August 30, 2023
Dutch insurer NN Group NV may increase premiums further as extreme weather patterns become more prevalent, Chief Executive Officer David Knibbe said. While NN benefited from benign weather conditions in the first half of the year, the July storm in …
August 12, 2022
NN Group’s core profit fell 12.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, the Dutch insurer said on Thursday, citing the impact of weather events and the sale of its asset management arm. Operating profit came in at 983 million …
May 27, 2022
DAVOS, Switzerland – NN Group NV expects to accelerate its deadline to exit coal investments, now set at 2030, due to fears about Europe reverting to burning the fossil fuel, the Dutch insurer’s CEO David Knibbe said on the sidelines …
May 27, 2022
DAVOS, Switzerland – Financial firms already struggling with climate-compliance due to unclear measurement metrics will soon face new disclosure requirements for biodiversity, or nature-related, investments. “Nature is a financial risk for business,” Elizabeth Mrema, co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related …
August 19, 2021
AMSTERDAM – Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it will buy Dutch insurer NN Group’s asset management arm for around 1.7 billion euros ($1.98 billion) in the biggest acquisition by the U.S. company since David Solomon became chief executive in 2018. …
August 12, 2021
Zurich Insurance Group’s on Thursday joined other big European insurers in reporting a strong rebound in earnings as the impact from COVID-19 on their businesses eased. Buoyant markets along with higher policy sales helped the insurers’ profits to roar back …
July 6, 2021
Dutch insurer NN Group announced on Monday it has agreed to acquire MetLife’s business activities in Poland and Greece, for a total consideration of €584 million (US$692.8 million). The acquisition, which will almost double NN’s customer base in Poland and …
June 28, 2021
NN Group NV offered to acquire part of MetLife Inc.’s businesses in Europe, saying the move is in line with its strategy to consolidate leading positions in attractive growth markets. The Dutch insurer said in a statement Sunday that it …
June 14, 2021
UBS and German asset manager DWS are pressing ahead with final bids for the asset management arm of NN Group after Europe’s biggest insurers pulled out of the auction, three sources familiar with the deal told Reuters. Prudential Financial Inc …
June 9, 2021
Italy’s top insurer Assicurazioni Generali has dropped out of the race to buy the asset management arm of Dutch rival NN Group NV, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Generali and Deutsche Bank’s asset management unit DWS were …