Anadolu Anonim Türk Sigorta Şirketi (Anadolu Insurance Company), established on April 1, 1925, by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was the first national insurance company of Turkey. It remains one of the largest insurance companies in the country.[4]
History
Anadolu Sigorta was founded on April 1, 1925, at the initiative of Gazi Mustafa Kemal and under the leadership of İşbank, Turkey's first national bank.
Blue Insurance policies marking the introduction of comprehensive insurance system in Turkey and offering 17 types of cover were put on sale for the first time in 1983. The following year, highly acclaimed in by the public and the sector, "Insurance of the Future", the most comprehensive life policy ever offered in Turkey, was introduced. In 1986, representing a new branch in the Turkish insurance business, "Electronic Equipment Insurance" was first started by Anadolu Sigorta.
In 1991, Anadolu Sigorta transferred its life insurance branch to Anadolu Hayat Sigorta Şirketi, a newly-formed life insurer as required by law. In 1993, the company extended administrative and technical assistance to Günay Anadolu Sigorta which founded and started to operate in Azerbaijan, and became the first Turkish insurance company to set up an international operation. Policies in legal protection insurance branch, another first in Turkey, were written by the company in 1996. The next year, aiming to make the most of the possibilities offered by IT, Anadolu Sigorta launched a "Recon Project".