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In the micro perspective, insurance sector has a significant importance for the entrepreneurs by means of evaluating their investments accurately and increasing credit opportunities. Regarding macro perspective this sector must be improved as it presents a considerable source of savings for the economy also it prevents socio-economic losses, raises social welfare, develops international economic relations and provides a strong tax source. In order to improve the insurance sector a sustainable development of economic stability is required. In this context, the inflation rate of the country has a strong influence on the development of insurance premium production. In addition, the changes in the numbers of population of the country can be considered as a factor which increases the need of insurance. Insurance premium production is also effected by the quantitative situation of the insurance companies which are thought to be representatives of the sector. The main purpose of this study is to determine the impacts of changes in inflation rates, population and number of insurance companies over total insurance premium production in Turkey between 1990 and 2010. For this purpose second hand data of this period is used in order to present the effect of these factors over total insurance premium production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]