Turkic World Insurance Union 2nd General Assembly
The Turkic World Insurance Union (TWIU) will hold its 2nd General Assembly on 10 October 2026 at Tuğcan Hotel in Gaziantep, Türkiye, hosted with the participation of the Insurance Association of Türkiye.
The programme brings together opening remarks, two thematic panels on regulatory alignment and the Turkic insurance market outlook to 2030, the official website launch, and a closed General Assembly session.
Draft programme
Saturday, 10 October 2026 — Tuğcan Hotel, Gaziantep
14:00 – 14:30
Registration and Welcome
14:30 – 15:30
Opening Remarks
- Ahmet Yaşar, President, Insurance Association of Türkiye
- Ülviye Cabbarova, President, Turkic World Insurance Union
- Davut Menteş, Chairman, Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency of Türkiye
- Fatma Şahin, Mayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30
Panel 1: The Turkic World in the New Global Risk Landscape: Regulatory Alignment in Insurance, Resilience and a Shared Future
- Moderator: Atilla Benli, CEO, Zurich Yaşam ve Emeklilik
- Vüsal Gurbanov, Chief Director, Central Bank of Azerbaijan
- Tahmina Kamçıbekova, Head of the Insurance Activities Regulation Division, Financial Market Regulation and Supervision Service under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Davut Menteş, Chairman, Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency, Türkiye
- Shukhrat Abdurakhmanov, Head of the Department for the Development and Digitalisation of the Insurance Market, Uzbekistan
- Zafer Arifoğlu, Deputy Insurance Manager, Ministry of Finance, TRNC
16:30 – 16:45
Launch of the Turkic World Insurance Union Website
16:45 – 17:30
Panel 2: The Turkic World Insurance Market 2030: Shared Risks, Shared Capacity, Shared Future
- Moderator: Özgür Obalı, Secretary General, Insurance Association of Türkiye
- Abas Miskerli, Executive Director, Azerbaijan Insurers Association
- Ulan Baktıgulov, President, Kyrgyzstan Insurers Association
- Ahmet Yaşar, President, Insurance Association of Türkiye
- Rustam Azimov, Board Member, Association of Professional Insurance Market Participants of Uzbekistan
- Börte Barlasoğlu, President, Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of the TRNC
17:30 – 17:45
Coffee Break
17:45 – 18:45
Turkic World Insurance Union 2nd General Assembly (Closed Session)
Programme is preliminary and subject to change.