Member of the Association of Greek Insurance Brokers (SEMA) Mr. Dimitrios Tsesmetzoglou, who is the CEO of Matrix SA

A new Board of Directors was elected by the General Assembly of the Association of Greek Insurance Brokers (SEMA), as part of the scheduled elections that took place the day before yesterday.

For the new administration of SEMA, which will have a two-year term, the following were elected: Georgios Karavias, Evgenia Kaffetzis, Vasiliki Drakou, Moris Kapouano, Dimitrios Tsesmetzoglou, Panagiotis Lyssaios, Konstantinos Alfiéris, Georgios Koumbas, Georgios Nikolaos.

During the event that followed, the president of SEMA, Mr. Georgios Karavias, referred to how Insurance Brokers are facing the difficult economic environment and how they can contribute to mitigating the consequences of the crisis.

Mr. Karavias also mentioned the close cooperation between the Bank of Greece and SEMA, while giving an outlook for the next day of the market, emphasizing that it will continue to play a leading role in business, as well as in the efforts made by all sectors of the economy to lead the country out of recession.

Interesting messages for the insurance market were also conveyed by Mr. Miltiadis Nektarios, professor at the University of Piraeus, who pointed out that, despite the trials faced by the Greek economy, both insurance companies and Insurance Brokers will continue to operate dynamically in a market that will not lack opportunities, although it will be smaller and have fewer players.

The vice president of SEMA, Georgios Koumbas, described the intentions of politicians to overcome the crisis as good, but emphasized that there is insufficient time for the implementation of what has been announced. For her part, the general secretary of SEMA, Vasiliki Drakou, in her statement, insisted on the concept of collectivity and the need for collaborations in the market today.

Finally, as part of the SEMA event, greetings were addressed on behalf of Mr. Charalambos Voyiatzis, Director of the Insurance Market Supervision Directorate of the Bank of Greece, by Ms. Maria Kritikou, as well as by Mr. Panos Dimitriou, responsible for the Mediation Committee of E.A.E.E., and Dimitris Gavalaki, President of the Association of Insurance Brokers of Greece.