorta places customers satisfaction at the core of its activities at all times, while remaining faithful to its deeply rooted past through innovative approaches at global standards and carrying them into the future. Aksigorta aims to be the pioneer of change in its sector through large-scale restructuring activities that it carried out in 2009. In this context, Aksigorta has concentrated on the following since 2010 through the innovations it has prepared to provide to the insurance industry, without compromising any of its values:
- to contribute to the growth and development of the Turkish insurance industry in an increasing manner,
- to raise social awareness on insurance through all available channels,
- to provide all segments of the community with insurance products and services, and
- to be the insurance company of large masses.
A partnership agreement has been concluded between Aksigorta and Ageas, a Belgian multinational insurance company with 180 years of experience in the business. Under this agreement, Ageas has acquired a 31% stake in Aksigorta, paying USD 220 million for shares previously owned by Sabancı Holding. As a result of this acquisition, Ageas and Sabancı Holding now have equal control of the company.
About Ageas:
Ageas is an international insurance company with a heritage spanning more than 180 years. Ageas has chosen to concentrate its business activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the largest share of the global insurance market and grouped these around four segments: Belgium, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia. Having experiences in various markets around the world in building partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors around the world, Ageas operates successful partnerships in Belgium, UK, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand. The company has also subsidiaries in France, Germany, Hong Kong and UK. It is the market leader in Belgium for individual life and employee benefits, as well as a leading non-life player, through AG Insurance. Ageas has a strong presence as the second largest player in private car insurance in UK and maintains a strong presence in over 50 markets. It employs more than 13,000 people and has annual inflows of almost EUR 18 billion.