2023 at a glance
The main events for the year 2023 for Achmea are presented below.
January
Interpolis campaign ‘MisNiks’ aimed at young people. This campaign contributes to raising public awareness of the risks of mobile phone use in traffic.
February
- An earthquake in Turkey affects more than 50,000 people. Eureko Sigorta pro-actively contacts its customers and helps wherever possible.
- Together with Victim Support Netherlands we launch an online tool for the victims of traffic accidents to take control of their personal injury claims.
- Investment of € 55 million in wind farms via the Climate Infrastructure Fund launched by Achmea IM in December 2022.
April
Achmea Bank enters into a partnership with DMFCO and will invest over the next 3 years a total of € 1.5 billion in residential mortgages via the MUNT Hypotheken label.
May
Upper House of Dutch Parliament approves new pensions act. Achmea selects a new IT platform (IG&H’s AllVida) to facilitate our customers’ transition to a new pension system.
June
- Zilveren Kruis completes 11 regional inventories in line with the Integral Care Agreement, the basis for transformation plans for more affordable and accessible healthcare.
- Achmea issues Tier 2 bonds of € 300 million. The transaction is well received on the capital market. The book is 4 times oversubscribed.
July
- Start of Know Your Customer competence centre for Achmea-wide support in Customer Due Diligence activities within the framework of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (Wwft) and Sanctions Act.
- Centraal Beheer named Data & Insights Company of 2023 at Data & Insights Awards ceremony.
August
- Achmea publishes comparative figures 2022 in line with IFRS 9/17 standards and introduces adjusted financial indicators.
- Extreme weather conditions in Southern Europe generate a high number of requests for assistance at Eurocross.
September
- Storm Daniel causes extreme rain and flooding in Greece and the surrounding area, resulting in a lot of suffering and damage.
- Restart of the ‘Growing old happily the Achmea way’ campaign, with the addition of the Achmea home test.
October
- Achmea Bank acquires mortgages from a.s.r. up to an annual amount of € 1 billion for a period of 3 years.
- Centraal Beheer opens its climate store to customers.
- Introduction of 3rd pillar retail investments for Centraal Beheer customers via the Additional Pension Accrual product.
November
Achmea climbs to joint 3rd place in the VBDO Tax Transparency Benchmark for Dutch businesses. A couple of months earlier we earned 3rd place in the VBDO sustainability benchmark for insurers.
December
- Delivery of first version of an Achmea generative AI environment for which the first pilot schemes have been started
- Climate Transition Plan published containing interim targets for reducing carbon emissions from our property & casualty portfolio.
- New Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) agreed with unions.