Insurance Education in Universities of Turkey
Insurance Education in Universities of Turkey

Summary/Abstract: The instinct of preservation of life caused the concept of insurance to be created. This has developed and kept its existence since the very first ages to our present day. The insurance sector, which is related with the level of the welfare of the society, has presented the importance of conceptual and applied science in terms of determining the risks and examining and detecting the damage that may come out. It is an unavoidable necessity to develop the quantity and quality of the insurance education parallel to the developments in the sector. The employment is divided into five sub-groups in the insurance sector. These sub-groups are: technical staff, expert, actuary, broker and company staff. More than 55000 employees have active duty in these sub-groups and one quarter of them are needed to be educated directly on insurance, risk and actuarial. Therefore, the importance of the insurance education is very clear when these factors are taken into account. Insurance education is provided as formal education in vocational high schools, 2 year junior technical colleges, 4 year colleges, bachelor and graduate schools in our country. The service education of insurance is provided by Insurance Education Center (SEGEM), which was founded in October 2008 in accordance with Law 5684, Item 31. In this study, education programs in the field of insurance in Turkey will be examined and “Course Plan” comparison will be made among each other.

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