ABOUT US
As one of Turkey’s leading insurance and reinsurance brokerage companies, IBS Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage INC. (UIB Turkey) began operating in 1997 after acquiring its licence. In 2002, IBS established a partnership with UIB (United Insurance Brokers), a leading and an expert Lloyd’s broker in London, at the heart of the world’s insurance and reinsurance markets. With its headquarters located in Istanbul, IBS operates in all insurance branches with its skilled staff and offices in Ankara and Mersin. In addition to its exceptionally wide UIB global service network, our company can provide risk analysis and consultancy services in fields of insurance and reinsurance in more than 120 countries with its UNIBA and EURIBRON network memberships.
CEO’S MESSAGE
As IBS Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage Inc. (UIB Turkey), Turkey’s domestic and global capital insurance and reinsurance broker, we have been working with the same excitement and enthusiasm since the first day of our establishment.
We are proud of being a company that has made a name for itself not only in our country, but also around the world with the projects we take part in. Not only do we operate in all insurance branches with our experienced staff and offices in Istanbul, Ankara and Mersin, but we also provide risk analysis and consultancy services in fields of insurance and reinsurance in more than 120 countries through the UIB global service network and the networks we are members of.
As a company that has succeeded in gaining an important place in the Turkish market and has been present for almost a quarter of a century, we offer various services to corporate companies, especially in infrastructure projects where our reinsurance experience can be advantageous, in areas such as defense, aviation, energy and insurance. As IBS, we took part as a co-broker in the course of insuring the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge project, the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the Istanbul Airport, the world’s largest airport with a capacity of 150 million passengers. Thus, through managing the issuance process of one of the most costly policies in Turkey in terms of insurance amount and one of the most comprehensive policies in terms of coverage, we had the opportunity to demonstrate our long-standing experience in insuring airport risks in such a project. In the upcoming period, we will continue to take place wherever Turkish investors are and secure our place as a local player.
While fulfilling all these and making future plans, our principal strength is IBS’s valuable employees and colleagues. Their dedication, the desire to question the work at hand and aspiration to do the best, and their teamwork constitute the foundations of our strenght. In addition to all these, we will strengthen our power by being more courageous in our ways of being ‘agile’ and taking the first step.
While we carry IBS Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage to the future, we are happy to provide you with the best service for all insurance options you need with our expert and strong team.
CEO
Murat Çiftçi
OUR VISION
Is to be the most preferred regional leader, insurance and reinsurance broker by all IBS’s stakeholders wherever there are Turkish investors.BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Süha GÜÇSAV
Chairman of the Board
Süha Güçsav graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Economics in 1992, and then received his master’s degree from Gazi University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration. Starting his career in 1992 at Alexander & Alexander Insurance Brokerage Inc., Güçsav founded Akbro Insurance Brokerage Inc. in 1994. Later in 1997, he founded IBS Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage Inc., one of Turkey’s leading insurance and reinsurance brokers. In 2002, with the aim of making IBS the most preferred regional leader, insurance and reinsurance broker by all IBS’s stakeholders wherever there are Turkish investors, Güçsav managed a partnership process with United Insurance Brokers (UIB), a Lloyd’s Broker in London, the heart of the world insurance and reinsurance markets, and made IBS a company that has a voice in the global arena. Presently, Güçsav is the Chairman of the Board at IBS.
Apart from his duties at IBS, Güçsav served as the Head of the Finance Group and the Executive President at Akfen Holding, which he joined in 1994. He was a member of the Executive Board at Akfen between the years of 2010 and 2012, and at TAV Airports Holding between the years of 2000 and 2012. He served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Akfen Holding between 2010 and 2019. He later served as the Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2020 and 2022.
Moreover, Güçsav served as the Chairman of Akfen REIT Board of Directors, Chairman of the Executive Board at Akfen Environment and Water Investment Construction Operations Inc. and is a member of Akfen Renewable Energy Inc.’s Board of Directors. Between the years of 2014 and 2021, he served as the Turkey Honorary Business Representative of the International Trade and Investment Agency (IE Singapore), which operates under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Singapore. Güçsav also served as the Chairman of DEIK Turkey – Singapore Business Council between 2014 and 2021.
Receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla, Departments of Engineering Management and Industrial Engineering as the highest ranked student of his department in 1998, Çiftçi joined the American Institute for CPCU Program in 2002, and then received his master’s degree in Engineering Management at Marmara University.
Starting his career at IBS as the Reinsurance Department Manager in 1999, Çiftçi held various managerial positions until 2014, gained partnership status in 2011 and was appointed as the IBS General Manager in 2014. Çiftçi, who added a new dynamism and an innovative perspective to the management of the company after taking the seat as the General Manager, has moved IBS to a position which it has become a global player that competes in the same league with the giants of the sector. By providing services to Turkey’s leading companies in the insurance and reinsurance aspects of build-operate-transfer projects that require project financing, Çiftçi achieved significant success in meeting the insurance and reinsurance needs of overseas projects of many Turkish investors from various industries.
Çiftçi, who is still working on his doctoral thesis in the field of Engineering Management at Marmara University, is also a member of the Executive Board of the Azerbaijan and United Arab Emirates Business Councils of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK).
Ekin KAYIRAN
Assistant General Manager for Financial and Administrative Affairs
Ekin Kayıran graduated with honors from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2000 and began her professional career the same year at Arthur Andersen. She subsequently spent approximately nine years at Ernst & Young, where she held roles in tax, audit and financial advisory services, working with both national and international companies across a wide range of industries. In 2004, she obtained her Certified Public Accountant (CPA – SMMM) qualification.
In 2009, Kayıran assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer at one of the leading companies in the energy sector. In the years that followed, she held senior finance leadership positions across the automotive, healthcare, construction and financial services industries. Throughout her career, she has played an active role in strategic financial management, budgeting and planning, cash flow management, internal control and risk management, as well as mergers and acquisitions processes.
In 2020, Kayıran joined Howden Türkiye, serving as Chief Financial Officer and Deputy General Manager responsible for Finance and Administrative Affairs. As a member of the Executive Committee, she led the company’s growth and integration processes.
As of February 2026, Ekin Kayıran continues her role at IBS Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage as Deputy General Manager responsible for Finance and Administrative Affairs and Member of the Executive Committee.
Zorlu graduated from Saint-Benoît French High School in 1995 and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Marmara University in 1999. He completed his MBA at the University of Hertfordshire Business School in the United Kingdom in 2001. With over 24 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, Zorlu began his career at Ak Sigorta, one of Turkey’s leading insurance companies. He later spent 12 years at Marsh Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage, serving in various managerial roles within the Corporate Division.
Following this, he joined Genworth Financial LPI (later Axa Partners), a Fortune 500-listed U.S.-based reinsurer, where he served as Country Sales Leader. He subsequently took on the role of Assistant General Manager at Unico Sigorta A.Ş. (formerly Commercial Union & Aviva), which was at the time backed by international institutional investors including EMF, FMO (Netherlands), and DEG (Germany). At Unico, he was responsible for leading Distribution Channels, Non-Motor Underwriting, Operations, and Reinsurance.
Since October 2019, Zorlu has been serving as the Assistant General Manager at IBS Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage Inc., where he is responsible for Placement, Reinsurance, Claims, and Operations. He has completed a one-year specialized insurance training program at the Turkish Insurance Institute (TII) and is an active member of the Insurance Practitioners Association and GESID – the General Insurers Association.
Graduating from the Civil Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1999, Ülkem Devrim AKSAR completed his master’s degree in the Geotechnical Division of the Civil Engineering Department at the same university in 2001. After working as a civil engineer for five years at some of Turkey’s leading companies, he transitioned to the insurance industry and joined Anadolu Sigorta as an engineering insurance specialist in 2003. Over the course of 21 years at Anadolu Sigorta, he took on various roles, ultimately serving as Coordinator of Non-Motor Lines & Corporate Solutions.
Aksar has significant international experience, having been actively involved with multinational platforms such as the International Association of Engineering Insurers (IMIA). He obtained the CERT CII certification in 2022 and continues to share his expertise by delivering lectures on engineering insurance at insurance institutes and reputable universities.
With 16 years of management experience, Aksar joined the IBS family in 2024 as Assistant General Manager of Corporate Insurance & Reinsurance.