Aksigorta employs 353 personnel by March 2001. 214 employees are allocated in the General Management Office in Istanbul while 139 are working in the Regional Offices. 46% of the total employees are male and 65% of them are university graduates.

3) HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES :

The Human Resources Department practices Performance Management, Career Planning and extensive trainings to increase Aksigorta employees' motivation and efficiency; and to promote their self-development.

A) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT :

Performance Management is a process for establishing shared understanding about what is to be achieved. At the beginning of the year, priority objectives, lined up with company business plans are set up for each job. Each employee's performance is evaluated 2 times a year according to the pre-identified performance measures. The outcomes of the Performance Evaluation provide input for other personnel functions such as training needs analysis, career planning, compensation and promotions.

B) CAREER PLANNING :

The insurance sector is a continuously developing and promising business field with high career opportunities.Aksigorta makes career plans for its employees to satisfy their self-actualization needs and gives equal promotion opportunities in line with their personal goals.

C) TRAININGS :

Aksigorta is a school where employees are continuously trained to develop their technical and interpersonal skills in their career paths.

AGENCY TRAININGS :

Agency trainings, consisting of two stages called "Agency Basic Training" and "Agency Technical Training" are realised in the General Management and Regional Offices throughout the year.

EMPLOYEE TRAININGS :

1) Orientation :

Orientation Programs are organised to introduce the organizational structure, culture and policies to the employees following their recruitment.

2) Technical Training :

Technical trainings are implemented to improve the technical skills and knowledge of our employees that would help them do their job more effectively; and to acquire the necessary knowledge / skills in case of job rotations and promotions.

3) Holding Trainings :

Trainings organised by Sabanci Holding to develop knowledge / skills / competencies of the employees and at the same time ensuring cooperation and information sharing among managers and employees of the Group

4) External Trainings :

Our employees participate also in the training programs organised by consulting firms based on their performance evaluation outputs and the training needs analysis.

D) COMPENSATION and OTHER BENEFITS;