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Curtain Falls for the Country's Oldest Insurer: 'Time Has Caught up with Us'

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The country's oldest insurer, which laid the foundation for the modern insurance world, no longer exists. Director José Groot is today transporting all 2,200 funeral policies from De Onderlinge, dating back to 1719, from Haarlem to ASR, which will take them over. The end was inevitable after 306 years, Groot sighs in the historic building on Korte Begijnestraat in Haarlem: "Time has caught up with De Onderlinge." The modern insurance system is r…

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Curtain Falls for the Country's Oldest Insurer: 'Time Has Caught up with Us'

The country's oldest insurer, which laid the foundation for the modern insurance world, no longer exists. Director José Groot is today transporting all 2,200 funeral policies from De Onderlinge, dating back to 1719, from Haarlem to ASR, which will take them over. The end was inevitable after 306 years, Groot sighs in the historic building on Korte Begijnestraat in Haarlem: "Time has caught up with De Onderlinge." The modern insurance system is r…

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NOS broke the news in Netherlands on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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