Uco Vegter to Be New CEO of Eureko Sigorta
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Press release Uco Vegter to be new CEO of Eureko Sigorta Zeist, 6 November 2019 – Uco Vegter has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Eureko Sigorta, Achmea’s subsidiary in Turkey. He succeeds Can Akın Çağlar, who stood down this spring. Since then Mr Vegter has been the acting CEO. Uco Vegter has worked as managing director of Achmea International since early 2015, with the responsibility for all Achmea’s non-Dutch activities, including Eureko Sigorta. Willem van Duin, Chairman of the Executive Board of Achmea: “We are pleased that the new CEO of Eureko Sigorta is an Achmea insider. As a result, the strategy we are pursuing can be perfectly continued. We wish Uco every success in Turkey.” Eureko Sigorta is an innovative Turkish insurer offering non-life and health insurance policies via the banking channel and direct to retail and corporate customers. Eureko Sigorta, founded in 1989, is a leading bancassurance company through the partnership with Garanti Bank. www.eurekosigorta.com.tr For more information: Media: Investor Relations: Marco Simmers Hans Duine +31 6 53 43 87 18 +31 6 82 10 50 97 [email protected] [email protected] About Achmea Achmea is the cooperative parent company of strong insurance brands such as Centraal Beheer, Interpolis and Zilveren Kruis. Together they form the largest insurance group in the Netherlands (approximately 14,000 employees). Achmea has a cooperative background and balances the interests of customers, partners, employees and shareholders. Achmea customers contributed premiums of approximately €20 billion in 2018. Achmea is the market leader in non-life and health insurance in the Netherlands. It also offers income protection insurance and, with Centraal Beheer APF, a good income for the future. The asset manager, Achmea Investment Management, has over €142 billion in assets under management. Achmea offers mortgages via Centraal Beheer and Woonfonds, among others. In addition to the Netherlands, Achmea is also active Turkey, Greece, Slovakia, Australia and Canada. www.achmea.nl .