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  • Achmea plans distribution to shareholders

    11 September 2020

    The group expects to lose four percentage points from its solvency ratio as a result of first payment

  • Bond coupon deferrals unlikely to follow dividend scrapping

    16 April 2020

    S&P says cancelling shareholder distributions not a pointer to capital weakness

  • Achmea suspends dividends, awaits "more clarity" on pandemic

    09 April 2020

    It follows the lead of ASR, NN Group and Aegon

  • Three Dutch insurers suspend 2019 dividends due to Covid-19

    06 April 2020

    ASR and NN will also suspend their share buyback programmes

  • ASR's non-life business boosts 2019 results

    19 February 2020

    Dutch firm's operating result grew by €109m with non-life the largest driver

  • Non-life growth boosts ASR in H1

    23 August 2019

    The Dutch insurer’s non-life operating result grew more than 80% year on year

  • "We want clarity and certainty for IFRS 17 implementation"

    09 July 2019

    Patrick Klijnsmit, director of finance, risk & performance management and control at ASR, talks to Cintia Cheong about choosing vendors and contractors, and what he thinks of the proposed changes to the accounting standard

  • A capital management toolkit for life re/insurers

    14 March 2019

    Paul Fulcher and Luca Tres describe the pros and cons of 10 techniques and solutions available to European life insurers under Solvency II to help manage capital

  • Dutch regulator defends insurers over Eiopa stress test results

    17 December 2018

    Aegon, NN and Achmea were among five Dutch groups participating

  • ASR Nederland overhauls management structure

    19 November 2018

    Dutch insurer says changes are necessary to implement its strategy