Country: Belgium
Net premiums written 1999: $671m (£471.6m)
Head office:
Rue Royale 20
Brussels 1000
Belgium
Tel. +32 2 510 52 11
Fax +32 2 510 56 26
Email: info@fortis.com
Website: fortis.com
Year established: 1990 as Fortis
Main classes of business: Life and non-life (accident & health, motor, fire), bancassurance
Chief officer: Anton van Rossum
Biography: Anton van Rossum was director of McKinsey & Company Inc.
He was elected principal in 1980 and he transferred to Belgium to help found the Brussels office. Van Rossum was elected director in 1987 and he has been managing director of the Brussels office between 1992 and 1999.
Key insurance personnel:
Hans Bartelds and Maurice Lippens, chairmen
Anton van Rossum, CEO
Herman Verwilst, Deputy CEO
Gilbert Mittler, CFO
Members of Executive Committee:
Jozef De Mey, insurance intermediaries customers, Belgium and international
Carlo de Swart, insurance intermediaries customers, the Netherlands
Karel De Boeck, network banking customers
Filip Dierckx, merchant banking customers
Joop Feilzer, private banking and asset management customers
