Netherlands
Euthanasia on the rise in Netherlands and Belgium
Ten years on from becaming the first countries to legalise euthanasia, the Netherlands and Belgium now provide assisted suicide to 4,000 people a year.
While...
Netherlands : four arrested in multinational fraud probe
Four Dutch citizens have been arrested in a fraud probe on two continents into a company specialising in life insurance that took more than...
Explosion : explosive alarm clocks in Ikea stores
Small explosions occurred in Ikea stores in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. The explosives were concealed in alarm clocks.
The explosions in stores in the...
Fitch Ratings : Dutch insurance market at saturation point
Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that the Dutch insurance market is saturated and has become highly competitive. "Insurers in the Netherlands were...
Growing Dutch longevity takes a bite out of Aegon
Dutch insurer Aegon on Thursday published a 12 percent drop in net profit for first quarter 2011 from the same period last year, linking...
Dutch regulator fines Fortis Holding for market manipulation
Dutch financial markets watchdog AFM said Wednesday it had fined insurance group Fortis Holding 576,000 euros (780,000 dollars) for market manipulation and withholding share...
British insurer Aviva outlines Dutch flotation
Insurer Aviva said Monday it would float 42 percent of Delta Lloyd in Amsterdam next month in an initial public offering that values its...
