The deputy general director of Turkmengosstrakh - Dovletmyrat GULMYRADOV was appointed as the acting General Director of this single insurance organization, as the State information agency of Turkmenistan announced on January 21 with reference to an official decree of the President of the country.

Annabibi AMANMEDOVA (previously held the post) was relieved of her post under a presidential decree for serious shortcomings in her work.

The State Insurance Organization of Turkmenistan (Turkmengosstrakh) was established on August 18, 1992 and today it includes 41 independent insurance organizations located throughout the territory of Turkmenistan. Turkmengosstrakh offers 6 types of compulsory and 40 types of voluntary insurance. Rendered insurance services correspond to the global standards of insurance. The country has a law on insurance, which regulates relations on the insurance market, establishes legal, economic and organizational basis of state regulation and supervision over insurance.