Nationale Nederlanden
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Nationale-Nederlanden is one of the largest insurance companies in the Netherlands. The company was formed in a merger in 1962 between the Assurantie Maatschappij tegen Brandschade De Nederlanden van 1845 (Fire insurance company The Netherlands) and the Nationale Levensverzekerings Bank (National Life Insurance Bank). This merger was deemed necessary due to falling market share and threat of takeovers. In 1991 NN merged once again, this time with the NMB Postbank Groep
Postbank N.V.
The Postbank was a large Dutch bank, part of the ING Group. It had 7.5 million private account holders and was one of the largest providers of financial services in the country. It provided current and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, insurance, investments and pensions...

, to form the ING Group
ING Group
The ING Group is a global financial institution offering retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services. ING is the Dutch member of the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks, a cooperative consortium of 11 prominent European banks...

. Aside from insurance, the company also offers some banking products such as mortgages. The company is headquartered in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

 and Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

. The Rotterdam headquarters are located in the skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 Gebouw Delftse Poort
Gebouw Delftse Poort
Gebouw Delftse Poort is an office complex consisting of two skyscrapers located on Weena 505 next to the Rotterdam Centraal railway station in Rotterdam. The taller tower's height is 151 metres 41 floors and the shorter tower's height is 93 metres 25 floors...

, which was the tallest skyscraper in the Netherlands until 2009. Aside from these two offices, the company has no other offices in the Netherlands, instead NN relies on independent intermediaries for selling insurance.

Nationale-Nederlanden is the former sponsor of the Dutch national football team.

See also

  • ING Groep
  • Nationale-Nederlanden
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