Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij

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The Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij (NILLMIJ, lit. 'Dutch [East] Indies Life Insurance and Pension Company') was a major Dutch insurance business with substantial operations in the

History

The Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij was founded in 1859 by CFW Wiggers Kerchem, who later worked as President of the Bank of Java. Until 1932 the company was named SA Life Insurance Company NILLMIJ.

The company's success Dutch East Indies was largely due to the interrelationship with the colonial government there and a near monopoly. This came to an end when other insurers were allowed into the colony in 1883. In 1939 the NILLMIJ took over NV Java Hypotheekbank.

In 1952 the Dutch activities were expanded through a merger with the Life Insurance Corporation Arnhem. The company came was led by the mathematician John Engelfriet, who was one of the first to take the initiative to introduce computers. In 1956, the computer business Electrologica formed as a subsidiary of the NILLMIJ, which in 1966 was sold to

The NILLMIJ built architecturally significant buildings for its offices in the Dutch East Indies, several of which stood long after the company left, for example in Jakarta, Semarang and Bandung.

Gallery

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  NILLMIJ head office, Batavia, in the early 20th century
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  The same building in 2016, now head office of Asuransi Jiwasraya in Jakarta
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  NILLMIJ office in Semarang; now branch of Asuransi Jiwasraya
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  NILLMIJ office in Yogyakarta
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  The same building in 2016, now Bank Negara Indonesia
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  NILLMIJ office in Medan (right), 1920s
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  The same building in 2016, now Asuransi Jiwasraya
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  NILLMIJ tower in Arnhem, 1963

See also

• Bank of Java
• Nederlandsch-Indische Escompto Maatschappij

Sources

• 1859 - 1959 Netherlands before a hundred years. Commemorative book published on the occasion of the centenary of the Nillmij. Compiled by Prof. Dr. W. Jappe Alberts and Dr. Jonkvrouwe JM Winter. Published in 1959. Reprinted in 1962.
• To Know Nillmij / Netherlands Indies Life insurance and Annuity Company (Nillmij) issued in Amsterdam circa 1940 by De Bussy.
• BPA Gales, Working on security, a look back over the shoulder of AEGON two centuries of insurance history, AEGON Insurance in 1986.

References