Interactive continuous development training academy ‘Akademia’

Published September 23rd, 2010 - 01:50 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Interactive Continuous Development Training Academy AKADEMIA is established to increase Acibadem Insurance employees' performance by contributing to personal and career development, and to increase service quality for customer experience and centricity in insurance industry Academically supported, long-running, case studies & best practices based, versatile and the most important, created with the participatory education insights. In Turkey's challenging, dynamic and powerful financial services industry environment, Acibadem Insurance is going to become a knowledge & resource center for the insurance sector's workforce needs with AKADEMIA!

Aiming to become more customer centric and with the purpose of increasing Acibadem Insurance employees' performance by contributing to their personal and career development and to the service quality for best customer experience, and with the main philosophy of "Value Added Person – Value Adding Person", the launching of AkademiA was held on 18 September 2010. After CEO Gökhan Gürcan's opening speech, the first lecture was given by M. Kemal Olgaç, Board Member of Allianz Insurance Turkey, Board Member of Association of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey, President of Turkish Insurance Institute, Board President of Mondial Turkey.

"Professional Associations such as Turkish Insurance Institute and Insurance Education Center are trying to cover the gap in well educated work force in the sector and the training programs arranged by companies are limited in meeting the training needs." said the CEO of Acibadem Insurance. Gürcan added that this project was started based on this concern and proudly share right now that Interactive Continuous Development Training Academy AkademiA is established to have value-added employees and in turn increase the service quality which is very important in such an environment where strong competition with world's well-known insurance companies is gaining momentum. Turkey, member of G-20 countries, being a strong candidate of EU, and having close relations with Middle East and Caucasus & Central Asia, is one the strongest economy around the globe and financial services including insurance sector is very attractive for global corporate and individual investors and players.

ACIBADEM SAĞLIK VE HAYAT SİGORTA A.Ş.

Aydınevler Mh. Efendioğlu Sk. No: 7 Küçükyalı 34854 İstanbul Tel: (0216) 571 55 55 Faks: (0216) 571 55 56 www.acibademsigorta.com.tr

Insurance sector has a big growth potential despite the aggressive competition while comparing all market figures with EU's averages.

Purpose is to create qualified work source in the sector

Owing to AkademiA, long-running, case based, versatile and the most important, created with the participatory education insights, the employees will contribute to their personal and career development as a learner and a teacher and also Acibadem Insurance is aiming to become one of the pioneer institutions which creates qualified work source for the sector.

Besides company employees, it is aimed to give training opportunity to the employees of our agencies and the brokers. In AkademiA, lessons are given by internal instructors. AkademiA has a credit system which will directly affect the performance assessment and career plan of the employees, and the most prominent aspect of AkademiA is that the participants will receive an Acibadem University Continuous Training and Development Center certified diploma. 

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