The pre-proposal of the Association’s project, “Online Insurance English Education Program”, prepared within the context of the EU Leonardo da Vinci Program, has been accepted

The Association has applied to the European Union with a project entitled “Online Insurance English Education Program” in the context of the Leonardo da Vinci Program for the period of 2005-2006. Following an evaluation of 144 project applications from Turkey, the project designed by the Association was found successful and the Association was invited to submit a full proposal.

“Online Insurance English Education Program” aims at designing a new methodology for the provision of an online insurance English training throughout Europe.

If the project is successful in the final proposal stage, the new online training will consist of the following 5 modules:

- Introduction to Insurance, the history of insurance and insurance branches
- Single European Insurance Market and the issues on its agenda
- EU Acquis Communautaire relating to insurance (summary of directives and regulations)
- English insurance glossary
- Texts on insurance (articles, texts and excerpts from books) and related links.

The training will be available in CD format. It will also be accessible through the project webpage which will be designed in the context of the project.

The project will last for 18 months.
 

The Association published the third book of the series Research and Studies on Insurance “Implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards in the Insurance Sector: Institutions and Summaries of the Standards”

The Association published the third book of the series Research and Studies on Insurance on January under the title of “Implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards in the Insurance Sector: Institutions and Summaries of the Standards”.

The publication consists of the definitions of the financial reporting standards, the institutions defining these standards, the process through which they are designed and the summaries of all the standards. The publication will be distributed to all insurance related institutions by Association. 
 

The Association has launched its preparations for the CEA General Assembly which will take place in Istanbul on 15-17 June 2006

The general assembly of the European Federation of National Insurance Associations (CEA), which is held in June every year with the participation of all member associations, will take place in Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel, in Istanbul this year. Our Association will host the 2006 General Assembly which is scheduled for 15-17 June 2006.
 

The Association has initiated a project for “Increasing the Quality of Insurance Training in Turkey for the Enhancement of the Quality of the Employment Structure of the Turkish Insurance Sector”

The Association has initiated a project for “Increasing the Quality of Insurance Training in Turkey for the Enhancement of the Quality of the Employment Structure of the Turkish Insurance Sector”. With this project, the Association aims at finding out the following for increasing the competitiveness of the Turkish insurance sector and contributing to economic growth: how many graduates of insurance schools are employed in the sector; if they are not, the underlying reasons for this; whether educational institutions answer the needs of the sector, etc.

Within the context of the project, the employment structure of the sector will be analyzed. Following this, it will be determined whether schools and institutions providing insurance training can meet the employment demands of the sector. Last but not least, studies will be conducted to increase this level.

Furthermore, a questionnaire will be prepared to analyze the employment structure of the sector.
 

The Association has finalized its “E-Library Project”

The library of the Association currently has 3500 periodical and non-periodical publications. The Association has launched the “E-Library Project” in 2005. Within the context of the “E-Library Project”, about 500 books (in Turkish and English) relating to insurance and finance have been purchased. 
 

The Association will organize the Second National Insurance Symposium on 12 May 2006

The Association will be organizing the Second National Insurance Symposium on 12 May 2006 in the context of its activities for harmonizing the Turkish insurance sector with the European insurance sector, enhancing its competitiveness and achieving sustainable development.

During the Symposium, government representatives, bureaucrats, academicians, representatives of the sector and EU experts will exchange views on the problems of the sector and possible solutions.

The details of the Second National Insurance Symposium will be announced soon on our website.