Released on: September 4, 2007, 11:10 pm

Press Release Author: Bharat Book Bureau

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: This report is most appropriate for companies looking for an
overview of the life insurance and pensions markets in order to assess the level of
market opportunity (using our market data and forecasts), regulatory barriers and
opportunities, and level of competition in the market.

Press Release Body: Bharat Book Bureau, a leading market information aggregator has
put forth a report- Market Guide: Life Insurance and Pensions in the Netherlands
2006 http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=52905

This report is most appropriate for companies looking for an overview of the life
insurance and pensions markets in order to assess the level of market opportunity
(using our market data and forecasts), regulatory barriers and opportunities, and
level of competition in the market. For more detailed market data please refer to
Datamonitor\'s European Life and Pensions Interactive Database 2006.

Scope of this report
Presents competitor market data for life insurance and pensions companies;
Assesses regulatory barriers and opportunities;
5 years historic data from 2001-5 and 5 year forecast to 2010.
Research and analysis highlights
The persistent low interest rate environment in the Netherlands in 2005 discouraged
consumers from investing in insurance policies offering guaranteed interest rates.
This contributed to continued stagnation (in terms of growth in premium income) in
the life insurance sector.

The Act on the Adjustment of Tax Concessions for Early Retirement and Pre-Pension
Schemes and the Introduction of the Life Course Savings Scheme (\'Levensloopregeling\'
(Life Cycle Plan)), effective January 1st 2006, removed tax concessions on early
retirement and pre-pension schemes but introduced concessions for savings via the
new scheme.

The Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft)), went into
effect on January 1st 2007. The Act replaced and harmonized eight previously
existing supervision acts. The consolidation was intended to clarify legislation for
the financial services sector and make it more market-oriented.

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