€STR | Euro Short-Term Rate |
A&RC | Audit & Risk Committee |
AEX | Amsterdam Exchange Index |
AF | Actuarial Function |
AFM | Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten) |
AGM | Annual General Meeting |
AIFM | Alternative Investment Fund Managers |
AIFMD | Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive |
AMX | Amsterdam Midcap Index |
AuM | Assets under Management |
AVB | a.s.r. Asset management |
BEC | Business Executive Committee |
BMR | Benchmarks Regulation |
bps | Basis points |
BRC | Business Risk Committee |
BVPA | Dutch Association for Public Affairs (Beroepsvereniging voor Public Affairs) |
CCR | Counterparty Credit Rating (Standard & Poor's) |
CDD | Customer Due Diligence |
CDP | Carbon Disclosure Project |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CGU | Cash Generating Unit |
CIS | Central Information System |
CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
CLA | Collective Labour Agreement |
CO₂ | Carbon dioxide |
CO₂-eq | CO₂ equivalent |
CoC | Cost of Capital |
COO | Chief Operating Officer |
COR | Combined Ratio |
COSO | Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission |
CRO | Chief Risk Officer |
CSA | Credit Support Annex |
CSM | Contractual service margin |
CSP | Concentrated Solar Power |
CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
CSRD | Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive |
CTO | Chief Technology Officer |
DB | Defined Benefit |
DC | Defined Contribution |
DCF | Discounted Cash Flow |
DEI | Diversity, equity and inclusion |
DJSI | S&P Global Dow Jones Sustainability Index |
DNB | Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) |
DPA | Data Protection Authority |
DPF | Discretionary participation features |
EB | Executive Board |
EC | European Commission |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EGM | Extraordinary General Meeting |
EIOPA | European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority |
eNPS | Employee Net Promoter Score |
EOF | Eligible own funds |
EONIA | Euro OverNight Index Average |
ERM | Enterprise Risk Management |
ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
ESPP | Employee Share Purchase Plan |
EU | European Union |
EU SFAP | European Sustainable Finance Action Plan |
Euribor | Euro Interbank Offered Rate |
FR | Financial risk |
FRC | Financial Risk Committee |
FRM | Financial Risk Management |
FRPM | Finance, Risk & Performance Management |
FSCB | Financial Services Complaints Board |
FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
GBP | Pound Sterling |
GBSM | Group Balance Sheet Management |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
GHG | Greenhouse gas |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
GM | General model |
GRESB | Global Real Estate Survey Benchmark |
GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
GRM | Group Risk Management |
GWP | Gross Written Premiums |
IAS | International Accounting Standards |
IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
IBNR | Incurred but not reported |
IBOR | Interbank offered rate |
ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
IDD | Insurance Distribution Directive |
IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
IFSR | Insurer Financial Strength Rating (Standard & Poor's) |
IIRC | International Integrated Reporting Council |
IORP | Institution for Occupational Retirement Provision; Premiepensioeninstelling |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
ISDA | International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
ISIN | International Securities Identification Number |
IT | Information Technology |
IU | Investor Update |
KNMI | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut) |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
kWh | Kilowatt-hour |
LAC DT | Loss-Absorbing Capacity Deferred Tax |
LAT | Liability Adequacy Test |
LoC | Level of Concern |
LTO | Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Association (Land- en Tuinbouw Organisatie Nederland) |
LTV | Loan to Value |
M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions |
MSCI | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
N&ESGC | Nomination & Environmental, Social and Governance Committee |
NAB | Netherlands Advisory Board on impact investing |
NFR | Non-financial risk |
NFRC | Non-Financial Risk Committee |
NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
NPS | Net Promoter Score |
NSR | Dutch Debt Assistance Route (Nederlandse Schuldhulproute) |
NZIA | Net-Zero Insurance Alliance |
OCC | Organic Capital Creation |
OCI | Other Comprehensive Income |
ORM | Operational Risk Management |
ORSA | Own Risk and Solvency Assessment |
OTSO | Supervised entity (Onder toezicht staande onderneming) |
P&C | Property & Casualty |
PARP | Product Approval & Review Process |
PCAF | Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials |
PV | Photovoltaics |
PVFCF | Present Value of Future Cash Flows |
RAS | Risk Appetite Statements |
RC | Remuneration Committee |
RCF | Revolving Credit Facility |
RMF | Risk Management Framework |
ROE | Return on Equity |
RVU | Early Retirement Regulation (Regeling voor vervroegde uittreding) |
S&P | Standard & Poor's |
SAA | Strategic Asset Allocation |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SB | Supervisory Board |
SBB | Share buyback |
SBTi | Science-Based Targets initiative |
SCR | Solvency Capital Requirement |
SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
SER | Dutch Social and Economic Council (Sociaal Economische Raad) |
SFDR | Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation |
SIRA | Systematic integrity risk analysis |
SME | Small and medium-sized Enterprises |
SPPI | Solely Payment of Principle and Interest |
SPV | Special purpose vehicle |
SRA | Strategic risk analysis |
SRI | Socially Responsible Investment |
TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
TVOG | Time value of financial options and guarantees |
UFR | Ultimate Forward Rate |
UN PRI | United Nations Principles for Responsible Investments |
UNGC | United Nations Global Compact |
US | United States |
USD | United States Dollar |
UWV | Employee Insurance Agency |
VA | Volatility Adjustment |
VAT | Value Added Tax |
VBDO | Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (Vereniging van Beleggers voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling) |
VFA | Variable fee approach |
VKG | Van Kampen Groep |
VNAB | Insurance Exchange Association (Vereniging Nederlandse Assurantie Beurs) |
VOBA | Value of Business Acquired |
VPL | Act Early retirement and life-course savings scheme (Wet aanpassing fiscale behandeling Vut/Prepensioen en introductie levensloopregeling) |
WCAG | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
Wft | Wet financieel toezicht (Financial Supervision Act) |
WIA | Work and Income according to Labour Capacity Act (Wet Werk en Inkomen naar Arbeidsvermogen) |