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Achmea

Achmea Holding N.V.

Company type	Naamloze vennootschap
Industry	Financial services
Founded	January 1, 1995 (merger)
Headquarters	Zeist, Netherlands
Products	Insurance
Website	www.achmea.nl

Achmea Holding N.V. is one of the largest suppliers of financial services (mainly insurance) in the Netherlands. The company was formed by a merger of Zilveren Kruis and Avéro Centraal Beheer Groep on January 1, 1995. The roots of Achmea date back to 1811 when the Frisian accountant, Ulbe Piers Draisma [fy], founded the "Onderlinge Brand Assurantie Sociëteit (Achlum)" in Achlum, Frisia, the Netherlands.

In 2000, Achmea became a part of Eureko BV, which in 2011 merged with the Dutch parent company Achmea N.V. to form Achmea B.V. The Vereniging Achmea (association) owns or controls 63.3% of Achmea B.V. of its votes, the Dutch bank Rabobank owns or controls 31.3% of the shares, the other 5.4% of the shares are owned or controlled by strategic partners.

Achmea brands include^[1] Agis, Avéro, Centraal Beheer, FBTO, Interpolis, Syntrus and Zilveren Kruis (often suffixed by 'Achmea').

Of the ten largest insurance companies in the Netherlands, Achmea is one of the two that was found in a 2015 investigation to not invest in arms trade to dictatorships, fragile states and corrupt countries (ASR being the other one).^[2]

References

^ Achmea. "Achmea - De coöperatieve verzekeraar met sterke merken". www.achmea.nl.
^ "Miljarden pensioengeld naar wapens" [Billions of pension money into arms industry]. de Volkskrant. 18 June 2015.

External links

Official Website

Financial services companies of the Netherlands

History

Financial history of the Dutch Republic

Banks

Bancassurance	ING Group Rabobank De Volksbank
Other Banks	ABN Amro Alex ASN Bank Amsterdam Trade Bank Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten Binck Bunq De Lage Landen ELQ Hypotheken Friesland Bank Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NIBC Bank Postbank SNS Bank Sparck Triodos Bank
Private banks & asset management	APG Insinger de Beaufort Kempen & Co MeesPierson Oyens & van Eeghen Robeco Schretlen & Co Staalbankiers Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers Van Lanschot Kempen