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Leading health insurer to raise prices next year; Others quiet on 2018 rates

Nov 10 '17 15:39

Health insurance firm CZ has announced a monthly premium rate hike of three percent for the price of compulsory basic health insurance package. The rate hike will take effect from January.

The bump in CZ rates means Netherlands residents will pay 40 euros more for the year, compared to 2017 rates. The provider blames the rise on growing health care costs, saying that the entire increase was not passed on to the consumer, and that the company will have to tap 221 million euros from its own pocket to cover the shortfall.

ABN Amro poaches Delta Lloyd CFO Clifford Abrahams

May 16 '17 13:15

Business

Delta Lloyd's CFO Clifford Abrahams is moving ot ABN Amro. From September he is taking over as ABN Amro's CFO from Alexander Rahusen, who filled the position on an interim basis, the Telegraaf reports.

Before joining Delta Lloyd, Abrahams worked for insurer and asset manager Aviva and business bank Morgan Stanley. ABN Amro praises him for his "strong service" and "extensive experience" in his previous high positions in the financial sector. Abrahams will continue to work on the commpletion of Delta Lloyd's merger with NN Group until he steps over to ABN Amro.

Dutch insurers still invest in weapons manufacturers

Mar 2 '17 16:15

Business Crime

Six of the ten large Dutch insurers still invest in companies that supply arms and weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, according to peace organization Pax in its Fair Insurance Guide. According to the organization, by investing in these companies, the Dutch insurers are violating human rights in Yemen, NOS reports.

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NN acquires Delta Lloyd in €2.5 billion deal

Dec 23 '16 09:59

Business Top Stories

Delta Lloyd is being acquired by NN Group. The insurance companies came to an agreement on a takeover amount of 2.5 billion euros, the largest takeover in the Dutch insurance industry ever, the Volkskrant reports.

Dutch banks fall short on climate policy: report

Dec 21 '16 10:50

Business Nature

Dutch banks still generally fall seriously short when it comes to climate policy and that sets the organizations behind, according to a new report published by the Fair Bank Guide on Wednesday, ANP reports.

Only SNS, ASN and Triodos scored well on their climate policy. Aegon, ING, ABN Amro, Rabobank, Delta Lloyd and Van Lanschot all scored an insufficient. According to the researchers, most Dutch banks don't require oil companies to prevent drilling in the fragile Arctic. They also don't publish measurable CO2 reduction targets for the companies in which the invest.

Delta Lloyd says no to €2.4 billion NN takeover bid

Oct 7 '16 16:00

Business

Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd decided to reject a 2.4 billion euro takeover offer made by rival NN Group, Reuters reports. According to Delta, the bid was too low at only 64 percent of the insurer's book value as of June 30th.

NN Group makes €2.4 billion bid for Delta Lloyd

Oct 5 '16 11:01

Business

NN Group made a 2.4 billion euro offer to acquire smaller rival insurer Delta Lloyd, the largest insurer in the Dutch market announced on Wednesday. The bid was sent to Delta Lloyd on Monday

Health insurance price increase cheaper than Health Min. predicted

Nov 18 '15 15:25

Business Health

The Dutch health insurers have announced their price increases for next year. And all of the increases are lower than the average of 7 extra euros a month the Ministry of Health announced on Prinsjesdag.

Home assoc.: Banks ripping off savings mortgage holders

Aug 7 '15 09:26

Business

Banks charge a too high interest rate for tens of thousands of homeowners who have a savings mortgage, because they do not take the savings that homeowners build up for repaying the mortgage into account.

Delta Lloyd CFO resigns after central bank fight

Aug 3 '15 08:58

Business

Delta Lloyd's chief financial officer Emiel Roozen has resigned due to conflict between the insurer and De Nederlandsche Bank over confidential information.

Report: Dutch banks investing in nuclear weapons, arms programs

Jul 7 '15 09:59

Business

A number of Dutch banks are not fully complying with the commitments they made to improve the sustainability of their investments. Some banks are still investing in nuclear weapons and arms programs.

Dutch insurers pumped €6.8 billion into illicit weapons dealers

Jun 18 '15 12:15

Business

Eight out of ten largest insurers in the Netherlands invested in companies supplying arms and military equipment to dictatorships and plutocracies like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Nigeria, reports Eerlijke Verzekeringswijzer. The insurers' investment in 15 weapon suppliers totaled 6.8 billion euros between 2010 and 2014, the insurance comparison site announced on Thursday.

Central Bank forcing Delta Lloyd to fire CFO

Dec 22 '14 09:09

Business

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) will fine insurer Delta Lloyd a maximum of 22.8 million euro. DNB also requires that CFO Emiel Roozen leave his position by January 1st, 2016.

Dutch insurers fail early Europe stress test

Dec 1 '14 10:56

Business

Several Dutch insurers have not passed the major European stress test SCR.

Nuclear weapons investments slide 40 pct.

Nov 7 '14 10:29

Business

The Dutch investments in the nuclear industry have fallen with about 40 percent this year. Banks, pensions and insurers invested 1.4 billion dollar less in the production of nuclear weapons.

Insurers take on more sustainable investments

Nov 4 '14 09:26

Business

Six of the top ten insurance groups in the Netherlands have made major improvements in terms of sustainable investments in the last half year.

Dutch CEOs avoid Twitter, social media like the plague

Oct 31 '14 12:02

Business

Not a single CEO of the Dutch AEX companies uses Twitter.

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