ASR Nederland
ASR Nederland is a major
History
The original ASR insurance company was formed in 1997 after the merger of Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen (which dates back to 1720) and ETI Amersfoortse insurance companies. The new name ASR was based on a combination of initials of Amersfoort and Stad Rotterdam.
In 2000,
In 2008 the insurance component became government owned when the
On November 21, 2008, the Dutch Finance Minister, Wouter Bos announced that they would spin off Fortis Insurance Nederland NV using the revived name of ASR Nederland NV.
Fortis Corporate Insurance was sold separately and did not form part of ASR Nederland. The Belgium insurance business of Fortis was not part of this process and that business was split by the Belgium government to create the insurance company Ageas.
Operations
ASR operates from four locations with a headquarters in Utrecht.
See also
- ABN AMRO Group