About Us

CAN Sigorta was founded in 1958, during the British colonial administration of Cyprus, as a Turkish Cypriot insurance institution operating within a Common Law–based legal framework. Its establishment followed the introduction of compulsory third-party motor insurance in 1957, at a time when insurance became a public legal responsibility rather than a private preference.

From the outset, CAN Sigorta approached insurance not as a sales activity, but as a matter of legal responsibility, documentation discipline, and structured risk management. This foundation enabled the company to operate continuously through every structural, legal, and administrative transformation the island has experienced.

Legal and Institutional Foundation

CAN Sigorta was formed within a Common Law system, where insurance contracts are evaluated through disclosure, conduct, precedent, and factual clarity. As a result, the company’s operating culture has always emphasized transparency, traceability, and accountability.

Policies are treated as legal instruments. Claims are handled as determinations of responsibility, not negotiations. This legal discipline defines CAN Sigorta’s institutional character.

Continuity and Scope

By 1962, CAN Sigorta was already operating across the island’s principal centers, reflecting early operational scale and consistency under a unified legal framework.

CAN Sigorta is an insurance institution shaped within a legal and institutional structure dating back to 1958.
This structure has not changed over time. Only the tools have.

Today

Today, CAN Sigorta operates with modern digital systems, fast communication channels, and contemporary insurance infrastructure. This modern operation is built not by abandoning the past, but by building upon the legal and institutional discipline established at its founding.

Risk is analyzed, not assumed.
Coverage is clarified, not simplified.
Claims are handled with structure, not haste.

This is not reinvention.
It is continuity.