8.4 million out of 20 million houses are uninsured

While a total of 12.71 trillion liras of coverage was provided for approximately 11.7 million policies, the premium collected exceeded 23 billion 943 million liras. According to DASK data, there are 20 million 32 thousand houses in Turkey. Accordingly, 8 million 404 thousand houses do not have earthquake insurance, and the uninsurance rate is at 42%. In terms of insurance, Marmara and Eastern Anatolia are in the first place with 64.10%, and the Black Sea is in the last place with 44.70%. 4 million 384 thousand 520 of the 6 million 840 thousand houses in Marmara are insured. In Istanbul, 2 million 555 thousand 229 out of 4 million 153 thousand residences are insured. The insurance rate in the city is 61.50%. / EVRİN GÜVENDİK Ankara